perfidy

This may be a bit of troubling news. Seems that an element of Orcan Searangers went after a Dolphinic Force Recon unit. According to Ministry sources, which at this time are sketchy and quite preliminary, they were supposed to be conducting joint training operations within the FinWarrior exercise. Something seems to have gone awry, and the dolphins had to dash into fresh water and up a river to escape being eaten.

As usual, trust a hippy conservationist for comic relief:

Conservation staff unsuccessfully attempted Thursday to herd the dolphins out of Oruaiti River and into Mangonui Harbor...

You think it might be because the dolphins are not interested in being food?

Levity aside, this may be troubling news. We are counting on the Cetacean Alliance in the looming fight with the robots, and without air-breathing allied mammals to take the fight to the briny deep...

Well, let's take it one step at a time. I'm still waiting to hear from Atlantis Command for an update, which should have more details. For the time being, let's just treat this as a rogue action. I've recommended postponing the balance of the FinWarrior '06 exercise until we get a handle on things.