Saboteur Part 7
by Maureen and Jason


Internal Memo
All Departments
DSV SEAHAWK
Issued From Office of XO

Please submit damage reports to all primary and secondary ship's systems, please report sustained systems damage and current systems reliability.

Commander Sutherland

[SENT PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BRIDGE]

To Captain, seaHawk
Fitzgerald, Adrian
From office of XO
Sutherland, Nicholas

In Reference To: our recent security dilemma

As per your request I have examined profiles of seaHawk crew to find possible temporary security seconds, temporary reinforcements due to recent internal complications. Upon examination I have four recommendations. As interim dept head I examined both officers Diringer and Michaels.

Lt Ethan Diringer has an exemplary record and served most recently aboard the Orlando in a capacity most similar to our current necessity. Lt Diringer has a history of work in the fields of defense and intelligence, and could prove a most useful asset to our current investigations and internal security needs.

Lt Joel Michaels, though an excellent and capable officer, I fear, may prove too unreliable in the current dire situation. He has a history of panic disorders and bipolarism, currently under treatment and controlled - but I fear the current situation might tax him too far, possibly instigating episodic panic or depression; a capable officer, but perhaps best serving in his current capacity.

I recommend that we tap Mr Diringer for temporary promotion of duties to acting security chief.

In regard to support staff, though our ship's personnel already works very hard, I have two selections from ship's crew that I have complete confidence in the capabilities of and on whom I would stake both my personal safety and the integrity of this ship. Two souls from ship's compliment the integrity of whom I have found to be unwavering and am prepared to instate as temporary security officers, adjusting pay rates where applicable.

Ensign Kassidy Dandridge, currently working as a ship's mechanic, who fought hard for her position here aboard the seaHawk. One of the most determined individuals I have ever met.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthias H. Gonzalez, who works aboard the seaHawk in the firing control room. Decent, honest, hardworking. Excellent reports since coming aboard. Good with a firearm. Scores ranking the eighty-three percentile.

I will send notices of the changes in duty rotation.

I stake my reputation on the soundness of character of PO Gonzalez, Ens Dandridge, and Lt Diringer.

sincerely,

Sutherland

Adrian reread the report a second time, thankful that his CO was indeed the competent officer that his dossier said he was, and as yet, he had seen no signs of the mans eccentricities. He saved the report on his computer before striding out onto the bridge. He had only cleared the doorwat threshold when the second bomb went off.