"Stash"
(Previous Post: "Another Day, Another Hour, Another Minute")
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, Mattias’s Quarters
Mattias was overjoyed. His program was working, and it had already
found the pattern. There was, however, a glaring problem. The pattern was too
complex. It would take 3 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes, and 53 seconds to finish, as soon as he pressed the start button. It could go faster, but
he’d risk detection. He ordered it to start, and went to hide his
inventions.
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Capable of taking a Klingon’s head off from 10km, yet accurate enough
to clip a cherry off an apple at the same distance, and, if given the
right setting, could knock a champagne glass 1mm. The V.F.L.R.C. or Variable
Force Long Range Cannon was deadly, if slow. It weighed a mere 5 kilos, and
could be broken down in 15 seconds. The only draw backs were the long
recharge rate, and constant barrel overheating. Mattias hadn’t had a chance to
play with it yet, for fear of blowing up half the damn ship.
He hid it in the fake back of a medical closet, and wrote a note about
it on an old fashioned paper notepad.
::Hope no one need vaccinations.::
His next stop was to the restroom near the bridge. He entered a stall
and sat down, then pulled out an experimental type II phaser. Using a
manual screwdriver to quietly open a toilet paper dispenser. He took out the
paper and opened the paneling behind it to make room. He quickly stuffed the
phaser into the space. He took note of this too, and closed everything
up. He exited the stall and for the second time ever, smacked into the CEO.
Mattias stood maybe 2-3 inches shorter, but he was not as burly. The
aCEO fell back into the door frame.
"You know, most people use the stalls for the obvious, you want to
explain why you have a tool bag?" The CEO pulled his assistant onto his feet.
::He's hiding something, ah, what do I say!?!:: "I noticed that the
toilet paper dispenser was loose."
"Funny thing, in Star Fleet Academy, we’d hide stuff in the
dispensers." David snatched the screwdriver from Mattias. "Mind if I have a look?"
"Well... I need my screwdriver for some... You already know don't you."
"I had my suspicions."
"And how long do I have to pack for prison?"
"Sorry, but I need you around here. You’re not going to be arrested.
Just try not to blow up the ship. We may even find a use for some of the
inventions."
"Well, I have one that you might be interested in, lets find Elan for
this."
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"Shins are a device used to find furniture in the dark." 2006 post #182
Stardate: 61013.1900
Setting: USS ANUBIS
Stardate: 61013.1930
Yanis Bratlien
Ensign Mattias Norheim
Assistant Chief Engineering Officer
