<div class="floatleft">(http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy145/alxnjsh/startrek/mitchell2.jpg?t=1284490227)</div>Captain Airik Mitchell read the communiqué carefully, and then read it again. The USS McNair was classified as a science vessel, assigned a clear purpose. However, with the recent wars including the Dominion and the borg, ships were often called into action based on their proximity to a need. For example, in an emergency the McNair would serve on the battlefield. Or, as in the case of the ship’s next assignment, a diplomatic mission.<br/><br/>Angosia III applied for entry into the Federation. According to the USS Enterprise, all progressed well. They possessed a unified planet-wide government. Scientists passed warp capability. The planet existed in peace. Further investigation by the Enterprise crew found a number of discrepancies in the Angosian application. Primary in the recommendation was the frightening realization that the Angosian government covered up a horrible secret. During the Tarsian War the government recruited soldiers to undergo severe bio-chemical and psychological reprogramming. In essence they created the super soldier.<br/><br/>These soldiers were physically superior to most humanoid species. They could alter their bodies to prevent transport. Their body was in continuous flux making sensor location nearly impossible. They had super-human healing abilities. They were psychologically trained to follow orders without question. Once the war ended, the trauma experienced could not be erased. The soldiers could not reintegrate back into society and instead of being called heroes they were labeled prisoners of war. Most were sent to live out their lives in a penal colony on one of Angosia’s orbiting moons.<br/><br/>No ship probably understood the situation better than the McNair. Even more so, the Chief Security Officer. Lieutenant Vergil Tosh was Angosian. He was the direct beneficiary of the Angosian society. The thought worried Airik. The Ba’ku wondered how he would feel if he found himself in a similar position. What if he found himself sent on a mission to the Briar Patch similarly to how the Enterprise years prior? In their short time together, Airik found Lieutenant Tosh to be most professional. Perhaps he would ask the counselor to check in with him, just to be sure.<br/><br/>=/\= Computer, assemble the senior officers in three hours in the observation lounge. =/\=<br/>