"Damn, this is just malicious mischief!" Jacko growls shaking a signal tester, "So far everything is fixable, just time consuming and costly. Whoever did this just wanted to keep Perfect Stranger on the pad for a week or two, nothing more than that."Hvalreki wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:43 pm Ted and Piotr don "working" jumpsuits and spend the morning on the messy and tedious job of tracking down the hydraulic fault in the landing gear. The good news once they get started is the repair seems fairly straightforward.
The lines have been cut at each strut and stains around the landing feet indicate where pools of hydraulic fluid laid until eventually evaporating in the warm Acadie sun. They will have to bleed the system, replace the cut lines and then replace the hydraulic fluids. All of which is easily obtainable from ships stores. (Repair complete by the afternoon).
Meanwhile Becky, Jacko, and Gabe get to started on the Attitude Control systems. Becky and Jacko doing the skilled work and Gabe acting as runner between the 2 and the ships electronics stores. Various control systems between the bridge, engineering and the flight control systems have been intentionally damaged. The repairs are straightforward but tracking all the faults down is going to be time consuming.
"Of course, we could run into show stoppers before we're finished." Jacko admits, "We haven't gotten through all of these, and there could be traps hidden, too."
"And then there's Engineering!" Jacko sighs, "I'll be about as helpful back there as Gabe is here."
Adding, "No offense meant, Gabe."