"Saying Goodbye"

[Mich Johnson 0]

As he sits down at the warp control interface with his head down and arms crossed, he taps the log entry button on a nearby interface and begins speaking in an exhasted voice due to his injeries and lack of sleep.

 

"Engineers Log, Supplamental. Our attempt to escape the Romulan Raptors by restoring power to the warp core has failed and further damage is the result, on both ends. The Warp Core is now damaged beyond repair, the impulse engines are operating at only half power, our shiled grid was destryoed near the begining of the battle, and our weapon systems are still operational for the time being. Apart form the Warp Core still being intact, Main Engineering has been nearly destroyed by the damage caused by the hull breaches that were caused by Romulan Torpedos. All control interfaces are fused and loseing power, also there are pices of hull and glass scatered all over the floor along with smoke from the fires I've had to extenguish and spraks flying out from the circut wires. It's only a matter of time before Main Engineering becomes unaccessable. I have no choice but to transfer what control I have left to the main bridge and remaining nonessential power to life support systems. This will be my first time of the bridge apart from the time I was in the Holodeck. I just hope it won't be my final visit. End Log."

 

He sturggles to get up and as he does, he looks around a what was once his home. The place he was ment to be, now it's all but gone. He struts past the center control table and to the main display which is flickering on and off. He turns around to take one finaly look.

 

"Computer, transfer engineering control to the bridge and nonessential power to Life Support systems. Authorization Johnson 29 Omaga Alpha."

 

The computer responds with a distored voice.

 

"T-t-t-ransf-f-f-er in p-p-p-progre-re-re-s-s."

 

The control interfaces and lights in Main Engineering begin to dim and go offline when the computer responds with a dead-like voice.

 

"T-t-t-tra-ansfe-r-r com-m-m-m-ple-e-e......"

 

The computers voice goes dead as he walks out of Main Engineering for what may be the last time.