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”..We did of course! But those idiots out there working for me obviously screwed something up in installation. I hope your engineers are far better trained!” He humphed. Clearly lying through his teeth but trying it hide it and failing.

GM CockRoach

Simon nodded toward Shodan and said “Well, let’s see how their doing,” and tapped his commbadge. =/\=Starr to Miz’uki, how are the repairs going? Find anything interesting?=/\= he asked.

Lieutenant Commander Simon Starr, XO

=^=”Well Sir I only just got to the core But the power drain is intense Whatever is draining the core up on Deck 15 should be dealt with though i Wonder if we might not be able to use the Ark Angel to offset what is being drained to help these people out”=^= came the feline voice of the chief engineer over Simon’s commbadge.

Simon looked towards Shodan once the message came through. =/\=Get an Engineering team on it right away, and identify the cause, Starr out=/\=

“So, looks like the problem is pretty serious. I do have a theory, however,” Simon said to Shodan. “I do have another team that I sent to investigate something else. A possible cause of the power drain. He tapped his commbadge again. =/\=Starr to Lieutenant Jones, any progress on the artifact?=/\= he asked, watching Shodan closely for his response when he asked that question. He seemed to have left that little detail out of his story, and now it was time to find out why.

Lieutenant Commander Simon Starr, XO

As this time, Lt. Frogue walked in. “I was told you might need some help sir” said Frogue

Frogue

When Frogue came in Starr nodded and said “Yes, I was just informing Shodan of a discovery that was made on the way here about a curious artefact,” he mentioned. “Have you been to deck 13?” he asked Frogue.

“No sir, I have not been assigned to that level” answered Frogue.

Lt. Timothy Frogue, CSO

Mazi tapped her own badge before Jones could. =^=Mazi here, Sir. we are about to lower the forcefield on the artifact now and see if we can figure this little critter out. Please stand by.=^= There was a bit of caution in her voice, but confidence as well. This wasn’t some whim, they were doing it with a much caution as they could.

Mazi Engineer

Hearing Mazi’s voice come over the comms in response to the artefact, Simon studied Shodan for a moment longer to see how he reacted. And he was starting to get a theory. If he was right, he would need to be prepared. “So, tell me more about what you found in the beta quadrant, Shodan,” he said casually.

Lieutenant Simon Starr, XO

OOC: Just a clean up and snip to keep it on the boards and then to come back to it once I post elsewhere!

GM CockRoach