Chapter 2 - The Entree

Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:03 PM
You can be wherever you want
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Lt. Ghas – COpsO — 01/23/2024 9:04 PM
::tries to get out of bed:: Really doc, I am okay
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:04 PM
:: trying to project calm while simultaneously loosing it mentally:: “ LT park your rear on that bed or I will sedate you! “.
Lt. Ghas – COpsO — 01/23/2024 9:04 PM
::sighs heavily and falls back::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:05 PM
Nurse> ::approaches Dr. Melanick:: Doctor, we have every bed filled and another eighteen people on cots in the hallway.
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:05 PM
::Laying in a bed in sickbay feeling worse than she did when she entered Sickbay she just stays laid down feeling weak::
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:05 PM
::grumbling at how busy he is::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:06 PM
::Curled up on a biobed, listening to the gentle thump of the monitor doing its thing.::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:06 PM
::in the hallway, helping to direct traffic::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:06 PM
Caressa to staff “ Triage incoming by symptom. GI, Resp, etc. Ensign Gomez assign symptoms to staff and assign sick bay areas to them.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:06 PM
::Grumps:: Nobody flies the ship like I do. If we end up off course..
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:07 PM
::over the intercom::Doc, we’ve got cargo bay 2 ready for patients.
Lt. Cmdr. Statzia Liski
BOT
— 01/23/2024 9:07 PM
::at the Ops station, putting all of her Academy training to use trying to redirect and reassign staff to needed areas::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:08 PM
Assistant Medical> ::pulls a sheet over a crewmember:: Call it, 2108 hours.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:08 PM
::Shifts, and tries to close her eyes::
::And eyes pop open again::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:09 PM
:::On the other side of the room, a young Lieutenant from Astrometrics, nearly rolls off her bed as she turns and vomits on the floor:::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:09 PM
:: ro the Lt.:: Thanks bunches! Gomez let’s move GI symptoms to Cargo bay 1, Respiratory symptoms to cargo bay 2: Every otther or multiple symptoms to Cargo bay 3
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:10 PM
::Just listening to the monitor beep doing its thing starting to feel nausious feeling her lungs tighten with each breath::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:10 PM
::takes a patient by the other side and helps assist them onto a cot::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:11 PM
Grabs the closest pads and looks over the microscopic cultures::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:11 PM
There’s got to be something in common.. ::Murmurs::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:11 PM
:::sitting on the Bridge::: How the hell does 27% of the crew get sick when we haven’t touched a planetside in weeks?
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:12 PM
::wondering what the hell is wrong with her and 25 percent of the ship::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:13 PM
When…. did this all start? ::talks into the sickbay, like anyone is listening::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:13 PM
::scratching her head: makes no sense, no transports, have we taken anything on board? Has there been any ships parties where the co-mingled. :: She throws the pads across the room!
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:14 PM
Say, Doc, do you think we’ll need to convert hanger space?
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:14 PM
Assiatant Medical> :::approaches Caressa:: Doctor, Lieutenant Davran just passed away.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:14 PM
::The room spins and she closes her eyes again::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:15 PM
::steps into Sickbay just as the PADDs fly::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:15 PM
;::drums his fingers, before a lightbulb goes off:::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:15 PM
:: rolls over and vomits onto the floor feeling guilty about it::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:15 PM
Damn! She pats the officer on the back :: Melanick to Capt Crow::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:15 PM
Computer where is the Counselor?
Computer> Counselor Stepanova is in sickbay.
+Melanick+ Go ahead.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:17 PM
“We have had our first fatality. Mostly GI symptoms. I have inputted all the crew that are here is there any commonality that you can think of?
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:17 PM
+Melanick Not offhand but we’re trying to piece those ideas together.
Lt. Cmdr. Statzia Liski
BOT
— 01/23/2024 9:18 PM
::to the person on the other end of the com:: Yes, I know you worked a double yesterday, and I’m sorry to ask again.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:19 PM
:: she pushes a vomit bag in front of another crew members face:: “There ya go, it will be all right “
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:19 PM
You have the Bridge. ::heads to the TL and sickbay:::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:20 PM
::Tries very hard not to feel too queasy::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:20 PM
rolls over onto back closes her eyes
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:20 PM
:: faces the newbie ensign :: Ensign, let’s get this floor cleaned up.
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:21 PM
:: starts coughing again swearing under her breath::
Lt. Cmdr. Statzia Liski
BOT
— 01/23/2024 9:21 PM
::looks up and looks around, before transferring her work to the console in the Captain’s chair::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:21 PM
::arrives a few minutes later, making a beeline for Millie:: Counselor, a moment?
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:21 PM
Caressa grabs another round of hyposprays and goes to the next group::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:22 PM
::looks up from where she is helping to hold someone’s hair back as they vomit:: Sir?
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:22 PM
::staggers to the nearest replicator:: Ugh…thus is not a good time to have enhanced senses…
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:22 PM
Is Ensign Moro or the child ill?
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:23 PM
::watches Henry enter and then go to the counselor, rolls her eyes: “
He could at least grab a vomit bag or two and help . (Said in her head)
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:23 PM
::Stops coughing and closes her eyes::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:24 PM
::blinks:: No, sir. They’re fine.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:24 PM
::accepts the hypospray with a mild sedative gratefully and tries to find a comfortable position::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:24 PM
I began to think that maybe they used you like a trojan horse. But if they’re not sick and have spent the most time around you that’s not it.
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:26 PM
::orders a filter mask from the replicator:: It’s a good thing I kept the file for these things ::fits the mask over his muzzle::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:26 PM
::accepts the sedative and medcine they give her::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:27 PM
::blinks in surprise:: I don’t think they’d hurt me.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:27 PM
Doc! Over here! She turned her head with a snap and went over to the pale ensign. “It’s ok” She went to work quickly hoping it was enough.
Lt. Ghas – COpsO — 01/23/2024 9:27 PM
::tries to get up again:: they need me on the bridge
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:27 PM
Apologies for bringing it up, but I’m trying to think of what the hell could be causing this.
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:28 PM
Ah, so much better.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:29 PM
::To Ghas:: Soon enough my friend soon enough.
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:29 PM
::helps to ease the officer back into the bed, wiping their mouth with a damp towel::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:29 PM
Starts pouring over pads again. “I am missing something “
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:29 PM
:: thinking I need to try to get up so that someone worse than me can have the bed tries to sit up is hit with instand dizzyness lays back down::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:30 PM
;;moves over to Caressa:: I’ve been asking myself that all day.
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:30 PM
If you need to run tests, I understand. But I don’t think they did anything. They weren’t planning on sending me back.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:31 PM
“It almost acts like botulism, but that’s never been an issue since the early 20th century.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:31 PM
::Groans softly::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:31 PM
:: thanks Millie for the help::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:31 PM
Food poisoning?
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:31 PM
Yes, in the simplest form, but deadly.
But I don’t see how.
It’s comes from poorly processed foods
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:34 PM
:::several more crew members walk in, feeling ill::::
We don’t process anything, 90% of the crew uses the replicators.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:34 PM
Exactly
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:34 PM
::Turns over, hoping that will help::
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:34 PM
I can run a diagnostic on the replicators.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:35 PM
I am going to treat for it, can’t hurt at this point
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:35 PM
Go ahead Chief.
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:35 PM
::helps the crew members to chairs, the immediate beds all being full::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:36 PM
::OPens one eye a crack, then closes it again::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:37 PM
:: is sound asleep::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:37 PM
:: prepares the antitoxin, double checking the data base::
:: running it through the DNA sequencer::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:38 PM
::Looks around at all the crew::: I know you’re sick as dogs right now, but listen to the doctors. I know that’s funny coming from me, but trust me, you don’t want on her bad side. ::hoping to lighten the mood:::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:39 PM
::eye roll:: Love you too!
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:39 PM
::begins a level 5 diagnostic check:: Break out the emergency rations, this is going to take a while
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:39 PM
::Grins::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:40 PM
::Looks at Henry:: who do I try it on?
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:40 PM
I’d say whoeevr is sickest.
Lt. Cmdr. Statzia Liski
BOT
— 01/23/2024 9:40 PM
::on the com:: Yes, Lieutenant, we’re all working extra shifts!
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:41 PM
::monitoring the diagnostics:
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:42 PM
Pick me. ::Doesn’t open her eyes::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:42 PM
She walked over to the pale ensign, took his hand as she sat on the edge of the bed. “ I know you can’t hear me, but I just wanted to tell you that we are trying everything. :: She administered the hypospray and prayed::
::watching his bio monitor::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:43 PM
::jumps back as a new arrival almost pukes on her boots::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:44 PM
::Slowly his pulse regains strength, breathing starts to normalize. Color returns::
“ Hot Damn! I think we got it!
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:45 PM
::Turns over again, back to as much of the room as possible::
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:45 PM
::lets out a breath he was holding:: How quick can we manufacture that?
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:46 PM
::the computer chimes. Looks at the readings and mutters:: Well, that was fast. ::louder:: Captain, I’ve found some corrupted files in replicator 3. Wow, this is a mess.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:46 PM
:: she heads over to the replicator:: Fast if the replicator and sequencer can keep up.
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:46 PM
:::heads to the Chief:: How does something like that get corrupted?
Just a computer error?
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:47 PM
::Drifts off to sleep::
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:47 PM
I’ll have to take a closer look at it. For now, I can purge the affected files and reload from backups.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:48 PM
:: handing out hyposprays to the staff:: “Start in order of arrival and condition.”
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:48 PM
Opens her eyes then closes them again
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:48 PM
What I would give to have a Bynar pair on my team…
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:49 PM
I’ll add that to our to-do list. Good job Chief, I think this just saved our bacon.
And go through all the other reps to make sure they’re okay?
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:50 PM
::saves corrupted files to a PADD for later analysis::
You got it, boss.
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:50 PM
::grabs one of the hyposprays and follows another nurse to one of the bays:: Alright, Constance, here we go. ::administers the hypospray::
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:51 PM
opens her eyes* ” thank you Councilor”
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:51 PM
+Statzia+ We’re on the road to recovery down here. They found a cure for the symptoms and we found the source.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:51 PM
Lt. Kerwen, here ya go!
:::administers the hypospray::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:52 PM
::Sighs and blinks:: Thanks Doc.
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:52 PM
::steps to Ghas, resetting the hypo:: Hey there. Here we go.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:52 PM
Oh… oh wow.. that’s fast.
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:52 PM
No problem, just take it easy no hurry.
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:53 PM
starts to feel better almost instantly* ” oh wow”
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:53 PM
Everyone is to spend the next 24 hours off-duty, got it?
And get a clean bill of healtj from medical before you go back on shift.
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:53 PM
::Groans again:: 24 hours?
and get checked out again?
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:54 PM
Captain and Doctors orders. Remember don’t tick me off! :😏:
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:54 PM
Fine…
Cpt H Crow — 01/23/2024 9:55 PM
(Find pauses)
Lt Commander Constance Stewart — 01/23/2024 9:55 PM
“yes sir will do”
::Pause::
Lt Millie Stepanova, Couns. — 01/23/2024 9:55 PM
::pauses ×2::
Lt Kerwen Nuhl-Helm — 01/23/2024 9:55 PM
::Slowly sits up, determined to go back to her quarters to rest::
::Pause::
CMDR Caressa Melanick — 01/23/2024 9:56 PM
Caressa finds the chair in her office and collapses:: paused::
Lt. K’Naut, Chief Engineer — 01/23/2024 9:56 PM
::pause::
Lt. Ghas – COpsO — 01/23/2024 9:57 PM
::finally free, he leaves sickbay for his quarters::