From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: An Anonymous Analyst (fenfront@cia.gov)
Subj: Re: Ambush Incidents - SECURE DECRYPT ROMEO ABLE SEVEN
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
---ENCRYPTED FILE. WORKING... ---
--- DECRYPTION SUCCESSFUL ---
I'll be blunt: I'm not happy. If anything, this information has made me *less* happy. Nagato's notes and the oppositional force estimates in the -c set are precisely the information we were *not* given as part of our forward intelligence. If I had had this data before deployment, Ptichka could have taken out the targets even without fire support; we'd have cannoned up above and beyond the usual outfitting for a strike mission if we'd known that the targets weren't soft. Instead of having three near-misses & a series of desperate fights we could've had three successful kills and actually *hurt* the bastards!
This highlights the central problem. Putting aside Suzumiya's autocratic attitude and management style, or her mysterious sources of information (which worry me, and if they don't worry *you* then you don't deserve what your masters pay you) the fact remains that whatever intelligence Suzumiya gets *isn't forwarded to the field commanders* where it can be put to good use. Keeping up appearances is not an acceptable excuse. We don't have the forces necessary to be able to play those kinds of games. If we're going to be an effective response force - and goddammit we need to be - then the field command needs to know what they're facing. As much fun as I'm sure you're having back at HQ manipulating the data, if more people - if *my* people - die because you're withholding something there *will* be consequences. That's not a threat, that's cast-iron prophecy.
Is there a way out of this mess that doesn't involve us all getting killed by Boskone? I'd like to think so, and I'm willing to discuss it. However, any agreement is going to require full disclosure. Suzumiya and the rest of the SOS-dan need to spill *everything* to their field commanders. What they know, how they know it and what their long-term objectives are. No more secrets between the OGJ command, otherwise this is going to explode *again* and leave us screwed at the wrong time.
Forward that to Suzumiya, see what she says. If she agrees, we'll convene a summit. If not... we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
--Fnord
--- ENCRYPTION ENDS ---
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
To: An Anonymous Analyst (fenfront@cia.gov)
Subj: Re: Ambush Incidents - SECURE DECRYPT ROMEO ABLE SEVEN
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
---ENCRYPTED FILE. WORKING... ---
--- DECRYPTION SUCCESSFUL ---
I'll be blunt: I'm not happy. If anything, this information has made me *less* happy. Nagato's notes and the oppositional force estimates in the -c set are precisely the information we were *not* given as part of our forward intelligence. If I had had this data before deployment, Ptichka could have taken out the targets even without fire support; we'd have cannoned up above and beyond the usual outfitting for a strike mission if we'd known that the targets weren't soft. Instead of having three near-misses & a series of desperate fights we could've had three successful kills and actually *hurt* the bastards!
This highlights the central problem. Putting aside Suzumiya's autocratic attitude and management style, or her mysterious sources of information (which worry me, and if they don't worry *you* then you don't deserve what your masters pay you) the fact remains that whatever intelligence Suzumiya gets *isn't forwarded to the field commanders* where it can be put to good use. Keeping up appearances is not an acceptable excuse. We don't have the forces necessary to be able to play those kinds of games. If we're going to be an effective response force - and goddammit we need to be - then the field command needs to know what they're facing. As much fun as I'm sure you're having back at HQ manipulating the data, if more people - if *my* people - die because you're withholding something there *will* be consequences. That's not a threat, that's cast-iron prophecy.
Is there a way out of this mess that doesn't involve us all getting killed by Boskone? I'd like to think so, and I'm willing to discuss it. However, any agreement is going to require full disclosure. Suzumiya and the rest of the SOS-dan need to spill *everything* to their field commanders. What they know, how they know it and what their long-term objectives are. No more secrets between the OGJ command, otherwise this is going to explode *again* and leave us screwed at the wrong time.
Forward that to Suzumiya, see what she says. If she agrees, we'll convene a summit. If not... we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
--Fnord
--- ENCRYPTION ENDS ---
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"