Narchi signaled Mirelle. She responded after a moment. "Go ahead, Narchi. What the bad news?" He sighed, "Like everything in life--there are good and bad news. Bad news: One quantum shuttlecock assembly is not repairable with on-board parts. Good news: I was able to repair one damaged module with parts from the scragged unit!" He paused for a moment and went on,"Bad news: One quantum shuttlecock is blown away, We'll need another one. Also a pair of rotator rails for the 6350 assembly to go with the shuttlecock. Here's the best news: With what we have on-board...I CAN get us air-borne within two hours by taking an intact 6350 unit from the lateral drives." He finished climbing to the top of the rope and snapped his auto-belay unit off of it. He coughed and snorted at the smell of burned circuitry. Mirelle asked, "That means we can get maximum lift at minimal speed and our maneuvering speed will be the shits, hunh? Great. Can you give me a speed estimate?" "If I can get Jin to help on removing the module assembly, carrying it here, and using the winch to lower it down to the scragged unit--fifteen to thirty minutes. I can pull the scragged unit and replace it with new and extract the bad unit in about another forty minutes about. System tests and calibrations will take sixteen minutes exact." Narchi paused and remarked, "If all goes well--we might be air-worthy...Sah-Hu winds or not...in about ninety minutes. Our top air-speed will be sixty-two kilometers per hour with the load we have." He braced himself for an outburst of displeasure. After a long pause, Mirelle asked,"Are you pulling my leg? NINETY MINUTES? SIXTY-TWO KPH?" He flinched and said slowly,"No leg pulling or spreading at present...my numbers are accurate to within thirty minutes and plus or minus Two KPH in speed...why?" Mirelle made a squeal of pleasure and shouted, "If you can actually pull THAT miracle of miracles out of your ass-- I WILL fuck your brains out, you lovable mutant midget! Holy CRAP! I thought we were down for WEEKS, by what I know! WELL! GET ON WITH IT! Lift off by sunset! Yaaaaaaaaay, Bayyyyyyyybeeeeeeeeeee! I'll make my scheduled run! Lemme know if I can help out!" Narchi blinked in surprise looking down the Molecular Motion Induction engine shaft and shrugged in shock and replied, "Uhhhhhhhmmm, alrighty then. I'll need you to run the power boards up front while we swap out parts. That might cut five to ten minutes off of lift-off window." Mirelle giggled," 'Lift-off window!' We're an AIRSHIP, not a SPACESHIP! Oh my god! Sound like we'd be heading toward the outer planets, or something! Lemme know what's going on! Mirelle out." Narchi paused at the sudden thought of a three-some with Mirelle and Neblae, with him happy in the middle. Then of Mirelle and Neblae having a knife-fight over him, leaving him filled with stab-wounds and long, barbed knives. He laughed ironically and ran toward the front of the airship saying, "THAT would be the way it would turn out. What am I thinking anyway? A TWOSOME should keep me occupied for a while...if that ever happens!" --To be continued!-- Media is the usual suspects