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I have no idea. Care to press it and find out?

Accordin' t' Star Fleet protocol if ya don't know what something do ya should not press it.

Edited 2016-07-21 19:45 (UTC)

Protocols are such tedious things, I rarely pay attention to them.

I mean, if it was a self-destruct button then there would be a warning. Anything else we can probably deal with.

That button may decompress this apartment. Or flush ya out into space. It's not so much 'bout protocols as yer safety.

What would be the point of such a thing? Not that the concept isn't amusing, but very few people would design an idiot-killing button.

Gettin' rid o' intruders or trash may be one reason. Bein' able to experiment in vacuum another. Plenty o' reasons an' not all engineers take safety over comfort when designin'.

I would hope they'd at least add a warning label, but point.

On the other hand, you're the one who wanted to know what it does.

Yes. But yer not a senior officer so I doubt ya would have any clue.

Not a senior officer in this army or on this ship, no.

Yep an' I'm much more qualified. I should really tell you not to not touch anythin'.

I may be an old man compared to you, my lad, but I'm not dumb. Note that I never actually pressed the idiot-killing button.

But ya suggested it. [He got a smug look on his face] I didn't. I'm a chief engineer.

So why don't you know what the button does already?

Not my ship. I could try t' disassemble it but I don't think that would be appreciated.

[And it's not strange a 17 boy proclaims to be a chief engineer huh?]

Edited 2016-07-21 21:57 (UTC)