Her Will Be Done

[Victor Steiner]

It would be a lie to say he wasn't uncomfortable by her response, she had made it very clear he was to act according to her wishes, as would the Government and unfortunately for him, he had no evidence to suggest they were acting to the contrary. Therefore he would do nothing....or would he? If there was something afoot it was his duty to find out. He had no evidence today but if he did his job, if he paid attention to the smaller details his enemy would reveal themselves in time, then he would be free to act. But he needed to be careful, she had made it clear, there was to be no sale of any system without her say so and while she would not act, that did not mean she couldn't act. He would continue to observe, he just hoped he would not realize the plot when it became too late.

Your humble servant, ma'am He said, conceding to her. One does not simply argue with the Queen.

Facing O'Brian, and eager to move on from the brief but awesome display of royal authority he had just been subjected to and he answered her question. Well the obvious issue is that we have no guarantee that the city is actually....dead. Dormant yes, but dead? We don't know. We also have no idea what is inside or what kind of internal defences it has, if any. In theory we can bring the shield down for a moment to insert a small team who would then infiltrate the city and disable the shields, allowing the Fleet to initiate a full bombardment of the place....some within the Service suggest it might be an idea to study the city but considering we are dealing with an unknown, and the reputation Alien ruins have in terms of....influencing people, I personally think it would be wiser and safer to simply destroy it.