In these situations (i.e. imminent combat, intense action, etc) posts usually span a couple of seconds as opposed to the several minutes or even hours that might play into the standard life aboard the ship type installments. As a result, the posts seem shorter and, as you noted, sometimes leave their authors wondering if there was enough there.
I think the Berk post was good stuff, myself... If you wanted to "beef it up," at all, the only thing I could think of to add in would maybe be some interaction between Berk and the rest of his department or something (i.e. grab a couple of NPCs and run with 'em... what's going on in the torpedo bays, for instance? Got any crewmen down there planning a trip to planet Pee-Pee-Pants because they've never been in a true combat situation before? Things like that.... *shrugs*
Like I said, though... good stuff as it is!
