Itching that itch
Posted on 14 Nov 2025 @ 8:22pm by Lieutenant JG Zhivise Silatuyok
477 words; about a 2 minute read
Mission:
Unity
Location: Flight Deck
There were two places that Zhiv loved; it was technically one place, but located in two different types of spaces. Either way, they were the helm console and the flight deck/hangar. "El-tee," the deck chief said, spotting the junior hellm officer enter the flight deck.
"The workerbee you requested is ready," the deck chief said, handing her a PaDD. "We have had some issues with the maneuvering thrusters, nothing major, but it should be fine," the deck chief continued.
"....again," Zhiv said, sounding exasperated, seeing as she was the one who worked on those last, "okay, do you have diagnostics?" Zhiv said, looking at the PaDD in the deck chief's hand, knowing that they were on there.
"I have them here," he said, handing her the PaDD. "We did some minor fixes, hoping that would at least give us an idea what happened," he said. "Everything is in the report," he added. Zhiv was scrolling through the diagnostics and reviewing the repairs that had been done. Everything they did was what she would do, and he was right; those fixes should've shown what the issue was, but they didn't.
Zhiv went back to the diagnostics, making sure that the workerbee was indeed flyable for the mission."Let's run live diagnostics while I am out there. The more data we get, the better," Zhiv added.
With the flight path uploaded, the worker bee lifted off and maintained the speed the commander had ordered. +comm+ Chief, are you receiving my diagnostic data? +comm+
+comm+ I am el-tee, and as of right now, everything looks optimal, +comm+ the deck chief said as he tapped a few buttons, trying to make sense of the diagnostics and find the issue, or issues.
It didn't take long for Zhiv to get the thrusters fired up and heading for the first checkpoint, and the scanners to go online, transmitting the data to Commander Harva down in engineering. The workerbee did feel sluugish, it was barely noticeable, and for Zhiv she thought.
Zhiv stood every once and awhile needing to stretch, "...ugh, forgot how cramp shuttles are," she muttered as she kept an eye on her speed and the course as she stretched. "Alright nine, ninety more, damn," she muttered before taking her seat again.
+comm+ el-tee, I am seeing an odd-spike in the right thruster, nothing dangerous, just a spike, +comm+ the deck chief said over the comms as he kept studying the diagnostics that were coming in.
+comm+ Alright, keep an eye on it, once I get this done, we need to get away from the ship, and get some speed to get some better diagnostics on the thrusters, +comm+ Zhiv said rubbing her face.
The comms then went silent as the worker bee silently slid throgh space the sensor suite doing its thing as they contnued on their path.
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