Chapter 4A: Traitors in our midst

I think Slaine would be helping Corbin assess damages, both as an official agent to verify any claims, and to fill their report (and also just to help).
Slain would also accept an "I got this" dismissal, if Corbin wanted to handle it himself. They gets how engineers and scientists can be with projects.

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Edit: actually, if anyone's injured Slaine would be helping with that. I just assumed everyone was mostly ok.

Hank gets up and says, "Thank you for your trust and confidence in me. I will do everything I can to make sure it is not misplaced." With that he gets up, nods, and heads for the door. Just before he opens the door, he turns around for a moment and says, "Please don't forget that if you ever need to talk about anything, I am always here. You can't talk with many people because you are the Captain. I am always available and, even though I may not be able to help, I am always willing to listen."

With that, he turns around and quietly leaves. He then heads out to find Corbin.

Hank goes looking for Corbin. Once he finds him, he sees that Slaine is helping him. Having spent so much time working together, especially having joined at the same time, Hank feels he can confide in him. "Looks like I get Gabe's old gig. If only I can do half as well ..." He trails off before catching himself. "How's it looking? The Captain asked me to check with you on where we stood and what our options are. I assume they are all bad to worse."

He turns to Slaine and says, "Special Agent, we will greatly appreciate your help managing the station. We already have a reporter floating around and a judge to coordinate with. We are definitely going to be relying on you for guidance through this. I only ask that we run everything through the Captain before any official statements are made or interviews given."

When Slaine offers to help, Corbin points to an open console. "Thanks, use that station. I've started with the engines working forward. If you'll start the diagnostics on the bridge systems and work aft from there. We should have an idea how bad it is fairly quickly."

When Hank arrives. "Congrats, sorry it had to be 'combat' promotion. But I think you'll do fine."

Hank turns to Slaine and says, "Special Agent Rowan, we will greatly appreciate your help managing the station. The Captain has provided some of her contacts on the station to help. The first persons you probably need to contact are Chief Inspector Marcus Trent and Judge Ramirez. Be sure to name-drop her when reaching out to them. The faster we can get the station working with us, the better chance we have to stop Ryan, uh, whoever it is.

"In addition, getting in contact with the reporter, uh ..." Hank has to check his notes, "Olivia Winters from Interstellar Broadcast Network can help get the information out. Again, the sooner we get these resources marshalled, the faster we can find him. Assuming he's still around to be found."

Slaine isn't great at actual mechanics , but sifting through and recording information? That Slaine can do, so they spend a while recording diagnostics and using that, and cross referencing with external value reports to begin a report.
Once addressed by Hank they look up."I've already started an official report, both for the ITC and for possible reimbursement. It's not guaranteed but sometimes it does happen.
I'll make sure to include it when I contact the Judge and Chief Inspector.." they then pause. "Do you trust this reporter not to spin something,? I can file a report but don't make official statements. I usually have someone available whose job that is. "

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Slaine is going to get all the damages files and also try to get a statement from each crew member present about the incident (from leaving the shuttle to the explosion) and file it with the report, if they are willing.
Slaine probably spends most of a day total doing all the forms and getting the damage report with Corbin, and any willing statements. Once done will message Chief Inspector Marcus Trent and Judge Ramirez the reports.

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They will also request the crew reports any concussion effects or new adverse health expierences, both for a report, and offering medical services personally.

Hank replies, "OK. The reporter is probably trustworthy, as she was brought up by the Captain directly. However, I completely empathize with your hesitation. So, let's not worry about that yet. I check back with her on how she wants to handle the reporter. But please do get things started with the Chief Inspector and Judge.

"Thank you!"

He will then work with Corbin on assessing the report so they can jointly present the report and recommendations to the Captain.

Hank looks up to Erin's question and smiles. The three of them had spent a lot of free time together and had a lot of good times over the year Erin has been with the crew. Hank and Corbin had hit it off when they joined the crew together and bonded despite their radically different backgrounds. While proving his accounting acumen, Hank also spent a lot of time on maintenance detail with Corbin. When Erin joined the crew, she ended up taking over a lot of the maintenance work Hank had been doing. So, in the process, they made it a trio who would bond during break time and have some fun escapades on shore duty.

He says, "Sure, come on over! You're always welcome to join the fun! Corbin has compiled a list of all the damage the ship took, and we're trying to formulate a recommendation to the Captain for how we handle it. It is not a very pretty picture at all. Take a look if you can stomach it."

While they look over it, Hank continues, "So, here is the list of damages and their repair costs. All things considered, for having the shuttle explode in the shuttle bay, this is way better than it could have been. Whoever built the Voyager sure made her resilient! Plus, I imagine two years of Corbin's care hasn't hurt either. But, it is still pretty bad. The problem, of course, is that we don't have that much money. And, while we can do the repairs here, I don't think there are any replacement shuttles here we can buy, unless someone is selling one second-hand. Which ... is something I should probably check out in a bit.

"Since we have nothing in the hold other than the supplies we need to sustain our journey, we're kinda screwed on generating cash. Not sure how we're gonna be making that all work, to be honest. And that's where we are stuck. We know the damage and what it will take to fix, but we're trying to figure how what to recommend for the best path forward. And, once we make the repairs, we will need even more spare parts, plus we'll need to get all of those other spare parts we got before, again, because ..." He trails off not completing his sentence. "So, we need even more money than what those repairs are gonna cost."

Taking a look through it, Erin comments, "Well, that does not look good. What's your plan?"

Hank pulls up the above report and does kind of a stream-of-consciousness. "Well, we have a crew of 25. That won't fit in a shuttle, so regulations will require us to keep the Lifeboats. There's no way we're selling the Spike Drive, the Fuel Shuttle, or the cold sleep pods. I don't think we can sell the Fuel Bunkers because we kinda need them to get anywhere. That leaves the contents of the Ship's Locker, the extended stores and the Overlay. Even if we could selectively slice down the Overlay, I would imagine that requires more extensive facilities than we have here. That brings us down to the extended stores and ship's locker.

"So, from what I can see, it looks like we are reduced to this:
1) Siphon off what we can from both the extended stores and ship's locker to pay for the repairs. Hopefully the station will give us some sweetheart deals instead of trying to gouge us. This will at least let us move again and allow us to get from place to place.
2) Hold off on getting a replacement shuttle. We'll see if we can get a loaner from the Sentinel, or if Special Agent Rowan can swing us a replacement from his Agency, whether loaner or outright transfer.

"That's the best I'm seeing. Any better ideas? Please?"

"I'll do my best to get some sort of compensation, but once I submit the paperwork it's out of my hands. But with everything else I would suggest keeping just the one shuttle for now.
The ship's locker would cover that, plus some extra creds you might be able to turn into trade."

Hank will reach out to any commercial contacts the Captain has to see what is both available for sale that they need, and what they can sell here. I'm assuming we can do the work needed on our own. We just need the supplies to get it done. The shuttle is a whole separate issue.

Speaking of the Sentinel, Hank wonders how they are doing on their hunt ...

Hank looks completely stunned. "Wow. That was ... unexpected. That isn't a good thing. Now we have to find a new crew, too? Not gonna be fun. What about our passengers? Are they looking for a new ride, now?"

Also, I forgot my Trade roll. Here we go ...

EDIT:
Also, I suppose this means we need to start looking for more crew. We're gonna need 5-7 to just run the ship!

Hank asks Erin, "Did they say why they quit en mass? Just didn't want to be part of a cursed ship, or was there something else driving them away?"

Corbin processes the news of the crew quitting. You know, I don't think I'd quit in a system where there's a revolution brewing... but hey, each to their own. On the other hand, there's no reason the synths have to be frozen while we're in real space. Waking them up will double the current crew, and I'm pretty sure I trust them.

"Corbin, in light of the hacked shuttle computer that almost killed us back at Draco I, and the Fugitive's ability to overload the shuttle so quickly, have you scanned for any such booby traps or hidden bombs in the Voyager's computers?"

Hank also thinks there is something more to the crew all quitting at once. It seems very fishy. Maybe the Fugitive suborned them somehow? Probably not. But it is fishy.