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027 [Personal Log]
Mar. 7th, 2010 12:52 am[Personal Log]
On the one hand, it's frustrating, not being able to get back to work. On the other, it's nice to know everyone's keeping an eye out for me. Can't imagine voluntarily taking two weeks like Liz, but then, I can't really imagine what she's going through, either.
Hands are getting better. Arms aren't doing so good. The worst part of it, is I could pull rank and get myself put back on duty, but there's no way in hell I'd let any of my crew work like this. And they know it. I might a stroll down there anyway, unofficially. Out of uniform, even, if I have to. Even if I'm not doing anything, it's better than sitting and not doing anything.
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On the one hand, it's frustrating, not being able to get back to work. On the other, it's nice to know everyone's keeping an eye out for me. Can't imagine voluntarily taking two weeks like Liz, but then, I can't really imagine what she's going through, either.
Hands are getting better. Arms aren't doing so good. The worst part of it, is I could pull rank and get myself put back on duty, but there's no way in hell I'd let any of my crew work like this. And they know it. I might a stroll down there anyway, unofficially. Out of uniform, even, if I have to. Even if I'm not doing anything, it's better than sitting and not doing anything.
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026 [Personal Log]
Mar. 4th, 2010 04:29 pm[Locked]
You see it sometimes, in an engine that's been pushed too far, too long. There's nothing more you can do but sit back and watch as it all falls to hell, parts and pieces worn by stresses they were never rated to withstand. Too much torque, too much pressure, and tensile strength and malleability are stretched to their limits. After that there's nothing left to do but refit and replace the whole thing, because the minute you replace one thing something else goes bad. Can't keep up. If you keep an eye on it, keep her running as smooth as you can, you can delay it a while, but eventually even that's not enough. There's not been a material discovered yet that can take that kind of abuse and not show for it.
How different, really, is a brain from a machine? And how much longer is it until Liz reaches that point? One crisis down. How many to go?
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Tore my arms up at Miss Chapel's party. Don't worry - I've been reprimanded for it already by the proper medical authorities. Set me back in recovering by a couple of days, but I should be back in the engine room by the end of this week.
I could use a bit of distraction, though. Sitting around doing nothing is worse than being stationed on a frozen wasteland of ice and starvation. Someone go prank Keenser for me, aye?
You see it sometimes, in an engine that's been pushed too far, too long. There's nothing more you can do but sit back and watch as it all falls to hell, parts and pieces worn by stresses they were never rated to withstand. Too much torque, too much pressure, and tensile strength and malleability are stretched to their limits. After that there's nothing left to do but refit and replace the whole thing, because the minute you replace one thing something else goes bad. Can't keep up. If you keep an eye on it, keep her running as smooth as you can, you can delay it a while, but eventually even that's not enough. There's not been a material discovered yet that can take that kind of abuse and not show for it.
How different, really, is a brain from a machine? And how much longer is it until Liz reaches that point? One crisis down. How many to go?
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Tore my arms up at Miss Chapel's party. Don't worry - I've been reprimanded for it already by the proper medical authorities. Set me back in recovering by a couple of days, but I should be back in the engine room by the end of this week.
I could use a bit of distraction, though. Sitting around doing nothing is worse than being stationed on a frozen wasteland of ice and starvation. Someone go prank Keenser for me, aye?
022 [Personal Log]
Feb. 26th, 2010 04:17 am[Private | Locked]
Between the captain's adjustments to the shift schedules and the mix column and everything else that's been going lately, it's been difficult to remember to take time to sit and relax. Actually, I think difficult is a bit of an understatement. If not for Liz I'd likely be driving myself up the wall, trying to take care of a thousand things all at once. Lately it seems as though the minute I get something taken care of, something else crops up, be it mechanical or personal in nature.
I almost lost two good engineers the other day. If not for Singh's ability to keep a cool head and obey orders even under pressure, I might not be here, either. [Note - recommend to the captain that Singh and Masters be given commendation for performance above and beyond the call of duty.] Singh's a good lad, if a bit jumpy at times, with a good head on his shoulders, and if he keeps it up he'll make a fine Chief Engineer someday. As for Masters, the lass willingly placed herself in danger to save a life - mine - and though she disobeyed orders to remain behind the safety perimeter, I can't fault her judgment and actions regarding the situation. I would have done the same in her place. Both are a credit to Starfleet and deserve recognition for their actions.
I've been asking a lot of my team lately, and as always, they continue to give more than I ask. It is my hope that with those of us pulling voluntary double shifts and more overtime than I have any right to order them to that we'll get caught up in the next few days. It never rains but it pours, as the saying goes - but to end on a positive note I have every faith that my team will continue to perform admirably, and I really can't ask any more than that. The end is in sight, and next week will be better.
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Between the captain's adjustments to the shift schedules and the mix column and everything else that's been going lately, it's been difficult to remember to take time to sit and relax. Actually, I think difficult is a bit of an understatement. If not for Liz I'd likely be driving myself up the wall, trying to take care of a thousand things all at once. Lately it seems as though the minute I get something taken care of, something else crops up, be it mechanical or personal in nature.
I almost lost two good engineers the other day. If not for Singh's ability to keep a cool head and obey orders even under pressure, I might not be here, either. [Note - recommend to the captain that Singh and Masters be given commendation for performance above and beyond the call of duty.] Singh's a good lad, if a bit jumpy at times, with a good head on his shoulders, and if he keeps it up he'll make a fine Chief Engineer someday. As for Masters, the lass willingly placed herself in danger to save a life - mine - and though she disobeyed orders to remain behind the safety perimeter, I can't fault her judgment and actions regarding the situation. I would have done the same in her place. Both are a credit to Starfleet and deserve recognition for their actions.
I've been asking a lot of my team lately, and as always, they continue to give more than I ask. It is my hope that with those of us pulling voluntary double shifts and more overtime than I have any right to order them to that we'll get caught up in the next few days. It never rains but it pours, as the saying goes - but to end on a positive note I have every faith that my team will continue to perform admirably, and I really can't ask any more than that. The end is in sight, and next week will be better.
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