Turbolift Repairs

Tricia followed the Engineer though the opening into Turbo Shaft 1

"Okay, let's get started right here."

She moved to his left toward the next conduit carefully holding the instrument as she observed him doing. Maintaining her balance on the support brace wasn't quite as easy as it seemed for him. For the first time in her life, she wished she had a tail.... it really made a difference.

As she scanned the conduit she remembered the smile and wink she'd gotten from Joe and then wondered what that picture had come unbidden to her mind. A small smile played about her lips and she wished she'd brought that music with her. It would sure help relieve the boredom of this task.

She wasn't much on small talk when working with a superior so she didn't try and ask about his ancestry or interests in the arts but simply followed his instructions.

"Clear" she said and moved to the next conduit.

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After a rather lengthy crawl, Rhee emerged in the turbolift shaft he had been assigned to work with M'ral. He knew the other officer would be arriving shortly as Rhee had been one of the first to crawl into the Jefferies tubes.

Now, without waiting, he began using the device the way the engineers had demonstrated. He would do this task to 110%. No time to waste, Rhee wanted everything to go smoothly. First impressions were often key and he surely wanted to make the best one he could.

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Pesh'ewa nodded as he heard Tricia's report.

"Excellent work," he stated as he grabbed a rung on the ladder and hoisted himself up to the next section. His own EMS device was making rapid repairs to the damaged conduits as he moved.

"We have much to accomplish still and I should warn you the climb will only get more difficult as we go. If you need to rest, use the nearest access tunnel to your current location." Pesh moved the scanning device over his next sections and then continued to hop up the ladder.

His communicator beeped. He paused, listened to the message from Norgow and quickly replied. "Join team beta in shaft 5. You should find Lt. Rhodes or the Lt. Munroe working in that section. There are many off-tunnels for the turbolift there and we need them repaired quickly."

Thankfully Pesh'ewa had received reports from the teams as they filtered through to the bridge so he had learned some of the volunteers names. Grabbing the next rungs, he pulled himself upward, higher and higher he climbed, working the repair device over the conduits.

"Lieutenant, everything okay?" He called out, checking on his partner as they had both been working quietly, focused on the repair efforts. He glanced back over his shoulder, thankful he was not afraid of heights. They had already managed to climb quite a distance in a rather short amount of time. They still had a long way to go. He knew everyone who helped with this effort would be exhausted by the time they had climbed through every known turbo shaft on the ship. For now the focus was on vertical shafts only. At least this way the crew could get from one deck to the next. They might be forced to walk further than normal once there, but at least they would get to their destinations.

Tapping his comm-badge he spoke, "Ensign Fau'cheth. Progress report please."

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10 decks, only 30 to go! she thought as she followed the Chief Engineer up the tube to the next junction. Tricia was beginning to feel the strain of the climb yet he seemed to swarm up the ladder. Watching him move through the tubes just made her tired all over.

She knew she was fit but this damn ship was huge! God help her if she ever had to try and chase a Caitian through Jefferies tubes or turbolift shafts.

"We have much to accomplish still and I should warn you the climb will only get more difficult as we go. If you need to rest, use the nearest access tunnel to your current location."

Yeah, like that was going to happen anytime soon. She knew she had stamina but god he was good.

Don't look down. and then she did... she paused and closed her eyes just for a moment and hugged the ladder. Then she shook it off and chased him up the ladder.

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//"Aye Sir, we have teams generally rising through the ship. No issues reported as yet other than the standard nodes being offline and then restored." She laughed "It looks like your team is in the lead currently as far as number of nodes cleared."//

//"We've cleared a bit more than 10 levels with horizontal connections to the station complete as well."//

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The turbolift shafts were large and Rhee knew there was much they needed to accomplish. He got to work quickly. Using the device, Rhee worked his way upwards, checking and clearing sections of the turbolift.

"All clear," he called down to M'Ral, knowing the other security officer was working below him somewhere. As Rhee worked he couldn't help but add, "Sir, I am looking forward to working with you in security when this is all over." He then sent a report to the bridge indicating their progress. With so many teams working from all directions, there was a good chance that they would have this job finished sooner rather than later. Rhee couldn't wait, since he had hardly had any time to get settled in and see what his security tasks would entail.

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