Nash stepped up to the console beside Lieutenant Kaia, eyes tracking the live EPS fluctuation pattern across Decks 14 through 18.
“Ensign Edward Nash, reporting for duty, ma’am.”
He tapped the interface once, pulling up a deeper diagnostic layer without waiting for permission—clean, deliberate, precise. His gaze stayed fixed on the data stream rather than the officer beside him.
“Fluctuations aren’t random. Pattern repetition every 6.3 seconds along three adjacent conduits. That points to a relay cascade lag, not isolated damage.”
He shifted the schematic to isolate the affected grid section, highlighting a narrowing corridor of failure points.
“I’ll take Section Two’s lower EPS access first. If the structural integrity field is being stressed by rebound variance, I want eyes on the physical junctions, not just the readouts.”
A brief pause as he reviewed the system response time.
“Permission to proceed to Deck 16 maintenance crawlspace.”

Esign Edward Nash
Engineering USS Manhattan