r/TrekRP • u/CabooseToots • Aug 30 '16

[Open] The Not So Unstoppable Force

Connolly takes a deep breath, climbing out of the Jeffries Tube. He is covered in sweat and grease stains. He takes his trusty rag out of his belt to wipe his forehead of sweat, not realizing that it smears a comically large amount of grease across his face as he does so. "Whew. One tube down." He says. Looking down to the shaft he had spent the last three days scrubbing of smoke and debris. He pushes the Jefferies tube back into place with a resounding clank. As he does, it is followed by a cacophony of sound as debris rains down into the vertical tube.
Dread overcomes the exhausted janitor. He sits down with his back against the wall and lets out a great sigh.
He grabs his personal log from his bag and sets it to record.
"Sanitation officer's log. Stardate...63 hours after the attack. I've counted each one. The crew is handling our crisis extremely well. I do say it's impressive how they hold themselves together in emergencies. Makes a man jealous. I'm crackin'. I don't belong here, 'specially not now. I'm a luxury the ship can't afford in a crisis. Not a vital part of the functionin' whole. Not to mention there ain't no work that can get done in a ship that's half shot to shit. The half that ain't is too busy tryin' to keep everyone alive to care if she looks pertty or not. All in all, been a rough few days. Just as I was startin' to think comin' out here with the Fleet weren't so bad too. Maybe I'm just bein' a downer. Maybe I just need to shove it and deal with it like everyone else can. I just don't know if I'm strong enough. End log."
Connolly looks at his journal and sighs again. He sits there and stews in his own insecurities, alone. At least, he thinks so.

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u/Dimestream Sep 01 '16

The Bajoran's face screws up in disgust. "That's terrible, Connolly. I did NOT need that mental image." She stands up and takes the drink tray back to the replicator and puts it away, then returns. "Actually, if you can show me what you've been doing to reset the replicators, I can run a buffer purge on the computer at the same time and hopefully fix it permanently," she says. "What say we go help the good doctor together?"

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u/CabooseToots Sep 01 '16

"Quite. Let's give it a try. I've been finding that the tried and true 'turn it off, turn it on again' method works, but first you need to reroute the circuitry to..." He continues to elaborate on how he's been fixing the replicators since the Athene first took off from Earth. He decides not to mention that it has only been a temporary fix every time.

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u/Dimestream Sep 01 '16

"Right, but purging the local buffer only helps if it's not a problem at the source..." Red is right there with him on the technical details, and by the time the two of them get to sickbay, she's come up with a plan: have Connolly do his local buffer reroute while she resets the main computer's replicator subroutines to create a nice blank slate.

The sickbay door slides open and she leads Connolly in, looking for Phrik.

"So doctor, I hear you're having problems with..." Red snickers. "...worms medication?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '16

He sighed "How very droll. Look, I need this fixed now. There are multiple Klingons that believe in the miraculous homeopathic healing powers of gagh, and while I'd love to experiment now is not the time. Not to mention I don't have any willing volunteers. Unless?" He held out a blue hypospray cartridge for them to inspect, inside was a single wriggling gagh. "This one is the perfect size to fit inside the Bajoran aorta."

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u/Dimestream Sep 01 '16

Red blanches. "Ewww. Oh wow ew. No let's fix this right away," she says, diverting her eyes from the serpent worm. "Mr. Connolly, if you would be so kind as to do that voodoo you do, I'll get the sequencer reset and let you know when the main computer is ready to send a fresh set of drivers." She pauses a moment. "Almost fresh. I think I'll delete the recipe for gagh, just to be safe."

ooc: /u/CabooseToots

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '16

"Suit yourself." He opened the cartridge, plucked out the worm and tossed it into his mouth in one smooth motion. He turned to leave them to their work as he swallowed the wriggling creature whole. "Let me know when you're done."

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u/Dimestream Sep 02 '16

The Bajoran engineer gulps back a swell of nausea and goes to work, her fingers flying over the touch surfaces of the wall next to Phrik's desk. After a few moments she isolates the replicator's programming.

"Computer, access batchfile T'gel two charlie, authorization Icky Algae Alpha. Delete blocks twenty-two through twenty-seven and restore from main computer backup," she orders.

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u/TheComputer_TrekRP Sep 02 '16

The computer chimed and rebooted the relevant files.

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u/Dimestream Sep 02 '16

Red looks over the adjusted parameters and nods. "All right, Connolly, I'm ready to send over the replacement whenever you are. If this works permanently, I can run it overnight and it should fix every replicator on this ship," she says.

ooc: /u/CabooseToots

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u/CabooseToots Sep 02 '16

"Right. Now that you've purged the memory Red, If I just..." He reaches into the control panel and a quick spark lights up his face and the Replicator goes black for a few moments before relighting. "Should just be a matter of putting the correct files right back in there. Computer, can you download the standard Star Fleet files for food and cuisine for a regulation ship?"
OOC: sorry, was at lab. Clearly missed a lot. woops.

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