The computer on board the Bastard suddenly announced, "Incoming secure subspace communication has activated Security Protocol Ifix 1. Tests complete. Secure private channel to USS Murgatroid active ( Read more... )

After I looked inside Lothar, I got a second opinion from Ifix. We then suffered a power fluctuation, and I ran like hell ( Read more... )

Having recovered from his mini-emergency, Ifix went to sickbay at the behest of mib_khan.

Ifix looked at the machinery inside Lothar before pronouncing his diagnosis.

"Lothar broken."

The doctor gave the monkey-man a withering look. "I know that. Can you fix him ( Read more... )

Between repair shifts on the uss_murgatroid and dealing with mib_khan and storvik, Ifix decided to relax a little in one of the starbase's bars. Shortly after getting comfortable, his communicator chirped. "Incoming Priority 2 Emergency message for Murgatroid crewmember Ifix. Please report to your quarters immediately."

He left in a hurry.

Okay, I've done what I can for Lothar. I've looked at his insides and checked to make sure that anything organic in him is functioning properly.

It seems that one unusual thing about Lothar's physiology: his insides are bigger than his outsides. ( He's got me under his skin... )

After several failed and sometimes quite amusing attempts at unaided communication, Ifix decided to return to her own quarters ( Read more... )

Ifix wandered in the general direction of the bars and public areas of the massive starbase. It never occurred to her before how something as simple as a being's normally fixed gender could influence civility. Of course extraordinary events cause extraordinary results, like when beings change their gender upon copulation, and have substance abuse ( Read more... )

After saying his goodbyes to his unexpected guests, Ifix left his quarters and went in search of some other familiar faces. He and Storvik had coordinated a great deal of repair work on the Murgatroid, so he had no real desire to return there immediately. Storvik had actually told him to take a rest ( Read more... )