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"Make no mistake here, Ambassadors, their orders will not be open for interpretation or any political double-talk. The spirit of those orders is as important as the words. If I order them to prevent all hostilities, that means that they will do exactly that; nothing more and nothing less," Ian finished.
"Admiral, what of the non-aligned nations that are not part of this body?" the South Korean Ambassador asked.
Ian put a firm look on his face. "Nationalist agendas will not be tolerated by anyone for the duration of this emergency. That will be… explained to our more reticent brothers. I'd really like to see the North Korean leadership accuse a Cronian Marine of being an American spy!"
As an image of a Croaning Marine took form beside a current image of the North Korean leader, several of the Ambassadors chuckled. Ian continued. "People, we're still not interested in taking over, although for the time being it may seem like it. We just need to get through this, we'll back off and you can return to your daily routines. I swear this to you."
The Secretary General nodded. "I think that is the one fact everyone here can easily agree on Admiral. However, based on the videos you showed us, there is a good chance that we are going to take considerable damage. So much so that we may not be able to recover, what will happen then?"
"Mister Secretary, we are not so heartless we would fight this war and leave you laying in the mess after it. We will be here to assist all of you as much as you request . We will help as much as we possibly can for as long as you will need it. It goes without saying that emergencies will be handled without request on a case by case basis."
The UN excused themselves then to deliberate and to contact their leaders. Luke and the Terran Council approved Ian's proposed actions before they too excused themselves to get back to work on their own civilian preparations. Leaving Ian and Admiral H'joles.
"I'm sorry to have dropped that on you like I did, Ian. But at this point, I don't think anything they could do with the advanced technology they could steal will matter. You know as well as I do what the probably outcome of this is going to be. We may win the fight, but Earth is going to lose people and more likely than not, it's governments. Even if they somehow manage to survive this, they will never be able to return to what they are now, you know that," H'joles said.
"Yes, I do. This fight is going to change them on a very fundamental level. Sir, I am going to issue orders to my remaining Raptor teams to disable or destroy the Nuclear, Chemical and Biological weapons they have hidden down there. I know that one of them will try to use those weapons in this battle and we can't allow that to happen. I'm not going to ask for permission, I am simply going to do it. I'm telling you in the event I will have to answer for my actions," Ian said.
H'joles nodded his understanding. "Ian, such an action is actually expected of you as an officer in the Alliance. The chemical and biological weapons are banned in the Alliance and the nuclear weapons have no business in the hands of civilians anyway. Removing them is part of your duty as the protector of your people.
"I also understand that you will catch hell from Earth for doing it. The choice is yours, but I do support the action. Will you inform the planetary leadership of your actions?"
"Only after the fact, Sir," Ian replied. " It'll damage what trust exists between us, but it has to be done. The use of those weapons can only hurt this planet more in the coming battle. I don't think it'll matter at all after the battle."
"I understand there are quite a few fission reactors on the planet providing power to the population. What will you do about those?" H'joles asked.
"I will be ordering them shut down and replaced with temporary fusion rectors of our design. Ours have safeguards in them to prevent detonation due to the fighting. It's already
"Make no mistake here, Ambassadors, their orders will not be open for interpretation or any political double-talk. The spirit of those orders is as important as the words. If I order them to prevent all hostilities, that means that they will do exactly that; nothing more and nothing less," Ian finished.
"Admiral, what of the non-aligned nations that are not part of this body?" the South Korean Ambassador asked.
Ian put a firm look on his face. "Nationalist agendas will not be tolerated by anyone for the duration of this emergency. That will be… explained to our more reticent brothers. I'd really like to see the North Korean leadership accuse a Cronian Marine of being an American spy!"
As an image of a Croaning Marine took form beside a current image of the North Korean leader, several of the Ambassadors chuckled. Ian continued. "People, we're still not interested in taking over, although for the time being it may seem like it. We just need to get through this, we'll back off and you can return to your daily routines. I swear this to you."
The Secretary General nodded. "I think that is the one fact everyone here can easily agree on Admiral. However, based on the videos you showed us, there is a good chance that we are going to take considerable damage. So much so that we may not be able to recover, what will happen then?"
"Mister Secretary, we are not so heartless we would fight this war and leave you laying in the mess after it. We will be here to assist all of you as much as you request . We will help as much as we possibly can for as long as you will need it. It goes without saying that emergencies will be handled without request on a case by case basis."
The UN excused themselves then to deliberate and to contact their leaders. Luke and the Terran Council approved Ian's proposed actions before they too excused themselves to get back to work on their own civilian preparations. Leaving Ian and Admiral H'joles.
"I'm sorry to have dropped that on you like I did, Ian. But at this point, I don't think anything they could do with the advanced technology they could steal will matter. You know as well as I do what the probably outcome of this is going to be. We may win the fight, but Earth is going to lose people and more likely than not, it's governments. Even if they somehow manage to survive this, they will never be able to return to what they are now, you know that," H'joles said.
"Yes, I do. This fight is going to change them on a very fundamental level. Sir, I am going to issue orders to my remaining Raptor teams to disable or destroy the Nuclear, Chemical and Biological weapons they have hidden down there. I know that one of them will try to use those weapons in this battle and we can't allow that to happen. I'm not going to ask for permission, I am simply going to do it. I'm telling you in the event I will have to answer for my actions," Ian said.
H'joles nodded his understanding. "Ian, such an action is actually expected of you as an officer in the Alliance. The chemical and biological weapons are banned in the Alliance and the nuclear weapons have no business in the hands of civilians anyway. Removing them is part of your duty as the protector of your people.
"I also understand that you will catch hell from Earth for doing it. The choice is yours, but I do support the action. Will you inform the planetary leadership of your actions?"
"Only after the fact, Sir," Ian replied. " It'll damage what trust exists between us, but it has to be done. The use of those weapons can only hurt this planet more in the coming battle. I don't think it'll matter at all after the battle."
"I understand there are quite a few fission reactors on the planet providing power to the population. What will you do about those?" H'joles asked.
"I will be ordering them shut down and replaced with temporary fusion rectors of our design. Ours have safeguards in them to prevent detonation due to the fighting. It's already
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