Replicator Problems
Posted on 18 Feb 2024 @ 6:09pm by Lieutenant Serina "Reaper" Donovan & Lieutenant JG Thex sh'Zoarhi
Edited on on 20 Feb 2024 @ 9:40pm
1,079 words; about a 5 minute read
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Location: Serina's Office
Timeline: SB51
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Thex was tired as she made her way through the ship. The blue girl was tired after being up for hours fixing up as much as the ship as she could. She only had one last thing to do and that was repair request for the ships CAG.
Arriving outside the door she waited for the door to alert the CAG that she had arrived.
As the chime sounded, Serina was deep in her mission plans. "Jesus!", she said as the chime scared the hell out of her. "Enter!", she barked, picking up the book and PADD she was working on.
The door slid open as Thex poked her head inside. " Lieutenant you put in for a repair request?" Thex asked.
"I did?", she said as the Lieutenant entered?", not sure that she did, but it was a welcome visit. "Please, do come in. Let me see what needs to be repaired," she added, looking on her computer to see if she logged it in.
" You requested a personal appliance repair." Thex said fishing around in her uniform for a padd. " This morning at three o'clock." She said reading off the padd. " You didn't list which one."
"Oh yes, there it is, blasted replicator. It gives me headaches when I want a hot meal. I'm always getting it cold and it doesn't even resemble a plate of food," Serina said. "Computer, one dish of beef stew Hot!". As the replicator set about it's task, what appeared was what you could call a plate full of slop and it was cold as well. "See! What I mean. I can't even eat it!" Serina made a face that could be described as if something smelled rotten to the nose. "Please get it fixed," she finished asking.
" Should be easy enough to fix." Thex said walking over the replicator and removing it's panel and got to work humming one of her Orion dancing tunes as she did so.
The humming tune was somewhat familiar in that she had heard it before. "I've heard that tune before. I just can't quite place it," Serina said, walking over near Thex.
" Fire lovers on the starlight. One of the songs I regularly dance to." Thex said as she got to work. She could quickly tell the replication matrics was damaged. No problem for her a first-year cadet could fix it up.
The music itself brought a flashback of the Orion mission from the past. "That music was playing on...the ship I was captured on a few years back," Serina said slowly and softly. Gazing out the window, she could see her abduction all over again as the music played over in her head.
A few words that didn't translate escaped Thex lips. " Lieutenant I'm sorry I shouldn't have been humming it. " she said her voice clearly showing how serious she was.
"Oh no hun, keep humming it. It has become a tune I sing to my twin girls when we are at Starbase or when I get com traffic home. Apparently they fall asleep on it", Serina said realizing that Thex was an Andorian and she was a bit out of place. It was something she had put behind her.
" You have twin girls? " Thex replied a smile forming on her face. " Are they back on the station?" she enquired as she slowly returned to work.
Looking at the Andorian, "Thex, tell me where you heard the song from? It's an Orion tune isn't it? The only place I heard it was on an Orion ship, and you are*chuckling* not an Orion," Serina added smiling again.
" My mentor back at the academy taught me the tune when she helped get my head screwed on straight. " The Andorian explained. " Her name is Nainaaan an Orion working in Starfleet intelligence. She caught me attending an underground fighting ring. Rather than report me to the academy authorities she took me under her wing. Taught me to dance like her people including the song."
"Oh really? That was so gracious of her. One of my teachers back in the academy did that with me *chuckling at the memory* see he kept me from ending up in the brig one day and from then on till graduation we stuck like glue to each other", Serina said.
" Indeed." Thex replied with a chuckle. " Did my first assignment with her and her intel team as the tech girl. Been a while since I've seen her i hope she's okay."
"Well maybe we will get to see them when we put in to SB51. You never know. I get to see my twins and parents finally. I miss them terribly", Serina added.
" Hopefully I will. You are lucky to have your family. My dating life with my own species has been rather miserable. Plenty of playmates but no luck with a proper relationship. " Thex said as she worked and quickly had a small pile of broken electronics sitting on her tool box as she began installing the replacement.
"Well, when you finish the replicator order yourself something and then order me a Vulcan spiced tea ok?", Serina said working on her duty roster.
Thex nodded and fired up the replicator. First, she ran a test of some hot water which came out nice and steaming hot. Giving Serina a thumbs up she added an Andorian ale and a Vulcan tea which both materialized perfectly. " There we go. Working perfectly now."
"Oh wonderful! A working replicator! Praise the gods!" Serina said. In her excitement, she gave Thex a big hug and a small kiss in the cheek. Releasing her, "Oh my....I was so happy and greatfully appreciated your fixing the bloody thing, could not help but showing my deepest appreciation for doing a job well done ", she added. Knowing that she could call on Thex to fix what gets broken, "Thank you so much", she finished saying as they both were about to part company.
" Just doing my job. " Thex said with a polite grin as she began packing her tools and placing them back in her bag. " If anything goes wrong just call me. I'll see you around the ship." She said heading for the door.
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