[ drily, ] You're not getting my things, kid. [ he was your age, he knows what you're thinking.

after a minute of fiddling with screws and carefully untangling wires, several of them blackened and fried, he uncovers what he was looking for. ]

Here. Shine the light there. See that? [ it looks like just another component of the ship albeit in a slightly different color. ] That's the main part of the communications system. A couple of new parts, it'll be up and running again.