Engineering Report 0602.18

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Re-supply of the Excalibur has begun to commence. I have placed Lt Admiran in charge of seeing to the Excalibur's re-supply.

 

The Romulans have delivered the new Cloaking Device. While the original Cloaking Device is still in storage aboard Camelot, it is of the decision of the Command staff to have a new one placed in the refit of the Excalibur.

 

The over all design of this new Cloaking Device is similar to the unit that was installed in the Excalibur when it arrived in the Gamma Quadrant. So installment was as easy. Thankfully the refit allowed for the installment of a Cloaking Device.

 

Time of installation of the Cloaking Device would have been less should I have used others, but I doubt any other member of the Engineering crew has the familiarity with the Cloaking Device and the Excalibur as I do.

 

I will make it an important factor in the continuing education of both Lt Admiran and Lt Cougar that they understand the Cloaking Device as well as its function aboard the Excalibur.

 

It is nice to have the Excalibur back, even though it has been transformed to more of a warship than the exploration vessel it was meant to be. However desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

After conversations with both Lt Admiran and Lt Cougar, I have come to the conclusion that while both men can make the needed life or death decisions that come with command; however they still need to experience Command. I will spend the next few months seeing to the training of these two men, should the need arrive that one of them to take command of Excalibur's Engineering Department.