ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: UESC Comms PERIOD: Present Day SPEAKERS: UESC Admiral Sulera [ID: CSUL], UESC Captain Orion [ID: ORION] TOPIC: UESC Mission Priorities SUMMARY: An intersystem call between UESC Admiral Sulera and UESC Captain Orion regarding the Anomaly on Tau Ceti IV. =================================================================== [CSUL]: You've got your handpicked team, unlimited re-ups, root command over Cerberus. I've given you everything you asked for to outfit this mission. What do you need now? [ORION]: Time. We're pushing forward when we should be pulling back, just to meet these quotas. We need to slow down, get our house in order, and approach with caution. [CSUL]: You are the head of an elite military unit, Captain. Your house should always be in order. [ORION]: This is unknown territory. The colonists studied the Anomaly for years and even they didn't understand it. [CSUL]: That means you have years and years of data. Find that data and use it. [ORION]: We are. But it takes time. Moving this fast… We've lost equipment. We've lost people. [CSUL]: Loss is accounted for in your astronomical budget. Let me make myself perfectly clear. The Anomaly is a mission priority. I want daily reports. I want each daily report to contain a new piece of information that will be worth something to the council. If that means you need to feed your officers into the Anomaly until something worthwhile comes out, I would consider that acceptable attrition. Do you understand? =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]