Posted by Gamemaster Matrix (GMT) in Main sim-Romulan freighter

Posted by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) in Main sim-Romulan freighter

Posted by Gamemaster Matrix (GMT) in Main sim-Romulan freighter
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When the away team was altogether in the transporter room, the tech reported that the portable generator had already been sent to the freighter.

“Very good, Ens. Delambre. Send us to the engine room as well,” D’vash reported.

The XO stepped onto the transporter pad with the others. “Let’s keep our eyes and ears open, gentlemen. Energize, Ensign.”

Odinson (XO)

OOC: If anyone want’s tp play a security NE, go ahead and jump in with Gene and I. –Terry

What met the away team’s eyes upon arrival was flickering lights and a cluster of consoles. The consoles, still powered for the moment, had readout of the ship’s current status. Run through the universal translator, it read: [Singularity core failure. Remaining power- 15%. 1 hour until total power failure.]

One Romulan occupied the room, seated in a chair facing away from the Starfleet officers. He had not so much as glanced at them since their arrival, he hadn’t moved at all, he remained face-forward at his station.

-Matrix

Sural initiated a translator display on his EVA suit that would overlay and translate Romulan to Federation Standard. While Romulan was a variant of Vulcan, Sural had never learned it or considered learning it. As he read the status he computed their odds. Core failure would cause a very tidy implosion which would not do well inside a Bay.

This was not a complete core failure. The core had simply reached its limits and would soon shut down.

Considering what he knew - or rather what he didn’t know - of Romulan drive technology, he realized he had suggested wrongly. It would not implode - just .. die. That did take a weight off his internal chronometer.

Moving toward the generator that was upon a anti grav sled. The sled was deactivated and both units lay ready on the deck. “Engineer,” Sural called over, striding toward him. “We have come to aid you to stabilize your vessel.” He looked around. Even with translation he could ‘guess’ at two or three areas that might be viable to hook up the generator, though asking would be simply the most logical. “Please assist me in boosting your power with the generator we have brought.”

The Romulan did not move at all, or show any signs of hearing Sural.

If he saw no response from the Romulan Sural would reach out his hand to the man’s shoulder. While he was averse to touch, being a traditional Vulcan in that manner, the EVA suit added that layer of mental protection, so to speak.
- Sural, CE

The Romulan slumped back in his seat. He was dead. By all appearances recently so. Rigor mortis had not set in, but his blue eyes had turned milky, and he showed no signs of breathing.

-Matrix

Curious. Life support had failed, though that did not mean that all the air was gone or that the ship would have cooled to the point of freezing. Unable to scan for a pulse in the suit, Sural simply noted the death look. “Recently deceased, Commander. He should be beamed back to the ship to determine cause.” Letting go of his grip the Vulcan was careful enough to ensure that the dead man would not fall to the deck. It was then up to him.

His eyes scanned the instrumentation. This was a freighter and so all the panels were compressed into a much smaller space. Cargo was the value here, not engine space. Auxiliary ports were limited as well. Of the three that he had thought he noted before two were not easily compatible or, in one case, was not appropriate for a generator link. That left one. “I believe I have found a suitable port for power, Commander. I will prepare the generator.” Moving toward the anti-grav sled he powered it up, watching it rise off the decking with some strain. Those Zeta generators were not light. Once he received the confirmation that the balance was stable he guided it closer to the port.
- Sural

With some effort, the port could be set up to work with a Starfleet generator. The lights stopped flickering and became steady. On the main engineering console, the display would change to show a more detailed ship status. The generator had bought them a good deal of time, but only a little power.
[Singularity core failure. Remaining power- 22%. 4 hours until total power failure.]
[Warp Engines: Offline]
[Impulse Engines: Offline]
[Shields: Offline]
[Weapons: Offline]
[Life Support: Online]
[Main Computer: Online]

-Matrix

Sural could tweak things more but it would do no good. One could only do so much and logically time was of more import than his finessing. After hooking up and initiating the generator he could see he results. They had four hours now. It was not much but much better than they had previously. If the core failed then with it the ship, but that appeared to be inevitable. Perhaps they could do more hooking into the ships’ main power from the bay. But to what use at this time? The vessel was not going to fly again outside of considerable work at a shipyard.

“Life support and main computer are online Commander. All other main systems are offline. Core failure is now sitting at 4 hours.” He straightened and turned to the XO. “This ship will not fly again without considerable work at a spacedock. If we take her on board the Olympic we may be able to stabilize and keep their main drive operating. However, logically, that may be more effort than is required. We have access to the main computer. We can perhaps glean information from this.”
- Sural, CE