Editing Sub Rosa (section)

===Stardate: 2407.02.03===

(USS Boudicca - Unknown location - 'Emanon' - 1645)

The operative designated Emanon frowned. He had been pestered for most of the battle by requests for information and reports and whilst doing his best to slow down the stream of information sent to the Bridge and later the Battle Bridge, had been unable to really interfere in case someone noticed. He had had to try very hard not to show his true feelings when the Starbird had been destroyed early on. He smiled grimly to himself. A simple change to the orders transmitted to the Captain of that vessel and the result had been most satisfactory.

He had hoped to do more but had not dared. After that disaster, he knew all transmissions would most likely be monitored more carefully.

Tapping his console, he brought up the log of messages transmitted and altered the one sent to the Starbird so it reflected the original orders he was supposed to transmit. Simple, when you had his skills. And only if someone had actually thought to check in the thick of battle, which they had not, would the change have been detected. He knew this for a fact, since he would have known immediately. He had too many checks in place to be caught out that way.

Emanon was under no illusions of the penalty for treason in time of war. Though it was hardly treason to obey the rightful leader of the Federation, he doubted that these rebels would see it the same way.

He'd heard that LoDona and Ohlsson had sent someone here to look for him and the others. He permitted himself another grim smile. None of them, except for him, knew more than one or two others, so he was confident that even if some idiot further down the chain were to be caught out, his position was safe. And they all had their orders as to who to throw suspicion on in the event of being caught. Each one had something that could be held over them to ensure obedience. And he held the key to it all.

Besides, even if things went so badly wrong that the finger of suspicion were to be pointed in his direction, who would believe that he, of all people, could be a traitor. Perhaps his former CO, but no one else.

All the same, he decided not to take risks. If any of his cabal were to fall under suspicion, they would be eliminated before they could incriminate anyone else. He would inform his second in command of the changes to be made to their plans.