"Maybe it’s more accurate to say that they took advantage of Starfleet to create a situation to their own advantage. Understand this is all supposition. I don’t have any proof of any of it." Bill sighed and looked down. "We were all very surprised at how much preparation Starfleet appeared to have done, getting themselves into systems seemingly years in advance of their attempted takeover. The social engineering they did to get me to change all the logins while they recorded the session. Then when they did pull the trigger, they acted almost incompetent—tentative threats, then unwilling to follow through."