Orange Team Onward!

[voidtreckermods]

Arrival

Their flight path makes sure they are well out of the way of both the battles taking place and they get to the shield station within an hour as long as they fly quickly.

There are no enemy ships around but it is clear there has been an attack, the shield disk itself is damaged and there seems to be no power in the station.

Once they dock they will be met by some technicians who quickly explain the situation.

Help is needed everywhere. The power needs repaired, the shield needs repaired from the outside, there are injured technicians who need medical care. There is a small med-bay available.

Maintenance

Once the initial crisis is dealt with it is a case of keeping up with things. A patrol is needed to guard the station from other attacks, there are four shield stations in total and so the voidtreckers may chose to split themselves once things are a little calmer.

Keeping up the shields is an almost constant job, especially with the attacks. Once one thing is fixed it seems another thing is down. The maintenance itself is very technical but there are parts that can be done by the unskilled as long as they have direction.

Comments

[so_dark_a_road]

"A total of three. One to invent a new way of doing things and two to hope it works!" He laughs a little, and then goes to help Daia.

He doesn't mind if Daia doesn't know much about repairing machines. Everybody starts from somewhere.

"Can I help you with that? If you hold the pliers upright like this, you'll have more room to unscrew the nut in order to get that screw out of there. And it'll work just as well." He demonstrates the hand position and how to torque the tool in order to unscrew the nut from the base of the screw.

[diamondsfortears]

Daia tilts his head, thinking over the joke on repeat.

"Why would they invent a new way of changing a light bulb?" It doesn't make very much sense to him. Just do it the way it's always been done.

"Please." He'll accept all the help he can get, and he listens diligently. He watches and mimics Curufin's movements and...

"I did it!"

Daia's face lights up immediately.

[so_dark_a_road]

"It's a joke, and this type of joke always focuses on the circumstances of the people who are the butt of the joke. In this case, of course that's we VoidTreckers. We're all so out of our usual environments -- I mean, who in their own world lives on a train??? Let alone a Void-hopping train! -- that we have to improvise a lot. So I made the joke be about people who improvise and invent."

Curufin smiles to see Daia's face all lit up.

"Yes, you did it! And now you can replace the wire. Looks like it got fried by a current surge when the Empire's weapons hit the station. Let me know if you need anymore help -- I brought extra wires and cables, just in case." He sets down the tool box he was carrying and opens it. It's full of reels of wire and cables, plus connectors and the tools that are needed for this sort of work.

[diamondsfortears]

"Oh." He's... still not sure he gets it. But he smiles anyway, if only to be polite.

His delight delves into widened eyes of fear.

"It.... it fried what?"

He begins sifting through the tool box, trying to look at everything in the thing he's trying to repair. Oh, he sees a broken wire. He reaches his hand in to grab it and...

"OW!" He yanks his hand back and puts his fingers in his mouth, tears forming in his eyes.

"Why did it bite me? What did I do?"

[so_dark_a_road]

That's okay, sometimes jokes are specific to a particular world, and it can take a lot of world-hopping to become used to other worlds' humor.

"It fried the wire and the insulation that protects it. Electricity is one of the basic forces in the world, in all the worlds. It can be very useful, but it can also flow out of control and do damage."

He sees Daia is reaching for the wire and makes a move to stop him, but too late.

"Here, let me see." He reaches for the hand again, and he speaks in a soft voice. "That's exactly what electricians say when they get a shock. 'Damn, I got bit!' Actually, you just touched a bare wire that was apparently still carrying some electrical current. It leapt into your fingers, and that hurts. But don't worry, it happens to everyone sooner or later. Don't blame yourself."

[diamondsfortears]

Daia gives his hand to Curufin to look at, whimpering a little. The tears keep flowing down his cheeks. It really stung, after all.

He nods a little at Curufin's explanation.

"Okay..." He sniffs and rubs his eyes with the hand that didn't get zapped. When Curufin releases his hand again, he'll look it over. Then he'll look back at the console. He's not so sure if he should try again or just admit defeat. The idea of getting zapped again is certainly unappealing.

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin takes the hand and examines it carefully. An electrical shock can really sting, but apparently the current was not strong enough to cause an actual burn. There's no sign of one, fortunately.

"Your fingers are all right, luckily."

If Daia wants to continue, Curufin will work with him, not taking over for him but acting as a guide. If he wants to quit for the day, Curufin will walk with him back to whatever area of the station Daia would like to visit next.