Brad sent out the message the night before to Lt. Cmdr. O’Keefe, Lt. Cmdr. Zeaner, Lt. Bonner and Lt. Marshall, inviting them to lunch the next day. He’d secured a private dining room in one of the Starbase’s restaurants.

He’d only met one while inadvertently intoxicated, had an unhealthy work relationship with two of the others, and hardly ever saw the fourth. And a working lunch was much more in touch with his style than a summons to a briefing.

Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff