After the crew had dispersed, James decided to make his first proper introduction to the head of Engineering. He watched as Commander Hewlett entered the turbolift and descended to engineering. 'Better give him a few minutes,' James thought as he walked towards the turbolift. He entered the turbolift and waited for the doors to close. "Destination, Captain?" the AI's voice asked. James remembered that the ships AI was personalized to each crew member.

"Engineering, level three," James stated. The third level, situated below the control stations and ship systems were located, was where the Enterprise generated all its power. Housed in massive transparent cylinders sat the four quantanium-fueled reactors, known as quantum cores. Each reactor operated as a particle generator, drawing small amounts of exotic matter from another dimension where it would be sent into a particle collider. From there the energy released in the particle colliders was channelled into massive receptors, where it was used to power the entire vessel.

James exited the turbolift and stepped onto a large, railed catwalk. On each side sat two of the quantum cores. He watched as swirls of blue and purple appeared in the black mass that was active quantanium. He made a close survey of everything and found it to be in perfect working order. Feeling satisfied, he moved onward to the particle colliders. Each were surrounded in a forcefield, so every time a particle collided with another James had to shield his eyes. He felt no more of a need to continue forward on level three, so he once again stepped into the turbolift. He had it move up two levels to where Engineering operations was. He stepped out of the turbolift into chaos.

Crew were scrambling everywhere, trying to find their stations. A lieutenant was barking orders at several other officers, and nearly got knocked over when a large hovering crate went flying at him. James peered across the room and found Steven. He pushed his way through the chaos and stood mere meters from Steven.

"Hello, Commander Hewlett. What do you think of the Enterprise?"