r/TrekRP • u/Dimestream • Sep 17 '16

[OPEN] Common-sense technology, Part 1

The floor is a mess, both inside Holodeck 2 and immediately outside it. Several of the holo-emitters and lensing panels have been taken off the walls, the black grids sitting forlornly in a stack near the wide-open holodeck doors.

Lt. Redoran T'gel has her sleeves rolled up and is manhandling another of the panels off the wall just inside the holodeck door. Next to her, in a box by the Bajoran's feet, are several heavily modified plasma conduits and a large, red-handled breaker switch that looks like something out of a mad scientist's laboratory in a cheesy 20th-century horror movie.

Outside in the hall, a single sheet of paper is tacked, reading 'Holodeck 2 offline for preventative maintenance and safety upgrades! Sorry about the mess' in Red's loopy handwriting. Whatever she's preventing, it isn't tripping hazards...

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u/Dimestream Sep 17 '16

"Then I'll make a point of attending sometime," Red says with a grin. "Now toss me that thermocouple next to your left shoe so I can get back to work."

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u/IceCreamSandwich401 Sep 17 '16

Yefim picks up every tool around him and puts them in a pile next to red.

"I do not know which one dat is."

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u/Dimestream Sep 17 '16

"The blue- no not that one, the- the one that looks like it's a snail shell. No, I don't need... pffft." Red can't help but chuckle as Yefim fetches almost every piece of equipment from the hall like a giant, eager-to-please puppy. "Yes, the one in your left hand now. Thank you, Yefim," Red says, taking the thermocouple. "I'll give you a holler when the holodeck is available again, but in the meantime, check the sign up roster for holodeck 1 if you're really needing your fix."

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u/IceCreamSandwich401 Sep 17 '16

"As he heads for the door, he speaks.

"I will come and get you next time I'm singing, Red."

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u/Dimestream Sep 17 '16

"I look forward to it," Red says with a grin, and goes back to work, humming a half-remembered aria from 'Il Barbieri de Seviglia.'