The Dead Don't Bleed: Part 2, the Aftermath
“With only a skeleton crew aboard this meant that only half of the close in weapons stations and lookout points were manned around the clock. Taking into consideration the mess they had run into with the cutter and its accompanying civilian ships, the Captain was taking no chances. Even at a position of a hundred miles from shore it was conceivable that smaller vessels carrying refuges could attempt to reach the carrier under the assumption they were in the area conducting rescue operations. The Cheyenne was under orders to remain submerged throughout the mission and was maintaining a slow zig zag patrol pattern fifteen miles in front of the carrier along the most likely means of approach any ships from the mainland would take if they intended on reaching the Abraham Lincoln.
Crusher was on the flight desk along with the two pilots who would fly the first mission into the hot zone. Normally Crusher would have volunteered to lead the charge with the initial flight into the unknown.
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