From:		Matt_vTrek
Date:		01 May 1996 19:40
To:		U.S.S. Lafayette
Subject:		RE: Briefing Room

<Captain Mortimer, Briefing Room>

Looking around the room, Mortimer mentally checks off that everyone is present:

Lt. Cmdr. Beata for flight control;
Lectron, the new science officer;
the newly assigned Lt. McRae, our new CMO;
Ensign Khan from engineering, representing Lt. Cmdr Kindle while she's busy with the diagnostic;
Ensign Pilzok, operations officer, filling in for Mr. Solod - well, someone had to mind the bridge;
and Ensign Lake representing security and tactical.

This ship doesn't seem to have had a full command staff since the day we left spacedock.... Maybe Starfleet will pull it's act together and get me a permanent XO soon.

"Before we start, I'd like take the opportunity to welcome aboard Lt. McRae, our new CMO. I know Lt. Barrett will be relieved that she doesn't have to fill in any longer."

"You should all have received a copy of our mission orders. The inhabitants of Slater's planet, a neutral world, have requested medical assistance from the Federation. Command, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to turn the Lafayette into a freighter to transport the necessary medical supplies. We have also been ordered to assist them in their medical research to find a cure for the disease, which affects their natural shape-shifting ability."

"Slater's is located in 'the triangle', a neutral area of space which shares borders with the Federation, as well as the Klingon and Romulan empires. Starfleet believes that the Romulan activity in the area has grown recently, and our secondary objective is to investigate this activity."

"Mr. Beata, I'd like you to lead the away team. Lt. McRae and Mr. Lectron will conduct the necessary research, and Ensign Khan will accompany the team to provide technical assistance."

"Mr. Pilzok, we seem to have medical supplies stored in every available area of space on the ship. Make sure that everything gets beamed down to the planet, and liaise with Lt. McRae on any additional medical resources she needs. Lieutenant, I'm sorry we can't provide you with a full research lab, but the Lafayette was never designed for this sort of duty. We have an emergency medical procedure which involves converting the shuttle bay to an overflow ward, but I'd prefer you to confine treatment to planetside if at all possible."

"Our ETA is six hours. Does anybody have any questions?"