== /\ Briefing Room /\ ===== Jack had come straight from the training on the holodeck, obviously any muck stains which he had on him vanished from his uniform once he left the holodeck, but he was still looking slightly rough round the edges and didn't have the chance to change before the mission brief. He sat listening to the information at hand and became slightly amused at the information which was being dispensed, Jem'hadar? Hilarious. Jack had gone into battle many times over the years, and the Jem'hadar in battle were certainly a thing of beauty to watch, they were something to aspire to. Unflinching, unforgiving and unwavering in their resolve. They achieve their mission objectives at all costs, regardless of collateral damage. How on earth can you reprogram some of the most efficient killing machines the Federation had ever encountered. Obviously nobody knew too much of what had happened to them after the Dominion War, Jack had always assumed that they had all been executed or rounded up and left to die on some hell hole. Now the shit had hit the fan and guess who they were sending in with diapers. Jack half listened, he was recording the mission brief itself for further study and obviously all information displayed here would be made available to him and his men. His attention drifted to the newly promoted Ra'nar, his former Medical Specialist. He was sad to see him go, but he'd received orders of a new recruit posted to the team. He smirked inwardly as Shane scolded the Warrant Officer for using inappropriate language in the briefing. Ra'nar was certainly going to have to curb that, not that Jack was one to talk of proper officer etiquette. Soon Jacks turn came around. "Major Walsh, what are your suggestions for preparations the ODA should do before we will arrive at Sidos?" "Frankly Commander, what do we know here? The Jem'hadar have gone mad? Nothing new there. They're not new enemies to us, we know how they think, how they fight. We've engaged them before and we came out ontop. I'll be putting my men through the same training we always do. I'm afraid with the lack of information about who and what is down there we'll play it by ear and assume that the Jem'hadar have gone rogue." Walsh eased back into his seat. Once the brief was over he was the first to stand and make his way out of the briefing room, he'd had enough of this shit, there was clearly a lax attitude in there in regards to what they were getting into. Then again there's always a first time. Marching into ODA Headquarters he saw that Cortez already had the troops rallied round for his arrival after the Mission Brief. Efficient, but nobody likes a smart arse. "Attention on DECK!" Lieutenant Cortez barked before snapping himself to attention. Jack didn't order them to ease. "Ok, I've come from Mission Brief as you know, and its what we're trained for people. Seems the Federation has been trying to reintegrate the Jem'hadar into productive society. Its all gone tits up as you can imagine and they've lost communication with them. Special Forces is being as tight lipped as the best of them so we're probably going to have to play this by ear." ... "Heres what we do know though. They've been surgically altered to blend in. What does that mean? They could look Human, Bajoran, Romulan? They could look like Plakenzkis freakin grandmother! I don't care. We've faced these bastards down before and we're still standing. They still bleed the same. " ... He brought up the Sat Images that Birt had made available. "As you can see it looks like a bit of a war zone down there. So Full gear on this one. I don't want any chances. We'll need all the equipment we can carry as we don't know how long we'll be down there or what we're *really* going to encounter. Starfleet already sent in the Marines and they came crawling back with their tails between their legs so now they're sending in us, but I don't need to tell you all that we're getting into some serious shit if the Marines were caught off guard." .... "Cortez, get back on the drawing board, there's a full technical schematic of the facility on Sidos in the computer banks now. I want a holo training simulation mocked up within three hours. Standard Jem'hadar enemies. I want everyone to be refamiliarised with the Jemhadars tactics." ... "Lynch, You know the score. I want all our gear unpacked and distributed. Checked, rechecked. I know what you're like. If you've got any toys up your sleeve that can help us on this one I want to hear about it. I didn't get you that lab so you can cook breakfast in there. Yeah, don't think I'm not aware of that. Cortez, if you need Lynch use him. I want training up and running in four hours. Battlefield Projections in 8 hours and some effective strategies in 10." Jack ordered calmly but with authority. He made his way up towards his office shouting "Dismissed!" Only once he was at the top of the steps. ==== Major Jack Walsh ODA Commander USS Chimera