Inside the Corps Commander's Office in the Green Lantern Corps' Headquarters, Tylenol and Shiller shook hands.
Tylenol learned from Hal that shaking hands is a custom from Earth. His initiation of the act indicated he had faith in Hal's judgent and believed that Shiller indeed had the abilities to help them break through their current predicant.
Shiller made a "please" gesture. Tylenol and Hal took the seats on both sides of the table while Shiller sat in front of them.
Hal turned to Shiller and said, "As I ntioned before, we are currently facing a severe situation. On one hand, the Green Lantern energy is running low, and voices of discontent have begun to erge among our subordinate sectors. On the other hand, the Guardians of the Universe aim to create a Green Lantern Military Police Team to limit Green Lantern Corps."
Having heard Hal excluding the topic of kickbacks, Tylenol cleared his throat and put on a serious face: "Exactly, Hal has said that you're quite experienced in handling such affairs..."
Shiller, with his head slightly lowered, chuckled: "I'm sure there are many talented individuals in the Green Lantern Corps. It's not necessary that I alone carry this burden. Things change over ti and currently, we're drastically short of hands. My suggestions will probably only serve as a catalyst, it won't hurt to listen."
"Enough with the courtesies." Hal interrupted Shiller's bureaucratic rhetoric: "There isn't any surveillance in this room. We're all in the sa boat now. How should we break the impasse?"
Shiller glanced at Hal, his gaze indicating, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
He then ditched his forced smile, and took out two docunts, passing one to Tylenol and the other to Hal.
Tylenol squinted at the docunt's cover, "Military expansion plan? What's the aning behind that?"
"Just as it reads." Shiller placed his hands on the table, "Expanding the army ans increasing the military strength."
Tylenol seed perplexed upon glancing at the proposal. He said, "Increase the military strength? But our energy is already running short, wouldn't the situation be worse off if we enroll more people?"
"And besides, their motivation to form a constabulary is because they're wary of us. By pushing for military expansion at this ti, wouldn't we provoke them?"
Hal turned to Shiller and questioned, "At a ti like this, isn't it better to maintain a small team?"
"Correct, but expanding the army doesn't necessarily an increasing the number of troops, rather it refers to expanding the military structure."
Tylenol appeared thoughtful. Clearly having experience in this area, he seed to anticipate sothing. Then, he saw Shiller flipping through the docunts while speaking,
"According to my knowledge, the cosmos has been divided into 3,600 sectors so far. As per the rules, each sector is supposed to have one Green Lantern. But, that is not the case in reality..."
Tylenol let out a sigh, thinking Shiller was stuck on the sa problem Hal was wrestling with. He started explaining,
"I think you understand that the system of assigning a Green Lantern to each sector is rely a theoretical one. Even if we assigned one Green Lantern to every ten sectors, we would still need 360 Lantern Furnaces..."
"Ignoring the cost of building these furnaces, the logistical problem of their traveling to headquarters to recharge their energy is unmanageable..."
"And if a Green Lantern unfortunately perishes in one sector, and the sector can't imdiately choose another Green Lantern, then a Green Lantern from a neighboring sector will have to oversee their operations."
"Then, what is going to happen with that Green Lantern's original sector? What if hundreds of Green Lanterns beco unable to participate in their duties at the sa ti, who would oversee their sectors? If a Green Lantern can't handle a problem in their sector, and needs help, then what happens to the wipeout operations in the helping Green Lantern's sector?"
"The aforentioned solution isn't feasible at all. Hence, the corps employs a sector-responsibility system. Around 100 sectors form a larger district, establishing a permanent squad. About 20 sectors form a smaller district, establishing a patrol squad..."
Shiller nodded, "Absolutely, this is a more practical approach. Although it's still a bit rudintary, but it's barely manageable. The issue I'm pointing out is the problem in the Green Lantern Corps' logistical support system."
"At least, on my ho planet, Earth, logistics are of foremost importance. But ..." Shiller was sowhat hesitant as he looked through the docunts, "I didn't see any logistical structure in the Green Lantern Corps' organization. How do you deal with logistical issues?"
"Logistics? What do you an by that? Paperwork?"
"Not just that, also the maintenance of hardware facilities, intelligence gathering, dical treatnt, prospecting, monitoring, all of this is missing, right?"
Tylenol spread out his hands, "I'm aware that, on Earth, the army has those positions. It's the sa on my planet, but that's because we're both relatively primitive surface-dwelling species."
"Actually, the power of the Green Lantern is imnse. The Lantern Furnace neither damages, nor depletes, and the limited number of engineers at the Headquarters more often maintain the breeds around the Lantern Furnace than the furnace itself."
"The Green Lantern ring houses an encyclopedia of the entire galaxy. All Green Lanterns can upload the information they have collected for every other Green Lantern to view."
"The Green Lantern ring has innate healing abilities, and we can treat any injuries incurred by the Green Lanterns anywhere, anyti. Simultaneously, the ring also performs multifaceted scans - biotic, terrain, space, environnt, etc. There's no need for additional reconnaissance or monitoring."
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