From:		swanberg
Date:		18 November 1995 19:53
To:		U.S.S. Lafayette (BBS)
Subject:		RE: Main Bridge

<Commander Swanberg, Main Bridge>

Glad that the mess with the Klingons is over, no matter how abruptly, Swanberg breathes a sigh of relief to himself.  Seeing Lt. Beata enter the bridge, Swanberg relinquishes the conn immediately.

Scant minutes later, Beata requests permission to leave which the First Officer graciously grants.  Hmmm, that's odd.  As soon as the crisis is over, the bridge officers all but abandon the bridge.  Do they think the ship is going to fly itself???

Swanberg retakes the conn, setting up the console to automatically monitor the ship's progress to Starbase 336.  "Mr. Storm, ETA to Starbase 336 is 14 hours, 20 minutes at present speed."

As Mortimer leaves, Ensign Jones calls for a shipwide status report.  Great!  Now we've got full commanders reporting to ensigns!  What next?  Does the barber come up and relieve the rest of the bridge crew?

Swanberg configures his console to send the necessary reports to Ops [e-mail's on its way, Matt], then leans back a little in his chair.  Well, if everyone else can relax, then I guess I can too.

Suddenly, Swanberg's console blanks out right in front of him, then just as suddenly reappears.

"Mr. Storm, I think we still have a few glitches in the computer core.  I know that Commander Kindle probably has her hands full getting the Engineering department squared away, would you like me to give her a hand?"