Hammerhead - steaks

Posted on 06 Aug 2018 @ 9:26am by Lieutenant Deeli Kosu (Dec-Jan 2389 - TRNSFR After Gorn War) & Lieutenant Commander Iria Taltos
Edited on on 07 Aug 2018 @ 12:12am

Mission: Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio - Heroes & Villains
Location: Restricted workroom engineering
Timeline: Four days after Hammerhead the tweaking

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After a four days of working on the second Hammerhead in progress, Iria had taken a few hours off to give herself something less challenging to think about. She went to the lounge and after a productive round of baking she walked back into the workroom. She set the tray on the desk near Kosu, it had plates with steaks, fried potatoes and Iria had made a fresh loaf of pepper cheese bread. She picked up her own plate and turned to look at her progress. She had gotten the yield to six meters so far. "How's the nano programming going?”

The smell of the food made Deeli blink as she looked at it seeing the steak and fried potatoes on the table 'How did she...' Deeli looked at Iria that stood there "It is almost done, the program needs one or two tweaking codes and it will be ready. What about you?" She stated looking back at her program that had more coding than Deeli was going to admit.

Iria gave a wry grin, "Got the yield to six meters but I want to see how it does in simulations before i try to push it further." she nodded to the tray and plate by Kosu, "You should eat too, I don't want to have send you to sickbay if you keel over for not having food and rest." Iria took a bite from her own steak after stabbing a fried potato on the fork as well, mixing the two flavors into one bite and chewed slowly.

"Is that so" She replied and looked back at Iria then at the plate. Well, she felt hungry now that the smell was getting to her. Deeli lets go of a deep breath and nodded to herself. Standing up from the chair and walking towards the plate with food on it, she took a bite and leans against the edge of the table with the plate in her hand "If you cut the forward angle with a few degrees it might get better" She said with another bite on its way.

Iria nodded her head, as she was chewing, once she finished her bite, she ran her tongue over her teeth before she spoke, "That is another idea yes, but like I said I want to see how the simulation runs first. If I over do it and it screws up the whole thing have to start over." She didn't think it would or that it was over done but checking before completion of the project was a good idea. She liked risking and all but not when it came to the ships defenses and modifications.

Taking another bite as she lets her fork weaver a bit in the air "What if I tell you that the head must be done by the end of the day?" Deeli looked at her with a soft smile "To keep the fun up"

Iria looked at Kosu her eyes going full wide, showing off the difference between the iris' bright copper brown and emerald green, "The end of today?!" She shook her head took another bite and set down her plate, as she chewed slowly, grabbing tools and making adjustments again. ** ~~That is not fun. If I had known it was due today! I would have made steak sandwiches instead, damnit!?~~** the thought was private but with as upset at the idea of needing to hurry and that her inpromtu nice lunch was going to be ruined Iria wasn't exactly hiding her thoughts and feelings.

Seeing her Assistant get into hurry being annoyed 'Good, let's see what you cook up under pressure.' Deeli thought as she took another bite from her steak "You're cute when you are annoyed." She said trying to push her of that edge.

The sounds of the tools paused a few seconds then Iria shook her head softly, "Yeah right, Kosu," she didn't for a moment think Kosu was serious about her comment. She worked a few more minutes then sat back on her heels and looked at Kosu, "That should do it. I readjusted the angle by twelve degrees more. It should give our yield between six and seven meters to work with." Iria put her tools away properly then after wiping her hands she picked up her plate again, she took a bite from her steak and chewed slowly it was as hot as when she brought it into the room but it wasn't stone cold either. Iria absolutely hated the taste of cold steak.

Already finished with her plate, Deeli looked at the torp and smiled. Deeli was glad to be right; when under pressure Iria could perform better. Looking at her as Iria was eating her steak, Deeli thought: She will make one heck of a Chief one day. Looking back at the yield she grabs a tool and leans forward to it as she started to cut a few inches away "Technology means the world to me" She said while cutting slowly the yield and smiled with the progress "It was my way of escaping the world around me. After being bullied, I ran to my room and just focused on something else." Deeli said putting the tool down and grabbing another "In a sad way, they were not just machines, they are my friends that I care for deeply"

"Bullies are every where," Iria said lightly, "I used to run too, fixing stuff was better than admitting they had gotten to me." She wrinkled her nose, "After a while I learned that most bullies have something they fear, and none of them like being laughed at." She paused taking another bite and chewed thoroughly, after she finished eating Iria gave a cheeky grin as she regarded Kosu, "Thanks to them I got very inventive with pulling off pranks."

"Is that so..." Deeli said as she let her head hang to the right to look better at the yield "I frankly have zero interest in interaction with people, its annoyance and irritating. I still think assignment as a torture from Starfleet itself." Looking at her side and give a soft smile at Iria "Find yourself lucky that I am talking to you." She taps with the tool the yield "It's now between eight to nine, it seems you are still green behind the ears" She said as Deeli placed the tool onto the table and walked back towards her nano's and sat down.

Iria made a noise in her throat that could have been anything but it leaned towards a perfect mimic of a cat's purr. She shook her head and looked at the torpedo housing and then to Kosu, "Do I start on the next one or would you rather?" She didn't mind hearing Kosu talk and she wasn't offended that she had been one-upped. There was always another chance or another game to play while working.

Not looking towards Iria as Deeli looked at the coding for the nanos "We only need one prototype. When this reaches the required needs for testing, then the replicating software at armory can duplicate the torpedo," Kosu rolled her eyes as it was quite obvious "Start with the simulations you wanted to do for these torpedoes."

Iria nodded softly and turned around, she picked up the empty plates, on her way out the door way, once she was on the others of the door she dropped the plates off in the replicator to be recycled and then walked over the console where simulations were usually run and got it set up, she turned and walked back through the doorway, "The simulation is ready once you're done with the nano programming." Iria said lightly.

Nodding as Deeli did not look at Iria "Good, I will be finished within a few hours" Deeli replied and she began to add the final coding towards the program.

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Lt.j.g. Iria Taltos, Acheng
USS Hawaii

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LT Deeli Kosu, CHENG
USS Hawaii