Chapter 8
Great flaming meatballs I was tired. Fighting that fire took over six hours of my life that I can’t get back. Rather than returning to the boat bay, I decided to stay here in Engineering. Midshipman Bartleby and two crewmen were dismantling the engine control circuits. While we were here, it was both a teaching experience and a repair moment. We had closed the engine vents and restored life support to the engine room. The engine itself was a total loss. Maybe someone could use it for parts, but it was pretty crispy. The Happy actually had two backup generators, one that had to have been on the Apollo missions it was so old. I had not even seen one like it at Sam’s before. The other was brand new. The new generator had the words ‘Property of EOS Oneders’ stenciled on its base. No
