07-22-2024, 03:57 AM
Nothing.
As the last seconds of the simulation rolled by, the near-silence of the corridor was broken by a relieved sigh. Kedus settled against the wall. The anticipation of the previous few minutes had made its way back down the corridor.
Altairi sat in silence, arms still crossed, back still straight. Relief had briefly flashed across his eyes and had just as quickly been replaced with disdain.
Damn you, Nahamcam... But it wasn't the ship's eccentric designer that had earned his ire-- it was Starfleet. They'd condemned him to a misshapen, ill-tempered, glorified escape pod they called a starship, punishment for having a conscience.
Punishment for mutiny.
"Chief, what now?"
Altairi bit his tongue, waiting for his anger to settle. Better to stew in awkward silence than say something he'd regret. Inhale... Exhale... After the third round, he'd opened his mouth to give out new orders, but the words that followed wouldn't be his.
[Bridge to Hydish. Once you've got your glitch locked down, I want you to start prepping the engines for a full-power sprint. Bring the Slipstream online as well.]
He answered by instinct: a quick "On it, Captain." Then he turned to Kedus, offering a small smile to cool the air. "Let's rearm the breakers and head back down, uhh..." His finger twitched on the way back to his comm badge. Kedus hadn't said a word, but she was still looking at him like he was crazy.
"Mister Vlokar, you should have power flowing into Engineering any minute now. Let's open scopes on all critical systems. Prep the engines for max impulse and run through pre-jump checks on the slipstream drive. And recall our people to the bay. We'll be there in a few minutes."
>> Engineering >>
== GM: So I don't overstep, is power successfully restored to Engineering? ==
As the last seconds of the simulation rolled by, the near-silence of the corridor was broken by a relieved sigh. Kedus settled against the wall. The anticipation of the previous few minutes had made its way back down the corridor.
Altairi sat in silence, arms still crossed, back still straight. Relief had briefly flashed across his eyes and had just as quickly been replaced with disdain.
Damn you, Nahamcam... But it wasn't the ship's eccentric designer that had earned his ire-- it was Starfleet. They'd condemned him to a misshapen, ill-tempered, glorified escape pod they called a starship, punishment for having a conscience.
Punishment for mutiny.
"Chief, what now?"
Altairi bit his tongue, waiting for his anger to settle. Better to stew in awkward silence than say something he'd regret. Inhale... Exhale... After the third round, he'd opened his mouth to give out new orders, but the words that followed wouldn't be his.
[Bridge to Hydish. Once you've got your glitch locked down, I want you to start prepping the engines for a full-power sprint. Bring the Slipstream online as well.]
He answered by instinct: a quick "On it, Captain." Then he turned to Kedus, offering a small smile to cool the air. "Let's rearm the breakers and head back down, uhh..." His finger twitched on the way back to his comm badge. Kedus hadn't said a word, but she was still looking at him like he was crazy.
"Mister Vlokar, you should have power flowing into Engineering any minute now. Let's open scopes on all critical systems. Prep the engines for max impulse and run through pre-jump checks on the slipstream drive. And recall our people to the bay. We'll be there in a few minutes."
>> Engineering >>
== GM: So I don't overstep, is power successfully restored to Engineering? ==