From:		Jorith
Date:		10 January 1996 21:05
To:		U.S.S. Lafayette (BBS)
Subject:		Lafayette Briefing Room

<Lt. Cmdr. Kindle - USS Lafayette Briefing Room>

	Watching Mortimer bolt out of the briefing room, Chandy again wondered about the stability of the poor man. The rest of the crew who had been present stood and began to file out the door. Chandy stood back to let the others through first, there was no reason to be pushing through the crowd. One of the new enlisted engineers came up to her to ask a few questions, and as she answered her eye caught a glimpse of Vince Beata as he exited the room. "I didn't know he was in here," she thought. "I haven't talked to him in a few days. I'll get in touch with him later to see if he's managed to keep himself out of trouble." 
	The new engineer still had some questions to ask, so Chandy refered him to Ensign Zahn. "He should be able to answer all your questions for now. Go down to Engineering, you'll find him there."  The room was fairly empty now, so she headed out to her quarters and then back down to Engineering. She hadn't gone far when a message came to her over the comm.
	"Chief? This is Zahn. We just got a message from the Captain. He's over on the StarBase. Apparently there is some kind of bomb threat there."
	"Okay, did the Captain leave any instructions?"
	"He just said that we are to help out in the search."
	"I'll be down there in a bit. Gather what information you can about the situation and let me know what we might be able to do. Kindle out." Chandy wrinkled her brow. "Why would the Lafayette be involved in a bomb search? Didn't the Starbase have it's own security team? Apparently I'm not understanding the full problem here."
	"Mortimer to all senior officers on board the Lafayette. As you have.. er....  just heard, there is a problem on the Starbase. Um.... could all section heads meet me in the briefing room, please."
	Sighing, Chandy turned around and headed back the way she came. "Engineering, this is Kindle. Zahn, you're going to have to remain in control down there. I have another meeting to go to. Try not to let the new folk break anything, okay?"
	"Sure thing chief. Everything is under control down here. I'll let you know if something breaks."
	"Actually, why don't you just make sure nothing breaks. Three-fourths of an engineer's duty is preventative. Remember that."
	"Got it chief. Have a nice day. Zahn out."
	Chandy smiled to herself as she reentered the briefing room. "I'm going to make a good engineer out of him yet. Especially if he keeps having this much control over the whole Engineering section as often as he has had. Hmm...maybe I should let HIM go to all these meetings while I stay where it's nice and boring." 
	She jerked her head up when an Yellow Alert announcement came over the comm. "There has got to be more to this bomb threat than what I know. I guess that's why Mortimer called the meeting." Chandy sat down and waited for the other senior officers to arrive.