Good day ladies and gentlemen and especially Mr Davids with whom I was in battle for several times now and counting.
I am Brig Myers, commander of the Geb-Class carrier 'Intrepid'. On behalf of myself and my crew I am about to make you an offer, which will be very hard to refuse. However, it seems prudent to first lay out how we (me and my Crew, that is) came to the offer we are about to present:
In times like this, where even a Captain of a cutting-edge ship with a very highly skilled Crew, must not only fight for survival in these harsh and unforgiving region of space but also for its access to intelligence, raw data and assessments, the principle of a independently operating carrier is put to a merciless test.
And, ladies and gentlemen, by my and my officers estimation this principle has failed the test. Therefore, it is of of paramount importance, in order to both survive and serve a common goal, that we gain access to all intelligence available to the order, while preserving at least large parts of our independence.
This 'one stone for two birds'-approach negates our currently greatest weakness and not only preserves our grates strengths, but amplifies it by a hopefully better integration of the Intrepid within Order forces into the flexible command structure of task force 141.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are indeed talking about the integration of a whole carrier with a battle-hardened Crew into task force 141.
We realize that none of the recruitment-procedures of task force 141 accommodate for such exceptions, but we believe that overcoming the initial hurdles, will be beneficial to both task force 141 and the Order and will ensure the survival of my crew.
I wish to stress, however, that both the ship and her crew are to be regarded as one single unit. Under no circumstances will I or my crew accept interference into our internal procedures.
Last but not least I wish to apologize for not using your standard form, but as you see, this bears very little use to the case we have presented. If it is a concern I can provide you with additional information about my personal background and those of my most senior officers, namely my executive officer Tokugawa Ieyasu and my chief intelligence officer Franz Weber.
