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It was at that moment Lieutenant Si’Rek joined Commander Jevek, who had heard the beginning about Jevek’s report about the portal to the restaurant in 21st century Japan.

GM

Si’Rek came in and sat down. It was obvious he had been through an ordeal, but he was keenly interested in getting started. “I apologize for the abrupt entry. I am Lieutenant Si’Rek… I am supposed to be your Chief Engineer, although I believe a certain astronomical anomoly delayed my arrival… or didn’t, depending on one’s view of time-space.”

Si’Rek, CE

Si’Rek looked at the section and walked around trying to get an idea on just how bad it was… other than disastrous. “Ensign Finnegan, correct? Care to bring me up to speed?”

Si’Rek

“Yes, Chief,” he replied, then glanced at Chee and Fixit. “We’re in a mess, sir, no matter how you look at it,” he sighed, running a hand through his hair. “We have hull breaches forward and ventral. The warp core and most fusion reactors are damaged - we have one fusion reactor functioning, barely. We’re running the computer - at low load - off of a water wheel generating 3 kilowatts per hour, and we have solar panels generating another 12 kilowatts per hour. Storing that lets us replicate a small, non-complicated item about once every 4 hours or so.”

He let that hang for a second or so and then gestured to the pile of com badges. “We’ve been able to rig the com badges to use an EM band, good for local transmission, though we’ve had to rig transceivers to pass the signal through decks. They can switch from subspace to EM and to a dual mode - which will kill the battery PDQ, so use sparingly,” he explained, handing one to his boss.

He lifted the sheet with his drawing. “We were discussing whether it would be possible to build a steam turbine for additional generating capacity, to help replicate more complex parts. If we could get more of the generators online…” He again let that hang in the air.

He turned back to Jevek. “You mentioned magic crystals,” he said. “Do you think they could be some kind of power source?”

His head swiveled to Chee and Fixit. “So you think we could relocate some of the local currency?”

Finn, Eng