The mission was compromised from the start. Someone in the Federation leaked the details of the secret negotiations to Admiral Steele. He was ready.
The debriefing, as an in-universe document, can contain errors. Being ready does not necessarily equate to the op being compromised.
It also dismisses out of hand the possibility that the operation was compromised by a Vasudan, which seems much more likely than that it was compromised by a UEF officer.
FS1's Alpha 1?
Vasudan members of the Fedayeen? The ones that came through with FS1 Alpha 1?
Who in the UEF could possibly want to betray them... hmph, it's sad we don't have details on the CofEe itself. (:p)
We know that Carey was the GTVA mole that gave the UEF the Agincourt's jump schedule, but there's another mole in WiH: the person who gave Steele the information about the UEF - Vasudan meeting.Are you really so sure it was Carey herself who gave away the information.
Are you really so sure it was Carey herself who gave away the information.
Zods.
I know Careys interrogation hints at the GTVA doing brainwashing, but considering how little time passed between Carey giving the real information and the mole giving out the bait, I think Carey still being in the brainwash camp and someone else contacting the UEF through her channels is more likely than her being turned so quickly and completely.
FS1's Alpha 1?
He's in his early to mid 70s. Unless you believe an old man would be monitored by the Council and simultaneously be a sellout.
You think there's a greater chance it's one of the three admirals like the OP guessed?
You think there's a greater chance it's one of the three admirals like the OP guessed?
I didn't say it was any of the Admirals. They are suspects, though.
It's worth noting that Calder is just as likely as FS1 Alpha 1. He's also a former GTA officer.
Hmm, he is quite dissatisfied with the Elders, too.
FS1's Alpha 1?It was me! ;)
The debriefing, as an in-universe document, can contain errors. Being ready does not necessarily equate to the op being compromised.
It also dismisses out of hand the possibility that the operation was compromised by a Vasudan, which seems much more likely than that it was compromised by a UEF officer.
Somebody got an agent aboard the UEF VIP transport, though.
The debriefing, as an in-universe document, can contain errors. Being ready does not necessarily equate to the op being compromised.
It also dismisses out of hand the possibility that the operation was compromised by a Vasudan, which seems much more likely than that it was compromised by a UEF officer.
Somebody got an agent aboard the UEF VIP transport, though.
Yeah, that part still baffles me a bit. It's one thing for the meeting location to be compromised--Vasudans, easy explanation. But how did they find out which ship was going to be used? How did they get aboard? How did they get a pocket nuke aboard, and in Engineering?
And after that, why did the second transport stop several clicks away from the shuttle to receive the Elder? They were in a compromised combat zone, with a whole lot of suspicious activity. Did they really think flying a paper-mache shuttle several kilometers through the open with a small escort was the right way to go about it?
Somehow, the UEF seems to be rather seriously compromised by the GTVA's SOC--if they can get an agent with a pocket nuke aboard a high-security transport that's been randomly selected on short notice for a top-secret mission involving an Elder, could they get an agent with a pocket-nuke aboard an Oculus? In the Main Engineering of, say, the Eris? Or a random Karuna?
Yeah but they would still need one hell of a highly placed agent to get about that transport
What about the possibilty that some of the defectors were SOC from the beginning and trained too fool the UEF...so one planted the nuke...and...the AWACs was allready on station 'cause... Steele expected them to return to this huge floating piece of junk?
So we can all agree that it's a massive plot hole?You can't talk about plot holes until you've seen the whole plot. You didn't. This question will be answered, and you'll all be surprised by what the answer is, some more than the others... :) [/tease]
(ducks)