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From: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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To: Bill Tasker <wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov>
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Delivered-To: Tasker William T W/GEN <wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov>
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Subject: I need you at Ross
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Date: 14 Sep 2421 06:56:13 +0000
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Date-Local: 14 Sep 2421 06:56:13 +0000
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Bill, I don't think he's going to listen. He's always been
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soft. Good with his people because of it, but it's a weakness, and
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I think it's going to stop him from doing what has to be done.
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I need you out there as soon as possible. I know you're not done
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working up yet, but that isn't going to be a problem for you, is
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it? Call it a trial cruise. Hell, say you're going out there to
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relieve the colony - I can pull some strings and make it an
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official request, load you up with a med team and a couple bays'
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worth of supplies for them, and that'll still give you more than
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enough force to deal with the problem. It's only 27 of them, and
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you'll have, what, 20000 marines?
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Tell your people to go a little easy on the rest if they can. The
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med workups are going to be unpleasant enough, and we do need to
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end up with a minimally viable colony still out there once you're
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done cleaning up. From the sound of it, they still think these are
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the people they used to know, and they spent 25 years in space
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together. You know and I know there's no cause for grief, but
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they're going to need some time to realize it, and the more we can
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avoid making that worse, the quicker we'll have the healthy colony
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out there we need. So keep the collateral under twenty percent,
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maximum. Keep it under ten, and there'll be something very special
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waiting for you next time you visit Phoebe.
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Remember what we talked about before, and don't get clever trying
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to improve your bonus. This is not a sample return mission! We
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don't know what we're dealing with out there, but we know it is
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there, and we know it's highly infectious. Make sure all your
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people are in full protection, decontaminate and screen them all
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before you let them back off the assault boats - and if there's any
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doubt, don't take foolish chances. You know what that ship means to
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all our projects, not just Ross 128. If getting back clean means
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leaving that planet with twenty thousand new colonists, do
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it. Enough will survive.
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Your command will receive the request for assistance by midday
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tomorrow, no later. Project your departure and arrival times on
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that basis, and let me know soonest. I've got Kolya out there and
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my board here to keep pacified until you get there, and I need to
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know what kind of timeline I'm working with.
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Koenraad
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