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satisfaction. "Just before I crashed the Engineering
computers."
Jim was astonished, and looked around him . . .
then felt mildly sheepish, for he'd never even
comnoticed that every screen in the place was blank.
"They're putting this thing together without the computer
prompts? Not even the emergency systems?"
Scotty shrugged. "Who's to say we could
guarantee them that the backup systems would be working in
an emergency?" he said. "Even backups fail.
But their little brains won't . . . if we train them
properly. FIVE MINUTES!!" he told the world
at large. Then looking around the floor, he said,
"By rights I should evacuate the place and make them
do it in pressure gear. If her side was blown this
far open that they'd have to reassemble from scratch, they'd
need that practice."
Jim shook his head, feeling sorry for this
Engineering crew, all doomed to be turned
into mechanical "geniuses" like their mad teacher.
""balk to Spock about scheduling, if you feel the
need."
Scotty nodded, and together he and Jim stood and
watched the matter-antimatter mix column being
put together from the field.generators up. "By the bye,
Captain, have you scheduled the crew briefing yet?"
"Point four, tomorrow morning,"
"Right."
Jim patted Scotty on the back. "I'm
off, then," he said.
Scotty eyed him suspiciously for a moment.
"You've picked up a bit of an Irish accent,"
he said.
"Might not be strange," Jim said. "The people I
was with were claiming that my family wasn't Scots.
Sorry," he said, as Scotty looked at him with
an expression of shock that was only partly faked.
"Really. They claim the name Kirk was an
Anglicization of O'Guire. It would explain why
my family was in the east of Ireland to begin with . .
. ."
"Those people will say anything," Scotty said,
and grinned a little. "Get on with ye. Sir."
Jim headed out. "THREE MINUTES!" the
voice
j roared behind him, as he got to the turbolift and
f stepped in.
"Where to, Captain?" the lift said to him. He
smiled again. "Bridge."
The place looked a little strange when the lift