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Shane

"The New Guy"

With different shades of red flashing off his face, Shane stood towering beside William in front of the main console in Engineering as the overburdened computer of the Qob performed the new diagnostic procedure for the upgraded power grid. Steam arose from the dull, worn metal of Shane's hulking bionic arm as sweat from his brown dreads dripped into the inner workings of the machinery. Reaching up with his right, real hand, he wiped his forehead and shook off the moisture, glancing at the chrono on the big screen. A low, rumbling growl escaped his throat. The heat build-up in Engineering from the radiation shielding around the warp nacelle never helped his normally sour mood and it certainly didn't help that ten problems had already been found in the newly installed lines, not to mention the fact that his new, jyking engineer was fifteen minutes late. The cat would certainly have hell of a welcoming when he got here.

William continued to look over the diagnostics as they came in. He couldn’t believe that so many problems kept coming up even after the upgrade. It seemed that no matter what the engineers did the Qob seemed to only stay flying due to overwhelming amounts of spit, tape, and the hope that the laws of physics would stay constant. William could hardly believe sometimes that the Qob was still hanging around. “Where is that new engineer?” Will said to himself.

Zaphod walked into engineering. "Sorry I'm late, the doc over on the Vertibule gave me quite a dose of painkiller. I dozed off." He walked up to Shane and William. "Ok, where do ya'll want me to start?"

Zaphod looked around the engine room. It looked like a typical B'rel engineering plant. Small and cramped. But, the first thing he noticed on inspection were the upgrades. He laughed to himself as the saw the improvisions that the others had made to the Bird of Prey. Good thing I brought my duct tape. This was going to be fun

"What are you laughing at, furball?" growled Shane angrily, as he turned to the newcomer, "Do you think that just because we're a bunch of mercs, that we don't show up for shifts on time? Well I got news for ya! Next time time yer not here five minutes before yer shift, I'm gonna shove my hypospanner so far up yer butt, that you'll be cleanin' EPS taps with yer forehead! We like to think that we're professional here, so you'd better get with the program before we throw you out the jyking airlock!"

Shane turned back to his screen without waiting for a response and spoke over his shoulder, "Checkov, take the cat and head to Section D on Level 3. We've got conduit joints 34-41 showing red." He tossed Will a datapad with the mark sections on a diagram, "Figure out what's wrong with 'em."

Will caught the pad and looked over it. “Right on it boss.”

Will picked up his toolkit and started to walk towards the door. Turning to the furball he said “Come on, let’s get moving.”

Zaphod grinned as Shane turned back to his console. "Sure thing boss. I'll set my alarm next time." He grabbed some tools from the equipment locker and put them in his belt.

"Ready when you are." He followed William out of the engine room. Zaphod grinned toothily as he followed. 'Yep, really friendly crew mates.' He thought, as he reached the ladder. 'Glad no one swings a dead cat by it's tail anymore.' Zaphod laughed as he stepped on the rung.

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