attempting to engineer new things doesn't always end well

[musicalhost]

Who: Ezri Dax and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Caprine
When: 6/5

[Awhile back, she'd toyed with the idea of building a replicator in the hopes of making clothes and more palatable food available to the fleet. And it had taken since about then for Ezri to find all the parts she would need. It might not be incredibly efficient at first but she could improve it gradually once she finished.

Off and on over a couple weeks, she worked at it in the cargo bay and, today, she turns on her communicator with a smile.]

I've been working on a little project lately and I should finish today, I thought I'd share my progress.

[She sets it down, tilted towards the device she's working on and gets back to work. About ten minutes later there's a loud BANG and the immediate area starts filling with smoke. She's quick to smother the cause and then mutters a curse.]

I've been a scientist and and engineer- that should have worked.

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[helmsplitter]

[You can't have something explode in his vicinity and not expect him to show up with his sword drawn, ready to fight.

Sadly he sees it's just Ezri and a smoking heap after he rushes into the cargo hold, so he groans a little and lowers his blade.]

Why're you tryin' to set us on fire?

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[musicalhost]

[At least her crewmates are quick to respond?]

I'm not trying to set us on fire. [Huff.

Ezri pulls herself to her feet and kicks the heap of now useless tech.] I was trying to build a replicator.

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[helmsplitter]

[Always. Especially where a fight might happen.]

......What, you wanted to make more of yourself?

[Isn't that what babies are for?]

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[musicalhost]

[It's hard not to laugh a little.]

No, no. It's for making food, converting matter into something else.

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[helmsplitter]

[Oh that sounds a LOT more useful than replicating yourself.]

So why's it makin' fire and not food then?

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[maledictus_semper]

Might I ask what that contraption is meant to be?

[Before it blew up that is.]

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[musicalhost]

[She sighs.]

It was supposed to be a replicator, able to convert matter and energy into things like clothing or food, drink.

[maledictus_semper]

The marvels of technology amongst this space fleet is astounding. What went wrong?

[Since it seemed to be a smoking pile of components right now. Oh dear.]

[musicalhost]

Oh, it's technology from home, technically. Power consumption is probably a bit much for the fleet though. It does take a lot of energy to convert anything into something else.

[She knows her design was sound.]

[maledictus_semper]

I see. If you are attempting to build a machine that can re-create real food items instead of this poor attempt at space food then I would be happy to assist? Of course, I only have my wits and magic abilities, what's left of them, to aid you.

[He's tired of the space gel. Can you tell?]

Back home I've dabbled a bit in engineering of another kind. Can I be of assistance to aid your machine to come to fruition?

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[halfbloodhatchling]

[ Ezri...

Kai is quick to appear after the sound of the bang, and once he puts his gun away he looks set to drag her away from the smoke. ]

Are you alright?

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[musicalhost]

[Don't judge her.]

I'm alright. [She lets out a cough and waves away and lingering smoke.] It sounded worse than it was.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

[ He'll judge her any time she does something worth judging. ]

I'm not sure I'm reassured.

[ Kai studies her. ]

So what made that seem like a good idea.

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[musicalhost]

[Rude.]

I've been involved in worse.

[She takes a breath and hen lets out a sigh.]

The food. I thought it might benefit everyone to have something more... palatable.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

[ He's very unsure about all of this. ]

I hate to say it, but I think your cooking skills need even more work than mine do.

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[servantnotserving]

[Well, that sure sounded dangerous. ]

Are you alright, mon étolie? That was quite the bang.

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[musicalhost]

[She smiles a little.]

Everything is fine, don't worry. It really just sounded awful.

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[servantnotserving]

[He relaxes a little, because hey, at least she's not hurt. ]

It did. What are you even creating?

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[musicalhost]

[Aw, Lumiere.]

I was trying to build a replicator. So we'd have something better to eat than what the ships are stocked with.

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[servantnotserving]

[He worries.]

So a replicator...cooks better food? I am not quite sure what it is.

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[candothat]

[Well, that happened.]

Ezri? Is everything other than your hope for a successful test okay?

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[musicalhost]

[It was definitely a thing.]

More or less? My crew might be... a little concerned. Hopefully they don't think I'm insane now.

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[candothat]

No one reasonable would interpret a failed test as a sign of insanity.

I'm certain that you don't need help, but I would like to offer it.

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[musicalhost]

I didn't give them much warning about it though. [She didn't give any warning. Maybe Ezri was a little overconfident?]

I appreciate it. It'll have to be on another project though, I think this is a lost cause. We'd have to start from scratch.

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[candothat]

Ah, well, now they're warned for the future.

It will be a good challenge. I came very close to building a working replicator once in the City... maybe something that I learned from that could be useful to you.