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=/\= Understood, Lieutenant. Do we have warp capabilities? Will our shields hold? =/\

=^= Based upon the information I have at the moment Captain, I can give you minimum warp drive. But I would reserve it for an emergency in case it causes further damage. As for shields, as we hit them with our forward shields, I would recommend turning and using aft shields if necessary. I will advise more once damage control teams have reviewed the effected systems. =^=

Sapeth wasn’t showing it, not that any Vulcan would, but he knew there was a clock on getting answers.

“Damage Control Team 1, assist Cadet Stadi with the shields. Please provide an estimate as soon as you are able for shields being fully operational. Damage Control Team 2, you are with Cadet Torres and myself reviewing the warp core. Dismissed.”

The two damage control teams looked around and then moved to assist the cadets, looking to them for direction as to what to do, tools and system reports at the ready to follow orders.

Dael nodded towards his superior and looked over at the team assigned to him. He felt their nervous energy crash over him in telepathic waves but they were engineers and he was sure that like him, once given a task, their nerves would flow away in focusing on a problem.

“Alright team, you heard the lieutenant, I’m finishing up a sweep on the forward deflector grid, making sure we don’t have any issues with any of those field generators but I want a diagnostic on the main deflector field emitter, make sure we don’t have an issue at the main source, there may have been an overload on impact. Get down to Deck 11 with a toolkit and put your eyes on it if you have to, we’ve had a collision in an unknown situation, you better believe they want shields working on the Bridge.” He looked back at his console and took a deep breath while looking at the results of his diagnostic scan to the forward grid. Whew… Where did that come from?… he thought while scanning the results with his dark irises. He usually just fixed and tinkered with things, he’d never really led a team before. Focus Dael, that’s the key, focus on the problem.

“Make sure we’ve got the graviton polarity sources working correctly too, we don’t need anymore dips in shield power while we fix this current issue.” he called back to the team while the thought occurred to him. Another popped in his head, cutting through the noise of thoughts that was now the bustling Engineering deck, and he was grateful for the distraction. He ran a secondary diagnostic to make sure that the shield frequencies were still modulating like they should in Alert status, compensating of course for the current dip in shield rating after the hit.

Cadet Stadi, Engineering

Turning back towards the status board, he wiped away the overall ship view and focused in on the warp core.

“We need to identify the source of the damaged warp systems. Cadet,” he said looking at Torres. “What do you advise as the first steps?”

Lt Sapeth - CE

“I advise we run a diagnostic on the warp systems sir” Torres said while walking towards a terminal

Torres worried about what all of this could mean and what would happen if they didn’t get this problem fixed

Cadet Torres

The repair team reporting to Torres tapped a few buttons and looked back up, “A few cracked couplers and the injection manifold is off alignment. We could hit warp five but only for a short duration until the fixes are made.”

GM Wombat

“Alright thank you” Torres said

Torres turned toward Lt Sapeth “It looks like we are going to have to replace the cracked couplers and align the injection manifold If we wanna get out of here for good ”

Torres was glad to know that if anything happened they could get out of here but he knew that it wasn’t really over yet

Cadet Torres

Sapeth nodded. “Go ahead and start the repairs, but make sure you keep the warp core operational in case the Captain needs an emergency response.”

=/\= Acknowledged, Lieutenant. =/\=

Davis, CO (crosspost)

As the channel closed, the large Engineering bay doors slid aside to reveal Lieutenant Anders striding into the room, an air of determination around him. As he entered, he saw Torres milling around near the warp core, “Excuse the interruption Cadet,” he began, “But I’m looking for Lieutenant Sapeth?”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

Torres looked up from a terminal to see Lt.Anders standing near the door

“Oh hello sir Lt.Sapeth is most likely in his office” He said while pointing to Sapeth’s office

Cadet Torres

Kyle nodded his thanks and headed over to the office. Sure enough, Sapeth was standing over one of the consoles, it looked as though he was trying to complete repairs.
“Lieutenant,” Anders began, “Captain Davis sent me to update you on the situation. We seem to have made contact with an unrecognisable ship. When I checked tactical, it looked as if it was revving its engines so to speak, in a similar way to an old 21st century combustion engine. Before I came here, the last thing I saw was the ship venting plasma tanks. If I didn’t know better, I’d say the ship was challenging us to a race.” Anders cocked an eyebrow, almost as if amused.

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

Sapeth raised an eyebrow. “While it is agreeable to see you Lieutenant, I shall make a note to have one of the cadets check the comm relays on the bridge.

“But repairs are proceeding. And I would recommend stalling if they are indeed challenging us to a race. The Challenger took damage to the warp core. We can reach warp 5, but only for a limited amount of time.”

Lt Sapeth - CE

Kyle couldn’t help but smirk at Sapeth’s comment about the comm relays, “I can send one of my people down here to assist you if that helps?”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

Most of the repairs, being more or less trivial didn’t take long to assess. The whole of the ship would be back to 99% health in about 2 hours.

GM Wombat