((Bridge, USS Athena))
:: It was quiet at the command post of the Athena. With the senior staff all occupied on the space station or in the shuttle heading for the planet a small skeleton team was taking care of the bridge. With the captain working in her ready room. With the odd computer subroutines still not solved Kalos Fiorr decided to take a look at the bridge systems. With the problem showing up everywhere it was possible they were infected as well.::
oO This is going to be a long day. Let's hope we don’t have to purge the entire system. It would take weeks to fix everything. Oo
Por’kus: =/\= Engineering to bridge. =/\=
:: Several ensigns looked up from their consoles. They all looked at each other and then most of them suddenly turned towards Kalos::
oO What did I do? Oo
Donald: Sir, I believe you are in charge. You are the senior officer right now.
Fiorr: Very well….
oO I’m not going to waste time discussing bridge protocol now but it should have been the one who was left in charge by the captain… Oo
Fiorr: =/\= Bridge here, how can we be of assistance? =/\=
Por’kus: =/\= I think we got a #$%^& problem here. =/\=
Fiorr: =/\= Language… sir….. oO Who is this guy?! Oo Take a breath and tell me whats wrong. =/\=
Por’kus: =/\= I found what’s interfering with the power on deck 11. It’s some #$%^ kind of alien tech, looks almost $%^& organic. =/\=
Fiorr: =/\= Manners crewman!
oO It has to be a crewman right? No officer would talk like this?
Fiorr: =/\= Now.. are you sure your observation is right? There shouldn’t be anything organic in our ship's systems. =/\=
Por’kus: =/\=What the $%^& do you think I am. Some kind of #$%^&* pest removal tech. I’m an engineer, I know the $%^&* difference between mechanics and tech and something that’s #$%^&* living. =/\=
:: Alex noted at least two ensigns were trying to hide their smile. It seemed they liked to see him struggle with the undisciplined member of the crew::
Fiorr: =/\= Where are you? I’ll come to you right away! =/\=
oO Perhaps that thing is responsible for the odd subroutines bugs Oo
Por’kus: =/\= reply =/\=
Fiorr: =/\= On my way. Bridge out =/\=
:: Kalos left the bridge in a hurry and double paced his way to the Jefferies tube after grabbing a medical tricorder from sickbay first. As he got into the tube he caught the Por’kus looking at a rather unusual shaped object that was definitely attached to the ship's systems::
((Jeffries tube, USS Athena))
Fiorr: Ok, what have we got so far?
Por’kus: ?
Fiorr: I anticipated that. May I? ::He grabbed the medical tricorder from his belt and crawled forward while Por’kus gave him some room. As the scan started Fiorr was quickly able to confirm the engineers report. :: Definitely organic. It seems to be integrated into the ship. I detect some sort of electric traffic between “it” and the ship. Sort of like a brain sending signals to muscle-tissue. The only species I know who use this teach are the Breen and species 8472… But neither should be in this part of space…
Por’kus: ?
TAG/TBC
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With great pleasure written as:
Lt.Cmdr. Kalos Fiorr
Cybernetic Warfare Expert
USS Atlantis
as simmed by:
Lt. Cmdr. Alexander Williams
First Officer
USS Atlantis
News Team member
Writer ID:A239006AW0