STRANGE SITING AND INVESTIGATION (CONTINUED)......DAY SEVEN(Continued......)
IDENTIFICATION PROTOCOL : OFFICIAL LOG .....Commander Darius Marin.....
Darius thinks .........
well once again we need to make progress so lets see how the crew are doing.....
Marin : "comms chief status report please" said Darius as he boarded the Marauder..
Comms chief : "Aye...sir.......welllll.......we have managed to stabilise the life support to a level which means we can work on board the marauder for longer periods"
Marin : "ok chief so what about other systems"......
Comms chief : " Well again sir ...... we have managed to get partial radar so at present we can detect anything that comes within 4k of Corsica or the Marauder......also.....Forward guns are available and missile system is powering up in spurts and cutting out which we are working on right now"
Marin : " excellent chief youre making good progress so another 4 hours and we will finish our work for the day"
Comms chief : "Aye aye sir ..."
So the crew carried on their work and within an hour had the missile system functioning at a steady rate the radar system had been improved with an 11k radius available so Freeport 11 is visible on the Marauders scanner.
The crew were working flat out using every single bit of skill and judgement to try and get more power to the Marauder's systems.
More systems were brought online and a major break through had been achieved.......
Comms chief : "We have managed to get a small reaction from the main power core of the engine sir........but.......we will need to bring at least one circuit board from the control room back to the Marauder to try and secure a better connection to the system....."
Marin : "Comms chief ......DO IT.......if we can get power ...at least some power to the Marauder engines we may be able to limp the ship to Freeport 11 and if we get her there on her own steam it means that we dont need to wait for a tow"
Darius was excited and pleased he hadnt been this pleased in days.....
The crew made good progress and brought one circuit board from the control room to secure the system properly to test the engine out.
After one hour of fixing and welding and securing the circuit board.........
Comms chief : "Sir......we have secured the circuit board and we are ready to test the engine for a few minutes"
Marin : "Ok chief lets get set for the test"
The Comms chief stood next to the panel nervous but confident that it would work.
Putting his hand on the display he pressed the activate button to power the core to the engine and the engine began to charge up and get to full strength.
Flicking the start switch the engine was activated .....
After 5 minutes running a diagnostic test the verdict was relayed to Darius.....................................
Comms chief: "Sir the test has been complete and our findings are that we should be able to limp to Freeport 11 and hopefully get our repairs done......"
Marin : "Boys you have made me proud today so i will contact freeport 11 administration again and inform them we will limp the ship there under our own power and ask if they can have a ship on standby if we need them...."
Darius was over the moon with the boys and they celebrated with a few beers long into the night before retiring to bed ............
