Gregory raised a finger in protest to Michi's idea that the VIP ride within his tank. He turned to Michi and politely corrected her, lowering his finger before he began to speak. "A correction, Michi. The interior of The Fortress of Arrogance is maintenance space only. Should the tank begin to operate in combat, there is no space within that will remain safe from the automatic loaders and other systems. Anyone within that isn't extremely small will be shredded by the machines. Better to ride on top of the tank with me, or to ride with someone else."

Gregory didn't think lesser of Michi for not knowing that the interior of his tank was rather small, but he did feel the need to correct her before she started to base the entirety of her plans upon an incorrect fact. Regardless, Michi was correct. Having the VIP secured within one of their vehicles would be an appreciated difference. Gregory knew better than to tell Michi much about the package. He knew exactly what it was, but knew for a fact that since the information was classified that it was better to let Capt. Dawn tell any details about the package, since talking out of turn could reveal something that was detrimental to the success of the mission, or reveal plans and specifications to the enemy.

It was a tricky thing, espionage. Turning up when you least expected it, and usually with exactly what you didn't want to have the enemy know. That's why Gregory didn't want to answer any questions on his own. It was better to leave the chain of command intact, as that usually produced the expected results. Intelligence was best kept on a need to know basis since telling everyone everything typically left severe security holes in your battle plans and internal security. Neither of these was pleasant to deal with when it came up in the field.

The most obvious example of this would be the ancient war between Spartans and Persians. They were defending a critical location to the entrance of their kingdom from the Persian army, and a local told the enemy of a passage around them and then lead the Persian army around the Spartan defense, thus circumventing what could have been an otherwise impenetrable defense for the time. This was a clear indication of internal security not making sure that secrets were well kept to only the people that needed to know about them, and why things being classified to most people was still relevant.