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that’s done. Report to CMO Chuley. He will be informed by the time you get there,” said Petty Officer Walt Stevens.
    “Aye, sir,” they said in unison.
    “Come on, Frank, let’s get you cleaned up buddy,” said Mike.
    Mike Rawly and Missy James gathered Frank up and took him in the direction of the nearest head. The security team stood down and returned to their post. The petty officers of all three duty rotations had a hushed meeting with the command officers in the corridor.
    The command officers left and the engineering officers came back into the room after the quick meeting.
    “Where is Latimer?” asked third rotation Petty Officer Carlton Stern, looking around.
    “Here I am, sir,” said Katy as she and Paul Conelly came through the hatch. “I was in operations with E.M. Conelly.”
    “Evermore, Latimer, and Martine, you lot come on duty now. Help second rotation square away this mess and resume normal duties at eighteen hundred hours. P.O. Miller is going to pitch in here and I’ll take over in operations,” said third rotation Petty Officer Stern.
    “Second rotation, you’re with me. Let’s get this cleaned up and make repairs on the blown out piping,” said Petty Officer Miller.
    Everyone acknowledged the orders and went on their assigned ways.
    “It’s a bitch when your machines take a crap on ya,” CJ joked. They laughed just a little bit.
    Yeah ol’ Frank got the shit end of that stick,” added Engineer’s Mate Second Class Dave Schoen of second rotation. They laughed a little more.
    “I guess Frank really had to go ‘pod-dy’ after that,” said Katy. They laughed again.
    “Hey! None of what happened here today is funny!” Petty Officer Dan Miller scolded the junior officers. “We have a hazardous material spill to handle, major repairs to be done, and the well-being of a crewmate is in question. So stow the standup routines and focus on the job at hand.”
    “Yes, sir!” they all said.
    “Sorry, sir,” added CJ.
    “The system is shut down. We need to clean the damaged area first. First rotation will finish the cleanup and commence regular operations. Second rotation will stay on duty until the repairs have been completed. Let’s move like we have a purpose, people!” Dan said.
    The different rotation crews worked together to get the mess cleaned up and the equipment back online before things got out of control. The excitement of the day waned over the next couple of weeks. Frank Costas was released from medical and returned to work. Routine once again slowed to the snail’s pace of a commercial starship mechanic. CJ and Katy began to find reasons to wander off alone together and soon became more than just crewmates.
     
     
    The Istraulis ’ crew was in full tilt to get her ready for the Glimmerocks stop of the Gems of the Galaxy Tour. The most spectacular stop of the tour required the grandest productions of them all. Elegant galas and prestigious viewings were held in the domed ballroom on the top deck of the ship. The view of the Glimmerocks was indeed spectacular. The colors swam and shifted as they reflected and bounced among the icy asteroids. Everyone on board had a clear view as a strange ship suddenly appeared from the envelope of a quantum jump and opened fire on the Istraulis .
    Fear and panic erupted into the ballroom as two explosions rocked the MT&T superliner. People fled madly, scattering everywhere when the attacking ship grabbed onto the Istraulis and slammed boarding ramps into the side of the superliner. Massive seals around the ends of the ramps attached to the hull as the shafts penetrated into the inner decks. Giant alien creatures swarmed in through the boarding ramps and began to shoot anything that moved with a strange yellow light that crackled with orange energy. Anyone hit fell immediately to the deck and was picked up and taken away by a group of the aliens that followed behind the leading edge of the assault group.
     
     
    CJ, Katy, and