The Trey'sh looked around at the various generals and Admirals from various races that had contributed forces to the fight for Earth. He was the only non-Military delegate present, but as all the UNS systems were part of the Protectorate, technically, this was an Audemedon invasion of Ishiman Space, and was his responsability, so he decided to start the briefing. He stood up and waited for silence. He started speaking in common, a rather unexpressive language, but one that had been designed so it could be spoken easily by nearly any species in the galaxy.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Before we begin, I must make it absolutely clear that the Ishiman Stellar Protectorate has resolved to defend the sovereignty of our Protectorate, and to liberate Earth at whatever cost. Our attempts to reestablish diplomatic communication with the Prophets of Salril have failed, so we have sent an ultamadum. If they refuse to withdraw their forces from Protectorate Space by midnight, sixty days from today, they will be subject to the full fury of the Ishiman Stellar Navy and its allies.
On a final note, before I introduce the next speaker, I would like to propose that we appoint a supreme allied commander before we leave this meeting. Trust me, I have been through this many times before, and I know. A military operation cannot be run by concensus. So, in order for the liberation effort to work effectively, we must elect a supreme commander of the entire joint fleet before this is over. But first, I would like to hear status reports from each of the Commanders here. To start it off, here is the Ishiman Representative, Admiral Vek."
The Ishiman stood up and activated a wall mounted map display.
"It should be made our first priority to establish a firm frontier around Earth and the other occupied systems. At the moment, the combined fleet has no means to directly stop an Audemedon attack, so, in order to prevent their expansion, the Ishiman Protectorate has committed a second gateship, to generate a large, comprehensive, Hyperspace Jamming network. As of now, the jamming network covers only Lalanade, and a few other systems. By simply moving our two gateships up to the 34th and 38th radii respectively, we can totally secure almost all of the fronteir with Ishiman and UNS space almost indefinitely."
On the screen two dots appeared on two of the radii, representing the gateships. Large circles formed around them, overlapping eachother. Together, they covered the frontier, blocking all of the established jumpgates from projecting streams towards Human Space.
Now, I know that in its current state, the Ishiman Navy is not numerically powerful, but we have already begun a massive buildup in our military capacity. In the four weeks since the occupation, our shipyards have produced nearly a hundred HVDs and Carriers, and many times that number of cruisers, HVCs and Gunships We have greatly improved our HVD and HVC designs with the cooperation of the Elejeetian Minister of technology, and we are currently produceing HVCs and HVDs that should be capable of meeting Audemedon ships toe to toe.
Our gravest problem however, is finding capable crews for the tremendous fleet we are produceing. The Naval Academy has been flooded with cadets from all over the protectorate, including many, many Humans, but the Academy was never meant to deal with so many applicants. In order to produce effective pilots, I need any experienced crew members that you can spare, or else these new wave of applicants will not be up to the standards of the current Ishiman Stellar Navy crews. That is all for now, Thank you."
He sat down, and the Trey'sh, who had taken on the role of informal moderator, called up the next Admiral to give his status report.
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Faris eck Vaenar Maletena-Wizr, Trey'ish of the Ishiman reestablishment comittee.
"I don't think I'm alone when I say that I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system."
(This message has been edited by Trey'sh Maletena Wizr (edited 01-10-2001).)
