Book 4: Chapter 24: Negotiations
Bill
September 2334
Virt
[You have a communications request from Lenny.]
“Seriously?” I could feel my jaw drop. We were winning the war against Starfleet, so maybe—no, winning was the wrong word. We were pushing them back, but in the process humanity was destroying our assets. Like taking out not-yet-necrotic tissue as part of an amputation. I grimaced at the comparison. That was dark for me.
Guppy, of course, had treated my expostulation like he did any non-procedural statement—total ignore. He stood at parade rest, patiently waiting for me to say something actionable.
“Fine, Guppy. Let him in. But firewall him.”
[Communication is audio-visual only.]
Oh. Okay. A window popped up with Lenny standing squarely in the middle of it.