Kurt ignored him and began to open inspection ports.
“Guard!” yelled Krogson. “Throw that man out of here!”
Ozaki interrupted timidly. “Beg pardon, commander, but he can fix it if anybody can.”
Krogson whirled on the flight officer. “How do you know?”
Ozaki caught himself just in time. If he talked too much, he was likely to lose the scout that Kurt had fixed for him.
“Because he… eh… talks like a tech,” he concluded lamely.
Krogson looked at Kurt dubiously. “I guess there’s no harm in giving it a trial,” he said finally. “Give him a set of tools and turn him loose. Maybe for once a miracle will happen.”
“First,” said Kurt, “111 need the wiring diagrams for this thing.”
“Get them!” barked the commander and an orderly scuttled out of the control, headed aft.
“Next you’ll have to give me a general idea of what it’s supposed to do,” continued Kurt.