[color=0072bc]"I'll be on station in the staff room if any of you have any question about the mission."[/color] The colonel uttered this succinct statement and was rather quickly moving to exit the command room. Although his main priority was indeed ONI's little pet op he did have the entire rest of the ship to run in the mean time. 

After exiting the CIC colonel Morrel moved to the staff command room, an adjacent area filled with all manner of view screens and busily bustling officers of all kinds. Brass here ranged from lieutenant all the way up to lieutenant colonel as the various S-shops did their duties. After taking a seat near the back of the room in his command chair the first thing on the list was receiving status reports from the various officers who ran the ship. Most of the stuff was just part of the daily grind of his job, though a couple notables appeared and were resolved with his authority. 

As the ship's AI Avalon was practically attached at the hip to Morrel, being given personal access to all files the colonel received. For the most part strong-boxed AI's like Avalon could be trusted with top-level military secrets, especially since this one was classed under ONI's command. Functionally, Avalon was an extension of the colonel's will and because of their collaboration the ship ran that much smoother. This is how the colonel spent the time between the briefing and the ship's arrival on target.