#guess that means we get more of this

“We were…we were caught in the middle of a class 5 ion storm. I was trying to calculate the intermix ratio to route warp power through the deflector to help reinforce the shields and give us a buffer against the ion discharges, but…I must have miscalculated something because I ended up frying most of the EPS conduits on the ship when we were struck by an ion discharge. People were injured in the process and…” Sidney trails off for a second. “I felt their pain as the conduits they were working near blew out.”

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