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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mickerus" data-source="post: 855321" data-attributes="member: 11011">As everybody sits in that stunned silence, amazed by the notion that they're still alive, Leo emerges from the back of the shuttle with a few spare parts in hand, and announces "Well, folks, another job well done.  Unfortunately, I don't think this shuttle's going to be flying again any time soon, if at all.""The whole engine is badly damaged, and it looks like the majority of the system needs to be replaced outright.  I was able to get the stabilizers back in operation, but unfortunately, that's just a temporary fix.  But I have to say, it's so disappointing to see the corners people are cutting to save on production costs these days!  You'd think that those extra few creds here and there for things like emergency backup engines or low-smoke cable would be a sacrifice a true craftsman would be willing to make, you know?  And speaking of that smoke, I don't know how this guy could stand it!  I don't even breathe, and I could barely take it, what with my sensors..."(Leo continues like this for a while, at least until everybody else snaps out of that post-crash shock)(OOC: When I was poking around back there, did I happen to see any evidence of what caused the explosion, or at least figure out whether the damage was from an internal or external source?)</blockquote>