As Bart opens the cargo hatch, "Merrin, does that vent open onto the

bridge?"

he asks.

OOC: They all interconnect, so you can get to the bridge from that vent...*however* Des was closing the iris valves inside the vent system. If she did that then each section of the ship's vent system is closed off right now and nobody can move around freely inside it. Des and Merinn have the codes to open and close the vents, so they (and any of the crew they give the codes to) could search each segment, one by one. Of course, someone inside can always exit the vents into the ship itself...as a certain young woman already proved.

"The system is closed off at the moment. Any mice are stuck in their own section."

JR