Gruffle
To Zoe, "Sure I'll be heading down with everyone
to take a look at the planet. We've been couped up
for about a week now & I might as well get out
& stretch my legs. And furthermore..."
Gruffle looks up & around at the ships infrastructure
as he listens to the sound of the engines & vibration
& winces a bit before he says to Zoe:
"...I'll be back in time for landing, let me go take a
look at this."
Gruffle heads back to the engineering room realizing that
banging the engine was of no use & was his own
lazy way of dismissing a problem. Suddenly, the
answer popped into his mind on what the problem
might be & so he opens one of the engine's control
panels to take a look inside.
[OOC: Using engineering - starships roll (8) from previous.]
After turning a few screws to lift the panel, a smell
is coming from inside & apparently a controlling
module for the engine has fried & is starting to get a
little smokey, just as Zoe is landing the ship...
Over the Intercom to the bridge (or cockpit) Gruffle
says,
"Zoe, looks like we have some engine trouble here. We're
going to need to replace this engine control module
before the next take off. From the look of it this one
module, though hard to read as its name is charred up
a bit, is totally fried! Looks like they had an Alistair 2010e
installed. Talk about cutting corners! I think we should
upgrade to a Zirtak 55e. The Zirtak's are more stable
than the Alistair's ever were. We might be able to get
by for awhile without one being operational, but I
wouldn't risk it for long. Gruffle, out."
Gruffle heads to his room to switch into his cargo
fatigues (cargo being lots of pockets in the shirts &
pants). Gruffle takes one of his laser pistols & pockets
it inside a vest zippered pocket near his waist.
(OOC: now the holdout roll)
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