Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Garth (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Sickbay

Posted by Lieutenant Tija Aizala (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim - Sickbay

Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - Sickbay
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As the temperature and humidity fell, the corpse slowly started to desiccate and become hard, the tendrils sticking out of the stump eventually stopped moving and the heat that was being generated by the parasite stopped. It seems that lowering the core temperature of the host froze the invader.

GM Wombat

Tija raised one eyebrow as she watched the body and parasites tendrils. She certainly hadn’t expected such a drastic change. “Maybe I shouldn’t have lowered to temperature quite that much,” she muttered under her breath as she flipped open her tricorder to do an in-depth scan of the corpse and the parasite. A bit louder she, she continued, “But at least he isn’t a danger for the crew anymore. Though I’d rather not have to take such extreme measures with Torrirs and Osten. The last thing I want to do is kill either of them.” While she talked the moved the tricoder wand slowly down the body, trying to find out if the parasite was actually still alive and just frozen, or of she had killed it.

~Lt. Tija, Asst. CMO

Garth’s bushy eyebrows raised in surprise at the efficacy of the treatment. “Well done,” he exclaimed in a paternal tone. Then Garth abruptly turned back to the samples he had collected, the thought that they might be dangerous if left unattended just occurring to him. Sticking all three petri dishes in a containment cambering, Garth then used a set of medical tongs to gingerly pick up Richards’ dismembered arm and put it with the rest of the detached parts of the parasite. “Computer, lower the humidity within the containment chamber to 0% and the temperature to 0°C.” He hoped that would neutralize them in case they were primed to reanimate.

(Lt. J.g. Garth, CSO)

OOC: Just so I am clear, you aren’t trying to put the body/parasite in statsis, correct?

IC: The hand also slowed its movement as the air and cold dried it out. Apparently the environmental adjustments aboard the Potterfield were to make the space habitable to whatever this is.

GM Wombat

OOC: Correct. Aizala just tried more or less the first thing that popped into her mind to reduce the fever and keep the parasite from growing. ~Silke

Emmy stood back and watched the two officers work with interest. Shortly, however, her reverie was interrupted by the chirp of her comm badge.

=/\= NE Uhoh to Captain Davis. Ma’am, you better get back to the bridge, there’s something you need to hear. =/\=

=/\= I’m on my way. =/\=

She briefly nodded at the CSO and the CMO as she spun on her heel and made her way to the bridge.

Davis, CO

With her main focus still on her tricorder, Tija only saw the Captain leaving from the corner of her eye and she hadn’t actually heard the comm call at all; at least not on a conscious level.

~Lt. Tija, Asst. CMO

Garth shook his head as if to clear it, turning away from watching the results of the chief medical officer’s scan intently. His eyes widened suddenly as he abruptly remembered that there was an away team in the hostile environment of the Potterfield, with more of these deadly flora. Slapping his comm badge, Garth hailed the Challenger’s chief engineer.

</> Garth to Lieutenant Vras. Lieutenant Aizala has discovered that altering environmental conditions is extremely effective at neutralizing the hostile lifeforms. The climate on the Potterfield has likely been adapted to suit the biological needs of the plants. If possible, I’d recommend finding a way to reduce the atmospheric conditions on board the Potterfield to 0 degrees Celsius and 0 percent humidity. </>

“Hopefully no one’s environmental suit has been damaged,” Garth mumbled to himself as he turned back to hastily review the scans once again.

(Lt. J.g. Garth, CSO)

It wasn’t until she heard her own name, that the voices around her actually fully registered with the doctor again. Frowning slightly, she resisted from correcting Garth. After all, there were much more important things going on and to some degree she’d gotten used to people mixing up her first and last name over the years. So instead her focus went back to her tricorder, still trying to figure out whether the parasite was still alive or not as her next actions regarding the two patients that were still alive depended on the answer to that question.

~Lt. Tija, Asst. CMO