OFF - Welcome to our Chief Engineer, & to our Ship's Counselor.

ON-
{Bridge}
:: The crew is tense, but do the jobs for which they have been 
trained. Redroi is at the science station, but keeps glancing at 
Ingoldo, motionless:: 

REDROI: (Ingoldo, if you can hear me, stay with us. Help is on the 
way)

REDROI: "Captain, non-essential systems are failing, ship wide. 
Holodecks, mess, education systems are down. All essentials are 
unaffected. Life support, structural integrity, weapons, propulsion 
are all fine. Doesn't make any sense, sir."

TOLBIN: "What is causing the failures?"

REDROI: "Unknown, Commander."

MCCLOUD: "Commander Ford, how is Ensign Ingoldo?"

FORD: "Seems ok, Captain, I think it was his mental abilities that 
made him susceptible to whatever that was. But he should be fine. 
Vital signs are strong."

MCCLOUD: "Good. Mr. Redroi, what do you think about running a 
_passive_ scan at that thing?"

REDROI: "Should work, sir. If we keep levels at bare minimums, the 
anamoly should think our scan is just 'spatial disturbance'."

MCCLOUD: "Very good, Ensign. Make it so."

OFF- A question. Does our gallant Captain have a "catch phrase", 
such as "Make it so"? If not, shall we invent one?

Ensign Dusty Redroi
Chief Operations Officer
USS Excalibur NCC 2997