Star Trek: Terra Alpha

"You should..." Claire glanced a Julie to give her a chance to stop her. "We should coordinate with other powers in the quadrant. For one they need to know the threat, but two make it so there are few places he can hide."

Claire nodded, but she wasn't sure that she and Julie were friends. They had a good working relationship, and they trusted each other. She supposed that was enough.

Bowing she spoke, "Mistress I must be getting back to the compound. I am expecting some sensitive reports."

"That isn't even an offer I can entertain, let alone accept, but thank you. In my position loyalty is far more valuable than anything. I can't do my job if the Empress cannot trust me implicitly. And likewise, I can't use her connection to me to get things taken care of if there is a rift between us...

Claire shrugged, "Intelligence operations in the Alliance is dicey at best. A wrong move, and this peace could be seriously compromised. Why don't you talk to NI? Narlin Intelligence, sadly is far more efficient than our own. But, if I had to guess you will have a hard time connecting anything to th...

Claire looked down at the PADD that seemed to be a part of her, as she was rarely seen without the device. She kept intel on everyone she could get her hands on, but it was impossible for even her to remember everyone. Entering commands she muttered to herself, "Let's see Abbigail Porter... Hmm.. Aw...

Claire looked on the proceedings with fascination. Just a few years ago this same legislative assembly had declared war on the Imperium. Now, they were looking in on the process. It was amazing how things changed. This wasn't anything new to history. Not much different between the old US and Japan a...