Status Report

Posted on Thu Aug 25th, 2016 @ 4:33am by Lieutenant Mickey McClane & Commander Cor Cordale
Edited on on Thu Aug 25th, 2016 @ 6:58am

Mission: Do Not Follow
Location: Main Bridge/Engineering.
Timeline: During the Return trip back to Federation Space

The U.S.S. Victory, a Sovereign class vessel was on it's return trip back to federation space. She had been in an unforeseen attack by enemies they couldn't see.

The Alpha team, was taking the rest of the night off as the only member from Alpha team Lieutenant Mickey McClane, The operations officer Volunteered, to take this shift as members of the beta team patched up and fixed the bridge best way they knew. But, it would take a Starbase to make the repairs official.

Mickey, was walking around his home, it wasn't his ship but it was a place that he would call home. With him, was his first officer Acting Ensign Aladdin the dog.

"Status Helm?" Mickey asked the young female on the return trip.

"On Course, Lieutenant. Estimating Federation Space, 3.7 Hours." The Young officer said.

"Very good, Steady as she goes." Mickey smiled as even though it was spit wad and gum that was holding the ship together it was unknown if they would get back without any stressful environments.

Mickey than walked up to the Command Seat and called Engineering.

"Engine Room, Mr. Cor. How's the ship?" Mickey said as he contacted The Chief Engineer.

"Well, we're moving. So there's that. We've narrowed down the issue with the radiation scrubbers to one of seventeen issues." Cordale announced back, "It's pretty bad down here, but all things considered Engineering made it out lucky."

"Very good, Cor. You managed to fix the barn door after the horse has come home" Aladdin said as he stood next to Mickey as he sat down next to him when Mickey sat in the Command Chair.

"Cor, give me your honest answer how much time is needed for Refit until Captain Michaels can take his ship out again?" Mickey said as he sat down.

"You do know I've never seen a barn before, right?" Cor asked, "Though honestly, from all the damage reports I saw from some of the other departments, we're talking weeks. Easy."

"Well, Considering what this ship has already been through Commander, i thought it would take about eight weeks" Mickey smiled than chuckled in amusement to this for cor. "Cor, if you think the captain doesn't have eight weeks, can you do it for him in two? Multiply the repair estimates by a factor of four?" Mickey smiled as he asked the engineer.

"Eight weeks isn't a bad estimate, but if I told the Captain we'd be shored up for eight weeks he'd probably just as soon request a loaner of a star ship." a pause, "Multiply the esti... Mickey, what are you talking about? Who would do that?" Unseen, the Thux just shook his head. Who would falsify repair estimates, when it was already a tricky bit of guesswork...

Mickey chuckled over the intercom. "That, was a joke because Montgomery Scott of the Old Enterprise would be the Miracle Worker. Besides, i would rather take the time to do all this carefully. the ship maybe holding on Duck tape and glue, an old earth expression. I would rather see this ship explore space another day." Mickey just chuckled in amusement.

"From everything I've heard, the only thing this Mister Scott and I have in common is both of us are Engineers and both of us enjoy scotch." a chuckle from the Thux. "I studied a few of his works in Academy, though. Picked up on the scotch on my own, though." he paused for a moment to tap on a nearby terminal, "You and me both, Mick. You and me both."

"Well, the good news is, whatever the estimated time for repairs, extended shore leave." Mickey than saw the gold plaque of the Victory had fallen off the hinges of the ship as he got up from the seat and put it back up. "Cor, the plaque had fallen. Dang, during my ship's i have served i had never seen the plaque fall" Mickey said over the com-link to engineering as he sat back down

"Yeah, that's... that's one positive way to think about it. You make sure to enjoy that extra time off. I know exactly where I'm spending it." and then when Mickey mentioned the plaque, Cordale just shook his head, "Yeah, well maybe you were on a shuttle or being beamed from one point to another during that ass kicking we received but we got rocked!"

Cordale decided to spare Mickey the fact that Engineering had at least three deceased, and up on the bridge the plaque was misaligned.

"We're lucky we got out of there when we did. Too much more of that, and we wouldn't have to worry about whoever they were wiping us out."

"Yeah, then i wouldn't have been able to exact my plan of world domination." Mickey spoke an exaggeration of world domination. "I wouldn't have been able to continue my research of everything of the events of the Genesis Planet." Mickey said

"The trick to world domination is it really loses its flavor when there's other worlds out there. I mean, you own a world... that's nice. I'll go find some world no one else has touched yet and plant a flag in it. Bingo... Thuxsphere. Done and done." Cor said with a smirk, "Plus, if you're an ass and rule with an iron fist, then you can't YES I KNOW I HAVE AN ACTUAL IRON FIST, SIMMONS... sorry, one of my fellow engineers got a shot in. But yeah, wrong form of government and you can't join Starfleet."

"When, do you think the turbolifts will be back on-line?" Mickey asked the engineer.

"Three, maybe four hours. It's pretty high on the list. A lot of damage to the inside tracks."

"Oh joy, that isn't good until they're fixed some of the crew will have to climbs" Mickey said to the engineer

Cordale chuckled, "Believe me, some of the crew could use the exercise." he chuckled again, "Just keep an eye on Aladdin. Some of those tubes have a sudden drop. Yeah, I know they're colored so you know when the drop is, but not all of us can see all the colors you humans can." There wasn't a chuckle that time.

"Oh, Believe me, Commander. I can't climb down the latter or up, besides, it took the turbolift to get us up here to the bridge so i won't be leaving anytime soon" Aladdin said to cor.

"Well dig in and get comfy. I'll let you know the moment that lift's up and running."

"Cor, world domination wouldn't mean anything to me. The ultimate treasure would be that ship. Flying her in space one last time, but right now, i cannot act on those impulses, it is a human weakness fools gold. Besides, we talked about it, but i have to know if i ever act which i won't but if there was ever a place would you be my friend and make sure the Chief of Security knew if i ever went there?" Mickey wanted to know if Cor would do it not because of trouble because he would be there for him as he was there for him in the first place.

"Trust me, ambition isn't just a human weakness." Cor said darkly, but the gloom passed, "Tell you what, you ever go off on some ambitious adventure to go chase your unicorn, I'll certainly tell a responsible adult where you went."

"Good, because as you know i am a trickster but at least i know you would keep me grounded instead of chasing the Magical Pegasus, which meant violating the temporal prime directive. I know the gloomy Gus would place me under arrest for even such an attempted even though but, if i was ever forced into that, you'd be the first to know." Mickey was being serious with cor about that.

"Good to know. Ahhh!" Cordale exclaimed with a yelp, as something possibly shocked him on his end. "Sorry, touched a live one. Well, I hope you don't do it, but I appreciate being on the short list."

"Say, when the lift's get repaired and you get a chance, come have a drink with me in the Captain's ready room. Sense i will be running the night shift for this run until we get back into Federation space. At least i can tell you what happened. A lot of Bullshit happened while you were down there fixing up the coolant leak and using glue and duck tape fixing up the holes of the ship. I would rather not tell you over the Com-link but this one in person" Mickey asked his friend to join him in a drink once the lifts get fixed.

"Sorry, might not have the time until I catch a break. There's a lot to fix on this bird. Turbolifts, lights, ducts, computer systems. We took a beating but if I can squeeze in like, ten minutes I'll see what I can do. No promises bro. Got a lot to do."


"Sure, or if you want we can have that drink at a starbase or DS9 if they wouldn't mind putting up with us. In the meantime, send me the damage reports to the Captain's ready room, so that way i can get them ready for the captain tomorrow, contact me in the ready room when you can on the Damage report" Mickey said as he closed the com-link.

"Ensign Aladdin, you have con I'll be in the ready room." Mickey said as he left the bridge and Aladdin got up and sat in the captain's chair.

"All right, you heard the Lieutenant beta shift, keep doing your job and let's get home." Aladdin just laughed out loud as the U.S.S. Victory continued zooming too federation Space.