Sentence:  ["the control panel of hovercraft" The Logos "has lit up after being jumped by" The Hammer]/ Sparky: "She lives again."/ Crew member of The Hammer via radio: "You want us to <WSD>patch</WSD> an uplink to reload the software, Sparky?"/ Sparky: "Yeah, that'd be swell. And can you clean the windshield while you're at it?" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.