Imril - Measure Twice
Chris Taylor
((Main Engineering, Deck 15 - USS Artemis-A))
Gnai: Don’t worry, it’s reassuring to hear you think this all aloud. ::bobbing in its tank:: It’s all around, as you said. But more in the leg joints… The ones that are analogous to knees? And the… ankles?
As the Galadoran spoke, Imril tapped a command into the railing console. A holographic magnifying glass came into being, solidifying atop the console’s thin lip of a counter space. They took the tool by its handle and used it to examine the joints under discussion. Tricorder readings were informative and all, but it often helped to get a real ‘eye’ on a situation.
Gnai’s convenience had bird-like legs, ending in three-toed feet; two up front, one in back. Imril took a studied look at the knee and ankle joints, and on down to the balls of their feet. What they saw appeared to confirm the scans.
Imril: Ankle’s the right word. And can you raise this arm to the side, so I can get a gander at the armpit?
Gnai: Yes, the arms too could use an eye, perhaps… Just to be safe. It wouldn’t do for them to lock up on an away team all of a sudden. That could prove disastrous.
Imirl couldn’t help but imagine the sight of Gnai telekinetically hitting an emergency switch and their tank jetting off into the air clear of danger.
Imril: No, it wouldn’t. But I don't think that’s going to be a problem.
Gnai: Let this know how it can help with diagnosis and repairs. You’re the expert here.
It gestured with the arms of its suit, opening them wide in what Imril took to be a demonstration of openness. Imril asked them to pause here and there, to allow examination of the elbows and wrists. When they were done, they stepped back away from Gnai and set the glass down.
Imril: Thanks. You can stand at ease. I see some scratches and shallow pitting in the joints and the metal surrounding them. Minor stuff, mostly. Definitely more in the legs, like you said. Some in the wrists and feet, just a little. They might have started giving you some trouble in time if we hadn’t caught it now.
Gnai: response
Imril: Here’s my plan. First, we wash the affected parts of the suit down in a weak acid, to neutralise the pollen residue. Then water to flush those metallic salts out. Then we dry everything off and run through those motions again, to see what gears still have issues. We replace those, and fill in the rest of the wear with targeted electroplating.
It might have seemed a boring or bare-bones approach. But in this case, boring and easy was a good thing. And best of all, the suit having been made for an aquatic being, it was already watertight.
Gnai: response
Imril: No need to walk into a tub or anything like that. I can use the holo-emitters here to create floating flow-channels for everything. Plumbing without the pipes. And you’ll be able to move the joints during the process, which is good because the fluids will need to contact every surface.
Gnai: response
Tags/TBC :)
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Ensign Imril
Engineering Officer
USS Artemis-A
A240110I12