Sponners,

You and your “experiencing alien cultures bit”! I took the time to read up on IDIC after one of our nights out back at UP, and I reckon you’re pushing the envelope a bit there, mate! Besides, not many who can say they’ve dated GRANDmother and granddaughter J Hang on, please don’t tell me you dated the middle one as well…

We’ve increased the gap between spikes, and its sort of worked. Gravity’s gone right way up again, sort of, but it’s now at 0.5G so if you walk too quickly or bounce too hard, you fly up and stick to the ceiling. Makes responding to emergencies a little tough, I tell you. Also, we’ve just got the bogs back on line after an unfortunate business, only to find that using them now can be a life-changing experience, if you’re not careful. I’m pretty sure that the OSBN is the only way we’re gonna regulate this any time soon. We still need to get this done, as apparently there’s a delay on our gravity generators. The independent contractor bringing them to us got hijacked by pirates and the parts were nicked. The Captain’s hopping mad and spluttering about sending the runabouts out to go hunting for them, but Starfleet Command won’t let him. Anyway.

I’ve got the modified tricorder up and working (although it’ll need testing with the rest of the system). Didn’t try plugging it in without the OSBN relay as I figured that would probably make things worse.

Interesting idea with the coffee percolator, and I can see where you’re coming from. Don’t see any problems making the modifications to the percolator itself, but we’ve got two main issues here – the boss won’t let me anywhere near the percolator as he reckons I’ll break it, and we’ve got no biomechanical gel aboard the station. Any way we can whip some up from local ingredients? I’ve got a mouldy sandwich that’s probably achieved sentience by now, if that helps.

Anyway, I’m off to try kidnapping the percolator. Have a think, and give me a shout.

Cheers,
Petey The Vampire Slayer