Chapter 10
Once we got the deck plating removed along with half the bulkheads on the walls, replacing the thrusters was super easy. I eventually had a chance to talk to Ensign Ellery out of range of tiny ears. It seems that Commander Erlang had been the biggest ‘brown nose’ on the ship. He was the darling of IG inspections. The engineering logs were kept up to date, every ‘I’ was dotted and every ‘t’ crossed. The equipment was kept grease free and every surface had fresh paint every month. His office was like a showroom for the betterment of organization. One look INSIDE one of the impulse engines told a different tale. I was surprised the ship even managed to deploy! Much less jump out. I almost shuddered in fear of what could have happened. The commander must have thought that the ship
