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.

Comments

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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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[musicalhost]

[No one needs more Dax's.]

It seems that the the ships power system isn't compatible with the replicator.

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[helmsplitter]

So it won't ever work? [that's a little disappointing.]

What're you going to do now then?

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[musicalhost]

I don't think so. Starfleet vessels are a great deal more sophisticated, I was... overconfident.

Clean this wreck up mostly and note down everything for the future.

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[helmsplitter]

[That really sucks. He was hoping that they could make some real food around here.]

Hn...that's too bad. [But now that it's not on fire or actively trying to burn the ship down?]

Well, you need any help cleaning up? You could maybe salvage the parts for something else.

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[musicalhost]

[She was too and, if she was tired of it while still relatively new, she could only imagine how older passengers felt.]

I wouldn't say no. So long as it isn't burnt or warped, it should be salvageable.

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[helmsplitter]

Sure, just point out where I should begin. Never really worked with machinery before.

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[musicalhost]

No problem. [She gives him a smile.] Anything not to charred, we can set aside and sort through later.

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[helmsplitter]

[He nods and starts picking apart the machine pieces closest to him.

It's not hard for him to follow orders as he separates charred bits from salvageable parts. But after a few minutes, he looks up.]

How're you adjustin' to the ship?

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[musicalhost]

[Between the two of them, it won't take long to salvage everything they can, her 'project' hadn't been huge, that way she could transport it to the Iskaulit easily if it had worked.]

It's... different, from Starfleet vessels but not too hard to get used to. I don't feel out of place, thankfully.