Ensign Gideon Hughes - Leaky Pipes
Kevin Day
(( Crash site, Aelkuun ))
Things on the planet's surface had gone sideways real fast. Phaser fire had been exchanged, Reine’X had kept an encroaching Cardassian from putting Gideon out of commission, and Commander Ada was hauling a wounded prisoner towards the treeline. All of that was happening while Gideon tried to patch a leaking fuel cell from exploding.
oO Come on Gideon, faster! Oo
Reine’X::whispering to Gideon:: I told you I can handle this.
Hughes: You certainly did Ensign Reine’X. ::hissing in discomfort as he tried to work around the superheated metal to seal the leaking deuterium.:: And now ::grunting with effort as he hauled a piece of the hull out of his way:: I’m going to keep my promise and not let this hunk of junk vaporize us all. ::he glanced at her long enough to nod:: Thanks for saving my butt.
Ada: Almost to the treeline...
Injured person: Did you say Starfleet? I used to...
Reine’X moved away from Gideon to begin examining the injured Cardassian woman, and, he had to admit, he felt a little less safe without the towering Orion watching his six. But the engineer had a job to do. Of course, that job would have been much easier to accomplish if he had more than just a plasma torch to work with. Carefully, one errant spark would have been enough to ignite the leaking fuel, Gideon managed to manipulate the manual shut off valve into the closed position. After that, he used his plasma torch to weld closed the leaking fuel lines.
Reine’X::now scanning the injured person, only moments later:: Indeed, he has minor head wounds, but both of his legs are severely broken. He won't be able to walk, ma'am.
Injured person: She.
Ada: Imas? How..?
Reine’X: I would say so. We should hurry.
Ada: =/\= Ada to Valkyrie, one to beam directly to sickbay. If you can, beam unconscious people around the shuttle to sickbay. =/\=
Ada: ::To Hughes:: Any other lifesigns in that shuttle?
Gideon: Just one more ma’am. ::To Reine’X:: Can you tell if they are conscious or not? Can we just beam them directly to sickbay as well?
Reine'X: ?
Ada: Did you stop the leak? Is it stabilized?
Gideon: Yes ma’am, the deuterium leak is contained at least until we can get a full team of engineers down here to assess the full damage.
Reine'X: ?
Ada: Then let's get to it and get out of here.
Gideon: Aye ma’am.
Reine'X: ?
Gideon: I’ll notify the Acting Chief Engineer of the crash site as soon as we are on board the Valkyrie. We may want to coordinate efforts with the local authorities as well.
Ada/Reine’X: ?
Gideon: What are Cardassians doing all the way out here in the Solerian Sector? And who was that woman? ::To Ada:: You seemed to be personally acquainted with her ma’am?
Ada/Reine’X: ?
Gideon: ::Nodding in understanding:: You’re right. We can sort this out on board the Valkyrie.
Ada/Reine’X: ?
Ensign Gideon Hughes
Engineering Officer
USS Valkyrie-A NCC-76418-A
V240304GH3