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-CMDR Nigel Straun, TACFLEET Liason Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | -CMDR Nigel Straun, TACFLEET Liason Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | ||
-CMDR Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br> | -CMDR Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br> | ||
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Picking Up the Pieces...</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 7-22-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80722.2225 (GMT)<br> | |||
MD: 4.1200<br> | |||
Scene: Deck 7, Impulse Drive<br> | |||
"Hand me that hydro spanner, would you, Mendorn?" Jerran said, his upper | |||
half sticking up into an access port on the impulse reactor with a hand | |||
out for the tool. | |||
"Of course, LT," the Benzite pilot said as he took a breath from the | |||
breather at his chest and handed the FCO the tool. He then walked over to | |||
the access to the impulse drive's subspace driver coil and began working | |||
on it. | |||
"I'm glad that we had this opportunity to work together again, Mendorn, I | |||
just wish that the Prophets had seen fit to place us under better | |||
circumstances for your first mission." | |||
"Indeed, sir," Mendorn said softly as he closed off the panel and walked | |||
to a nearby control console. "However, I'm sure that we will make it | |||
through this one." | |||
Jerran nodded with a smile as he slid out of the reactor, a smudge of dark | |||
greese on the side of his face. "Of that, I have no doubt, Ensign. Now, | |||
let's see if we can turn this back on." | |||
The FCO walked over to the control console and began manipulating the | |||
controls to start up the reactor. A loud humm began to fill the room as | |||
the reactor's laser fusion initiation system began firing at the slush | |||
deuterium as it was injected into the reactor. | |||
"Reactor power output to 10 percent and rising, LT." | |||
"Good, Mendorn. Keep an eye on the internal pressure. If we have a | |||
spike, this whole deck could go." | |||
"Aye, sir. Reactor power at 30 percent and rising. Internal pressure | |||
holding steady." Mendorn took a deep breath from his artificial | |||
atmosphere and said, "Sir, can I ask you a question?" | |||
"Of course," Jerran said absentmindedly as he concentrated on the reactor. | |||
"Lieutenant Cartwright, she's someone special to you, no?" | |||
Jerran smiled slightly and said, "Yes, she's someone very special to me." | |||
"Then not knowing where she is must be very hard for you, then, sir. I | |||
must say that your Vulcan emotional controls have much improved since your | |||
days at the academy." | |||
Jerran nodded as he glanced at the Benzite and said, "She and I have been | |||
performing extensive mind melds ever since we first started our | |||
relationship. Because of that, even though she is off the ship, I still | |||
sense her. It's true that I don't know exactly where she is, but I know | |||
she is out there, and I'm sure she knows I'm still here." | |||
Mendorn nodded as he looked back down at his console, "Reactor output at | |||
90 percent and rising steadily. Internal pressure is nominal." | |||
Jerran brought the reactor up to a hundred percent slowly, and then sent | |||
the output plasma through the impulse drive system. "Everything looks | |||
fine here." | |||
"Yes, sir. What do we need to work on next?" | |||
"Thruster system. I told Allard to keep his security teams away from that | |||
because I wanted to take a look at it personally. And, I want only you | |||
and I on this, because I think that whoever sabotaged them might have been | |||
in my own department." | |||
"He's a flight controller, sir? Do you know who he could be?" | |||
"Not yet, but I do have a few posibilities." | |||
The two officers left the impulse drive system working almost as good as | |||
new as they went to work on the thrusters. | |||
<NRPG> | |||
BTW, there're five people out in the shuttles, Cartwright, Dunnon, | |||
Harkone, Sirana, and Alera. | |||
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* jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu * jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu * | |||
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* Joseph Baker * | |||
* University of South Florida * | |||
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* Daisemi'in rhhaensuriuu * Of the Chief parts of the * | |||
* meillunsiateve * Ruling Passion only this * | |||
* rh'e Mnhei'sahe yie ahr'en: * Can be truly said: * | |||
* Mnahe afw'ein qiuu, * Hate has a reason for everything * | |||
* rh'e hweithnaef * But love is unreasonable * | |||
* mrht Heis'he ehl'ein qiuu * --Rihannsu Proverb * | |||
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