[center] [h3][b][color=00ff00]Jack Mallory, X.O.[/color][/b][/h3] [/center]

"Vidgis?" Jack Mallory asked, keeping that calm timbre in his voice despite the mask. "Did you determine what structural damage this hanger suffered from the missile attack and from the crash, especially with the shuttle ejection? I'd hate for everyone to be standing here should the roof suddenly cave in."

Especially that burning tree-man, he left unsaid.

He glanced at the numbers on the wall, then at the hands of the locals. Base 8 math? He'll have to schedule courses with the crew and the passengers, then. But why did people start with numbers and not the most important concept?