Repairs

Posted on Mon Jul 6th, 2020 @ 6:50pm by Commander Samantha Howard

Mission: The Borg Encounter
Location: Bridge

Dr Samantha Howard exhaled slowly, forcing her body to relax despite the tense situation they were in the middle of. Command school taught that a leader led by example and the crew would draw strength from posture, body language and all other forms of unwitting communication. If she exuded confidence and calmness, the crew would as well. The challenge was controlling the mind though.

" Bridge to Engineering - how's the repairs on the transporters progressing?" She activated the comm call to the chief engineer who was no doubt buried under a console somewhere desperately trying to repair the broken ship. There was a grunt, a bump and a smothered expletive that caused the tiniest smile to flitter across Sam's face before she too smothered it.

" Workin on it, should be 15 minutes... hopefully, IF you stop interrupting me!" The gruff reply was before the channel was closed.

A few stifled giggles could be heard around the bridge, and the tension eased a little despite the Borg lingering on the viewscreen. It was a testament to their current predicament. Who could get repaired the fastest. If the Borg won, The Washington would most likely lose 6 of its best officers including most of the senior staff. If the Washington won, they would get their crew back, more or less intact.

The race was on.