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==ORIGINS [USS HOOD]: Wonderful. Just when he was trying to get sleep== | |||
===by [[Belin_Daniel|Belin, Daniel]]=== | |||
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A hissing sound awoke De Simms in his fresh new quarters. He muttered to | |||
himself, "And I just reported yesterday too!" | |||
Then a second, just as incoherent thought came to him, "What the hell is | |||
that noise?!" | |||
Then, maybe five seconds later, when he was still half asleep, a loud bang | |||
awoke him from his catatonia. The indicator lights on the computer terminal | |||
had blew themselves out and copious amounts of smoke were emitted from the | |||
now broken terminal. It was nothing serious, or even particularly dangerous, | |||
just a huge annoyance in the morning. Again, he talked to himself, more | |||
loudly this time, "Nothing big, just a bit of a flash-boom to wake me up in | |||
the morning. No harm done, except for that silicon smell, I hate that." | |||
He was about to call Engineering to take a look at it, when he realized that | |||
his terminal was broken. Eventually, after much groaning and complaining, he | |||
went to the hallway communications junction and called main engineering. | |||
{{Engineering, Lieutenant Briggs, what can I do for you?}} said a very | |||
stressed out voice on the COM. | |||
"My terminal blew, nothing serious, but someones going to need to look at | |||
it," said DeSimms, who was wondering if something else was wrong. | |||
{{Take a number, Lieutenant, damage control is spread out so thin no one will | |||
get to you for hours. We've had all kinds of minor incidents, nothing to | |||
serious to wake up the Engineer, but enough to give us down here a headache. | |||
For your information, we have had nine such blowouts in todays wee hours}} | |||
said Briggs. | |||
"Got it, I'll call back in a bit," said DeSimms in a rather annoyed tone. | |||
However, he was thinking, time for a little D.I.Y. | |||
He took out his tool kit, which was rather primitive and sparse. It had a | |||
set of drills and screwdrivers, a micro-solderer, and a set of spare parts. | |||
He took a look at the damage, and saw it was relatively minor. The indicator | |||
leads had burned out in addition to the lights, and a micro-fuse blew. | |||
The micro-fuse and lead replacement were child's play, however configuring | |||
the incompatible lights with the system was hard. However, by the end of two | |||
long hours, a reasonable facsimile of the machine had been reached. He | |||
reminded himself that he should eventually get a professional to look at it, | |||
but for the moment he was proud of his work. However, what of these | |||
disturbances? This seemed a little odd, especially on a relatively new ship. | |||
Investigating burnouts was not glamorous work for the first day on the job, | |||
but someone had to do it. | |||
NRPG: | |||
I'm sorry for any mistakes you might find, but in my time zone it is 2:44 in | |||
the morning. I just really wanted to get something out | |||
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With all due respect, | |||
Daniel F. Belin | |||
U.S.S HOOD | |||
LT. DeSimms | |||
SEC Officer | |||
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