From:		alligator1
Date:		25 May 1996 03:40
To:		U.S.S. Lafayette
Subject:		RE: Crew Quarters

<Lt j.g. Lectron, Crew Quarters>

	Lectron rolled over--what was that noise--the alarm.  How long had he been asleep?  He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock--three hours.  Not long enough, but it would have to do.  He was thinking they must be getting close to Slater's Planet when the ship's communicator broke his chain of thought.  "Attention all officers assigned to the Away Team operation on Slater, please report to the briefing room in 10 minutes.  Beata to sickbay, are you guys ready?"

	Damn, 10 minutes.  I still haven't had a chance to talk to McRae about what I learned last night.  I don't want to present that material in the briefing room until I have her ok.  

	He jumped out of bed and grabbed his uniform, looking in the mirror to see if he looked somewhat presentable.  He didn't, but it would have to do.  This mission is just moving a bit too fast--there is more to be done before we hit the surface.  Maybe Beata will hold the away team until we can get our act together--of course he is one of those ops types--charge in, without thinking about what you're going to run into.  We need time to modify the standard genetic analysis equipment for this task--it was a genetic problem--but molecular in nature.  We also need to talk about the Sliders--I may be the only one on the ship that has any idea what they are about.  And I don't know much.  

	Lectron looked at his terminal--there was another incoming message, and he didn't even have time to look at it.  He started for the door--blinked, what was that--it couldn't have been a PSI transmission--could it?  As far as he knew, he had never been touched by a telepath.  No, it was nothing.  Lectron stepped out of his quarters and headed to the turbolift.  

	On the way up, he had another thought--could he enlist help in decoding the Captain's message?  Could he get a message off ship--he thought he could--they did send scientific reports and ask for information all the time.  Yeah!