<Lt. Cmdr. Max Mortimer, Main Bridge, Arrival at SB 336>

Mortimer dashes onto the bridge, left uniform sleeve flapping loosely at his side. He looks a complete mess - in fact he looks like he spent the night sleeping on the floor of a bar somewhere.

He turns to the front of the bridge, remembers that the Ops station on Lafayette-class vessels is switched with the traditional position for the Tactical station, and relieves a tired-looking Ensign Jones sitting at the console behind the command chairs. He shifts around in his seat, trying to find the best position to hide his condition from the captain, and opts for a relaxed slouch with a lean to the left, supporting himself with his right arm on the console.

Whispering to the console, he murmors "Computer, er... reconfigure Ops console for right-hand-only use."

Punching up a status report, he notices that Tarak has been transferred to the Starbase MedLab, and that MacDougall's shuttle has not arrived.

"Captain, we need to replace the port-side sensor array, which should take a day at the most, and Lieutenant Barrett [Assistant CMO] has requested a sickbay refit taking four days. Some of the newer crew are a bit shaken up after the Klingon encounter, and this could be a good opportunity to give them some shore leave."