He looked back at her as they walked "Do you know anything about engines private Marks?" he asked with a slight smirk leading her into the engine room which luckily was accessible form inside the ship for easy maintenance.  Several male cadets had looked her up and down as they had walked the hall but he tried not to notice not sure why it mattered to him anyway.  He grabbed a large bag of tools from the wall and climbed up a set of steps toward a large roundish ball of tubing and wires that clicked and whirred angrily at him as if the ship was as upset as he was.