= Somewhere on Unity =
Rick had just finished up breakfast with Mai and Rachel and was going
to wait for the shipyard to arrive when he saw a familiar face walking
nearby. He hadn't seen his former deputy since ... well, since before
his ordeal with Hoack months ago.
"Gustav!" Rick yelled out, hoping to catch the engineer's attention
before he got lost among the large crowd of people just up ahead.
Gustav was walking along the main promenade of Unity when he heard his
name getting yelled out, almost instantly he turned wondering where he
heard the call from, then he saw a face that he didn't expect to see
again but was glad he did.
With a smile on his face Gustav approached Rick, when he got to where
his former CEO was he put out his hand and said "No one told me you
were up and about again, when did this happen?"
"A few weeks ago. They figure out what wrong up here," Rick said,
pointing to his head. "They also figure out way to fix it. Though
there some minor problems."
Rick and Gustav began walking in no particular direction.
"So, how new Chimera working out?" he asked, eager to change the subject.
"Excellent for the most part, we've been working non stop to try and
get her fully kitted out" Gustav said still knowing there was more to
do, not to mention the battle damage that she had suffered.
"I sure she in good hands," Rick said, feeling a little nostalgic for
full-time starship duty, and even more so being a chief engineer of a
starship.
Gustav smiled and said "thanks, but it's kind of good hand at the moment".
They stopped walking and Rick stared at Gustav.
"Good hand," Rick was a bit puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"I had a bit of an accident, my right arm is now a prostetic" he explained.
"Oh. I not know about that. I am truly sorry to hear about it. How did
it happen?" Rick asked.
"I was overseeing the installation of new EM launchers for the new
fighters, there was a problem with one of the controllers processors
was faulty, I was starting to fix it, when there was a serge of power
that triggered the launcher and tried to send me into space" he
explained.
"That is terrible, but at least you still alive," Rick said. "I know of
engineers who lost their lives in such situations."
Gustav never really thought of how lucky he was until then, he didn't
die and had some of the best docs in Starfleet looking after him as
well as Mimi, who Gustav considered his only family.
"We ought to get together later when I have more time," Rick said. "I
sure there is a lot to catch up on that happened over past months."
"Your right, you could also tell me about some of the upgrades to the
station, that is the ones I'm cleared to know about" Gustav said
always wanting to know how people overcame obstacles and new
engineering techniques.
Rick nodded before walking off to help see to the arrival of the
shipyard.
Gustav also headed off to the shop he was going to before meeting Rick.
= End Log =
Lt JG Gustav Kroitzer
DCEO
USS Chimera – C
&
Cmdr Rick Rodgers
Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity
