"Probing for a lost shuttle"
 by Ensign T'Kang
 Assistant Engineer - USS Intrepid


T'Kang's eyelids were growing heavy.  Not out of tiredness, 
but out of boredom.   The Klingon stopped his head from 
bobbing forward as his eyes blurred momentarily from 
staring at the engineering console on the Bridge.  With the 
USS Intrepid in a standard orbit Frainar III, T'Kang was 
convinced that Chief Engineer Hannoyh had stationed him 
there as a form of punishment.  S/he never did really like the 
Klingon much.

"Captain" Celchu was busy pacing the Bridge.  No doubt 
worried that the fate of the shuttle Pathfinder had not yet 
been determined.  The Captain had ordered a probe 
launched to attempt to reestablish communications through 
the electromagnetic interference of the fierce lighting storm 
that the shuttle had past through.

Both Shadow and Reese seemed to be expressing the 
same sort of nervous energy Celchu was.  Reese was 
drumming his fingers on the Helm console while Shadow 
was making what could best be described as a swishing 
motion with his cheeks, almost as if he were gargling with 
mouthwash, while he read the telemetry coming back from 
the probe.

Tensions were rising as each minute past, and still no word 
from the shuttle Pathfinder.

Having performed the pre flight check on both shuttles, 
T'Kang knew that The Pathfinder was the shuttle that 
Lieutenant' Calenzie was on.  It was commanded by 
Lieutenant Commander Beldin, the ship's Chief of Security, 
and also carried Ensign Cadan and Kytranna, though really, 
Nal was the only one T'Kang knew personally on the shuttle.   
The Klingon hoped that today was not the Lieutenant's day 
to die.

The bridge crew waited patiently along with "Captain" Celchu 
for something to happen.