<Lt. Cmdr. Max Mortimer, Personal Quarters>

As Mortimer starts on his second bottle, his communicator bleeps.

"This is Captain Storm to Mortimer"

Mortimer puts on his most sober voice. "Mortimer here, Captain" 

"Mortimer we have a serious problem here on the Starbase.  It appears an antimatter bomb has been placed somewhere on the base  and to top things off it is triggered to explode prematurely if any vessel attempts to dock, leave, raise it's shields, transport to or from the starbase, open an airlock on the starbase, or cross a turbolift car to/from the starbase.  Our job is to help search for the bomb.  What I want you to do is figure a way to get yourself over to the base here and help with the search.  When you have accomplished this let me know."

Mortimer staggers to his feet.

"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."

"Mortimer to bridge. Go to Yellow alert. Do not, repeat DO NOT disconnect umbilicals"
[O.O.C. This will bring our power systems back on-line, any crew left on board will report to duty stations, weapons and shields on standby]

He moves towards the door slowly, and makes his way to the Turbolift.

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[O.O.C.]
Remember, we cannot transport, launch a shuttlecraft, take the turbolift, or even open an airlock on the starbase without triggering the bomb.
Lt. Cmdr Kindle, Lt. Beata, and Lt. Diego have already placed themselves aboard the Lafayette. Anybody else can decide whether they are stuck here or on the Starbase (new recruits who have not posted yet should either be on the Starbase or be arriving in another ship - in which case they will be stuck in a standard orbit until we can get you onto the base.