With a smile that could be have been out of some old romance holovid, Kavash caught the helmsman's grin, not noticing the other looks from around the bridge.  For as many lifetimes as he'd been around Teel had always liked to open up a new post with mild humor.  Monitoring the ships tactical systems Kavash watched diligently as the crew prepared for the away mission to the planet.  The comm system tied into the command console kept tabs on the discussion and situation in the Transporter room as the crew prepared to disembark.<em>"Good luck gentlemen.  I'll be waiting to bring you home safely again." </em>Echoed across the comm as Kavash's console indicated the ships primary shields were dropping momentarily to allow for the transport.  The system was automatic and would quickly return the shields to the status they were at prior to activating the transporters.<br/><br/>As the shields dropped completely Kavash jumped as a luminescent purple arch of electricity seemed to roll quickly across  his console.  Looking around the bridge he noticed this was not the only arch of energy.  As quickly as it came it was gone and everything seemed back to normal.  Unsure of what had happened, Kavash turned back to check the ships systems and was concerned to see that the ship shields had not gone back up after the transport was complete.  His hands skirted quickly across the black sheen console, touching buttons which brought up status panels and system readings.  Although all status's showed that the shields were fully operational, but something was not letting him activate the shields.<br/><br/>"Captain, there is a problem with the shields.  The transport is complete, but they aren't coming back up.  Sensors are showing that we are being exposed to small amounts of Chroniton radiation.  I'm attempting to bring the shields back up, but there seems to be a malfunction somewhere in the system I haven't been able to track down yet."