In the background.

Posted on Tue Jul 7th, 2020 @ 8:35pm by Lieutenant Sineade Darnel

409 words; about a 2 minute read

Ensign Sineade Darnell loved to spend time in the engineering decks. While other hated the third, or Delta shift, Sineade almost always made sure she was assigned to it. It gave her more time to work on her shuttle designs or read up on the newest technical advances. She also like the quietness because it seemed as even the ship itself took a rest during those hours.

Sineade settled down at her console to monitor the various systems. She noticed that one of the starboard corridors on deck 5 seemed to have intermittent power drains. She made a note in the logs and began to run a diagnostic oh the ships systems. It could be nothing but a bad conduit, or there could be something more sinister… Or somewhere in between. “Tá sé sin suimiúil (That ‘s interesting),” She said in the language of her ancestors, “Very interesting indeed.” The diagnostic showed all ships systems to be working properly, except for a power fluctuation on deck 5. She would need to investigate the power drain physically to see who or what was the problem.

Grabbing one of the repair and diagnostic kits she headed for the door. As she passed Lt r’Kul, the shift supervisor, she lifted the kit in the air, “Got a warning on deck 5 corridor power. Going to make sure some leathcheann gan inchinn (brainless idiot) isn’t causing the problem.” R’Kul grunted, which was his normal reply whenever she actually spoke to him. Sineade exited engineering and headed for the turbolift. It was quiet and peaceful. No chattering, no crowds, just peace and quiet. If she managed to stay on the Delta shift she might be able to stay in the background for the entire voyage. She would enjoy that. Sineade never really did like being in the spotlight. Let everyone else have the glory. She was quite happy with how things were.

A few minutes later she arrived on deck 5 and began tracing the problem. About 6 meters in she found the problem. She could see the sparks indicating a short in the conduit. Sineade opened the access panel and got to work repairing the damaged system. Sineade worked quickly, making the necessary repairs in less than 5 minutes. She would note the repairs and then trace it to find the source. Most likely just a faulty connection, but it still had to be investigated in order to complete her reports for the shift officer.

 

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