The Phantom,
Sigurd's Cradle
"Activating Cloak. Wiks, we are dropping out of FTL in three... two... One." As soon as the pilot of the Phantom said that, there was a *fwoomp* heard throughout the ship as it made the drop from FTL back into subluminal speeds. Immediately, Wiks got on comms to avoid any potential hasty action on the Turian's part.
"This is Padok Wiks, Union Commando of the STG on board the SUV Phantom. We are here as requested, and ready to assist. We are decloaking now." Padok gave the nod to the pilot, and he flicked a few switches, turning off the cloak and revealing their presence to the Turian fleet, and whomever else may be watching. "What would you like us to do? We have several teams on board, and several Landers on board."
Office of the Dalatrass,
Sur'Kesh
High Commander Gubame knocked on the door to the Dalatrass' office, requesting to enter. After a quick nod from the Dalatrass, the Commander entered, took a seat, and gave her an update. "Dalatrass, good to see you. Just a report on current production of our new fleet. We had to split up production, due to that nasty affair earlier this month, but we managed to begin production on most of the heavy vessels we'll need to support our fleet. We miscalculated the carriers necessary, which will delay production for a month or two, but beyond that, we're set. The lighter craft will go into production next month, mainly corvettes, frigates and the like, and requisitioning additional SpecOps teams from the STG. We also have someone I think may be a good candidate for a Union Commando position, Wesirn Baelon. Worked in the STG as a strategist for naval engagements, as he was trained for, but according to some of his instructors at the academy, he, and I quote, "got bored", so he started auditing courses for land engagements as well. He's fully qualified for both types of engagements now, and I believe he'd be of use to us. Either commanding fleets, or coordinating forces on the ground should we ever need to do so. I'd also recommend a Phantom-class for him. If we're going to be having him in multiple engagements and use him to his full extent, he'll need the mobility to do so. As you're aware, Union Commandos usually operate in the field, such as Aex, or Wiks, but Baelon would need the autonomy that comes with a position as a Union Commando."
"You make a good case, Gubame. Very well, I shall look into it. Have him run several command simulations, and bring me the results. I want to see how he performs myself."
Interrupting their conversation, as usual, was the Salarian Economic Minister. This time, however, he was absolutely distraught, not his usual manic self, and as was his custom, had a large sheaf of papers in his hands, and possibly more in the hallway behind him, which earned him an angry glare from the janitor who was mopping the floor, and the female Salarian secretary who then slipped and fell on the wet floor behind the janitor, giving the janitor a glare as well, just as a janitorial drone flew to the wet floor and holographically displayed a wet floor sign. The secretary grumbled something about being 10 seconds too late before getting up with the janitor's help, and both continuing on their way.
"Dalatrass, Dalatrass! Urgent news! We were able to build the base of a new space station, Ja'Kilush, but weren't able to complete the additional support structures at the time! We'll need more funding if we're to finish it, and we also have plans for the next sta--" Just then, two of the building's guard came in, grabbed the Economic minister, and begin to escort him out. "You forgot to sign in, AGAIN, Minister. That makes 23 times this month, and we're only two weeks in. Come on, back out now." The Economic Minister gave a sheepish smile to the Dalatrass as he was being dragged out by the guards. "I'll be back, we have more to dicuss! There's so much I want to
allocate, talk about and discuss! as his voice dragged off. The faint sound of clapping could be heard, presumably from the janitor and secretary.
"Ahem, now that that's cleared up.. There's also one other matter I'd like to discuss. I have a proposal for a new fleet, after this one is completed." The Commander takes out a small box, places it on the desk, flips a switch, then gets up and closes the door before taking a seat and resumes talking. "Sorry, security measures. The box is a multi-spectrum jammer. Jams infrared, electromagnetic, radio, essentially all frequencies. No fear of anyone listening in to anything at all. Now, the fleet I wish to discuss is a ghost fleet. I wish to take some of our dreanoughts, refit them with stealth tech and Tantalus cores, and then build a fleet with additional stealth tech and Tantalus cores. We had to draw up schematics for the Phantom, which had some technical information on the Tantalus Core, so we can account for that in the fleet's construction, but unless we, err.. reverse engineer the Tantalus tech, preferably with Turian permission, of course, and then Salarianize and standardize the technology to make it more efficient, and effective. We can then retrofit the Phantom with this new technology, and hopefully improve upon it even more. My goal is to have a ship more effective than any possible future iteration of the human Normandy. The humans being at the forefront of stealth technology, or any sort of technology, is.. worrisome, to say the least. I with to catapult us to the forefront. With your permission, I'd like to make an official request to send a message to the Primarch requesting just that. I've also allocated some funding for special project research stations both here on Sur'Kesh, and Jaeto, in order to aid with this project, or any future one we may have."
"You have my permission, Commander, get it done."
The High Commander pulled up his Omnitool and began quickly typing a message to the Turian Primarch.
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Primarch, this is High Commander Gubame of the Salarian Union. I have a somewhat unorthodox request of you. You aided us earlier with a Tantalus core for our current Phantom-class ship, and we are now in an interesting position of requesting your aid once more. We are in the planning stages of building a new fleet, and request your permission to reverse-engineer your Tantalus Cores, in order for us to improve upon the design, and then standardize their production to Salarian standards, making them easier to interface with, construct, and install. If you wish for more details, I must ask that you come in person, as I would rather not discuss this over even secure channels.
Gubame excused himself from the Dalatrass' presence, and then headed down to the STGHQ, before handing the message file to an encryption officer for heavy encryption and transmission. Gubame decided to stay behind and watch to make sure the process was handled well, and securely, which it was. Gubame then returned to his office, to read up on the progress of the ground forces currently in training.