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Posted May 11, 2019, 6:33 p.m. by Ensign Michael "Mike" Thompson (Engineer) (Katy Darrah)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Pierce (Chief Engineer) in Side sim- Engineering

Posted by Ensign Michael “Mike” Thompson (Engineer) in Side sim- Engineering

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Pierce (Chief Engineer) in Side sim- Engineering
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NE Delivery wandered into Engineering pushing a crate in front of him. He stood looking around and wiping the sweat off of his brow. His cargo was heavy.

“Hello? Got about three dozen…” he looked at the PaDD with the order in his hand. “…chrome floor to ceiling support poles to hand over for immediate installation.” He looked around,

NE Delivery

Mark stumbled out of his office, clearly having been in engineering much longer than his shift. “Over here.” He sipped a cold coffee. “I’m Lt Pierce, I can sign for them.” He struggled to remember exactly where these were being installed. One of the twenty PaDDs on his desk would have that information.

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

The NE handed the PaDD over for signing and said kindly. “You ok chief? You look beat…maybe you should go to sickbay or to bed? If you want I can organise these being installed.”

The PaDD seemed to indicate that one of the support poles was to be installed on every deck alongside a small platform around each to steady them and a set of spotlights for, as the PaDD said, safety reasons.

Random

“Just had a lot of Engineers call in sick today. Including the night watch Chief.” He signed on the dotted line and then returned it to the NE. “Round up five or six engineers.” If we have that many. “I’ll run the setup from there.” Spotlights for safety reasons. Odd. He’d have to see the spaces for himself later to determine if these actually served any purpose.

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

Mike slipped into Engineering, he had a throbbing headache, but he was needed on the job, so he came to work, despite being 20 minutes late. He said a silent ‘thank you’ to the forces that be at Lieutenant Pierce was distracted, this wasn’t his first time he was late.

Mike did stop to listen however, and caught that there were support poles being delivered. Support poles? We need those?

Michael “Mike” Thompson, Engineer

“Good to know you still know where the engineering compartment is, Thompson.” Mark said without turning. “These support poles and spotlights need to be placed on every deck. Welcome to the team.”

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

Mike held back several snarky comments, rubbing his left eye a bit. “Yes sir, let me guess, I have to do it alone.”

Michael “Mike Thompson, Engineer

“I’m not feeling that vengeful today. You’ll just be responsible for lifting the support poles.” Often the engineers wished an ex-Marine was not their chief, much less a senior NCO, one of those with a particularly demanding streak in him. Mark was a good Chief, but he asked a fair bit of his officers, perhaps explaining why so many had called in sick.

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

Mike swore that Mark enjoyed torturing them. “Yes sir.” He was wondering if it was possible to fake an illness or injury and go hide in sickbay for the rest of his shift, but after casting a glance around and seeing how shorthanded they were, he decided to do the job anyway.

Michael “Mike” Thompson, engineer

As engineers picked up crates and moved off, Mark said “Thompson, you and me.” Going over to lift a crate of spotlights, he asked the Ensign “Honestly, is everyone sick, or are they filling out transfer requests?”

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

“Honestly sir? I don’t know anymore.” Mike answered, “but if they are requesting transfers? Then to me that’s running away from something they don’t like. You have a higher standard for us than most other Chiefs, and they don’t like that.” He shrugged, “running away from an issue doesn’t solve anything.”

Michael “Mike” Thompson, Engineer

“I know things are tough around here, but I want this to be the top department on this ship. Including medical.” He paused.

-Lt(j.g.) Mark Pierce, CE

“Well I can assure you, sir, I’m sticking around.” Mike said, nodding.

Michael “Mike” Thompson


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