Having contributed to the conversation already, Alistair leaned back in his chair and listened to the byplay among the other officers.  Part of the XOs job was to deal with issues before they reached the CO and he was making mental notes as to where exactly there might be problems.  And from the way the conversation had been running, Engineering and Flight definitely looked to be the place to look.<br/><br/>Ah well, he could always snoop later.  Instead, he choose to listen rather than speak and nibble on the dinner (which was quite good) rather than interfere with the flow of conversation.