Ensign Van Roy's Personal Log

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Ensign Van Roy's personal log.

Stardate 0212.03

 

I'm beginning to find my way around the ship a little easier.  It turns out I am not the only engineer on board, just the only engineering officer.  Apparently it is a rite of passage for new department heads to get their hands dirty before the enlisted ranks make themselves known.  I have a staff of a little over 220 engineers of various enlisted ranks under my supervision. To put this in perspective, my 20th century counterparts would be lucky to be in charge of a platoon of 40 enlisted engineers.  220+ is a small battallion by comparison.

 

The extra hands made light work of our repairs.  The internal hull breaches have all been repaired, as have the shields and cloaking device.  We still need to make some modifications to the warp core and repair the outer hull breeches.  The core repairs shouldn't take long when next we drop out of warp, but even with our manpower we need to put in some serious zero gravity bio-suit time.  To attempt anything while flying faster than one quarter impulse would be fool-hearty.  I just hope we don't run out of tritanium alloy and duct tape.

 

For the time being there is not much more I can do.  LtJG Perfect's assistance in engineering was much appreciated.  After our repairs were as complete as possible I was invited to her office for an on-duty drink.  I'm not used to serving on a ship that is so cavalier about on-duty drinking, but she is my superior Starfleet officer and I must obey...  :nod:

 

Ensign Van Roy