First Officer's Log: Rescue Mission

[Cmdr Ridire 0]

      Aidan sighs to himself as he watches the Captain pace around the Bridge.  It wasn't a sigh of disapproval as Aidan would have liked to have engaged in some pacing at the moment just so he could feel like he was doing something but it wasn't exactly healthy for crew morale if the two senior officers were seen in an agitated state.  Especially in situations such as this.  Aidan shifts his attention to the viewscreen which is currently showing the crippled USS Cairo floating almost lazily across the backdrop of stars.  Even without a specific education in Engineering, it was easy to see that the Cairo had suffered an internal catastrophe.  The only question remaining was what exactly.  The usual suspect, a Warp Core breach was clearly not the culprit as the hull breaches near the main area of the engineering section were not sufficiently large enough nor would the ship have survived a failed scramming of the core.  Besides, that failed to explain the damage done to the forward and dorsal areas of the Saucer section nor to the very stern of the Engineering section for that matter.  If Aidan didn't know better he'd think that he was looking at the result of a very massive ammunition explosion from some 20th Century Aircraft Carrier.  He sighs again and inwardly berates himself for attempting to play Engineer when he doesn't have the expertise

 

      Jabbing a finger down on the intercom button on his armrest he says "Engineering, Sickbay, Security prepare for an away team mission.  We're dealing with large scale damage suffered to the USS Cairo and likely significant casualties so prepare accordingly.  Lieutenant McLean, I want you as part of the away team."  Aidan pushes himself to his feet and turns to address the Captain as he says "With your permission, sir."