ensign almack is working on it. well, tell him to hurry up. if the relays up there get too cold they're going to start cutting out on us. we've got a power fluctuation in the starboard nacelle, sir. we'll get to it as soon as we can. aye, sir. any luck? we know it's got something to do with the plasma exhaust. the flow's been restricted for some reason and it's screwing up half the systems on the ship. tell billy to purge the aft manifold. yes, sir. archer: do you think it might be a good idea to drop out of warp? give me a minute, sir. i think we can figure it out. tucker to bridge. might be a good idea to drop out of warp. going to impulse, sir. commander... i think i've found the problem. something's distorting our wake pattern. reed: em residue in the exhaust ports? no, we checked; they're clean. malcolm, if we ignited the plasma exhaust what kind of damage would it do to the nacelles? ch damage? sir? if we polarize the hull plating it should be all right as long as we maintained at least half impulse. go to half impulse, ensign. aye, sir.