Lieutenant JG Jackson Tanner - Can we hypothesise on the way?

[Jackson Tanner]

((Unknown location, somewhere aboard the Voth generational ship Igirni)) 

Standing there leaning against the trash containers, Jackson could only hypothesise that they had experienced a waveform distortion from their proximity to the black hole that has on some level altered the layout of the ship.  Temporarily he hoped. 

Tanner: Frinn, on our ship, if someone had fallen down here, there would be some way to get back out.  A shaft, ladder or something.  Is there likely something like that here?

Frinn: Every great hall has several escape routes. Bottom, top and sides. But they can be quite long and wide…

Lim: There should be some kind of repair access to this place. I doubt people are rappelling down or ascending up here and then having to do the opposite once repairs are complete.

Falt: Response 

Tanner: ::Suppressing his light agitation at the needed explanation.:: I’m sure most people have been down here, but from a design sense, would there be something?

Jackson didn’t need to himself fall into a shaft on the Eagle to know there would be an exit somewhere.  It was a design choice and something that was a feature and expectation of every Starfleet vessel.  Surely, Frinn has some inkling if searching for an exit was worth the time, or, if taking the Commander's idea of going where the trash goes was best. As his head throbbed, he wasn’t sure which answer he preferred. 

Lim: There’s got to be something here.

Frinn: If this is the end of a dumping area, the only way might be up… ::He looked, hoping to find a ceiling. But it was much higher than he thought it would be.::

Still leaning, Jackson was hoping it was going to be climbing. He dared not look up as the Voth man did. 

Falt: Response

Lim: There’s a hollow on the other side. There should be some kind of door.

Frinn: Hollow?!

oO Surely that’s a good thing? Oo

Jackson as the Voth’s facial expressions matched his words. The man, who didn’t seem to know much about Engineering earlier, seemed downright certain that what sounded like a good thing, was indeed a bad thing.

Frinn: That can’t be right… There should be at least several layers of reinforced structural material between compartments. If it sounds hollow, then either this was never part of the original design… or someone changed it.

Tanner: Surely on a ship of this age, original designs wouldn’t be much use anymore. 

Lim / Falt: Response

Frinn: Impossible. And I don’t use that lightly. Walls like these do not become hollow by accident. Either someone removed the material from the inside, or something has been taking it.

The man paused, considering something. 

Frinn: Unless the ship has been cannibalizing itself. Some old repair systems used to reclaim material from damaged sections, but they are not supposed to touch load-bearing bulkheads. And… those systems have been offline for many generations because they could not be maintained.

Tanner: Seems you’ve answered your own question then. 

Lim / Falt / Frinn : Response 

Tanner: Surely, this is to our advantage though? Is it not an opportunity for easy escape? :: Now taking the poignant moment to look up.:: So as to avoid any climbing?

Lim / Falt / Frinn : Response 

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Lieutenant JG Jackson Tanner

Engineering Officer

USS Eagle 

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