Engineering Shenanigans

Posted on Tue Feb 25th, 2020 @ 4:32pm by Commander Moni Nasao PhD & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Master Chief Petty Officer Uldyssian Davis & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi & Company Sergeant Major Jeffery "The Mountain" Duval

Mission: Mission 15: Old Ghosts
Location: Various Locations - USS Roanoke
Timeline: 1200Hrs, December 7th, 2390

Ra'Vak had been with the engineering crew for several days now, and he finds that it is measurably calmer than the rest of the ship. Ra'Vak has seen his share of bad ships, but the Roanoke has managed to impress him. He had never seen a ship that was quite this bad, and because of it, his opinion of the ships captain was rapidly disintegrating. To a point it is true that a ship is a reflection of its captain, and he was rapidly developing the opinion that Tane is the worst captain he has ever seen.

Ra'Vak looked around engineering, ' Well, at least the engineering staff is fairly quiet in comparison,' he thought to himself. Most of the engineering staff had some pretty strong personality quirks, but most where more of the reclusive type, or the just plain weird, but it seems that he didn't have any rage cases or exceptional ego's to deal with. So at least they can work together without getting into fights.

Master warrant officer Alurian Del was the first to see Ra'Vak come into engineering, "Morning,"

"ah, Hi Alurian, so no one managed to kill themselves last night?."

Alurian shook her head and said," Naw, just Kashi eating more voltage again."

Ra'Vak shook his head, He cant get enough of it."

Senior Chief Petty Officer Uldyssian Davis ambled over with a PADD. "morning skipper." he made conversation with his deep, dark voice which had a soft overtone. "Nothing much happened last night, aside from one drill which went well, all things considered"

Before Ra'Vak could respond he heard the sound of an electricity short form under one of the engineering consoles, and chief petty officer Kashi, whom was working on it, fell back with his hair standing up like an Afro.

"Stupid, worthless, useless piece of junk," He exclaimed as he gave it a loud kick. Suddenly, the ships red alert went off, and in a very flat voice, Chief Kiya Yuvia, the chief communications specialist, said," by the way electricity brain, the simulation program is still in there."

Meanwhile up on the main bridge, Commander Torilla Yamaguchi was settling into her time as Executive Officer when suddenly the Roanoke's red alert system went off as she looked at the display. "Hail the Starbase"

"Starbase 12 Operations, can we help you Roanoke?"

"Yeah.. why are you guys at Red Alert?"

The answer was quick. "Red Alert, what are you talking about... everything is good over here... its on your end"

Torilla blinked. "Thank you Starbase... Roanoke out." she paused. "All departments check in.." she commented., the reports came back within seconds, all save one. "Yamaguchi to Engineering... talk to me my little demon?" Torilla inquired

Ra'Vak replied in a meek voice," Yeah, that was us. Chief Ge'Tar kicked one of the consoles in frustration, and somehow that set off the red alert."

Torilla blinked as she felt a massive migraine coming on as the computer intoned"Re-re-red ....lert" as she growled. "Would you please shut it off...?" Torilla sighed softly. "Not even my children vex me so..." she looked up. "I HATE THIS STUPID SHIP!!!!!" she finally snapped.

Ra'Vak only said," We are trying, but the stupid thing is stuck, by the way your comm channel is still open."

Torilla felt herself start to twitch with repressed rage. "How hard can it be?" she inquired. "Pull the system out..." she added.

Kashi tired hitting multiple commands to shut to thing off, but to no avail, then getting frustrated, he went under the console, yanked a couple of cables out, and the red alert finally stopped. Standing up with a satisfied look, the computer suddenly announced," Warp core breach detected, 1 minute until warp core breach," across every intercom in the ship. The look on kashi's face was priceless.

Torilla smiled. Ahh much better..." and then the intercom intoned their doom as she thought 'What the fuck...' as she could sense the panic across the entire ship as people fled in all directions.

Yamaguchi raised an eyebrow. "Engineering... if this is a joke... I'm going to fucking kill you..!"

Kashi vainly attempted to try and shut the system down, while Ra'Vak scanned the warp core with a tricorder, just in case. The warp core was fine, though not at least according to the computer. Then after close to a minute, the computer chimed again," Warp core breach in 10,..9,..8,..6,..5,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..,4,..4,..4,..4,..4,..4."

Torilla sighed as she suddenly noticed an escape pod departing the Roanoke. "Oh dear god." she commented as the Starbase hailed the Roanoke. "Roanoke... what are you doing... why did you launch an escape pod.." the voice sounded amused.

Yamaguchi sighed. "We have a computer issue... we're working on it..." she paused. "Engineering.. talk to me Goose?" she felt her migraine began to boil. "I wonder what happened to 7," Alurian commented as the computer repeated 4 like a broken record.

Torilla sighed as she heard her daughters sleepy voice enter her mind. 'Mom... whats going on... going on about warp core breaches...are we in trouble?' the teenager sounded alarmed as she came fully awake.

'No Honey.. its a computer glitch... go on back to bed..'

"Oh.." Rachael's voice came back to her. 'Keeps repeating Four... like a busted record... and it skipped seven..'

Torilla sighed softly. 'Don't worry about it sweetie... go on back to bed...'

'Okay...' as Rachael terminated the link as Torilla blinked. "Engineering... stop counting the number of times that we're hearing four and fix it please...." she turned to the Ops Officer. "Who was in that escape pod anyway?"

"Um, Private Jamin Labross, Crewman recruit Michael Bremer, and Crewman recruit James Bremer," The ensign said nervously.

Torilla frowned. "What.. the three single largest people on this ship all somehow manage to make it to an escape pod and launch together.... before anyone else leaves the ship." she paused. "How in the name of the seven hells does this happen...?" she paused. "isn't one of them a walking medicine ball...?"

The young ensign just replied," I think so."

Torilla quivered with rage as the com beeped at her. "Starbase 12 to Roanoke. We recovered your launched escape pod and ...... holy dogshit... this pod is full with only three beings.. holy shit you guys are fat bastards.."

Meanwhile Senior Chief Petty Officer Uldyssian Davis finally was able to shut down the com system as silence reigned.

Suddenly the system reactivated. "four... four..."

In a flurry of curse words Kashi was under the console pulling cables to no avail, when out of nowhere Kiya got up out of her chair, kicked the console, sat back down, and the computer finally shut up for good.

The com beeped at them as Torilla growled. "Finally!" as the voice of Fleet Admiral April Yamaguchi came over the com system. "Torilla, darling... and people always tell me that space is so big.."

Torilla nodded to the Ops Officer. "Ensign, please put my sister on the screen please... she and I need to chat..."

The Officer nodded as Fleet Admiral April Yamaguchi appeared on the screen, a wide smile on her delicate face. "Ahh... there you are... my sexy Italian stallion." April was seated behind her desk, boots up on the desk and all. "So... hows my niece doing these days?"

Torilla wasn't phased in the slightest with April hitting on her and in public no less. "Rachael is well... she's learning how to fly from Phoenix... yes.. the insane firebird you keep hearing about."

April smiled. "How did you domesticate that Firehawk anyway?"

"I didn't, My medical officer did... how... I will never know.." Torilla commented.

"Aww well. In any case... do you want us to send your walking beach balls back to you... " as April smiled evilly at the woman she considered her sibling. "Or should I shoot them into the sun?" her smile widened.

"You might cause the sun to implode with how massive those things are.." Torilla responded with a soft chuckle. "I'll take them back... I will not be denied my chance to discipline them for disgracing my ships name"

"Alright.. they are on their way back to you now." April commented. "Give my love to your guys..." she gave Torilla a warm and loving smile.

"I will.. give mine to yours... Until next time April..." Torilla smiled at the older woman, acceptance and love shone in her eyes.

"Indeed... and.. I will see you later.." and with that the screen went back to the view of the inside of the shipyard.

Ra'Vak could only hang his head in shame, then start laughing, and soon everyone else joined in except for Kiya.

Yamaguchi smiled. "Have Gunny Duval meet me at Transporter room Three." he commented. "Also.. Have Moni Nasao show up as well... Bremer is security." and with that the six foot pregnant woman walked off of the bridge, her rage burning brightly as she wanted to tear these three beach balls apart but she decided not to, she watched the doors slide open on deck six as she stepped out.

she reached her destination as the Caitian approached. "Commander." the Caitian addressed her with a respectful purring sound.

"Lieutenant Nasao, I wanted you present for this... just waiting on Duval now." as she said this, the doors opened and in came not one but two marines, the more massive of the two she recognized as she greeted him with a grin. "Lo Gunny.."

Duval smiled warmly at her, despite his black mood. "Torilla. you needed me?"

"Indeed." she turned "go ahead and beam over the beach balls Chief"

"Willdo Commander" and with that the three people appeared on the padd, two of them cringing in fear as one of them suddenly fell over. Duval instantly saw red. "What the fuck are you doing here Private..." he roared. "get off your ass...NOW!!!" he roared.

Torilla stood and she looked at the other two. "you two.. stand fast." as Moni Nasao's tail began to twitch, a sign that she was highly agitated, as she opened her mouth and she hissed angrily at them, one of them promptly defecated in his pants and one could smell the scent of it as it rapidly filled the transporter room.

Torilla sighed as she felt the noxious stink work its way up her nose. "Oh dear god.."

Duval looked at LaBrosse. "You have disgraced this ship before the starbase and the Fleet Admiral..." he paused. "start running now... out the door... you're going to run laps of deck ten until you're eyes bleed... lets go fatso." as Duval wanted to haul off and beat on him as the fatso tried to run but he plodded along as he fled before Duval who easily kept up as he turned to Torilla. "My thanks Commander for retrieving my lost idiot.." and with that he walked out the door.

Moni Nasao got even angrier as she hissed aggressively, keeping both men pinned in place. "I am going to fucking hurt you two idiots..." she growled. "you... go and change... now... be at deck eleven, section four in ten minutes." before she extended her claws, then she took a playful swipe at Jimmy Bremer who retreated in abject terror. "I'm sorry.." he whined as the Caitian hissed at him.

Chalan had finally had it, so to make a point, he fast walked behind the fat private, and coming up behind him, he gave the private a swift but not too hard kick in the ass, causing him to go down like a ton of bricks. "How pathetic, that you disgrace the corps with your presence," Chalan spat in a low but poisonous voice.

Duval followed "Oh... so a fast walker can keep up with you.... Oh.. alright." he paused. "Computer.. increase the gravity on this deck by 40%" he commented

He paused as the computer beeped. "Request denied." as he smiled. "Private.. lets go to the gym... move it out!"

Jamin LaBrosse had issues breathing as he whimpered. "Oh fuck..."