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Dilithium Exhaustion

Published on October 30, 2025
Deck 1
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It had been several days since they left Framheim Station, enroute for their destination at Vareen I, and Meila was laying in bed. She had just finished a double shift and felt the need to rest. It was approximately 12 more hours until they arrived at their destination.

She had ordered all science team heads to rest, and that left Lt. Nimora in command. She was going to rest for a couple of hours and return to duty, to relieve her. Her combadge chirped.

“So much for rest,” she sighed, “Go ahead.”

“Hello Captain… Commander, Sir… Ma’am, Ma’am Sir?” came a wavering voice.

“Commander is fine.” Meila replied.

“Commander this is Ens. Grieves. I am working this shift in Engineering.” Grieves identified himself. “We are experiencing a Dilithium exhaustion.”

“Dilithium Exhaustion?” Meila sat up.

“It happens when the ship has been travelling at warp for a long time, the Dilithium just farts out.” Grieves tried to explain.

“Farts out?” Meila grew confused.

“Yeah pfffffft, you know, FARTS.” Grieves said.

“Okay okay okay. So how do we fix this?” Meila wondering if he was drunk.

“We just need to give the engines a break for about an hour or so.” He said.

“Alright, we will. Thank you Ensign,” Meila tapped her combadge shut and shook her head, “farts out…”

Wearing her out of duty shirt she made her way out of the Captain’s Quarters and stepped onto the bridge, she looked around and everyone was just chilling. “Hey, we are going to drop out of warp for an hour or so.”

Talat nodded, “Helm, drop out of warp.”

“Thank you Lieutenant, you stand relieved, I will take it from here.” Meila said.

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    Ishreth Dal

    I like Grieves awkward dialogue - I think a lot of us can relate to the jitters of facing someone in authority! I have never thought about dilithium farts before, but thanks! Now I'll never get that out of my head :D

    October 31, 2025

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