"Marco? Are there spare batteries stored on ship and where?" He was trying to think about the solution to the problem and not the problem itself. They were who knew where on a ship losing power because it had been in operation a hundred-fifty years, not that it was especially built for space-

Nevermind that, batteries, power, then the next problem after that. He needed to get to engineering, badly.

"Marco, Is there a way to engineering from here without using the turbolift? Access tunnels or the like?"

Turning to the others, "I might be able to do something there, although spaceships aren't my specialty, I have studied the design. Best to be prepared."

  There was a Nod from the Pilot,..well.. even if  we could get somethin' as jump start? I dunno, but Me and Patterson can give ya a hand....

 he shrugs,..even if its  just labor....

  as Blake answers his question, Kray begins to look about  for exits, and terminals. He says to the others,..still be  a good idea ta try ta find a way to get to that engineering place?  "less those folks up in the Bridge come up  with somethin' we can do...

There are... spare batteries in... the... hazardous materials storage... next to the reactor... room Stephen. You... will need... outfits to avoid... the radiation.

You could... reach that... by the vents... from the starboard side... of the cryo chamber.
There... are... fans active... for lifesupport...

The voice was becoming more strained. Slower.

To... answer your... question Kray... My 24 hour... protocol... activated me... That was... not... rerouted...

   Shadow nods as  and starts to move towards the starboard side looking for the entrance   to the Vents.

 feeling a bit  better now he starts looking for   tools , or things he can use  as tools,..if  we haveta,,,we can knock out the fans  an' fix them later? If  we don't fix the batteries, the fans don't matter  much

 he looks  around  , looking for both ,tool kits,  loose  tools, and the vents.

The cryo chamber is pretty sterile, and no obvious tools can be seen. However, the vents indicated by Marco are quickly found. Every twenty meters there is one, at 3 meters above ground level.

They seem to be closed by simple wire hatches, closed by snaplocks. At least some good news there, no tools required to get in them.

All along the cryo chamber the console screens light up. They show a countdown. 60 minutes, and counting down.

   The Pilot begins to unsnap the  fasteners, when the   screens come on. He takes  a few steps out and says,.. bugger..... This  cant be good.... Let's  go   ya Blokes.. I'll Go first, since steven's the guy that we need to do something to the Batteries......


 As he  crawls in he says,..Marco?... if we was to Pull the batteries  altogether.... that would  shut  down all power...right?.... and , when we put the new ones in..it should restart...like..a computer.?

 he begins  to  crawl as  fast as  he can, Being a Forward Pocket for Goolong, he wasn't as  big as most blokes, but he was  faster and tough...   ...Grab anything you  can see that we might be able ta  Jam the fans  with, else wise, we may have ta just break them.

Slowly, rubbing the long sleep and the weariness from her eyes, Addison Connolly sat up in her cryo pod. She tentatively wiggled all ten toes and all ten fingers. Finding them in good working order, she stood -- an promptly collapsed into an undignified heap. Angry words -- probably Russian, probably more suited to a mess hall than mixed company. A small "ow" followed the short stream of invective.

Never one to stay down for long, Addison Rose again, this time more slowly and with markedly more success. She stepped carefully out of her pod and looked around. Not being near the lift, she didn't see anyone at first. "Hello?" she called out in American-accented English. "Is anybody out there?"

  There is banging around  some few paces down from the  lift. As Kray  crawls  down the vent towards engineering. He stops  once, thinking he  hears something, calls back to the Others,..Can't hear ya  Mates.. all this  metal bangin' about.. so's ya best catch up!

Good morning Addison Connelly. Have a pleasant day.

Kray, removing the fusion batteries alltogether would cause the reactor to shut down. Your assumtion is correct.

Kray clambers through the vents, feeling an ever increasing draft. As he rounds a corner his small vent shaft joins a bigger shaft, where two man sized fans spin to aircondition the ship. They spin steadily, big enough and fast enough to snap a man's head off. Three hundred meters ahead, two more do the same thing.

  Shadow looks at the vents,  getting to his  knees, he studies the vents  quickly, To see if there is a frame or vent screen  He can use  to  Jam, or , out right, break the   Blades.

  He  calls  back  as he looks them over his shoulder,..at the  first Bloody Fan.... if  we can stop them spinnin'  we can  just about  walk through... if  we can't well.... I guess we shoulda been dead a few years ago.....

Stephen followed Shadow into the vent, happy to let some else go first. He came around the bend as Shadow called back.

"The problem for us, here and now, is anything we do to get past this is going to cause further problems down the road. It should be possible to turn the fans off from the bridge. If I were actually in engineering, we'd have other options, but not now."

He watched the blades for a short moment, then shook his head. "Nothing in the cryo chamber is going to be of use stopping this thing, or even if it did, not all of them. If we had more time, there might be more options, gum up the works, maybe, tangle the fans in something."

  He calls to the Bridge,.. Bridge? Don't know how we can stop the fans....If you folks up there have a bloody way, now's the time ta  do it...

 After that, he shouts  back to  Troy, Lanmce  Corp!... see if  ya can Bend the Vent screen enough  to bring in here...  maybe we can  Jam this, get by ..an'  keep doin' it   like Leap frog....if we don't  get to the  power, it won't matter  much anyway....

 as an after thought,...don't know if you heard  Marco?.... but he said, if  we pull the bloody batteries  all together..all the power  will be out.... then...we replace the bleedin' things,  and the power  comes back on..rebooting the whole thing?

  with Blake's Comment,  Kray shrugs,..Well Mate?... lets put it this  way... we're  alive...so's we're the only bloody bodies  who can save anyone...Anythin' short of  us getting to engineering ta give Steven a bloody shot , is going to kill them all...it ain't a pretty picture, but its  as  good as it  bloody gets... anythin' less..kills  everyone..

Troy calls out to the new voice, telling the lady to come to them

All lights fade. The entire hall is suddenly shrouded in darkness. Then one by one the pods start buzzing softly. Back-up power now runs them.
The consoles all flipped off. The countdown is no longer visible.

In the ventilator shaft, the vents stop spinning.

Lieutenant. You still need the covering?
Troy tries to fold the roster, but fails. He needs to work the weight more...

 well... this is the First Good News... Let's get  Goin'....and quick, we don't  know how long this'll  last!...

 Calling back to Troy, Fan's Stopped for npw.... If ya got someone else back there.. it's yer call if ya want ta  come in ...don't know how much help  Steve's gonna need with the batteries.....If the  Fan's come back on?  we might need the vent..ta  get out.... or?  a weapon to knock them out, so's we bloody well can...

  He and  steve make their  way through the  first Fan...hustling towards the   next...

Troy follows Stephen and Kray. Through the fans and on to engineering.

Private message to repairmen...

Addison followed the voice, finding her way eventually to the service shaft. She crawled in, hoping to find out why they were crawling through service hatches. Can someone please explain what exactly is going on?

  Hearing the Voice,..seems there was a right royal Muck up... we've been a sleep for a  few hundred years longer or so?...Anyways.. we are up..others   still sleepin' but the ship has been messed with a bit,,we have to pull the batteries...an' put in fresh.

 As she gets  nearer he adds,M'names  Shadow...LT of the fighter wing...got with me Corp Patterson  and..um..Steve Cornell.... when ya get here, put on one of these bloody  suits , so's ya don't fry...an', if ya can handle a spanner, ya can help us make the switch...

once she enters, He nods to her and adds,..got us some folks on the bridge, but the power is out..and they can't talk ta us....there a vocie here  to, called  ....Marco...but he's bleedin' asleep until we can change these  Batteries ...

 he starts to Zip up his Hazmat suit, and adds, offhandedly,..Now?..if Steve here can't figure this out..we gotta do a ...'best guess'..kinda thing...cause..right this  moment..we are..the only thin' that stands  between us..and the  long nap in space....  then he grins,good thing? If we mess up, not a Bloody soul will know...
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