A twofer!
From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: Noah Scott (big-cheese@stellvia.lib)
Subj: Re: I'd like to say you're wrong, but...
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
* "Nagasaki"? Which historical allusion are you going with here, Mal?
Luckily we don't have a Perry to deal with... yet. We're also in a bit stronger position than the shogunate.
* I can't help but think "nations defaulting on their UN dues", but that
* didn't happen to the UN until a few decades after they were founded.
* You may be onto something here.
Of course I'm onto something. Or maybe just on something. Whichever.
More seriously, the UN model is... a good start for a template, if nothing else. It helps that the primary model would be strictly police/military in the short run; interfaction relations are good, we don't have to worry about things like decolonization, etc.
* All I know for sure is that it isn't me or any of my senior staff.
* Yoriko thinks it might be the captain of a certain Fenship... but I'll
* tell you more about that on Wednesday.
A specific fenship, hm? I can think of a dozen or so off the top of my head that I'd consider candidates... I suppose we shall see, though.
--Mal
From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: An Anonymous Analyst (fenfront@cia.gov)
Subj: SETEC ASTRONOMY (Was: Re: Ambush Incidents - SECURE DECRYPT ROMEO ABLE SEVEN)
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
Point One: The fact that you don't seem all that interested in where Nagato or Itsuki get their intelligence doesn't reassure me.
        Subpoint: Also, would you mind explaining in no uncertain terms *why* we should trust your masters with our intelligence-gathering? You *are* after all an agent of a hostile power.
Point Two: If Boskone has sufficient sigint and humint resources aboard Stellvia to intercept sealed orders with force estimates attached, then we might as well give up right now for we are well & truly fucked. I'll also note that Ptichka isn't *based* out of Stellvia.
Point Three: When I said full disclosure, I meant full disclosure. That's not negotiable. If Suzumiya wants to spill the beans but the SOS-dan is reluctant to talk, then I have no problem cutting them out of the loop and dealing with Suzumiya directly. If *they* have a problem with that, then they shouldn't have climbed into the goldfish bowl in the first place.
To use your own metaphor: ante up.
--Fnord
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"
From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: Noah Scott (big-cheese@stellvia.lib)
Subj: Re: I'd like to say you're wrong, but...
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
* "Nagasaki"? Which historical allusion are you going with here, Mal?
Luckily we don't have a Perry to deal with... yet. We're also in a bit stronger position than the shogunate.
* I can't help but think "nations defaulting on their UN dues", but that
* didn't happen to the UN until a few decades after they were founded.
* You may be onto something here.
Of course I'm onto something. Or maybe just on something. Whichever.
More seriously, the UN model is... a good start for a template, if nothing else. It helps that the primary model would be strictly police/military in the short run; interfaction relations are good, we don't have to worry about things like decolonization, etc.
* All I know for sure is that it isn't me or any of my senior staff.
* Yoriko thinks it might be the captain of a certain Fenship... but I'll
* tell you more about that on Wednesday.
A specific fenship, hm? I can think of a dozen or so off the top of my head that I'd consider candidates... I suppose we shall see, though.
--Mal
From: Col. Mal Fnord, USSRAF (23@globalfrequency.fen)
To: An Anonymous Analyst (fenfront@cia.gov)
Subj: SETEC ASTRONOMY (Was: Re: Ambush Incidents - SECURE DECRYPT ROMEO ABLE SEVEN)
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
Point One: The fact that you don't seem all that interested in where Nagato or Itsuki get their intelligence doesn't reassure me.
        Subpoint: Also, would you mind explaining in no uncertain terms *why* we should trust your masters with our intelligence-gathering? You *are* after all an agent of a hostile power.
Point Two: If Boskone has sufficient sigint and humint resources aboard Stellvia to intercept sealed orders with force estimates attached, then we might as well give up right now for we are well & truly fucked. I'll also note that Ptichka isn't *based* out of Stellvia.
Point Three: When I said full disclosure, I meant full disclosure. That's not negotiable. If Suzumiya wants to spill the beans but the SOS-dan is reluctant to talk, then I have no problem cutting them out of the loop and dealing with Suzumiya directly. If *they* have a problem with that, then they shouldn't have climbed into the goldfish bowl in the first place.
To use your own metaphor: ante up.
--Fnord
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"