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Terry Wagner's family and clan continued to bond, both emotionally and as a mission team. Administrators had unthinkingly termed it the 17th Naval District Intelligence and Reconnaissance Team. Terry actually found the "17th DIRT" rather amusing.
Moe Berg, the naval unit commander, moved back and forth between the intelligence team, and the DIRT vessels being modified. Regularly assigned were the Minuit-class Jervis Bay and Sancho Panza. Four Mercury-class worked with the main ships, although it was not yet clear if they would be assigned to the team. The ships also had Housecat and Galileo shuttles.
"Maslow," Terry asked the AI instance most concerned with CAP scores, "I've got an organizational problem. CAP still seems to weight for combat skills and aggressiveness. I need to be able to give line authority to some technical people, and possibly some military to status to technical specialists that aren't in the line of command. Mary has already demonstrated field and organization leadership. Of course, she has detailed medical knowledge. Catherine, Kim, and Elaine all have been running intelligence functions. I want to make all of them commanders, at the least. Dolores should stay senior. If Mary runs medical, we might want her as a major to start -- Navy people are used to high-ranking medical people."
Maslow agreed in principle, but also wanted Ishmael, Terry's personal AI instance, to get involved. "Terry," said Ishmael, "I'm trying to respect your chain of command. You could suggest to Moe, however, that Athena needs to get some field experience to move into promotable areas. Dawn and Beatrice are OK in the technical leadership role, but, given Athena is dominant and the senior wife, she needs, I think, to be promoted before any of his others."
"On your side, Karen and Gayle are blossoming in the Sanity Team, while Bob and Siobhan also are strong. Get them onto missions. This is one reason I authorized a second ship, plus space back at DIA and Midway. You have to have your people dispersed, and they need to be away from your immediate command to get confidence in their own skills.
"Ishmael, we still face my greatest challenge, which is convincing Harry Sinatra to join us. I realize that I've been holding up our structure for him. Many of us will need to wear multiple hats for quite a while. Just as I command, work with operations, and run MASINT, I expect him to be my deputy for intelligence and to run IMINT. He will be more than that, though; he's a born mentor.
"If we can get him to think, in a parental way, about the people and the organization, we'll have him. Given his intelligence rank, may I assume we can authorize him as an unescorted visitor to all of our facilities, even if he has not accepted a Confederacy rank? Technically, that's a security violation, but I trust him to be discreet."
"We will agree to that, subject to monitoring and review. He is not to leave Earth orbit without joining the Confederacy forces."
"All right, please give me a link to Elaine and Kim, Dolores, Bob, and Siobhan.
"We've all talked about Harry. We may need more people, including some of Aimee's recruits, but let's start with you now. Elaine and Kim are closest to him professionally and personally. I want Siobhan and Bob to help understand parental motivations. Dolores is the all-purpose changer of minds, and knows the new recruits.
"Marietta and Wanda certainly can be aimed at him.
"Later, we'll set up a session where he joins Moe, Dennis, Beatrice, and Vic in brainstorming tactical scenarios. Add Louise to that, and probably the ship tactical officers. Moe, could you have the captains and tactical officers join us?"
The five key people joined Terry and Norwegian, to discuss the Harry situation. "Elaine, I sense you've been talking to him most closely. What's your assessment?"
"He believes in what we do, and is excited about the ideas. My best guess is that he's been going through preparing himself for death, even though he doesn't seem ill. I have the sense that he's trying to come up with acceptance, in the Elizabeth Kubler-Ross sense.
"I think he knows, intellectually, that we can do it, but it isn't fitting emotionally. Speaking of rejuvenation, let's get Rona to join us." She subvocalized a call.
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