From marcj@aosi.com Wed May 27 08:18:43 1998 Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 20:20:22 -0600 From: Marc Johnson To: INDIGO FLEET List Serve Subject: [Indigo] USS NOVA Ensign Hensley Prepares Engineering [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] ---OFFICIAL INDIGO FLEET TRANSMISSION--- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 22:17:26 +0000 From: Marc Johnson Subject: [Indigo] USS NOVA Ensign Hensley Prepares Engineering ---OFFICIAL INDIGO FLEET TRANSMISSION--- Location: Engineering, USS NOVA Ensign Hensley looked skeptically at Brice Johnson who was standing next to him. The warrant officer grinned. He had served with a number of captains on many ships, but he knew Brooks well. "Don't worry, ensign. If there is going to be a fight, then we couldn't be in better hands." MD:6.1240 Alex was slightly reassured by Johnson^Òs assurance, but he had still never been in a situation like this. He needed to focus on the task at hand though, and trust the captain of the ship-whoever that might be at the moment-to make the decisions. He glanced at the power readings on a nearby console. He was running at one hundred and fifteen point three percent over the recommended level on the reactors, as ordered, but he was still concerned. There was going to be a big fight at the end of this, and they needed everything they had. A warning klaxon sounded and he rushed to a console, followed by Johnson. ^ÓShut down reactor three and bring backup reactors one and five online!^Ô he shouted. ^ÓBut sir,^Ô someone started, ^ÓJust do it! And make sure you cool down reactor three enough to get it stable again, but keep it warm. We^Òre gonna^Ò need it!^Ô He ran his fingers through his hair, a habit he had when he was nervous. He glanced at the readouts and was not happy to see that reactor three would have breached in a few minutes if that hadn^Òt been taken care of. ^ÓOfficer Johnson, please appoint a team to be monitoring the reactors constantly now, we can^Òt have any more get that unstable.^Ô A little later, he felt a slight shift as they stepped down another step on the hyperspace ladder. MD: 6.1635 Scene: Main Engineering, USS NOVA Alex was feeling a tension building on the ship as the Nova re-entered n-space. A minute later, he watched on a console as the spikes began appearing from the arrival of the Dalriadan fleet. He looked over the reactor stats, and everything seemed okay for now. Five was running again, and he had all of the backups on line and ready to kick in once the fight started. He went through the checklist in his mind, glancing at the console every now and then. Yes, everything was ready. Alex quickly realigned the power flow so that the exchange in the weapons system was a bit smoother. He watched the power spikes from what he recognized as charging phasers, and the firing of a few torpedoes. The fight had started. Respectfully, Marc Johnson Ensign Alex Hensley, Chief Engineer, USS NOVA Marcj@aosi.com NRPG: Here we go! I can^Òt do much else until someone else gets some damage incurred on the Nova! MD Summary: 6.1240 Ensign Hensley accepts his new commander Marc Johnson 6.1635 Main Engineering is ready for battle Marc Johnson ***This message sent by an official member of Indigo Fleet*** Are you also posting your message to the newsgroup?!!! ---END TRANSMISSION---