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but there is little she can actually do about it, except evaluate the people after the fact. Luckily, so far, everyone has checked out. However, both of us feel it’s only a matter of time before someone pulls in somebody that shouldn't be here. If we don’t have any already, it’s only a matter of time before we get spies.”
    “I’m actually surprised everyone checked out. I’ll speak to the Intelligence folks about forming a civilian agency under the Council so you have your own spies in the case we need them,” Ian said making a note to himself. “Perhaps pair them up with Janet’s recruiters, at least to begin with.”
    Janet Laskar’s recruiting department was now a fully civilian department and worked with the Council instead of answering to Ian. She still worked with the military, and Ian still provided security for the recruiters, but her department was a civilian one.
    “We’d appreciate that Ian. While it appears to not be a pressing matter for the time being, we feel it soon will be,” Luke replied.
    Ian nodded agreement. “I needed to speak to you about another matter that couldn’t wait until the meeting. Commander Serena just informed me that a delegation from the Talosian High Command, as well as the High Council, will be coming here on a 'fact finding mission’. I don’t have the schedule yet, but I’ll get you a copy as soon as I know anything more."
    “That’s just peachy. I know you like the High Command, Ian, but the civil government is seriously pissing the rest of us off. They are treating us like poor relations!” Luke said. “Now this mission you mentioned... Did they ask to come, or just tell us they’ll be arriving?”
    “Well, it’s hard to say, since the message was second hand, Serena called to let me know they were leaving New Talos by the end of the day, which...” Ian checked his terminal, then turned back. “...was an hour ago. I got the feeling it was supposed to be a surprise, but Admiral Goya had Serena inform me as soon as he found out,”
    Luke snorted. “I’m half tempted to tell you to treat them as hostile when they arrive in the sector.”
    “I fully intend to, Luke. I’m going to scare the holy piss out of them,” Ian said smiling evilly. “They will be an unannounced ship in our space, and we will certainly react to that. After all, they could be Imperial spies!”
    Luke chuckled. “Well, security is your department, Ian. You handle it the way you want to. I might apologize for it later; then again, I might not either.”
    “One other thing, I would like to ask the permission of the Council to contact the Alliance of Races regarding our handling of the Caldarian situation on the planet,” Ian asked.
    “Jenny finally got to you, huh?” Luke teased. “Seriously though, we were going to make that recommendation, since the affair deals with another race. The Alliance of Races actually has a Caldarian contingent. However, it would have been only a suggestion. We feel this falls into your purview and you should be allowed to deal with it as you see fit.”
    “Well, you’re right, it does make sense. I didn’t know there was a Caldarian contingent to the Alliance; since history implies that they had all been destroyed," Ian stated.
    “Yes it does, and the contingent is an advisory mission, not a voting member. The information we could access said that was because of the limited population, and not because of the earlier animosity. We feel that if we were to ally with them, we would be offered a similar position based on our population.”
    Ian nodded. “That would make sense, after all, we really don’t have the population of even a small country yet.”
    “The population of the planet would be counted as well, Ian. However, that still wouldn’t be enough. You would be correct in that we would only be offered an advisory position, if that. We’re simply too small to have that much effect on the rest of the races.”
    Ian snorted. “To listen