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| Earth — After weeks
of speculation concerning the future of the Commander-in-Chief
of Starfleet, Vice Admiral Adam Vanderheiden addressed these
issues head on in a press conference at Starfleet headquarters. |
| Vice
Admiral Vanderheiden walks into the press release room,
on the little stage provided. He stops at the podium provided,
decorated with the seal of the United
Federation of Planets. After waiting a moment for attention
to be on him, he begins |
| "Good
evening. As you know, there have been many discussions and an
issue of a sort of 'challange' directed at Fleet
Admiral Smith for a popular vote to be conducted to elect
the Commander-in-Chief of StarFleet.
Upon his return from a temporary leave, Fleet Admiral Smith
immediately addressed the |
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issue to StarFleet Command.
Here is what he had to say about it."
After the introduction, Adam turns the attention to a screen
to his left, the right side from the press' point of view, by
looking over. The screen activates, bringing an image of Fleet
Admiral Smith up showing his head and shoulders as he spoke.
"There has been alot of debate and ill advised actions
that have taken place while I was away. Part of this I believe
to be out of the sheer fact that I was not here to handle the
situation.
"It might be a moot point, the idea of a general election,
and it might not be a beneficial idea on my part. But what we
have to do is look to the past, to precedent, and we have to
look at the charter. Nowhere in the charter does it state that
a CinC must be, or even can be voted by a general election of
Starfleet officers. I'm not above making an action that would
not benefit me, but I am fair in my actions. We have not held
general elections for CinC in the past, we don't do it now,
and we will not do so in the future unless the charter is changed
to allow for a general election. We abide by the charter. We
have the charter for a reason, it gives us our rules and organization.
We can not look around the charter, or even violate it outright
because of the rumblings of a minority of individuals. If there
was such an outcry for a new CinC, then I wouldn't be sitting
here now.
"I might have friends in SFC, friends who would never
vote me out of office. In this sense I have a degree of job
security. But that being the case, I would not hide behind these
people. If I were to observe or be shown a vast majority of
Starfleet that were so dead set against my being in this position,
then I would do the only honorable thing that I can, and that
would be to retire.
"To make a long story short, there will be no general
election for the position of CinC. If any of you have questions
as to whether or not this is the case, you can put your concerns
to rest."
The screen fades out to show the 'flag' of the UFP, and Adam
once again looks to the press audience and the news cameras.
"As the Fleet Admiral said, our Charter does not provide
for such an election, thus its rejection. There are some changes
occuring in StarFleet, and many discussions coming to life.
Exactly what those discussions will bring about in the form
of actual change is yet to be seen, but at this moment Command
has decided upon its course of action and is moving with it.
Changes to the Charter are in the process of being proposed
and discussed within StarFleet Command at this time, with each
officer in StarFleet Command having plenty of opportunites to
discuss their ideas and/or concerns freely. I will, of course,
be happy to let you know of the specifics of any changes made
as Command finishes their discussions and voting."
Adam stops and pauses, then says simply, "Questions?"
He picked one reporter out and listened.
"Was this decision by Fleet Admiral Smith his own?"
the reporter asked.
"Yes, it was as far as public discussion went. I am
sure he had plenty of calls and messages from people lobbying
him one way or another which may have had some impact on his
thoughts, but when it came to the decision Fleet Admiral Smith
made this decision on his own as the CinC of StarFleet."
He stopped, and picked out another reporter.
"Does Command feel this is an abuse of power?"
"As stated previously, by our current Charter Commander-in-Chief's
of StarFleet are not elected by popular votes, and thus the
law is completely in agreement with Fleet Admiral Smith's decision.
As far as a personal challange goes, as some people have come
to take it, that is his own decision to make as a person, not
as an admiral of StarFleet. StarFleet Command recently voted
down a no confidence vote against Fleet Admiral Smith, so it
is evident that Command does not wish to remove Fleet Admiral
Smith." Adam stopped and nodded to another reporter
trying to get his attention.
"What sort of changes are you looking at, and how will
this better StarFleet?"
"Unfortuantely, I cannot say exactly, since I do not
think members of Command wish to be bombarded by lobbyists trying
to convince them to vote one way or another. I can assure you,
however, that I will make public the chances and their meaning
as they are decided upon by Command.
"That concludes this press conferance. I will let you
know when another will take place."
With that, he walked back off of the stage.
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