Assistant Engineer's Log

[HyperDrive 0]

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  Demore sat down for a brief moment of rest and relaxation. With LaRoche working on a subfile for the phasers, he felt as if he had nothing to do. But, as he really knew, he had plenty. The shields needed work, as did the primary reactors... but those would have to wait. Aegis had a decent amount of power, but that still didn't help things too much. The damage was done from "the bug".... many necessary subfiles had been vastly deleted.

 

  He looked over to LaRoche, who seemed to be hard at work. Demore knew he should be, too. So, he got up, and walked over to a console. Tapping a few keys, he realized something was... missing. He went over events in his mind, and over again two more times. He was sure something was missing, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He needed more sleep.

 

  The lieutenant decided it was his imagination, and went on to the shielding information. Looking at it, he saw that the shields had quite a bit of work to be done on. He began the long and boring system "setup" utility, to aide him in the development of subfiles. The "Ant", or what Demore called it in his head. It was a small program, designed by an engineer on Starbase 443, but it did a whole lot. The utility helped decided which statements in the subfiles were correct, and offered assistance on things it did not understand. With a built in learning program, the "Ant" was a small, but powerful program.

 

  Demore looked at LaRoche again. He was working hard, trying to get his job done. Demore was tired, and wasn't responding as quickly as he should. But, he still thought about what he thought was 'missing'. He looked at his screen, and then it hit him. He turned to LaRoche, deciding not to interupt him. Demore knew what he had seen, and knew what he had to do. Turning around, walking over to a console on the other side of Main Engineering, he entered in some keys, and a password. He looked at the readout, muttering, "I knew it..."

 

  Demore turned around quickly to LaRoche. "Commander....", he said, thinking for a moment, "something's still here."

 

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