Strider jerked back much farther than he should have as sparks flew out of the ECM/ECCM package and knocked himself senseless on the bulkhead.  He shook himself together as he heard the crew sounding off.  He opened his wrist communicator and spoke in a quick and firm tone, "I'll need about an hour and a half on the ECM/ECCM.  Just fried half the fuses trying to optimize its syncing with my neural transceiver.  Ahem... Shouldn't* interfere with any systems.  Good to go."

He let out a deep breath and went to scavenge some fuses from the engine room.  As he entered, he heard... snoring?  Locating the source of the noise, he found Marko asleep underneath one of the engine maintenance panels.  The guy had been up for 2 days straight making sure every bolt was tightened and every piece was in place.  Strider shook his head.  He'd never tell anyone, but he appreciated Marko. He respected him. Finding the fuses he needed, he walked away without saying a word.