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Doc took her hand as they made a slow walk to the shuttle craft as it was the only means to send and receive transmissions. Along the way, Doc was cracking jokes with Bretonians and Gallic Royals being the butt of them as he disliked them both a great deal.
"How many Gallic Royals does it take to change a light bulb?" he asked. When she didn't know he answered, "No one knows. They're too proud to do it themselves."
"Did you hear about the birds that fly in the skies of planet New London? They fly upside down since there's nothing where taking a crap on," he added.
After a couple more quick jokes, he stopped as they arrived at the shuttle.
He powered up systems and locked in his private channel to Foster base where his chief engineer was waiting.
"It's nice to hear from you, Doc, I hope all is well," he answered.
"Yes, good morning, Mr. Sloan," Doc replied as he motioned to Ashlea sitting next to him, "could you tell us where things stand?"
"Well, you made a good choice in a short trip," he explained, "we had to shut down power to that area of the station to work. A lot of wires and conduits are in need of replacement. I'm guessing that alone will take about five days and all of the station's data banks will need replacement. Some are just old while most are beyond repair."
"Very good, very good," Doc nodded, "how about the structure itself?"
Sloan continued, "We were able to retrieve some of the debris floating around the station and cut pieces to make repairs where needed but to build as you want, we'll need a large supply of panels. The scrap is good for smaller stuff but it's not suitable for large scale building."
"So you sound like you're making good progress thus far," commented Doc.
"Yes, Sir, we are," Sloan replied, "the main reactor is stable and well protected. With the repairs we'll be making, the station will be fully functional as we got a second docking bay working again too."
Sloan then nodded to Ashlea and addressed her, "Miss, do you have any requests of me? I know what Doc wants but you're the one in charge of this."