Rather than replying with words, Mike unfolds his arms and steps away from the command chair. Down in the deck, he taps one of the consoles, moving through the folders until he finds The Video.
With another tap of his finger, he starts it playing.
A woman orders one crew member to contact mission command. She then informs mission command that they are about to begin test zero-zero-five and to stand by. The crew clearly knows the protocol for running this test; various crew members call out their tasks, from slowing the rings to a stop (after which gravity ceases on the command desk and presumably everywhere on the station) to initiating drive.
There is a tense moment. A crew member keeps calling percentages: “Drive at five percent. Drive at ten percent.”
Eventually: “Drive steady at 60 percent. Steady -”
Several consoles beep. “Drive failed.”
The woman contacts mission command again: “Be advised. Test zero-zero-five failed after a climb to 60%.”
As it finishes, he looks back at Kirk, arms folding again.
"They were testing something here, experimenting with whatever this 'drive' was. And something clearly went sideways leaving the station broken and empty until we were brought here."
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With another tap of his finger, he starts it playing.
A woman orders one crew member to contact mission command. She then informs mission command that they are about to begin test zero-zero-five and to stand by. The crew clearly knows the protocol for running this test; various crew members call out their tasks, from slowing the rings to a stop (after which gravity ceases on the command desk and presumably everywhere on the station) to initiating drive.
There is a tense moment. A crew member keeps calling percentages: “Drive at five percent. Drive at ten percent.”
Eventually: “Drive steady at 60 percent. Steady -”
Several consoles beep. “Drive failed.”
The woman contacts mission command again: “Be advised. Test zero-zero-five failed after a climb to 60%.”
As it finishes, he looks back at Kirk, arms folding again.
"They were testing something here, experimenting with whatever this 'drive' was. And something clearly went sideways leaving the station broken and empty until we were brought here."