Ensign Richard Matthews - Downgrade the Upgrades
Matthew Gough
(((Main Engineering, Deck 12, USS Khitomer))
Lacy: The cavalry has arrived.
Michaels: I am endeavoring to avoid being trampled by the horses. :: to the newcomers :: Mr. Matthews. Miss Semara. Welcome to Engineering. We are happy to have someone visit and relieve the tedious boredom.
Rubbing his left butt cheek, Richard made his way through engineering, wearifully.
It was a pump of sorts. But it was not the kind of pump he had imagined. Not at all.
R. Matthews: Never say you’re bored, and never ever say it’s too quiet.
Semara: Response
Lacy: So… “emergency” gel pack replacement?
R. Matthews: Right :: He pointed at the officer, whose name he totally remembered :: What the Ensign said. How up to date are we all on this?
Michaels / Lacy / Semara: Response
Nodding, Richard made to explain things — but then remembered that Ras and Semara were being cagey about it all. He hadn’t been subtle about their findings when talking to Banks, but he wasn’t sure if she had noticed the info dump or not. So he wasn’t sure if the officers here knew about the Vulcan DNA or not.
He didn’t see a reason to keep quiet about that. But he also wanted to avoid dealing with people getting annoyed with him about something silly. So, he’d bite his tongue, and be vague.
R. Matthews: K, while docked, we were retrofitted with replacement gel packs. Unfortunately, the bulk of the new gel packs installed on the Khitomer have a flaw that makes them susceptible to Sencha radiation. We’ve traced the abnormality in packs through their batch numbers. :: He pulled out his tricorder :: I’ll send you the details, check your PADDs.
Michaels / Lacy / Semara: Response
R. Matthews: The highlighted packs on decks 18, 15, and 9 are the only ones that are safe for use from what was installed on Deep Space 33. All the packs on Deck 6 were safe, and the highlighted packs on decks 12 and 15 are safe. Anything marked in blue is safe, don’t touch, the others we need to switch out with the packs we have in storage. That means the original gel packs the Khitomer had before its last big upgrade.
Michaels / Lacy / Semara: Response
It was a tall order. Replacing this number of the ship's hardware in the short amount of time that they had. But it was doable. If they split up and were able to grab one or two more officers each. Richard estimated they’d be done with time to spare. If it was just the four of them (five when Ras got there) they might be pushing it.
R. Matthews: Any questions? If not, we should divide up the decks between us and get to work. Semara can take decks 18 through 15, I’ll grab 14 through 11, Michaels — 10 though 7 and you :: He pointed at the other ensign because he was still blanking on their name :: can get 6 through 3. I’ll message El’Heem to do 2 and 1 on his way back from sickbay.
Michaels / Lacy / Semara: Response
TAGS/TBC
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Science Officer
USS Khitomer (NCC-62400)
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