Posted by Lieutenant Commander Karina Enger (Executive Officer) in The Heart Beat of a Ship (Tag CE)
Karina had visited the soul of the ship as Lt Zero deemed his department. She couldn’t disagree with him and thought the term rather apt. But now continuing her exploration of the ship, Karina found herself staring at the heart of Memorial: the warp drive. She had always enjoyed watching the light show a warp drive provided, and the sound, that was felt more than heard. Karina had a working knowledge of warp theory of course but it was not her area of expertise. That was why she was here, to meet the Memorial’s expert and his crew. She nodded to some of the crew as she passed, stopping to take interest in their projects and assignment. Stopping once to help a young, appearing to be just out of the academy, ensign who dropped his sonic driver. Karina picked it up handing it to the overly nervous ensign and spent several minutes speaking with him, and even, ‘getting her hands dirty.’ It had been her experience that younger officers were more than excellent at their job but nerves tended to make them appear clumsy.

After several minutes she moved off, stopping to gaze on the warp drive.
Lt Cmdr Enger, XO

Mark’s office - which had a large view of the warp core - saw the recent arrival. He came out from the office, taking a quick glance at the master display to the left of his office, and then approached Enger.

“Commander, this is a surprise,” he said. He noticed some dirt on his hand from the plasma chamber he had been repairing in his office, and absent-mindedly wiped his hand against his uniform pants leg. “What brings you to Engineering?”

-Lt. (j.g.) Mark Sinclair, CE