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[technologist]

[ Guess who doesn't have time for a friendly-faced update on the ship's status: engineering. The following message shows up on the network without any preamble, and probably at an odd hour. They've kind of lost track. ]

PSA FROM ENGINEERING:

Several weeks ago, the ship's engines powered down. Flight crew has confirmed that we're currently parked in an interstellar cloud.

The cloud's atmosphere has caused minor damage to the hull and several non-essential systems. Repairs are ongoing, but the ship's primary systems are running without issue, and passengers are not in immediate danger.

Although the ship is at a standstill, it should be assumed that the jump will proceed as normal. Please be prepared to follow routine jump procedure.

Anyone with mechanical or tech experience, we'd appreciate extra hands on repairs. Volunteers, please apply here.

( OOC: Replies will come from Fitz, Raven, and anyone else with the Engineering department who'd like to hop in. Other departments are welcome to threadjack questions/convos in order to further spread the info provided in this post! )

Comments

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[last_ofthe_jedi]

I can help. I have a lot of experience with working on ships and machinery.

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[technologist]

Any experience working on a ship's hull?

[ While it's in space, obviously. He figures that part's easy to infer. ]

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Only on the ground. But I've also logged a lot of suit time. I'm sure I could combine the two.

[technologist]

Suit time's exactly what we're needing more of, actually. The cloud's atmosphere is making it difficult to clock long shifts on the hull.

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[regulatingpressure]

[ fitz has pretty much got this covered for now, but she has to add: ]

Luke - glad to have you.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Maybe he got busy or just forgot but Luke never replies to this text.]

[klutziness]

fantastic
get your tuckus down here ASAP and we'll give you a job

[last_ofthe_jedi]

It's not going to be a problem that I'm already working in three other departments, is it?

[klutziness]

probably not
we'll just take you when you're free
every minute helps

[majestyofthethrone]

I can't help with the physical things, but I can do any equations you need.

[technologist]

Yeah, thanks, but I think we've got calculators for that.

[ PSA, not PR. Sorry. ]

[majestyofthethrone]

Suit yourself.

[technologist]

[ Wow now he feels rude. ]

If you'd still like to come by engineering, we'll take whatever help we can get.

[yardbird]

Don't have much experience with spacecrafts, but I've worked on machinery before. Could offer extra manpower, if you need it.

[technologist]

Well it's all roughly the same thing, yeah?

[ NOT REALLY. ]

But seriously, manpower's exactly what we need. We can provide detailed instructions on the how-to side of things. Have you helped out on any ship repairs prior to this?

[yardbird]

Yeah. Sure.

[HAHAHA NOPE.]

I have, actually - and things were a LOT crazier then. Think I can handle this.

[technologist]

Consider yourself hired, then

We're doing most of the work out of the shuttle bay. We can catch you up on the details there.

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[peckish4action]

Robin, here. We're a couple of people short, here, but I'll be coming over as much as I can, too.

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[technologist]

What sort of experience have you got, exactly? I think we've got enough bodies to keep up with hull maintenance, but the suits are looking a bit worse for wear.

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[peckish4action]

Vigilante back home very skilled at hacking and reasonably trained in mechanics and technology besides that, and I've been working Comms since before jump 32, so I'm pretty familiar with the ship tech.

Also I'm smallish and acrobatic, so things that are hard to access are easier for me than for most.

But I can start taking a look at the suits.

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[klutziness]

even if you're just good at moving things from point A to point B we could use your help

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[peckish4action]

I'm not the best call when it comes to moving *heavy* things

[ Not compared to, say, Superboy! ]

but I can definitely do my best.

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[hairlocked]

It's dangerous, isn't it? Repairing the ship would mean exposing yourself to greater concentrations of radiation, and if she is as large as I've been told, then presumably that would be an insurmountable task.

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[technologist]

[ Very dangerous, actually, which is why they left all of those details out. Thanks for picking up the slack. ]

We're managing it. The more people we've got, the shorter the shifts. The damage isn't bad, it's just the duration of the ship's exposure, really, so we've just got to keep on top of maintenance until the jump.

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[hairlocked]

[ Laura did tell him that people on the Tranquility would be easy to built into a furor. He's just enjoying the potential power this gives him. A word here... ]

Is the ship in any condition to jump without it? Or--let me rephrase: are we likely to find our atoms scattered across the galaxy without some kind of intervention?