6.3 Interplanetary space en route to Mars, Day 2

[Renekin Skywalker]

In the med lab, Mr. Johnson continues to sleep away as mcKenna continues to wreak emotional havoc on Tawfeek's crew.

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Jessica figured out that the problem with the pistol was a hardware one: the way the hammer was aligned with the chamber was causing it to strike just off-centre enough to not blow out all the powder, and leaving gunk and a shorter range.

[dakota]

"Mess things up?" McKenna's confusion showed on her face. " Flip, I thought I made it clear I just came out of a bad relationship. I'm not sure what I want yet after that, at least not yet. That's why I came on to you in the first place, well that and a low tolerence to alcohol." she grinned.

[Dome]

Flip holds up his hands in a defensive posture, "I know, I know. I just mean we work together, we crawl into bed together we still have to work together. I don't want us to have a hard time continuing to work together." After a pause he says, "I also thought we were friends, above all else, I want to make sure we stay friends."

[dakota]

" I know we work together, and live in close proximity aboard ship. " McKenna replied with a hint of a sigh. " We are friends Flip, and we can still be friends if things don't pan out. But if you want to keep taking things slow, I can live with that for now. But if we're just friends for now, how long do I have to wait for you to decide if you want to be more than that?"

[Dome]

"MJ," he whispers as he closes the distance between them. Standing in front of her he looks into her eyes, "I want more than that, I know what I want. I just want to make sure you know what you want." He reaches out and puts his hand on her arm as he talks and slides it down to take her hand.

[dakota]

"Flip. you're more than just a rebound fling, okay?" McKenna let him take her hand.

[Dome]

Flip can't help but smile, "I'm glad to hear that." He lets her fingers trail through his as he reluctantly lets her go, "so back to where we started what do you want to do in the time I have left before my shift?"

[kurff]

"Right, this is not some corporate mass transport vessel..." he typed the commands and set the secured folder. Even part of the hack or virus could be of use.



Computer Operation [dice=100]/80%


Computer Programming [dice=100]/55% [rand=5831586467102170828636167570948640375446341931821902086054906249]

[dakota]

" Well, first I have to wait for Mrs. Johnson to come back. I don't think leaving my patient alone is a good idea until Jess knows what happened." McKenna replied. " Then, what do you say we grab a bite to eat and just talk for a while?"

[Dome]

Flip smiles, "that sounds nice." After a pause he says, "so tell me more about this investigation, maybe I can help."

[dakota]

" Maybe...., wait a minute, that's it." McKenna said as she clued into something. " We've been going about this the wrong way." She went to her comm unit and keyed in to call Jessica," Jess, I think I know how to narrow this down. Can we meet somewheres?"

[Dome]

Flip raises an eyebrow and folds his arms leaning back against the wall, "care to elaborate?"

[Mierin]

Jessica's tired sounding voice comes over the radio, "When and where did you want to meet?"

[dakota]

"I'm in medical right now with Flip. We're waiting for Mrs. Johnson to come back, then were heading to get something to eat. But that can wait. Whereever is good for you." McKenna released the comm button and looked to Flip." I'm so stupid, I should have thought about it before. When I diagnose a patient with unknown injuris, I scratch off what it can't be to narrow down the possibilities. We can do the same thing."

[Mierin]

Jessica replies "I'm just working on a project in my workshop, so I can meet up with you when you are ready."

As Jessica starts to re-align the hardware problem on the gun she was working on, a thought occurs to her 'If I looked up everything I could and determined it wasn't a software problem, what if it was a hardware problem?' she wonders to herself as she works.