Posted by Lieutenant Commander Riley O’Nell (Chief Engineer Officer) in Side Sim: Main Engineering 0440

Posted by Ensign Izak Waryn (Engineering Officer) in Side Sim: Main Engineering 0440

Posted by Ensign Izak Waryn (Engineering Officer) in Side Sim: Main Engineering 0440
Gamma shift had been anything but quiet, and Izak was quickly typing up his turnover for Alpha shift while still working with the rest of the crew to fix the problem. He hated to leave something unfinished… and they still had a bit of time.

Night shift normally handled maintenance and repairs that were too invasive to do on the day shift. Last night, that included installing and aligning replacement parts for the Warp Core and bringing it up to 100% efficiency. An impressive feat, but it did have some unexpected… and at the moment inexplicable… consequences.

The EPS grid on Ark Angel normally operated above 99%, but after the reactor repairs, it now topped out at 94% efficiency. The duty shift was completing a level 3 diagnostic on the whole system, and the results were currently inconclusive.

It would be easy to do a more in-depth diagnostic while sitting in orbit around a Star Base, but word was already spreading from the crews operating the cargo bays. The Ark Angel had a new mission. Any troubleshooting would need to be balanced against the mission’s requirements. Ensign Waryn frowned and continued his turnover notes as the diagnostic inched toward completion.

Ensign Izak Waryn - Engineering Officer - U.S.S. Ark Angel

0515

After the shift, Ensign Waryn had immediately changed and hit the gym. Ordinarily, he’d be playing handball, but the other officers who played had some sort of event in the holodeck this morning.

Left to his own devices, he was going pretty hard at the resistance machine and letting his thoughts wander.

He’d turned the problem with the EPS grid efficiency over to his friend, Ensign Boras from Alpha shift. The level 3 diagnostic had not turned up a cause for the drop to 94%… and the problem was still nagging at Izak. His mind kept going over all the parts they’d installed to improve Warp Core operation, trying to figure out what they could have changed to cause the drop. When that failed, he reviewed the EPS grid itself.

Power stabilizers are the obvious culprit, but they all looked good. Theoretically, it could be the converters or relays, but when they start failing, they generally cause a power restriction or plasma backflow… and the automatic tests would have caught that.

Ensign Waryn grimaced. He’d intended to work with Lt Grant to get training on the Operations station today, but he knew he’d be back in Main Engineering in a few hours, trying to help solve the EPS problem.

Ensign Izak Waryn - Engineering Officer - U.S.S. Ark Angel

During his shift O’Nell found what was wrong and tapped his com badge =/\= CE to Ensign Waryn can you come to engineering I found out why there was a drop =/\=

Izak couldn’t answer the call immediately, he had just taken a huge bite of pancake when it came in. After chewing and swallowing as fast as he could, he tapped the combadge on his chest.

=/\=”This is Waryn. Copy that Chief, I’ll be down shortly.”=/\= Ensign Waryn hadn’t come up with any solutions while working out… or the brief sonic shower afterwards… but he did have a few ideas he wanted to look into. He was somewhat disappointed that he wouldn’t be able to solve this problem on his own, but at least he would still be able to learn something from the way Lt Cmdr O’Nell identified and corrected the issue.

The brekkian finished the last few bites of his breakfast and headed toward the turbo lift.

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Ensign Waryn walked into Main Engineering and approached the Chief. “I’m surprised you had time to look into this Sir, I figured the department would have a bunch of preparations to make for the new mission. Can you shed any light on what the Ark Angel will be doing?”

Ensign Izak Waryn - Engineering Officer - U.S.S. Ark Angel