=== Captains Quarters == Keylor had just finished Reading over the latest reports form around the ship and had decided to take a walk to stretch his legs. As he stepped through the doors out in to the corridors he saw Lt Mctaggert walking briskly in his direction. Sean had a sour look on his face and did not seem in good spirits. After their conversation in main engineering the day before, he decided to just give Sean a wide birth and let him pass. But as soon as Keylor’s presence registered with Sean, Keylor could see the light turn on in Sean’s head and He stopped just short of Keylor. "Sir May I have a word with you, in private?" he asked in a grumpy voice. Keylor nodded and pointed to his quarters, "Let’s step in here." He said plainly. Queerly stepped back in to his quarters, closely followed by Sean. Sean watched as the doors closed behind them. As the two men stood in the salon of Keylor s captains quarters, Sean looked back to Keylor and said in a hushed but annoyed voice. "Sir I told you this equipment they were bringing on board was crap. No sooner have we started to connect some of the equipment to our systems, we have problems in other systems." He said in a hurry. Keylro frowned, "hold on Lieutenant. Now what exactly happened?" he asked. "Well sir, of our engineering teams was down on deck 5 helping those idio…..er engineers connect one of their devices to the sensor accessories . No sooner had the team finished their work, A call came in to main engineering of a replicator malfunction. Then a little bit later, Commander Guzman called engineering to report his replicator was malfunctioning, producing human waste." He said not happy about the situation and convinced the base engineers were trying to destroy the chimera. "I was just on my way to check out the Commanders replicator when I saw you. Sir I really think this is not a good idea, these prototypes they want to install. And with some of my department on leave, we are really short handed. If we have any more incidents like this I don’t know if we will be able to keep out schedule." He said. Keylor looked puzzled. The comment about Shane’s replicator producing human waste was some how familiar to him. Not responding he quickly turned and headed to a desk on the far side of the room. He picked up a pad and started flipping through it. {Ration reports….. Personnel transfers….. Medical report…} he thought as he scrolled through the list of daily reports. {Ah here it is, the XO’s report. Now where did I see that.} he though. He ran his finger down the page as if it could read the words for him. Slowing down near the end of the XO’s report, he noticed the punishment that Shane had handed out to Jack, for disobeying his orders on the last mission. {AH! Waste disposal detail. I wonder….} he though with a puzzled look. Sean Stood silently as the general turned away form him and walked quickly over to his desk. Though he thought the engineers from the base were complete incompetent idiots, he was not going to test the general by calling them that outright, at least not the day after their little talk in engineering. "General?" he asked wondering what Keylor was up too. Keylor turned back around." Oh yes sorry. Just had to look something up." He replied. Still holding the padd in his hands he slowly walked back to Sean. "I understand you concerns Lieutenant." He paused glancing down at the pad. " I take it you have dispatched some one to sickbay to look at the problem there?" Sean nodded "Aye sir Ensign Rodgers." Keylor nodded. "Ok well please attend to Commander Guzmands replicator. I suspect you won’t find the cause of his problem related to the prototype fitting." He said quietly. Sean looked puzzled. {What does he know that I don’t?} he though. "Sir?" was his only reply. Keylor lowered the pad to his side. "Well some thing tells me that if you track down the malfunction of Commander Guzmans replictor, you might end up in waste disposal." He said. He knew jackwas some thing of a loose cannon but he needed to be sure before he addressed the issue. "Find out what the cause of the replicator malfunction is with Commander Guzman. Once you find the cause report to me first and tell no one else." Sean looked Puzzled. "Aye sir." Keylor continued. As for the other incident, you might be right about the refit. But just in case take all replicators off line until you are certain what the problem is. We don’t want some one getting sick if the entire replicator system is producing vile food." He stated. Sean nodded again, "Aye sir, but this will impede the refit." He replied. Keylor nodded. "Start recalling the engineers on leave. Also if you need to you can supplement your staff with the engineering specialist from the oda to assist your officers. It might not be much, but every knowledgeable crewman should help." Sean was not happy but he nodded his head and confirmed the order. "Aye sir." He sid and then turned to head out of the captains quarters. === hours later=== Keylor had stopped by the bridge to relieve a rather bored looking ensign for dinner. Since the replicators had been taken off line, the closest meal was down in the mess hall. Luckily they had a new chef report on board recently and he had been busy stocking up the galley with preserved food and rations for just an emergency. Though the notice of the replicators going off line were on short notice, the chef reassured Keylor he would have something ready for the evening meal. As Keylor sat looking over the specifications of the nova class ship, the turbo lift doors hissed. Keylor looked up and saw Sean step out of the turbo lift with a pad in his hands. Keylor could only assume that the first investigation in to the replicator mishap was complete. "Ah lieutenant. Any news on the problem? He asked vaguely trying not to let the other crewmen on the bridge know what they were talking about. Sean nodded. "Aye sir," he said walking up to Keylor. "Your hunch was right." He handed a pad to Keylor. Keylor took the padd and glanced through it. "Ah….Hmmmm…. clever…" he said quietly. Resting the pad on his lap he looked back to Sean. "I will deal with this. Please inform the commander that the problem with the replicator was resolved. If he asks just tell him is had to do with the refit." He stated to Sean. Sean nodded. "Already have sir, he inquired an hour ago." He pointed to the padd . "Look at the last paragraph sir. I was talking to PO Alfonz and he had an interesting remark about something." He stated. Keylor scrolled down the pad and found the remarks made by the petty officer. {Oh drinking while on duty! Well that Is Interesting. And the Petty officer stated he looked rather intoxicated, and when he left he reeked of alcohol.} he though as he read. "Very well lieutenant. Good work." He added and smiled. He figured that with the stress of the refit and now crewmen monkeying with the ships systems, Sean was beginning to wear thin. Not to mention the discussion they recently had in engineering. He wanted to try to convey to sean he appreciated his work and smiled. "so any news on the sick by replicator?" Sean shook his head. "not yet sir the investigation is still being done. Btu so far a power surge has been detected in an eps junction just a few meters form the installed device and only a minute after it was powered up." He said. Keylor nodded, "Very well. I will not keep you longer. Thank you for your investigation and again, let me know if you need anything for the refit. Sean stood still unhappy. Though the replicator incident on Guzmans quarters was sabotage, the other one still confirmed his theory of the equipment being installed was crap. "Aye sir, I will." He said and turned around to head back down to engineering. Keylor watched as Sean stepped back on the turbo lift and disappeared. He then looked at the pad in his lap and thought {Ok mister Walsh. This is getting a little out of hand. I think it is time you and I had a talk.} he tough. ===end log=== Bgen Bretam Keylor Captain Uss Chiemra