Over the course of the next few hours, the crew of Gravlaw labored to get their ship back into working order. Systems initiated a full diagnostic, checking up on everything from the ship's main computer to the automated waste disposal unit. The engineers completed their thorough search of the hull, finding it to be perfectly sound.
 
    One by one,  station by station, the yellow lights on the Situation board in the mineature bridge  winked to green under the eyes of Captain Evharsen.

    He scratched his bearded chin a moment, thoughtfull.
 

    Finally, he keyed the mike.

        "Very well. Crew, secure from emergency stations. Security, you may cancel lockdown. Engineering, it is your first priority to resetart the reaction engine."

    He let go of the microphone, letting it drift off in the zero G.

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