Simple job, but done well
Posted on 07 Dec 2025 @ 2:23pm by Lieutenant JG Zhivise Silatuyok & Lieutenant Commander Harva Taliborn
618 words; about a 3 minute read
Mission:
Unity
Location: Flight Deck/Engineering
The worker bee landed silently and expertly, with just a slight bounce, as the thrusters spiked in power slightly before turning off. "Bastards," she muttered as she opened the rear ramp and exited the worker bee. "What in the hell, chief?" Zhiv said, sounding more exasperated rather than angry at the deck chief.
"I don't know," he said, looking at the data, "I mean, look, your thrusters had those spikes the entire time you were out there," he said, showing her the data, "send that to me, I'll take a look later, I have to get down to engineering," Zhiv said turning and leaving the flight deck and getting on the lift to get down to engineering.
Looking around the engineering area, Zhiv knew she couldn't miss the large engineer. "Oh come on, bi fella, where are you?" She muttered as she continued to wander the central area of the engineering.
The 'big guy' was easy enough to find, towering over everyone else and not being the quietest person with the softest voice either. The ears were constantly flicking left and right to every little sound that drew attention to. As Zhiv entered, he looked up and smiled, waving her over. "Over here, Lieutenant. How'd the flight go?"
"Good, here is everything," Zhiv said, holding out a couple of iso-chips. "It is a lot of data," she said with a chuckle.
"A'ight, thank you. Just give me a moment, I'll plug them in, run the analysis ... " The tall engineer rumbled as he moved to do so. "How was the flight itself? Didn't get too bored, hopefully?"
"Bored!" Zhiv scoffed sarcastically, "Never flying is life," she added with a chuckle, "plus it gave me a chance to figure out what is going on with one of our worker bees," she said, grinning.
"Really?" Harva answered, interested in what Zhiv would have found, though he kept an eye on the readout as well. "What did you find?" As the computer read and analysed the data from the worker bee's PADD, it built a 3D representation of the ship, with color-coded segments. Many green and blue, though some orange. It seemed to concern him.
"Not sure, something with the thrusters, misfirings, and the whatnot," Zhiv said with a smirk. "Everything looking good on your end?"
"Well, if you submit a ticket, someone will get around to checking out your workerbee," Harva intoned, furrowing his brow. "Might be a few days, since this takes precedence. It's nothing serious - so far - just what I expected. Some areas of the ship require some extra love and care. Mostly, though, the ship seems alright."
"Later today, we are still looking at the diagnostics," Zhiv said as she kept running different solutions for the worker bee. The upside is that they weren't used often, and when they were used, it was quick.
"Worker bees are low priority. There are enough of them that you could grab another one. I'll be sure to get around to that one, though. But for now - looks like I'll be kept quite busy for the foreseeable future," Harva mused, his basso profondo voice rumbling low.
"I know, and I have training on working on auxiliary craft," Zhiv said with a smirk, "....so anything else you need?"
"At the moment, no. Thank you," Harva responded, pulling up details on some of the readings on the chart he was making. He seemed almost wholly absorbed in his task. "Thanks again for your time and for doing that scan; it helps a lot."
"You're welcome, and if you need anything else, give me a call," Zhivv said with a smile, as she turned to head out of engineering.
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