Pep Talk

[Trichon 0]

A eerie silence hung over main engineering. The warp core sat silent. Most of the engineers had been dispatched around the ship to fix hull breaches and work on the shield generators with Hans. Trichon and a few others were all that was left. There task was to get the warp core back up and running. He thought it was strange how much he missed the hum of the engine. It always seemed to relax him and now that it was gone he realized how much he truly missed it.

 

Trichon pulled himself out of the panel he was working on and sealed it back up. He looked around at the rest of the engineers working on different parts of the core. His eye caught a glance of a young ensign struggling with some ODN cable. Trichon walked over to see what the problem was.

 

"Ensign, having some problems?"

 

The young ensign looked up and finally noticed Trichon standing there. "Oh Lt. Sorry I didn't see you there. Umm no problems I am just finishing up here."

 

Trichon looked over the work. "You forgot to reattach the power grid here ensign."

 

"I see," the ensign patched it back up and started stammering, "Sorry sir I wont let it happen again."

 

"Whats your name?"

 

"Ensign Takahashi. Lee Takahashi sir."

 

"Lee you need to relax. We cant afford to make mistakes right now. Not even little ones. People are counting on us."

 

Lee looked up at Trichon his eyes full of panic and fear, "Thats just it sir. Everyone counting on us to get the ship working again. I mean if we dont who knows what will happen. The scary thing is we dont know where we are or who's out there. How can anyone stay calm sir?"

 

Trichon looked at the young man. "The way we stay calm is by doing our job. We do our job the way we were trained and everything going to work out, and do you know why Lee?"

 

"No sir."

 

"Because just like were down here doing our job to the best of our ability everyone else on this ship is doing the same, and I am going to let you in on a little secret. Your on the Arcadia home of the best crew that starfleet has ever brought together. I would place my life in the hands of anyone on this ship. And right now we are beaten, bloody, and bruised, but the Arcadia is a tough ship. She's down but were a long way from out. I almost guarantee you that the Captain is already hard at work trying to find a way to get us home. But for that to happen we have to get this warp core back up. So Lee can I count on you to help me out and get this thing fixed so we can get home?"

 

Lee nodded and smiled, "Yes sir. I'm going to do my best." he picked up his tools and started to head over to the next repair job, and he turned back and looked at Trichon, "And thank you sir. Your right we do have the best crew any-one can ask for."

 

As Lee set off to his next job Trichon muttered under his breath, "Thats right Lee. Thats damn right."