OFF - I hope everyone had a glorious Easter! My, oh, my, the posts 
from this weekend are fascinating. I hope to uphold the 
proud "postings" of this crew-

ON -

{Bridge}
:: Feeling the First Officer's eyes staring at the back of his neck, 
Redroi plugs in the co-ordinates, at his indulgence, as the Captain 
has commanded. Just then, the klaxon sounds, & the ship is sent to 
Yellow Alert::

COMPUTER: "_Yellow_ Alert! Yellow Alert! All hands, report to duty 
stations. _Yellow_ Alert!"

MCCLOUD: "Ensign Stanford, take the conn. Redroi, go to Ops."

STANFORD & REDROI: "Aye, sir"

::The 2 ensigns move, Stanford to the conn, Redroi to Ops::

REDROI: "Sensors indicate nothing unusual sir."

TOLBIN: "Ensign Ingoldo, run a diagnostic on the alert systems. If 
nothing is showing, we may have a glitch in the status systems."

INGOLDO: "Aye, sir"

:: The bridge hums with activity. Sensors scanning, diagnostics 
running, the million & 1 things that keep the mighty Galaxy class 
ships operating at top efficiency::

INGOLDO: "Sir, diagnostic indicate the presence of a, how do you 
say, 'bug'"? 

MCCLOUD: "'Bug', Ensign?"

INGOLDO: "Yes, sir. There is a small life form attached to a 
conduit, feeding on the isolinear chip access."

REDROI: (giggles slightly, which draws a whithering look from Tolbin)
"Sorry, Commander"

TOLBIN: "What is so funny, Ensign?"

REDROI: "I am very sorry, Commander, Captain. I think it is funny 
that a 'bug' could get a Galaxy class on yellow alert. I beg your 
forgiveness, sirs, there is no disrespect intended."

MCCLOUD: "That's ok, Ensign. We all need to lighten up sometimes" 
(with a pointed look at Tolbin)

::Tolbin glares at Redroi::

REDROI: (Wow, I think she wants to harm me.) "Thank you, sir"

OFF - Methinks I may be digging a deeper & deeper hole with the XO, 
but time will tell. Might she & Ensign Redroi become dear friends? 

Ensign Dusty Redroi
Chief Operations Officer
USS Excalibur NCC 2997