==/-\== Main Engineering, USS Chimera (whats left of her) ==/-\== Shane was running out of time and he knew it. The General was expecting him soon on the Gott together with Lt. Oriana. He already issued orders regarding the evacuation but somehow he was reluctant to leave the Chimera cause he knew he will never return here again. The Chimera was "THE" ship for him. It was the Chimera where he was promoted to XO and it was the Chimera where he felt '@ home'. And now he was going to destroy her. He shuddered. Suddenly the door leading to Main Engineering opened and a somewhat battered marine entered. Standing at attention Cortez saluted, "Corporal Cortez sir, I was told to report to you". Shane looked up at the young marine with a bit of surprise. He knew the Corporal by name and appearance but hardly ever spoke with him till now. He stood up from his chair, looked at the tricoder on the table like trying to remember why was Cortez here but having little luck he asked at last: "At ease Corporal, who told you to report to me and why?" "Sir, Lieutenant Foster said you needed some help preparing the ships torpedoes?", Cortez paused for a second, "He also said you might need some help with the evacuation". Shane nodded a bit pleased that it wasn't him forgetting something ... "So ... LT. Foster" Shane stated and paused for a moment, then nodded: "Both is true Corporal" Shane started, "I have ordered a planned evacuation, but cause there are still several blocked areas I can only hope all crew will evacuate. But well" Shane grinned slightly, "you might be now handy Corporal. Ensign Dexter is now charged with the task of arranging the torpedoes for the detonation and I think he might need some skilled help. You are an weapon specialist Corporal, aren't you?" "That's correct," Cortez began, "I am well trained in both the mechanics and implementation of both photon and quantum torpedoes". Shane nodded: "Very well then. Find Ensign Dexter and prepare together the torpedoes. Once this task is done I want you to send a report over to the Gott and get some fellow marines and sweep the ship for crew that didn't evacuate till that time. Get them to shuttle bay one and make sure they will be beamed to the Gott. I put you in charge of the evacuation procedure" Now he waited for the Corporals reaction. "Yes Sir", Cortez said and began to turn away, "Oh, one more thing sir, how much time do we have?" Shane grinned in a slightly better mood then the last several hours: "There is no time, but cause I suppose you are no Q, I can give you 2 hours maximum. Dismissed Corporal!" Cortez nodded, saluted one more time and then turned and left the room. As he stepped into the busy engineering section he noticed a familiar face. Ensign Weranis was standing a few feet away. "Only got two hours, I'm gonna need some more help", he mumbled to himself and walked over to where Terek was standing. ==/-\== End Log ==/-\== Commander Shane Guzman XO USS Chimera + Cpl Richard Cortez ODA Weapons Spcialist USS Chimera