UNSC Transmission 17065J-03

United Nations Space Command TRANSMISSION 17065J-03
Encryption Code: Black
Public Key: file/uniform-kilo-november 
From: CODENAME: IRONWOOD
To: CODENAME: STONE HILL
Subject: REGRETTABLE
Classification: EYES ONLY (RND Directive) 
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I received your offer of resignation five minutes ago.
It is denied.
As tempted as I am to leave it at that and leave you to your self-recriminations, I am compelled to answer the obvious from your resignation letter.
You are correct in your assertion that this is entirely your fault. I’ve read the reports SILVERWING sent and the fact that you did nothing with that information is inexcusable. Consider this a warning – sit on information like that again, and you won’t get the chance to resign. I’m sure you understand the implication and if you don’t, well, you’ll figure it out eventually. One way or another.
But I damn well expect to see some improvements in your office. You’ve got the blood of more than fifteen hundred souls on your hands, and I expect you to carry that weight for the rest of your career. You owe it to the dead to keep at this until the service kills you or God does.
Section Two has already handled your disaster, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now. A tragic accident. Because the possibility that such a thing could be accomplished by an act of insurrectionist terror, over Reach no less, is so implausible as to be impossible.
Lastly, your personal apology was inappropriate and meaningless. The dead are dead, and there is nothing you can do to change that. Do not presume to apologize, either for your failures or for their results.
And now, the business of moving forward. I’ve got new orders for you.
The information that SILVERWING has provided is clearly good. What we need now are names and locations. As good a source of information as SILVERWING is, we can’t let this thing go unanswered. That’s coming down from on high. You will find those responsible, and you will report that information appropriately. And someone else will act on it. Be thorough. We want them all. Every last one of them. 
As a certain instructor once told us both, you are marking targets for the Angel of Death. Get it right the first time. We don’t do apologies. We just do.
So stop trying to apologize. Get moving, and get it right.
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