Posted by Ensign Kristiana O’Larria (Engineering) in Into Dark Space (tag Stone)

Posted by Lieutenant Mike Stone (Chief Engineer) in Into Dark Space (tag Stone)

Posted by Ensign Kristiana O’Larria (Engineering) in Into Dark Space (tag Stone)
((This thread didn’t transfer… Long story short, Stone and Kristi are heading into the dark area of the ship to try and help get things back online. We only got as far as agreeing to meet when we moved, so… without further ado.... Meli))

Kristi settled the panel back on the junction she was at and smiled. She knew Stone would want to foray into the Dark Spaces soon enough. The junction she was at was just one of the power leads into that space. As she stood up, she saw him coming around the corner. “Sorry, boss. I was curious if the power to this point was stable. No point in jacking into it if it wasn’t.” She nodded to the toolbox beside her. “I was actually going to come get you, shortly, and see if you wanted to try some of this today.”

Behind her, about ten feet and one intersection away, was the force field and webbing that marked the edge of the Dark Space that was off limits for this deck and section of the ship. Beyond the barriers was an area where power, life support and comms were varied at best, non existent at worst. This section of decking was colder because of the sap of heat beyond where she was standing and she was pretty sure some of that was due to lack of life support somewhere further on. But so far they had managed to keep it confined. Like a creature they couldn’t catch or kill, keeping it at bay seemed the next best thing. Trouble was, it wasn’t good enough for Kristi. She wanted it dead. She was determined to help Mike claim the ship back for the inhabitants and curb, once and for all, the tales of ghosts, AI anomalies and the stories of the ship ‘being alive’. She didn’t believe any of the hype and knew Mike didn’t either.

Her smile was all for him as he drew closer. Seeing the suits, she frowned slightly. “You really think we will need those? If there was no life support, wouldn’t it be sucking oxygen from here as well?” The barrier was unstable because of power fluctuations, the reason for the webbing as well, so had their been a pressure leak, alarms would have sounded more than once in the past. But when she checked, nothing like that had occurred.

Ens Kristi O’Larria
Engineer

Mike nodded in agreement. “Yes, I know the probability we’ll need these are quite low. But the dark side of the ship has it’s quirks that are sometimes compleately unpredictable. In case something does happen, we’ll have a slightly better chance of surviving in EVA’s then without them. Even if there is no breach, the life support is at bare minimum. Could get extremely cold in there.”

He had a hard time saying the next part. Everyone saw him as a fearless engineer. Sometimes he might have seemed cold to his subordinates, but that usualy came with the job of department head.
“Kristi… I’ll be honest… I’m a bit afraid of what can happen there. Too many people got seriously injured and a few even died over there. I’m just trying to be prepaired so nothing bad happens to us as well.”

Lt. Mike Stone, CE

Mike’s concerns were valid enough for Kristi. But as he made his confession of fear, something told her it was aimed more at her than he was saying. Her face softened slightly as she touched him arm to reassure him. “We’ll be ok, Mike. I promise to be careful.” She let go of his arm not realizing she’d used his first name. Except for one other time, in breakfast in private, she’d always called him Stone or Chief.

She took the second suit and began to put it on. The one piece could easily be left without the helmet attached. She had heard all the rumors about the space they were going into. People never coming out, disappearing from ship sensors, odd noises coming from the corridor. But till Mike had mentioned it, she’d thought it rumors. Now she’d take it a bit more serious.

Kristi
Engineer

Mike exhaled a breat he was holding and smiled. He though she’ll complain more about it but he was glad she saw reason in his concern.

“We can leave the helmets off, unless there’s an emergancy. I doubt we’ll experiance a sudden decompression, but it could get very cold without much warning.” He said again, as he put his suit on as well. “They attach to the belt, but if it bothers you have it somewhere you can reach it quickly”

Once he was done he asked. “Now what exacly do we need to do here? What condition are the power relays and circuits? Is it bad or worse then that?”

Lt. Mike Stone, CE