After returning to the ship, Solit had dozens of ideas about what to do, but the one that most clearly interested him was determining what kind of metal formed the substructure of the island upon which they found themselves. He wasn’t sure what kind of geology equipment a combat vessel would have. Aboard the Cowpens, he’d run an entire Geology department, with activities so specialized that somebody could have the opportunity to do nothing but study natural specimens from estuaries all day if the current mission called for it - or, given the nature of interstellar travel, even if the mission didn’t call for it. If he had to settle for using phasers from the armory to carve away rock faces - assuming that the subspace interference would even allow for phasers to function - he would, but he preferred to see if there was actual excavation equipment available before he went down that path.

Given that Cargo Bay A was currently a triage area and Cargo Bay C was still showing the results of the fire that had broken out, forcing open the doors on Cargo Bay B was Commander Idari’s first course of action. He considered whether to try and temporarily route power from the life support systems to get the door open, but realized that he would more likely kill himself. Idari tried to look for the manual controls.

Commander Idari, CSO