Gregorio listened to the woman as she spoke. Weaving a great tale about people coming from another universe. "Alright, stop, stop, stop..." he said, stopping as they came to the end of the umbilical. He rubbed his eyes a little. "Now, I've heard the old stories, people getting lost in Sub-Ether and getting vomitted into another dimension populated by hyper-intelligent squid-people... But are you trying to tell me that every single universe is populated by Humans? How the hell does that even work?" he asked. She then told him about the problems he would have with trying to get resupplied. "Well... I'm afraid we're not going to be of any use to you in this fight then, we're not currently combat ready and... We're a Security Forces warship, we carry munitions and that's it, if we don't have access to our companies bank-account, we've got nothing..." He smothered his face with his hands and growled. "Aaaaaaah, SHIT!" he let out as a low roar. He was stuck in another dimension, his families ship was badly damaged and now he had no way to pay for repairs, to say nothing of him never seeing his home again. He then composed himself.
"I apologize... It's just... This ship has been in my family for a generation, it was my Fathers and I want it to be my son's." he grunted. "Unless you have the ability to send us home or get supplies from my home, we're going to be of no use to you in... This "Save the universe" adventure you have yourselves in for." Gregorio wasn't a defeatist by nature, but he was a realist. As she still seemed willing to help fix their Sub-Ether drive, he led the woman through the ship. He looked rather proud when they walked in, most other Security Forces warships still operated in 0-G, but his father had understood the importance of not having to fight the laws of physics whilst trying to fight an enemy. He led them through the ship, the insides were actually white with long corridors. As they finally approached the Engine room, they saw a large
Silgrian exiting. "Uh-oh." Gregorio whispered.
"Captain!" he said, throwing his arms wide. "And we have guests. Let me say hello to you." he said, approaching Carter, he threw his arms around her and gave her a kiss on both cheeks. "It is so very wonderful to meet a new face such as yourself." Gregorio quickly took the Silgrians arms off of her. "What's wrong Captain?" he asked.
"These are a repair crew from the station, they are... New around here have never met a Silgrian before." He turned to Carter "I apologize, if you don't have Silgrians where you come from, VERY friendly people..." He then hushed his voice as he mumbled "Maybe a little too friendly... Anyway, this is-" The Silgrian grabbed her hand and shook it furiously.
"Doctor Ongra, ships physician and all-round great listener. I was just getting back from fixing up a plasma burn and I-" Gregorio cut off the giant bird-man there.
"Doctor, I believe that there are other matters to attend to." He said.
"Oh, indeed, Crewman Manox has been having AWFUL stomach trouble and Sgt Benson's ear infection came back an-"
"I'll get it in the report later, just go see to them."
"Righty-o captain. I do hope to see you for dinner, remember, you promised me 14 weeks ago you and your wife would have me over and I won't forget that easily." he laughed. "Alright, you all have a LOVELY day." he squawked before walking away. Gregorio shook his head as he led Carter into the engine-room. This looked completely different from the rest of the ship, the white, clean walls replaced with dirty, dank and dreary walls. "I also apologise in advance for our Engineer, he's... Grouchy..." they walked in, they were approached by the Lorgan.
"Hello captain. I see you brought in a repair team due to your lack of faith in my skills." He sighed.
"Not in the slightest, you know I put the trust of this entire ship in you, but you can't do it by yourself." The Lorgan looked at Gregorio, then at the team from the Odyssey.
"You don't know the first thing about a Munchhausen reactor, do you?" He asked Carter. "I can see it in your eyes."