The Catalyst.

[BobMacaroni]

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Pleased to see the conversation returning to more tangible subjects, and that he got the point across without hopefully too many wrong ideas taken, he relaxed and leaned back in his seat. Harabero breathed an inner sigh of relief.

Underlying, however, he started to notice and gain further distaste as the Coalition was mentioned again and again. After so much, he really could not bring himself to trust them. Even the Core, heck even the Rogues and Junkers were not "trustworthy" and the Don would rather to keep his distance as much as possible from any non-Maltese he could. It was in the very nature of an Outcast.

Maybe the other representatives would agree with him. In any case, he would wait for later to bring that up again. His plans - and by extension those of the Starfleet - would not rely on the Coalition. Nevertheless...

There is no possible chance we could "contain" the Corsairs. Not now. There are just too many of them. I would agree with... Daniels... that the best course of action is to focus on their supplies.

Scouts have reported that Skiros has been abandoned and left to dust. That leaves their main source of food in Freeport nine. Once we seize that back, it will be a major blow to them. The battleship Delos is currently the leader of the largest force, with the cruiser forces Minorca and Majorca as it's forward escorts. Given enough troops, we could overwhelm them. However, that would require major commitments of troops, resources, and manpower I believe we all agree is needed elsewhere as well. The Phoenix can rally reinforcements from the Zoners to assist us, however. Although I would not recommend relying on the ones from Freeport 5 - they are probably weeded with Corsairs - Or...

He looked at the leader of the Phoenix

The Coalition for that matter. We can assume they will take the opportunity if we can strike back, but we cannot count on them. I would agree that it would be best to pester them before we strike, but their patrols are getting restless. Soon there will be action, and it would be best we are the initiators.

Due to their tight grip on the station, it might be difficult to get more assistance in to the station. I believe the best course of action would be the destruction of the forward twin cruiser task forces Minorca and Majorca, to loosen the grip on the station. From there, we can lure the Delos in, for the killing blow by the Augusta, and Core and Zoner forces, with uprisings and fire spread across the system. If at all the plan goes wrong, the biodomes go kablooey. No debate. It is too large an advantage to give up, to remove one of their most needed assets.

The Don took a breath and looked at each member of the room.

There are some plans I have in action to accomplish this and to start it, and this is just a very brief, simplified overview of what would happen. Needless to say, this is going to need all of our involvement, and unwavering between us. Is this acceptable?

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