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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 3057483" data-attributes="member: 150">The ensign's plan (for review):Once alone with his companions, Ruzz'koff curses and rubs his temples.  "I don't like this at all.  There's much more going on here -- there must be -- and I have far too many questions to feel safe taking this mission. "First of all, I don't understand imperial security's assumptions about Antonescue and the data discs.  Their supposition that Antonescue planned to sell the data to the K'Kree is unsupported, as far as I can tell.  And not particularly valid.  Antonescue could have been the buyer, and making his way back to handlers with the stolen data.  He could have been an agent of a sovereign power or a mercenary trying to sell the data to the highest bidder."But the most troubling thing is that someone still on board that ship took the disc and discarded it when the dragnet was closing in.  That person knows we have the data, and will know that it could easily have been compromised.  And, given our obvious willingness to play by the rules and report this obvious espionage to the imperial authorities, if we approach the K'Kree there's a far too good chance that they will be aware of our behavior and very suspicious about anything we try to sell to them.  "So.  I'm not going to sign us up for a plan sketched out by a young ensign on his brand new 'The Navy is Wicked Cool' trapper-keeper notebook, especially one that puts our ship, passengers, and our own lives at risk.  But I'm not opposed to refining the plan, amongst ourselves.  "I want to do the right thing, and I want to help with the Navy's efforts in this matter, but I am troubled that the Commodore would toss such a poorly-planned scheme at our feet. It is hard not to suspect some deeper motives moving behind the scenes -- what if Antonescue was already in the employ of imperial intelligence, and was trying to sell misinformation to a K'Kree spy -- and his death was either the result of his real motives and affiliation being discovered, or the activity of a third party, neither Antonescue or his K'Kree buyer.  Antonescue is dead, and I prefer not to follow his example."So, the first question for the group is whether or not we want to be any further part of this  particular shell game or not.  I'm willing to go either way, but if we do get involved, I think we need to rewrite the scheme significantly, and I think that we keep some details to ourselves for our own protection.  What are your opinions?"-rg</blockquote>

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