"42 Seconds"

[Christie Farron 0]

Lieutenant Commander Christina Farron

Chief Science Officer

USS Manticore

"42 Seconds"

 

 

She was furious. She was booming. She was absolutely astonished at the lack of movement on Commander Farrington's part. To Farron, it was completely unexpected; as if Jami had a frightful case and didn't know what to do.

 

She gave Lieutenant Commander Garnoopy all the time he needed - way too much time, indeed. 42 seconds was well within the threshold for immediate removal of the cloaked ship. Instead, Jami threatened half of the Federation fleet, and many other fleets from around the sector.

 

If proper protocol had been followed, the Manticore would have flown right through the Wolf 359 ceremony and caught the cloaked Romulan ship with its tractor beam, escorting it away and breaking it off from the USS Hawk. But no - the lives of thouands of people were unnecessarily put at stake.

 

I do not question Lieutenant Commander Garnoopy's skill. I am, however, completely in an uproar about the lack of command and the extreme danger to much of our fleet Jami would not remove.

 

The safety of the fleet is much more important than saving the Manticore's Black Ops mission. Should Jami's plan have failed, there now wouldn't have been a Manticore to keep silent about. I am happy that everything worked out, but I completely disagree with her decision to do nothing with one of the strongest ships in the fleet.