=Main Engineering=
=U.S.S. Chimera=
Long ago, Rick had learned that he done his best thinking when
his mind was on something else. His best ideas had come this way.
For example, one night in bed with Mai, he had come up with a
way to improve the efficiency of the deflector by 0.2 percent. It
had just popped into his head, out of no where. He hadn't even
considered making improvements on the deflector until that night.
Now, he was hoping it would work again. And, what better way
to keep your attention focused on something other than
engineering than being in the middle of a fire fight with a few
Romulans.
He had decided to join the security teams defending this section
of engineering.
He fired his phaser and missed his target as a Rommie managed
to take cover. When he fired again, though, he hit Rommie that
was standing next to his original target. That, though, brought a
hail of disruptor fire in his direction.
'OK, this is probably not one of my better idea,' Rick thought,
clutching his phaser tightly.
Then another thought came ... this one much more productive.
It was so obvious that it pissed him off that he hadn't thought of
it earlier.
"The holocloak," he muttered.
Even though the holocloak had been shut down, it was still
draining considerable power. That's just what the device did. It
always drained a certain amount of power because of it's
complexity. It gave the device reserve power, which was
necessary for it to function properly. And, it couldn't properly
store that power, so the power consumption had to be constant.
Even when most of the power on the ship was down, the
holocloak was still getting juice to its systems.
But now, the holocloak was not necessary. Other device were,
though, like the shields. It wasn't a lot of power, but Rick
hoped it would be enough.
Maybe ... just maybe ...
+tap+ "Rodgers to holocloak control room," Rick yelled over the
constant weapons fire.
+tap+ "Tembar here."
+tap+ "Tembar, shut down all power to the holocloak."
+tap+ "The holocloak is already offline."
+tap+ "No, Tembar. Shut down ALL power to the device. Pull
the conduits leading to the holocloak is you have to, but I want
no power going to the device."
+tap+ "Aye, sir," Tembar said.
Rick fired his phaser a couple of more times when the Rommies
attempted to flank them.
+tap+ "It's done. No power should be going to the holocloak,"
Tembar said a couple of minutes later.
Rick pulled back so he could communicate better with his people.
+tap+ "Rodgers to Kroitzer. You be receiving a little more
power now. It won't be that much, but it should be enough to
give us a little shielding."
Commander Rick Rodgers
Chief Engineering Officer
U.S.S. Chimera
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