that many that fit this description are no longer in active service. Some have retired. Some have done an enlistment or time in service and moved on. Some may have been disabled and discarded. Some are war vets who were not able to regain full use of their physical abilities. As you know, the medical capabilities of this and other stations is so far beyond what Earth's best is capable of providing as to appear to be magical. We can identify such persons and offer them opportunities that they would have thought closed to them. If they meet our screening standards the offers will be hard to refuse. Do not mis-understand, I will not be in the business of breaking up families. If the offer is not attractive to the whole family, it will be taken off the table. The offer includes living on the station for the duration as a family unit. The offer goes to male and female. A great deal of the screening for this will be in Barana's able hands, figuratively speaking. Think on this because I do not wish to overly disrupt the world."
"I do want to have one Type 1 station and four type 2 stations ready for duty in one year with 10% of their warships manned and ready for use. I want to have another two Type 1 stations and eight Type 2 stations ready for duty in two years also with 10% of their warships manned and ready for use. We will build from there. I want to be fully ready to send out half of the fleet to confront the main force in 10 years."
"George, I have not left you out of the picture," he continued. "I need some guidance on who to approach and how. In some cases I will need someone to open the door for Sam and I. If you wish to move on station, I will assist you to assure that your employees are not left out in the cold. There should be more than enough jobs to assure they all are taken care of. I know that is your interest. If you wish to stay where you are in the short or long term, you will have security better than that of the president and no one will know it unless they try to penetrate it. We can talk about how you might like to proceed over dinner later this week."
"I think that is about as far as we need to go today. I would like you all to think over the issues we discussed today and start working on the plans each item requires. You are my principle advisors so if you think there is something I should know, tell me. You are all familiar with team environments so lets use those principles."
"Josh, Rose, Bill, Joann, George and Miriam, would you join Sam and I for a few minutes, we want to show you something." He then thought to Barana, < Is there some place in the military training area where no one is likely to be watching? >
< There is a hard surface road at about RM 3 on deck 22 and that location is not currently occupied. >
< Good, we'll go there when I give you the ok, thanks . Oh, I will also need seven stop watches, a loaded .45, an automated firing stand with a life sized target 25' away, and two tables set 1/2 mile apart with a hand calculator on the most distant table. > He then sent a thought to Sam to let her know what was coming and then addressed the others, "Ready?" They nodded assent, he said "OK" and then the eight of them vanished without a pop.
The group of them arrived at the place Barana had suggested about 50' from the table with a USMC issue 1911 Colt 45 caliber handgun on the table and 7 stopwatches next to the hand gun. "I said up in the meeting that I wanted to show you something. Actually what I had in mind was more of a demonstration. There is a table exactly 1/2 mile down this road. On that table is a hand calculator whose purpose I will explain during the course of the demonstration. First I want you to each pickup and test a stopwatch. I will give a signal for you to start them and I will give you a signal to stop them. If you wish, you can use the stopwatch function on your smart phone, that is OK. Ready, Set, Go." After a pause he said, "Stop, 15.5 seconds." They all checked
"I do want to have one Type 1 station and four type 2 stations ready for duty in one year with 10% of their warships manned and ready for use. I want to have another two Type 1 stations and eight Type 2 stations ready for duty in two years also with 10% of their warships manned and ready for use. We will build from there. I want to be fully ready to send out half of the fleet to confront the main force in 10 years."
"George, I have not left you out of the picture," he continued. "I need some guidance on who to approach and how. In some cases I will need someone to open the door for Sam and I. If you wish to move on station, I will assist you to assure that your employees are not left out in the cold. There should be more than enough jobs to assure they all are taken care of. I know that is your interest. If you wish to stay where you are in the short or long term, you will have security better than that of the president and no one will know it unless they try to penetrate it. We can talk about how you might like to proceed over dinner later this week."
"I think that is about as far as we need to go today. I would like you all to think over the issues we discussed today and start working on the plans each item requires. You are my principle advisors so if you think there is something I should know, tell me. You are all familiar with team environments so lets use those principles."
"Josh, Rose, Bill, Joann, George and Miriam, would you join Sam and I for a few minutes, we want to show you something." He then thought to Barana, < Is there some place in the military training area where no one is likely to be watching? >
< There is a hard surface road at about RM 3 on deck 22 and that location is not currently occupied. >
< Good, we'll go there when I give you the ok, thanks . Oh, I will also need seven stop watches, a loaded .45, an automated firing stand with a life sized target 25' away, and two tables set 1/2 mile apart with a hand calculator on the most distant table. > He then sent a thought to Sam to let her know what was coming and then addressed the others, "Ready?" They nodded assent, he said "OK" and then the eight of them vanished without a pop.
The group of them arrived at the place Barana had suggested about 50' from the table with a USMC issue 1911 Colt 45 caliber handgun on the table and 7 stopwatches next to the hand gun. "I said up in the meeting that I wanted to show you something. Actually what I had in mind was more of a demonstration. There is a table exactly 1/2 mile down this road. On that table is a hand calculator whose purpose I will explain during the course of the demonstration. First I want you to each pickup and test a stopwatch. I will give a signal for you to start them and I will give you a signal to stop them. If you wish, you can use the stopwatch function on your smart phone, that is OK. Ready, Set, Go." After a pause he said, "Stop, 15.5 seconds." They all checked
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