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Enterprise Engineering
Scotty bent over a control panel. The Enterprise was on her way to the colony of Ornel Minor to drop off supplies
and afterwards would be spending a week star-carting in the Damphi sector. So he had to make sure that the
Silver Lady was fully up to speed.
His Silver Lady.
Scotty smiled affectionately. From the moment that he'd first seen her blueprints he'd known that she was meant
for him. Working on her was the fulfillment of every dream he'd ever had and he couldn't imagine being anywhere
else.
"Scotty, can I talk to you for a minute?"
He looked up to see the Captain approach.
He doesn't look too good. But at least better than he did last night.
Scotty himself had been at the Transporter console very early yesterday morning. While much of the crew had been
on leave he'd been busy installing some new upgrades and that night had been particularly busy. It had been a few
hours before Alpha shift and he'd been tired so he'd decided to take a break and monitor the Transporter room for awhile.
He had almost been asleep when the comm. had beeped and he'd heard the Captain's voice asking to be beamed up.
When the Captain arrived, the first thing Scotty had thought was that he'd obviously gotten into some kind of brawl.
(After all where else does one get two black eyes?) From what he'd heard Kirk had a wild streak with a penchant
for getting into trouble and that obviously hadn't changed.
The second thing he'd thought was that he'd obviously had some fun, since he was carrying himself a little tensely
and limping.
When the Captain left the transporter room, he had said jokingly: "Well, looks like someone had a wee of a night, eh?"
It may not have been very respectful – but the Captain hadn't said anything and had probably found it funny, so Scotty
hadn't been worried.
Since then he'd heard some of the crew talking about the wild shore leave the Captain had and how he had even tried
to regale the Bridge with his exploits.
I guess it's my turn now.
Scotty had a lot of work to do; monitoring the new upgrades and making sure his Lady's engines kept purring.
And to be honest I'm really not interested in hearing about the Captain's sex-life.
"Sorry, Captain, but I'm a wee bit busy here."