Chapter 10
Repairs
As Jacob and his team enter the Iris Conrad he could tell that it was some sort of attack ship from the interior and exterior of the ship. As they go to the bridge of the ship the team sees the open area where the ship is exposed, it was a terrifying sight for Jacob's team to see. From the brief talk with Iris there were 560 people on board this vessel, and only one that survived amidst the chaos only to be sent down to the nearest planet to find help no matter what. They have had no radio contact since then while they float in orbit.
As they reach the main bridge and enter they can see Iris's full A.I. body. Instead of her face and voice. To Jacob she seems similar to the A.I. back at base. Though that's where the similarities end, it seems that this A.I. is more self aware then the ones that Jacob knew.
"It seems that everyone is here, Yes?" said Iris
"I believe so," replied 2-1
"So to start off, we obviously have a gigantic hole in the back of this ship" 2-1 points out a monitor in the bridge a red spot on the ship "or more specifically half of what left of this ship,"
"Another thing is that we don't have any long range communications, say a fifth of a light year before it becomes static. So we need to set up one, so~ that means we need somebody on that. While some other people are working on repairing the ship. That's Me, Jacob, Natsu, and 2-2. we'll be on the physical work, and for the tech stuff Mira, Iris, and 2-4 are on that. Now the rest of you guys are on the logistics that would be Alice, Matoi, Young, and 2-5 you guys are going to be supplying us while we try to fix all the damages, OK?" 2-1 spoke "Any question?"
"Yes actually," said Alice raising her hand
"Go ahead Alice," 2-1 replied back
"Uhh so… where are we getting our supplies?" She asked
"How? we are getting our supplies by the UNSC Constant and other supply ships that are inbound," 2-1 replies back "Any other questions?"
"I have one question as well," E. Young raising her hand as well
"Shoot," 2-1 answers back
"Why are we doing this even though we barely know Iris?" E. Young replied back.
2-1 looked at Iris while she looked back then 2-1 responds back,
"Look to be honest we are trying to gain her trust, as well as trying to get on her good side and get a good rep with her galaxy force when we meet"
Iris nods her head in agreement. Which confuses Jacob's team except Jacob himself which he probably knew they had a talk before Jacob's team boarded.
As Jacob's team and Charlie's Team are working with Iris to repair the ship, in the gigantic hole in ship 2-1 asks Jacob what happened on the constant,
"So, I saw what happened on the Constant. What was it?"
"An attack," replied Jacob
"I see" 2-1 responded back with sorrow "How many casualties?"
"35 KIA and 40 wounded on our side," Jacob replied back
"The enemy?" 2-1 Questioned
"Over 60 killed,"
As Jacob tells what happened on the Constant to 2-1. While in what was left of a hanger; Matoi, E. young, and Alice talk to each other while working as well.
"So what do you guys think of Iris?" asks Alice while she is looking a the ships damage panel
"To be honest, I don't see anything wrong with her," says Matoi moving small boxes to clear a path way
"Well to me she seems a little suspicious to me like, how does a ship get hit while in hyper speed or someone on the inside blows up the ship and kills all the crew except one. That doesn't make any sense, does it?" says E. Young
"Yeah I agree with you Young, but my question is how she was able to know who we were," replies Matoi
"Does she have the ability to read minds!?" Alice answered back
"I doubt it, but I think it has to do with Mira," E. young says back to Alice
"Geez, can you guys cut the chatter and help me with carrying these comms tools!" 2-5 says to the girls
"Y-Yes sir," the three replied back in unison
In the bridge of the ship where Mira, Iris, and 2-4 were at. Iris and Mira are having a "peaceful" conversation
"So~ What's this?" Mira asked while pointing at a weird box shaped object with a black screen
"That is the main panel," Iris replies back
"Oh I see, but where does the main panel connect to?" Mira ask again
"It is connected to one of the main capacitors but since I don't have that anymore, I cannot power it up full capacity," Iris says irritated
"Okay so what does it do exactly? The main panel of course,"
"What it was supposed to do is to move the ship, turn on certain sectors of the ship, accepting or declining orders from the crew, and many more, I can go on," Iris replies annoyed this time
"I think I'm good," Mira says with a slight smile "but come on let's do this,"
Mira pulls out her robotic tail then she looks for a coil slot but doesn't see any. So she asked,
"Umm, hey where are the coil slots?"
"What? What do you mean by that?" Iris responds back confused
"You know? coils, you do use them right?"
"Sorry I don't"
This shocks Mira to see such an advanced person doesn't use coils like her. Then it comes to Mira that maybe it's different for every world that she has seen her teammates not using coils and still living normally. So she goes to her internal radio,
"Hey Mira here, I might need a coil adapter here in the bridge"
"This is Matoi, copy,"
The door opens but of course there is barely any noise coming from it. Matoi enters the room then Iris notices her then greets her by nodding then tells her where to put them through the radio,
"You can put those right there" Iris points next to a nearby counter.
So Matoi walks over to the counter then places the quite big boxy coil adapter on to the counter, then leaves the bridge. Iris taps on Mira's shoulder to see that she is analyzing how to put in the adapter. When she's done she looks over at Iris in which she has her index finger pointed at the adapter and when she sees it excites something in Mira.
Mira grabs the adapter with little effort and goes to the main panel. She put it near the panel then she looked at it, but she was confused on how to connect it. Mira asks Iris if she knows but Iris says she doesn't, which shocks Mira in surprise. So then she asked 2-4 and they said they could do it, which relieves Mira. 2-4 looks at the adapter and the main panel to where they can hook it up. To their surprise it was almost identical. 2-4 then starts to hook up the wires of the adapter and the panel together, in which they were able to connect, then they asked if Mira could give it a go. So she does then the main panel only activates for a split second, then shuts off
"Hey Mira you there?" asked 2-4 "Mira you there?"
Nothing comes from the comms so 2-4 get out of the circuit box then look over at where Mira is. Mira is shut off with a dead look in her eyes, so in a panic 2-4 calls over the entire group in the ship over the comms,
"HEY! I need some back up! Mira's out of commission and in need of a medic ASAP!"
"Copy That, I'll contact Constant and request a medevac," replies 2-1
Jacob and the rest of his team enters the room to see Iris, and 2-4 observing mira and checking her vitals. As they get close they also see that Mira has a dead look on her face and that she has not responded to them at all even on their radio. As the medevac comes into the room, they ask for some privacy so everyone gets out of the room including Iris, then Iris turns off the cameras in the bridge only leaving the audio on.
A few minutes and an oxygen tank later the medevac team comes out to say that she got her main coil burned out. This of course surprises the Jacob's team except Jacob and E. Young. It seems that telling that one of their companions is an android was a bit of a shocker. So they asked if they could fix it. They couldn't but there was an alternative solution but it would require the squad leader's permission. So Jacob asked what it was,
"So what's the alternative?" asked Jacob
"Well it would require us to go back to her own world and get repairs there since we don't have the equipment," one of the medics replied back
"How long would that take?" asked E. Young
"Estimate? Roughly 3 days there but 30 days in our time here," said the same medic
This severely took a toll on the group then over the radio Charlie 2-Actual tell something to Jacobs group
"Hey you guys! We need you guys down by the hanger ASAP,"
"Copy that, but I would like an explanation on why?" asked Jacob
"It's an order from a higher up," said Charlie 2-Actual
Then the group looks at each other then started to run towards the hanger, but then Jacob stopped went back to the medics, then said,
"Also yes you have my permission to take Mira back to her home world or whatever," then he runs off.
