(Previous Post: Sabrina's "Chessboard")
Stardate: 60298.1645
Scene: Main Engineering
The towering CEO of the ANUBIS stormed into M.E. and everyone could see that their 'boss' wasn't in a good mood.
"Listen up people and I'm only gonna say this once. We *have* to divert about 98% of the ships power into the ablative armour system...and fast."
"Hold up" Lieutenant Ken Yates said, who was the ANUBIS power specialist, "the ablative system is already operating at 102% above board. 98% more power boss is going to fry the entire system."
"Don't you think I *DON'T* know that?!" David barked, "I don't care how you do it...get it done."
"Lieutenant junior grade T'Reni, David's assistant stepped in. "Surely the captain is expecting another miricle from us, but David...this one is virturally impossible. Even logic has to stand fast of reason."
"Well..this rust bucket is gonna pull another miricle. T'Reni..I want you to start pulling power from *everywhere*...Sickbay, The Black Hole, The latteral arrays, even life support and the SIF if you have to. Take Parker, Johnston, and Ve'klor with you. Ken, you work every source of power in the saucer section. Take Lewis, DaVell, Zaxcy, and Stewart. Let's move people."
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Scene: Array Section, Deck A-4, IGC(borrowed from Sabrina's post)
"Commander… my console just went dead." One of the officers manning a secondary surveillance stations reported.
"Commander… same here, my station is no longer operational." Another echoed.
It took only a few seconds for someone else to report on the cause of these malfunctions, but for the young woman that time had seemed like an eternity.
"Where is the malfunction coming from?" the red haired ExO asked.
"I have traced the problem back to main engineering… primary power grip… control junction 7-2-9...and junction 2-1-0. It appears that Lt. Dawson has begun rerouting power to the ablative armour… I am detecting similar equipment failures throughout the vessel."
"But does he have to rob us of power?!" one of the officers asked.
Sabrina knew better to interfere with David when he was on the move like he was, but time was of the essence and she needed to know how long they were going to be without power.
"Rikar to Dawson" she said.
=/\=I know Commander...you have no power and I can't tell you when you'll have it back...I can get partial but that's it..don't ask for more..Dawson out=/\= and like that the channel closed.
"Well...beggars can't be choosers can't they?" Sabrina asked and shrugged as she glanced at monitor showing David crawling into a jefferies tube.
(end excerpt)
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Location: Deck 10 - Jefferies Tube junction 3-9-5
David crawled throught the tight crawlspace to his destination. The EPS conduit that wired the entire portside of the saucer section.
"Let's see..." the CEO said to himself as he removed the plate cover exposing the wiring system he needed to get to, "we got 1 Cardassian old Galor-Class Destroyer in orbit, 1 Romulan Scout ship currently on the planet, 1 Hirogen Venatic-Class Long-Range Tracker, 1 Breen Frigate emitting an energy signature that makes it appear as a Dragon-Class Battleship, and 1 overzealous Science chief who I swear to *KILL* once this is all over with if she ever volunteers..." and the tap sparked in front of him.
"Dammit!" the CEO bellowed and his badge bleeped.
=/\=Yates to Lieutenant Dawson=/\=
"WHAT?!" David snapped as he ripped the burnt wire from the unit.
=/\=We've finsihed in our section. But I think we might have overloaded section...=/\=
"3-9-5?!" David asked sarcastically.
=/\=How'd you know?=/\=
"BECAUSE I'M DOWN HERE.." and David took a breath, "Ken... move on to junction 5-1-8 and make *damn* sure no one is working inthere before you reroute power." and he closed the connection.
**I better get a promotion for this** David thought and chuckled as the unit sparked and again he cursed.
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Scene: Bridge
"Um...correct me if I'm wrong, but that was the voice of our CEO wasn't it?" Captain Simmons said from the science station.
Serrena sighed, "Yes sir... it was" and her hands danced across her console, "he's on the move."
"Where is..." and before James could complete his sentence, David stormed onto the bridge.
"We're as about ready as we'll ever be" he said passing Serrena, "but your skills as a operations officer are about to be *seriously* tested."
"Meaning?" the CO and COO replied in unison.
"The one thing that Maya failed to inform you of Captain is that this is a one shot chance that *has* to work. if it does not... then a lot of people on this ship is going to die."
"I'm aware of the conseq..."
"No sir... the one constant power soure that never fluxuates is what?" David asked.
"Life support and the SIF... if we're not getting blasted." Serrena said.
"Exactly" the CEO replied, "but if this fails... life support and the SIF is history. So... I hope all of you have your wills in order... because if this doesn't work, the ANUBIS will be your grave."
"Never knew you to be the gloom and doom type Lieutenant." James saud cynically.
"No one ever said I did cynacism Captain" David replied leaning up against the engineering station.
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Julian Knight (d_dawson_1@yahoo.com)
as
Lieutenant David Dawson
Chief Engineer
USS ANUBIS NCC 18501
"I'm a Starfleet officer. That's all I am and that's all I'll ever be."
- Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko, Commanding Officer of the Federation Spacestation Deep Space 9
