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familiarize yourselves and your personnel, with the
interior layout of Vern light cruisers. Danion, do you have that
information?”
    “Yes,” says Danion. “I downloaded all of that information when we found
out that the Verm were coming. I even know how to fly them.”
    “Great work, Danion. Please facilitate the flow of that information
to the Senior Officers and the soldiers. I will ask you for personal
tutoring when I have time. Nemo, out.”
    ***
    Captain Nemo discusses his plans with Bartat and a group of leaders,
selected by Bartat. “The desired outcome of this mission is that my
soldiers will board and take captive, both of the Verm warships. In order
for that to happen, two shuttles must arrive at the Verm ships at the same
instant. Inside each of those shuttles will be a contingent of 50 armored
soldiers, who will, upon arrival, storm the Operations Centers of the
warships. After the Command and Control, the Engineering, and the
Communications sections have been secured, the ships will be under our
control. Then we can capture or kill the remainder of the crew, as
necessary.”
    “So, tell me. Can you get me those two shuttles, and can you cause
them to arrive at the Verm ships, at the same time?”
    “What will happen to Parin, when the Verm find out about the attack?” the
oldest extrucian asks.
    Captain Nemo replies: “I expect to have this ship, piloted by our
Artificial Intelligence, out here in space at the time of the attack. It
would be Standard Operating Procedure for a ship that is under attack, to
launch FTL information probes to Verm headquarters. Danion, the AI, will
attempt to shoot those probes down, before they can go to FTL space. The
probability of success is ‘good’ for that kind of missile intercept.”
    “Regardless of whether the effort to shoot down the probes is successful,
or not, I would expect to launch FTL probes to Darinx headquarters, as soon as
the Verm vessels are secured. Those probes will inform the Darinx Navy
that they are needed in this system, and that the citizens of Parin would like
to reconsider the Darinx offer, of an alliance in exchange for protection. Until the Darinx Navy arrives, we will be
here, and in control of those two light cruisers.”
    “It is a big risk,” comments Bartat. “We will need to discuss the
wisdom of taking that risk. How do we know that the Darinx Navy and
Government will offer their protection?”
    The Captain replies: “I can’t make any promises about what the Darinx
government will do. But they were willing to make the offer, previously.”
    “Yes they were,” says Bartat. “Let me meet with the others and have
a discussion.”
    ***
    While the extrucians are conferring, Captain Nemo meets with Danion
and familiarizes himself with the layout of the two Verm light cruisers. Company
K is going to have to capture those warships, with or without extrucian help.
    And while he is listening to Danion another part of his mind is dividing
the company, into two units. He is wrestling with the decision about who
to make commander, for the second unit. Lieutenant Guilles would be the
best commander, but Captain Nemo wants to keep her with him, so that he can
keep her safe. After the mental wrestling match goes on for a while, he
reaches the only conclusion that he can logically reach. He needs to make
the best decision for the success of Company K - that means putting Lieutenant
Guilles in charge of the 2 nd group – even though it puts his
emotional well-being at risk.
    ***
    After some hours of deliberation, the extrucians agree to help with the
mission. They have even figured out the logistics, of how to get the
soldiers aboard two shuttles, and how to get them launched, so that they will
arrive at the two warships, at the same time.
    The plan hinges on getting some help from a sympathizer who had
previously helped the refugees escape death. They are fairly certain that
she could arrange to be the Shuttle Launch Coordinator, and