Checks and Computers

Posted on Tue May 15th, 2018 @ 10:58am by Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi & Captain Enalia Telvan & Maica III 47

Mission: Curing the Black Blood
Location: Captain's Quarters

Thex had been feeling better now that the ship had been in drydock. Now she didn't have to worry about part of the ship falling off whilst she got some sleep which had helped the andorians sleep pater immensely. It had also helped her mood given she was no longer being kept awake by caffeine and stimulants.

Now with the boys in dry dock handling the heavy lifting, she could handle the smaller duties. Given the master's tech level, Starfleet couldn't taken any chances that he had left anything behind in the ship. Most of the smaller systems were clean and now she just had to have a look through personal computers. Having worked through most of the command saucer she now only had the captain's left to do.

Pressing the door alarm the andorian spoke politely. " Sorry for bothering you, captain. I have to do the computer maintenance check do you need me to come back another time?"

Enalia was just enjoying a cup of tea in one of her more subtly fancy teacups with her holographic wife, Maica. "No not at all. Please, come in. We were just enjoying a nice cup of Earl de Mont Fortomp tea. Would you like a cup while you work?"

Without waiting for Thex to accept or decline, Maica got up and poured her a fresh cup of the bluish tea and carried the saucer and teacup over to her with a sunny smile. "Here you are. I hope you enjoy it."

The Andorian smiled as she took the cup. She was more of a coffee girl, but she wasn't going to turn down hospitality. " Thanks. Just need to have a look through the computers in case anything nasty was left over during the fight with the master. Given his power, it's better to be safe than sorry. "

"Please feel free then," Enalia replied, motioning to her desk. "My personal system isn't linked to the rest of the ship for security reasons just like Intel's so I have to actually do all my work in my ready room. You're right though - It's better to be safe than sorry. Intel reported that one of the hacks came in through a communications relay years ago and sat in a sensor buffer after that so who knows what might be hiding where."

" I heard about that. Took the tech boys half a year to work out where it came from. Reminded me of my time I was being the tech girl for an operation in orion space. We had to regularly check everything that could hold a file in case something had slipped in. " The andorian reminiscing about her past as she got to work. She pulled a small scanner from her toolkit and placed it on the desk. It was a small device she had created that would look for any dormant programs that were ordered to be inactive. " Shouldn't take long. Has there been any word of the quarantined crew?" She asked looking up.

"Asking the Captain for gossip, are we?" Enalia grinned slyly and chuckled before sipping her tea again as Maica brought Thex a small plate of jellied cookies and crisps as well to enjoy with her tea. Her face then became a bit more serious. Nexi and Farenia are in what we're calling level twelve isolation chambers, thanks to Hermes' help. Aewia's summoned a panther and she's next on the list to isolate. Everyone else is being constantly monitored. Intel Command has the yard dogs scrambling with fear of catching it to try and get us out of here as soon as possible so we can go get that cure. Even so, with Nexi as far gone as she is, and with Aewia as accepting of it as she is, I'm honestly not sure those two can be cured at this point."

Enalia sighed and looked up from her tea and out the window at the spaceframe enveloping the Hera like a spider. "But that stays here. I still intend to do all we can to help them, whatever it takes."

Thex gave the orion a polite smile before she listened to the captain. " I'm sure we'll find something captain. Maybe Hermes know someone who can do something. " The andorain said as she took one of the cookies. " Though that paranoia you mentioned is spreading to our own crew. Some of engineering are starting to jump at shadows."

"Nothing to be afraid of yet. None of the summoned creatures have eaten anyone and everyone is under constant surveillance to prevent it. Not that it technically helps when they can vanish into shadows and pop up wherever their summoner is..." Enalia took another sip of her tea and set her teacup back down. "But all precautions are being taken, and then some. They should know this though. Your people are some of the ones setting up the tech for all this, right?"

" That's what I keep telling them. None of me and the team who have been setting this stuff up have even seen one of these animals yet if the rumours down in the mess hall are to be believed we have a shadow zoo running around on the lower decks. " The andorian replied from the desk as she took another cookie. " They should go away in a few days you know how rumours and gossip are on the ship. "

"Yeah Rumors travel at warp ten." Enalia shook her head and sighed. "So far there are two hellhounds and a panther... all black with seven red eyes. Nightmare inducing to be sure, but they're all friendly as can be. Aewia's Panther enjoys belly rubs and catnip."

" At least they're not violent. Maybe it has something to do with are crews minds and personalities." Thex added as a beep came from her tool. " Well, captain looks like your computers fine. Maica would you like me to run a scan on you're programming?" The andorain inquired politely. She knew some holograms didn't like people messing with them.

Maica smiled politely. "No thanks. I've already had my own techs check my systems over. Thank you though."

" Okay I'll just give your room's environment controls and then I'll be out of your way. Then I'm off to the holodeck. " Thex replied as she picked up her gear.

"Sounds like a good plan. Thank you." Enalia smiled brightly as she sipped her tea again.

Maica added a comment as well. "You should make an appointment with me for a massage and relax a little when you go off duty. Perhaps a nice hot Bolian squid and stones special would be nice?"

" That does sound nice. Have you any time you'd be available?" The andorian inquired as she packed up her tools.

Maica pulled up a holographic scheduling assistant in front of her and pored over the dates and times. "I have nothing but openings during the refit. In fact, this evening is completely free."

" Well, then i'll see you later this evening. " The anodrian replied as she ran her tool over the environmental controls. It showed it was clean which brought a smile to her face. " Well looks like everything running normally. If anything starts acting oddly make sure to call me."

"Thank you, we will," Enalia replied.

"See you this evening!" Maica added with a wave.

" See you later." Thex responded as she picked up her bag and walked out of the door. She had to go and drop of her gear and then go to her quarters to change, but for a few hours it would be nothing, but her and the music.