OFF: Since we can deploy photon tanks and the like, is the Cortez capable of landing or we use powerful transporters?

OFF: I've taken a look on the stats of USS Cortez on the old marines page... It says there that the ship can house hundreds of soldiers as well as photon tanks and other things... It can also separate itself in many sections that can land and serve as Command Stations... It is indeed a most enlightening site...

I believe, sir, with all due respect, that we need at least a hundred men to defend this base. Should the ships fail us, we will have to fend for ourselves on the ground.

We are very close to the Borg and who knows what else... It seems unwise to sit and wait till they pay us a visit, sir.

The Cortez has living space for much more than a hundred marines, I'm sure. Perhaps when the soldiers arrive you could create a position for their commander, that would be subordinate to you, sir, and to me and Colonel Azerkopf.

OFF: I've selected the Captain Avatar because I thought the civilian one would not fit a character that reported asking for CO position...

OFF: Don't be so harsh with yourself...

*salutes the General*

Logan Sinclair reporting for duty, sir.

Request assignment either as CO of the Cortez or pilot of one of the fighters, sir.

I have more than twelve hundred hours of zero-g and atmospheric piloting and have taken the Command School classes, sir.

(Edited by Logan Sinclair at 1:01 pm on May 12, 2003)

Sir, what is exactly the function of the Cortez? Will she have a marine squad stationed in her or is she just a regular warship run by the marines instead of the regular starfleet crew?

Brigadier General, will the fighters be stationed at the base or on the Cortez, sir?