Main Engineering was abuzz with the blue-ball busting that was the sea of orders from the acting Chief of Engineering. "Alright people, get back to work! Anyone who can't perform their duties will be reassigned to waste reprocessing." She shouted at the group gathering around a monitor. "You! What the hell are you doing? Can't you see the gauges?!" Lt. Rorq barked at a flow regulation technician. As the pipe burst the lieutenant's frustration overwhelmed her momentarily, "Who - Who the hell are you?" she gasped at the technician's incompetence. The Vitae hadn't even been targeted yet and already the systems were being damaged.

From a managerial standpoint the situation was a complete embarrassment and needed to be reigned in before the Chief of Engineering returned. Now was a time that demanded firm leadership, which included a full dressing down of Specialist Irons. When it became clear that the specialist was ignoring the lieutenant, Rorq ordered Irons out of engineering. "We have a job to do Irons, and intentionally or not, you're actively sabotaging this ship and you will get the hell out of my Engine Room."

From there Lt. Rorq went back about reorganizing the jump drive emergency response teams for the possibility of the jump core being damaged in an impending fire-fight while undergoing the pre-jump sequence, and ensuring such a possible outcome didn't spell the deaths of what was left of humanity. She did so, knowing that Specialist Irons would leave on her own accord, or security would be called to escort her to the brig for the remainder of the engagement.

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[color=d0d0d0][i]Meanwhile... in the Hanger.[/i][/color]

As the last fighter launched from the hanger the Chief of Engineering patted the shoulder of the Commander of the Air Group. A gesture of "well done" that was apparently interpreted as insult, as the CAG Officer shot daggers at the Sargent in retaliation. "The ball is in motion, sir." Xaith said, with general disregard for formalities "I will take my leave." He withdrew his hand from the CAG Officer's shoulder and scratched the back of his head as his EEGARD analyzed the deployment combat HUD. 

"That's it?" The Commander asked in a demanding tone, as if there was some confusion about what role Xaith had in events to come.

"Yes," the Sargent First Class replied, and pointed to the heads up display, "I'm the engineering consult, and my job is now done." He shrugged, and picked up his displaced tools. "The situation that is developing requires a battlespace tactician. A situation which I leave in your and your crew's very capable hands." As he made his way to the exit, he noted what his vector analysis told him. "You're soon to have a fight on your hands, sir, and you don't need me getting underfoot for that."

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As Xaith stepped into the transit system he called down to engineering. "How's it all going down there, Lieutenant?" 

To which Rorq immediately responded, over the sound of the coolant teams being dispatched, "Fine sir. Didn't even notice you were gone." 

Though he couldn't be seen doing so, Xaith nodded. "Good, then I'll take a detour on my way back to Engineering as to relay the results of our initial assessment to the Captain." 

"The captain, sir?" 

"Yes," Xaith acknowledged. "Undoubtedly he has more than one person making such analysis, and so I will make our engineering report available to be forwarded to them." He closed the comm lines as the transit system reached the section his quarters were found in, and he returned home for a brief stent. Once inside he was greeted by a voice that was not yet familiar to him, but not entirely estranged either. 

"Greeting, Sargent," the Adjutant stated in acknowledgment of his entry, "Diagnostics complete. Awaiting new instruction." It was never Xaith's intention to activate S.A.S.H.A's avatar without actually installing her into it, as it was only able to operate on base code in its current state, and fulfill only rudimentary commands. But, on the other hand, he simply hadn't had the time to fully test all the capabilities of her soon-to-be material form which required the adjutant's activation.

"Status of analysis," Xaith ordered from the machine.

"The data provided has been patterned, and collated in the manner requested for the integration into Sasha." The rudimentary interface reported through the cold mechanical frame it had been given to operate. "But interpretation of information is a task outside my programming."

"Acknowledged." Xaith acknowledged as he brought down the baby toys cardboard box from the top shelf and pulled the drive from it. "Execute AI porting interface module and prepare for receiving S.A.S.H.A."

"Understood." The avatar stated as it initialized an internal shut down and total system clear. The basic program that operated the metal avatar was a sophisticated mechanical diagnostics program, whose sole purpose was to test all of the mechanical aspects of the avatar, but the code was not intended to be integrated at this time. After every single bit was scrubbed from the system Xaith began to upload XYI-001 into her avatar.

The upload would take some time, and so Xaith began personally analyzing the data correlated from the Engineering teams and forwarded a copy to the bridge for further distribution. His EEGARD flashed once more as he stepped out of his quarters and made his way back to Main Engineering. In his periphery streamed all of the relevant sensor logs and data organized by his adjutant. It would take some time, and some multi tasking, but he would crack at least some portion of the Devastators' capabilities. 

When he stepped back into the transit system he also stepped into his own little world and the doors closed behind him.

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