Duncan sat quietly as his directors entered his office. Voncloud seemed to know partially why he had been called, and jumped immediately to the point. Director Kelly entered soon thereafter, very obviously agitated and stressed. Duncan leaned forward and addressed everyone in the room.
"Gentleman, I know you've both been very busy. Thank you for coming on such short notice. Mr. Voncloud, we will get to your business of late shortly, first I have some information to share with the both of you. I thought it would be prudent to include you two in this, given the gravity of the situation."
Duncan paused for a moment, collecting his thoughts.
"Earlier today, I had a meeting with a Corsair. He claimed to be an Elder, and to be the Diplomatic voice of the council. Whether that is true I have yet to determine. Regardless, the things he told me were disturbing at best. According to him, This latest war had little to do with the fall of the Artemis. That was just a cover to mask and legitimize their actions here. The real reason they came here was, as it always is with the Corsairs, was food. They wanted the food that Gran Canaria provides. He told me that they will not stop coming, will not stop trying to wrest this planet from us. So the question remains, What do we do with this information? Voncloud, while your actions thus far in ending the current conflict are admirable, we must realize that this is not the end. The Corsairs will be back, and one day we will not be able to stop them. So that leaves us with preparing, we need to be ready for that day."
Duncan sighed before continuing.
"I called you two here, my directors, because you are experts. My advisors in your given roles. Voncloud, as director of security, I will need your input concerning defensive abilities. Important points, capabilities, the whole work up. Kelly, you are the logistics wizard among us. I will need you to coordinate supplies, munitions and the like. We need to make sure we have the ability to survive should the Corsairs come in force. I realize that this is much to ask of you both, especially given the recent goings on. I would tend to believe that we have a bit of a reprieve, use it to collect your thoughts and rest a bit, then we may begin the task of increasing Gran Canaria's defenses. We can no longer rely on our neutrality alone to protect us and this world. We need to have options and alternatives to fall back should neutrality and diplomacy fail."
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