======= Main Engineering ======= Hawk sat at the console looking at the display with a perplexed look. He had been looking at the diagnostic of the navigational system. The problem was there were no visible problems with the hardware, or physical makup to the system. He had personally been the one to double check the entire system and it was 100% operational...then. Now however it was not 100%. He decided to take a small break and get a cup of coffee, halfway across engineering however he was contacted by the bridge. Cmdr Guzman pointed out his desire to fix the navigational problem, which Hawk had no findings on so he just accepted the order again. Also there was the issue of the craft that planted the bombs on the hull, there was a need to detect them as well. The facts were beginning to fit together in a horrible way Hawk now realized. Jem'Hadar in a starfleet program, silent facility they were at, federation drive traces from the bomb planting craft, and now malfunctions around the ship, which ironically started just after the explosions. Speaking of malfunctions Hawk was pulled from his thoughts as the ship subtley lunged to starboard. Slamming his newly aquired coffee down he went back to work at the console. Starboard, number five inertial damper just malfunctioned. "DAMNIT...!" Hawk said in a rather loud and aggrevated tone. "Someone take a kit and physically inspect the #5 starboard damper, and tell me your findings." Hawk spoke to several engineers standing nearby. The group stood and looked around for a second seeming a bit confused. Hawk added, "Now damnit." And the group jumped into action. Two actually headed out the door with kits but Hawk wasn't going to stop them, may be more than one can handle so extra help was fine. Now the list of malfunctions was growing, First navigation, then slight hickups in the ships comm system, minor sensor flaws, and now an inertial damper. The only thing for sure was all those systems were checked and double checked before leaving Bragg, so what in the world was wrong. And with a giant epiphany Hawk raised his head from the console and realized the problem. "Computer, check the programming records for all ships systems and tell me which systems had programming code uploads within the last 24 hours, and when." Hawk spoke to the computer. In the normal female computer voice the reponse sounded, "Wihtin the last 24 hours six systems have had programming code uploads. Navigation, sensor grid control, communications, inertial subsystem J-Aplpha 5 and 6, and phaser control. All systems altered on SD 240511.02 at 22:34.06 hours." "Computer, when were the explosions yesterday." Hawk added. "22:34.05 hours." Came the simple reply. That was it, the ship that planted the bombs was open for planting the bomb for approximatly 2 seconds. Then the bombs were a diversion, Hawk had suspected something else was wrong but couldn't put his finger on it. He had the areas around the explosions searched for devices but it turns out the sabotage was a computer virus, or a trojan of some type. Unfortunatly before Hawk could contact Cmdr Guzman to inform him of these findings, red alert was sounded. Hawk surmised that the shutle was back, either that or a larger Jem Hadar ship was upon them. Either way Hawk worked fervishly at directing engineering to balance the power systems for red alert. Shields, weapons, and drive systems were the priority at this moment. Drive systems, Hawk just realized that there was a method to the system malfunctions. They couldn't go to warp drive, if they did and the specified dampers went down the ship would be ripped to pieces. They also were set up to be without communications, unable to stear, unable to aim there shots, and blind, all at once. +taps+ LT Versey to Cmdr Guzman +taps+ Guzman here, go ahead Mr Versey. +taps+ I wouldn't recommend warp drive sir, I have discovered a trojan horse +taps+ virus in several ships systems. And if we go to warp the ship could be ripped apart. +taps+ which systems are we talking about LT. +taps+ Navigation, sensors, key inertial dampers, phaser control, and +taps+ commun.......squeekk...kkkkkrrrrreeee. The communication was cut short by high pitched squeaking and krackling sounds. Hawk went back to work at the console. As he did he sent a crewman to contact LT Rodgers and inform him of what was going on. The rest of the engineering staff was also to be pulled on duty and get to work. This had to be fixed now, and it was going to take a lot of heads to "weed it out" ===================================== LT jg Hawk Versey Asst Engineering Officer USS Chimera-A