He was annoyed that things had gotten this far, but now that he started, he might as well spill if not to have her messing up his plans.
"A number of changes are going to be implemented.
"For starters, a civilian council, consisting of members elected by the crew at large, will be formed. It's mostly perfunctory, as they won't have any say in military matters, mostly unimportant social stuff. But people who are uncomfortable with a sole military group in charge will feel a bit more ease. Particularly since Security will have to answer to the council as much as it does the command staff, and thus no longer run the risk of being seen as Picard's personal stormtroopers.
"Secondly, as far as the military aspect of the ship, people will be given more clearly defined titles, duties, schedules, and because I've handed over the location of the treasure to Picard, they will be getting paychecks. In doing so, they'll no longer be conscripts or slaves, but employees.
"We'll also be making stops for shore leave, such that people will have a place to spend their money. They can live on the ship for free, and eat for free, and will be protected for free, but if they want to buy a pair of pants when we stop for shore leave, then they need to work for Captain Picard."
Yes, Lex Luthor's secret plan involves... giving people jobs, money, structure, rules, and democracy!
The horror.
"The structure is still being set up, so it hasn't been announced yet, but it's almost ready. Whether or not it'll work remains to be seen.
"The problem, however, are the superheroes. Their arrogance is holding this crew back. They see themselves as being either above the law, or separate from it, and free to ignore it whenever they see fit. They're undisciplined, operate under some bizzare and nebulous set of rules that change when and how they see fit. They argue orders incessantly, wasting time and resources in the process.
"The military is the ultimate expression of the law, and subject to it under all circumstances. It's Rigid. Structured. Disciplined. The opposite of everything the superheroes are.
"The superheroes don't trust the command staff because of it, and have a hard time integrating. Several of them don't even bother, even splintering off to form their own group, The Outsiders. Even your friend, Bat Man, apparently spent months spying on this crew, rather than actually talking to the Command Staff to see where he could help them. Had Command not actually approached him and asked him to put his skills to use actually helping out, he likely still be skulking around in the shadows, peeping in on everyone like the depraved pervert he is." You have to admire Lex's honesty.
"The Command Staff has established multiple liaisons to help deal with the problem, but that's insufficient in my estimation.
"But you may be the solution to that problem. If you can successfully negotiate with Command and get the superheroes to better integrate into the crew as a whole, to become part of the crew, rather than some separate group that acts above them or deigns to work with them, we can put an end to the distractions, and we might actually end up making progress on figuring out the truth behind why we're here and what we have to do."
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"A number of changes are going to be implemented.
"For starters, a civilian council, consisting of members elected by the crew at large, will be formed. It's mostly perfunctory, as they won't have any say in military matters, mostly unimportant social stuff. But people who are uncomfortable with a sole military group in charge will feel a bit more ease. Particularly since Security will have to answer to the council as much as it does the command staff, and thus no longer run the risk of being seen as Picard's personal stormtroopers.
"Secondly, as far as the military aspect of the ship, people will be given more clearly defined titles, duties, schedules, and because I've handed over the location of the treasure to Picard, they will be getting paychecks. In doing so, they'll no longer be conscripts or slaves, but employees.
"We'll also be making stops for shore leave, such that people will have a place to spend their money. They can live on the ship for free, and eat for free, and will be protected for free, but if they want to buy a pair of pants when we stop for shore leave, then they need to work for Captain Picard."
Yes, Lex Luthor's secret plan involves... giving people jobs, money, structure, rules, and democracy!
The horror.
"The structure is still being set up, so it hasn't been announced yet, but it's almost ready. Whether or not it'll work remains to be seen.
"The problem, however, are the superheroes. Their arrogance is holding this crew back. They see themselves as being either above the law, or separate from it, and free to ignore it whenever they see fit. They're undisciplined, operate under some bizzare and nebulous set of rules that change when and how they see fit. They argue orders incessantly, wasting time and resources in the process.
"The military is the ultimate expression of the law, and subject to it under all circumstances. It's Rigid. Structured. Disciplined. The opposite of everything the superheroes are.
"The superheroes don't trust the command staff because of it, and have a hard time integrating. Several of them don't even bother, even splintering off to form their own group, The Outsiders. Even your friend, Bat Man, apparently spent months spying on this crew, rather than actually talking to the Command Staff to see where he could help them. Had Command not actually approached him and asked him to put his skills to use actually helping out, he likely still be skulking around in the shadows, peeping in on everyone like the depraved pervert he is." You have to admire Lex's honesty.
"The Command Staff has established multiple liaisons to help deal with the problem, but that's insufficient in my estimation.
"But you may be the solution to that problem. If you can successfully negotiate with Command and get the superheroes to better integrate into the crew as a whole, to become part of the crew, rather than some separate group that acts above them or deigns to work with them, we can put an end to the distractions, and we might actually end up making progress on figuring out the truth behind why we're here and what we have to do."