From: rneces@mastnet.net (Lynnaea AelCaymarth)
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 16:38:09 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: USS CHESAPEAKE: The Alternative Solution

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SD 90414.2108
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Murray's Quarters
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MD 4.0840
	Anne showed the Chief Security Officer into the living area of 
her quarters.  She looked over at her and asked if she would care for 
something to drink.
        "Cappucino, please... extra cream."  
	Getting herself a half-frozen lime soda and Keyrin's cappucino, Anne
approached her bookshelf.  She looked over the titles quickly before finding 
the one she wanted.
	"Here it is," she said to Ensign Keyrin, taking out the box and 
pulling up a second chair to her desk.  She sat down and waited for the 
security officer to sit down before opening the box.  "This is called the 
Dennis-Schuster Series.  It has several components, but..." she rummaged 
around, pulling out a thick book.  "This is the one I used that first 
night," she concluded, handing over the book to Ensign Keyrin.
	Aelyria perused the book with interest.  The book was divided into three
sections; the first contained the actual series questions themselves,
classified into different diagnostic categories.  Some assessed factual
knowledge, others assessed moral standards.  There were some that gauged the
subject's attitudes.
	The second section contained possible answers and variations, 
noting how each would be scored.  There were sheets of paper with colored 
dots folded between some of the pages.  Ensign Keyrin held one such paper 
up and raised a questioning eyebrow at Anne.
	"Those are the codings for some of the people I've tested," 
explained Anne, warming to her favorite topic.  "The colors indicate 
which section I should read, and the order shows when I tested them."
	Ensign Keyrin noted that there were five dots on the final line, 
all different colors.
	"How are these colors determined?" asked the security officer.
	"They're specified here," said Anne, taking out a booklet of 
medium length.  "And here are the colored markers that go with it." She 
opened the book and showed Ensign Keyrin the rows of colored circles.  
"I'm not too fond of my personality classification color, myself," she 
confided with a smile.  "It's the rather bland color of white." She 
examined the colors critically.  "I seem to recall that you were red." 
She looked at the paper with the dots again.  "Yes," she concluded.  
Definitely red."
        "What does red mean?"  
	"Red.  Let's see." Anne turned the pages of the booklet in her 
hand.  She found the page, skimmed it, nodded.  "General characteristics 
include: self-confidence, strong leadership skills, rather aggressive 
nature, ability to cope with difficult situations, very competitive." 
	She paused, seeming to think over some mental notes she had made.  
She addressed her comments to the book, but it waas obvious that she was 
really speaking to Keyrin.  
	"You also have a bit of an overachieving complex, the drive to 
succeed and to give more than your best for your department.  You are also 
quite bitter about some aspects of your life, and there are subjects to 
which you react with hatred, almost violence."  She looked up and 
stopped.  "I... I'm sorry, Aelyria," she said softly, unsure what else to 
say.  Everything she had said was true, but whether or not the owner of 
those characteristics had wanted to hear them was another story.
        Aelyria was looking away, staring off into the corner, her
expression devoid of feeling.  After a moment, her reverie was broken and
she stood, handing the book back to Anne.  "Thank you.  I had better be
going."  
        Anne followed her to the door, a pained expression on her face.
"Will I see you soon?"  
        Keyrin paused.  "I suppose,"  she replied, before walking off, a
lost expression on her face.

Respectfully submitted, 
Lynnaea AelCaymarth                     Masako Goto 
ENS Aelyria Keyrin                      LT(jg) Anne Murray
CSO, USS CHESAPEAKE                     CSciO, USS CHESAPEAKE

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