Personal Log: Alpha-4B Azumith Horizon

Posted on 05/14/2012 @ 7:08pm by Lt. Commander Niomo Lire II

Niomo walked into his quarters after dealing with the warp core repairs and slumped into his seat. He was exhausted, but it was not time for rest just yet.

"Computer, record Personal Log Alpha 4-B."

The computer bleeped in response and silently began recording.

"Chief Engineer's log. Stardate, Hell if I know.

It's been some time since I've worked for days straight. I can't believe I ever let it go. My staff is top notch, and I was lucky to be placed with one of my old crewman from the Lotus. More importantly, we survived two Romulan incursions...although not without getting dinged up...Including the Captain. I hear she's down for the count. I was ordered back into The Chair during the fight. I missed that too, but I doubt I could ever do it again. Anyways. The Primary Hull took a hit from the Horizon's tendril and lost a lot of power. Which is unfortunate, since it houses the Primary Warp Core. We were able to jury rig some repairs, but speaking candidly, they won't last more than two days before we have to re-apply. I haven't told the Captain that...just yet."

He stretched and removed the top of his uniform. "Computer, pause."

After a quick trip to the sonic shower and refresher, he returned to his seat. "Continue."

"More importantly, we discovered stress fractures on Core 2's coolant pipes. I won't shout sabotage at the top of my lungs....but I'm already starting to sniff around. I'm already having the computer go through sensor logs of that area since the Alsea returned to Starbase 10 and I took over. It could easily be a case of poor engineering from my predecessor......or we could have a problem. I believe I heard our now current captain mention that they had removed saboteurs from the ship before launching, but I doubt it's possible they removed all of them. I've already erected level 10 force fields with my clearance codes around the impulse engines. I'm thinking of doing the same around the Warp cores and Jefferies tubes access ports. We have the largest engineering staff in the fleet due to our three warp cores. I'd hate for tactical to have missed something..."

He stretched one final time. "Computer, end recording, save. Lock Niomo Romeo Delta 4."

The computer bleeped in acknowledgement. Niomo stood went to his bed and collapsed into an immediate deep sleep.

 

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