Charles led Mike around the hangar, showing him the locations of important tools, instrument and diagnostics panels, vehicles for transporting cogs and parts, and the massive doors and the very back of the hanger that led to the Cadmus reactor.  The Cadmus reactor was where the cogs were built, and where they would go when they needed upgrades.  He showed Mike where the elevators were that led to the catwalks, how some catwalks were reserved specifically for letting the pilots get to their cogs as fast as possible, and which catwalks were for the mechanics so that they wouldn't get in the way of the pilots if a scramble was ordered.  He reminded Mike of the importance of logging his name, s well as his start and finish times whenever running maintenance on a cog, especially if he needed to enter the cockpit to work on the stuff in there.  The necessity of logging was so that if anything went wrong, it was clear who would be responsible, especially if it was a case of enemy sabotage.  Charles didn't really seem to mind that Mike was late, he went through everything as if it were 'business as usual'.  He did say, however, that yesterday, everyone got to familiarize themselves with the ship, but today, they were doing some last minute maintenance and polish on the cogs, who would be seeing action for the first time as soon as the coming operation began, and that Mike would have to help them complete the maintenance before he could let Mike explore the ship.  He also told Mike that he had 'homework' in his drive: information on all the cogs that he would have to read up on so that he knew the intricacies and nuances of repairing and maintaining each unique machine.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but if they sent you to this ship, then you're either already really good, or you've got tremendous potential," Charles said.

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"Of course I don't mind," Tera replied, glad that Claire was so amicable, "Where would you like to go first?  If you don't have a preference, I'd like to check out our living quarters."

After Mike left, Israfil indecisively stood around a bit, wondering what he should do with himself.