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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Centisteed" data-source="post: 5533274" data-attributes="member: 6668296">GruffleTo 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 thatbanging the engine was of no use & was his own lazy way of dismissing a problem.  Suddenly, theanswer popped into his mind on what the problemmight 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 alittle smokey, just as Zoe is landing the ship...Over the Intercom to the bridge (or cockpit) Grufflesays,  "Zoe, looks like we have some engine trouble here. We'regoing to need to replace this engine control modulebefore the next take off.  From the look of it this one module, though hard to read as its name is charred upa bit, is totally fried!  Looks like they had an Alistair 2010einstalled. Talk about cutting corners!  I think we shouldupgrade 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 cargofatigues (cargo being lots of pockets in the shirts &pants).  Gruffle takes one of his laser pistols & pocketsit inside a vest zippered pocket near his waist.(OOC: now the holdout roll)</blockquote>

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