OFF: Okay, my first post, so bear with me! :)

ON:
{Outside CEO's office}


McCoy: ::heading to Deck 5:: (I think I'm going to like this new 
CEO. Kinda reminds me of Grandpa.) ::hrmming to himself as he looks 
over the PADD:: ( Man, what a list -- turbolift problems, 
replicators not functioning, faulty sensor readings, errant alert 
triggerings, looks like I've got my work cut out for me.) =^= McCoy to 
Commander Tolbin. I've just reported to Chief Myhon, and I'm going to 
start my shift early since there's so much to do. I should have most of 
the Isolinear chips reprogrammed by the end of my normal shift.=^=

Tolbin: =^= Acknowledged, Ensign. Keep up the initiative! =^=

{Inside the Systems Monitor Room of the Engineering Core}

McCoy: (This seems to be the problematic Core. I'll have to keep my eye on 
her. I can't believe I have a _staff_! At the Institute, I just was 
an Ensign at a terminal, trying to keep pumping out the latest 
and most advanced routines.. but here, I'm in charge of the whole 
system!) ::rummaging around for an optical chip reader and thinking 
out loud:: "Yes, here we go." ::plugs in the first chip:: "Well, 
no wonder systems were going haywire over the ship. The entire data 
flow of this chip is corrupt! I wonder why?" ::Uses the optical 
reader to wipe the chip clean, reformatting it and then attempts 
to reprogram it, when the Optical chip reader makes a nasty buzzing 
sound:: "What? Why won't it accept the new software?" ::squints a 
moment and then holds the optical reader up to the light, and peers 
through the chip:: "Waitaminnit.. Are those smudges on the chip? How 
can that be there?"
::gently touches a fingertip to the chip and sees a fingerprint form:: 
"I knew it! This chip doesn't have the tripolymer sealant! I bet 
these are all like that!"
=^= McCoy to Lt. Myhon. I think I've figured out our first 
problem. It looks like we got a bad batch of
Isolinear chips somehow; they're missing the tripolymer sealant and 
so every speck of dust, fingerprint, or contaminant is corrupting the 
data it holds. We may be able to find some way to re-seal these on our 
own, but I'd prefer to get a whole new set as soon as we dock again. McCoy 
out. =^=

Myhon: =^= It figures. And we just got done with a refit too. I wonder 
how they missed those? Anyways, is there anything we can do in the 
meantime? =^=

McCoy: =^= Well, I can maybe take some from non-essential systems 
temporarily. I think maybe I could get enough from one holodeck. It 
wouldn't take them all off-line, so the rest of the crew wouldn't be 
too upset, and I could still keep priority systems 100%. Shall I 
continue? =^=

Myhon: =^= Good idea, Ensign. Let's see. I think you should be able to 
use Holodeck 3. If anyone gives you any guff you just tell them _I_ 
told you to. Myhon out. =^=

McCoy: ::getting up to head to Holodeck 3:: (Man, what a start.. I'm not 
even moved into my quarters yet, and I'm already pulling a shift. Good 
thing they put me on Deck 5 near the cores, what with all the 
troubles they've been having. But then, no one said supporting a 
Starship would be easy. Boy, what would Grandpa Leonard think of me? 
Well, I guess that's the price you pay for being born a McCoy. And 
cripes, what a legacy! Being posted to the namesake ship of the one that 
was destroyed by the M-5 testing. If I was superstitious, I'd almost 
think it was a bad omen. Good crew though. And where the heck have I 
seen Counselor Jade before? I know she looks really familiar.. but we 
couldn't have been in the academy together, could we? No, she must've 
gone to Starfleet Medical. Maybe I met her visiting Grandpa Leonard at 
some point? Or was she at the Academy when I needed to talk 
about Shelly? No, couldn't have been. Anyways, maybe I can ask her 
tonight after I get off-shift in Ten Forward."

OFF: Well, there you have it. My first post. I hope it wasn't too long, 
as I have a tendency to ramble sometimes. The curse of the lefty. ;)

Ensign Scott McCoy
Computer Specialist
USS Excalibur NCC-2997