Echoes of the past

Posted on 09 Sep 2025 @ 3:02pm by Ensign Ryan Collingway

473 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Fractured Accord
Location: USS Newton
Timeline: Morning

----USS Arawyn, Transporter Room----

The security and medical teams joined them in the transporter room. As he waited, Ryan was pulling up all the data of the Newton’s nacelles. Even so, his eyes couldn’t help but glance to his right, where he looked at the hoistered phaser of the nearby security guard. It didn’t last long, however, as they were all beamed away.

----USS Newton, Engineering room----

They transported to Engineering. Ryan barely made his introductions, as that was the job of Commander Boren. He checked the readout. The starboard nacelle was functioning normally. The port one was only operating at ten percent. He grabbed his toolkit, and with a few members of his team went up to the nacelle.

----USS Newton, Nacelle tube----

The tube itself was a mess. Emergency force fields kept the area stable and prevented immediate depressurization. As they approached, they could see an engineer unconscious. His forehead was bleeding. Ryan felt for a pulse and turned on his communicator. “Medical team, one injured at the port Nacelle tube. Unconscious, maybe concussed, but pulse strong.”

The medical team acknowledged. Suddenly the lights went off in the tube.

“Electrical failure,” one of the engineers said.

A cold sweat ran down Ryan’s back. The darkness. The chaos. The moaning of people injured. He could almost hear the sound of borg, just waiting to get them. No! He shut his eyes. This wasn’t the Thysia! He had to focus.

“You all right?” the engineer asked.

“I'm fine,” Ryan snapped, breaking out the flashlights. “We can work in the dark.”

Fortunately, the electrical failure was just limited to the lights and not the actual nacelle system itself. They popped open the panels of the electrical components. Ryan took a careful look at all of them. Some of the components were in stable condition, the others would need to be replaced. He turned on his communicator. “Ensign Collingway to Commander Boren. The nacelle was hit pretty hard. We are looking at between five to seven hours of work before I am comfortable with testing.” He paused. “That being said, the starboard nacelle is functioning at acceptable parameters. If needed, I believe it is safe for the Newton to leave this area at low warp, although that may cause more damage to fix later.” The heavy implication was that the Newton could technically flee if they were under attack, but he didn’t spell it out.

Fortunately, that wasn't needed. Shortly into the afternoon, Ryan and his team replaced the damaged pieces and did a test run. It hummed to life and came back to a total of 86% efficiency. The rest would be minor tweaking and could be handled by the Newton's crew.
Nodding to himself, Ryan reported that the repair was completed.

Ensign Ryan Collingway
Engineering officer
USS Newton

 

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