<strong>Marines:</strong>They were called up in case someone might've become distraught on the ship, not in CIC.  The call wasn't made in any kind of totalitarian kind of thought, but simply to try and maintain order on the ship.  When you've ust heard that your entire culture has been wiped out, there's no way to predict just how everyone will react.<br/><br/>(For game purposes, I'd like to keep the professionalism to a high level, and keep the insanity low, for the time being.)<br/><br/><strong>Messages/Rumors:</strong>First off, the messages have been downloaded, printed, and handed to the commander, himself.  The comms officer, and maybe the OOD, would be the only other people to see those messages, before Heller handed them to the XO and the CAG.  I'm fairly certain that bridge officers would maintain a certain level of conduct, and not engage in the rumor-mill right away.<br/><br/>how's that?