09-01-2024, 05:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2024, 05:21 AM by Peter Jensen.)
Peter nodded at the explanation. It made sense.
"I want the option if we need it", he said, then met Black's eyes as she looked at him because of the Cardassian signature. The signature which did mildly concern him as well. "Coordinate what you need. I leave the technical details in hands I trust to get it right", he said with a confident smile, as T'Lari pointed out the obvious, then went on to the matter of the Cardassians.
"And yes, I see it too", he said calmly, in response to Black's notification, though he did not feel entirely calm. Something that big was hopefully a huge station, immovable. Because if it was, they couldn't throw it at the Yeager. They wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in Gre'thor against something like that.
"Prepare a message to Starfleet that we were forced to cross into Talarian space to save the occupants of the S. S. Lord Franklin, have taken no hostile action, but have been attacked by the Cardassians. Don't send it yet, but be prepared to be able to do so at a single push of a button", he said. "If they get here and try to intimidate us I want to to be able to tell them that even though they can wipe us out, the price of doing so is going to be higher than they'll want to pay. Be prepared for them having jammers of some kind, so see if you can find a way they can't block.", he said, banking on the Cardassians not being willing to risk a full-scale war with the Federation over an old colony ship.
Situations like this was the reason Peter thought it wildly irresponsible that many Starfleet ships had families on them. If he had children, he would be much more effective knowing they were safe on a planet or starbase somewhere, than stuck in harms way like the rest of them. The irony of this fact, given his background, was not lost on him.
"I want the option if we need it", he said, then met Black's eyes as she looked at him because of the Cardassian signature. The signature which did mildly concern him as well. "Coordinate what you need. I leave the technical details in hands I trust to get it right", he said with a confident smile, as T'Lari pointed out the obvious, then went on to the matter of the Cardassians.
"And yes, I see it too", he said calmly, in response to Black's notification, though he did not feel entirely calm. Something that big was hopefully a huge station, immovable. Because if it was, they couldn't throw it at the Yeager. They wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in Gre'thor against something like that.
"Prepare a message to Starfleet that we were forced to cross into Talarian space to save the occupants of the S. S. Lord Franklin, have taken no hostile action, but have been attacked by the Cardassians. Don't send it yet, but be prepared to be able to do so at a single push of a button", he said. "If they get here and try to intimidate us I want to to be able to tell them that even though they can wipe us out, the price of doing so is going to be higher than they'll want to pay. Be prepared for them having jammers of some kind, so see if you can find a way they can't block.", he said, banking on the Cardassians not being willing to risk a full-scale war with the Federation over an old colony ship.
Situations like this was the reason Peter thought it wildly irresponsible that many Starfleet ships had families on them. If he had children, he would be much more effective knowing they were safe on a planet or starbase somewhere, than stuck in harms way like the rest of them. The irony of this fact, given his background, was not lost on him.