#Cory is the default fix-it person on the Cypriot even if she's not the most technically inclined

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[Coryander can be heard but her voice is too muffled to make out]

[there is a click and a hiss]

stupid mask- okay hi!! yes!!! i literally just came from the hangar!! but YES!! yes! it's so satisfying to solve problems, and like especially problems with mechs! i don't get to do it much, which like is probably good, but it's so satisfying to work on something all day and then finally figure out what it is and fix it!! i've been trying to get Hemera to stop whining whenever Thebe starts her up! and like her SEKMET kept saying there was something poking her -which i dont think can happen since she's not in realspace but still-, anyways i couldn't figure it out! i had to crawl all around and like all the systems looked fine right and the diagnostic checks said everything was alright!! so i couldn't tell what was actually going on! and Thebes said she literally replaced the degraded panel last night that was all melted so like everything should be fine, but like it clearly wasn't right!

anyways i ended up having to power her down, open her up, actually crawl inside which like i dont know if anyone here has actually had to get inside the ribcage of a Togukawa but wow that thing is scary on the inside too, and hot like apparently even out of combat woof.

okay and so like eventually i found one of clips that held the coolant line in place had been warped by the heat (which like they're not supposed to do but apparently harrison can't do the like one thing they do right, but whatever so it had warped out of place and gotten caught on the slip between the two panels of Hemera's like chest? yall know what i mean the little like orange chest thingy, and so it was scratching up the inside of the panel new panel cause it like wasn't deformed by heat and occasionally got stuck! so the whining was the heat escaping through this little hole and that's what was "poking" her SEKMET, but like UGH! it feels so good to struggle with something, find the problem and then be able to fix it properly, like i had to go in and remold the new panel and replace the pin and get it properly fixed in place which took a couple hours but it's so satisfying to finish a job like that!

uh ya anyways i so agree!! sorry for rambling all of the place but ya ya!! i very much agree Magpie it's like actually the funnest thing!!

Coryander signing off!

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You know, one of my favourite parts of working with the Runners is helping out the pilots with repairing their mechs.

Even you’re only technically the IT for your ship, you’d be surprised at how many problems I get called to solve that are either “Turn it off and on again” or “Unplug and replug something in” (in the latter’s defence said “something” is sometimes some small component that they just don’t have the dexterity to do. Doesn’t make it any more interesting!)

But with mechs, whenever there’s a problem there’s a PROBLEM. Which while yes, can be more frustrating, is also wayyy more satisfying to solve. I was just helping Wildcat with a problem and it was one of the most satisfying puzzles I’ve had to deal with in a while. I even thanked her for calling me!

(It may or may not help that certain pilots are unreasonably buff and wear shirts that do it so much justice while repairing… but ahaha you didn’t hear that from me…)

It’s not my fault pilots are hot! Well… one particular one anyways. Sigh. Maybe I am too lonely in my little tech nest. This was supposed to help with that!

Ah- uh, anyways, Magpie signing off.