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As the spinning creature came flying at Grace even faster now she barely got the containment net up in time to catch it. No sooner had she bagged it when the creature’s daze from the hit, and its one injured fifth leg now broken became evident to it. The creature was hissing and screeching something fierce in the netting. It showed surprising strength for its size, but the netting for now held. Though its clawed feet, and teeth and spiked tail even though cramped were working heavily to find a means of escape even now....

Just then over an open comm line, an NE from sickbay came through =/\= NE Tech here, bridge be on the alert for a very dangerous alien creature coming up there! It’s already killed one med tech in the decomm chamber, though some of the team should be on there way up soon! =/\=

And no sooner after that when the turbolift opened again after a moment or so two armory officers armed with phase pistols and mag boots came out behind the XO. “..Where’s the threat?” One asked, then the other pointed to the thrashing bag of the XO, “…oh…sorry had a problem getting the mag boots out of the lockers..” he said both aiming their pistols in the direction of the irate thrashing creature.

And finally a second after that NE Sally also in sickbay spoke, =/\= Its a predatory insect from the Kaferia system, beyond known space by Earth. The Vulcans found it in a system known as Tau Ceti some light years from here as their origins. Something called like Vek’lee or something. Its born out of a small egg, and then seeks out prey the more protein and organic residue that it consumes translates to a faster growth rate. From what the Vulcans say the more intelligent the prey it consumes the faster and stronger it gets. Eventually it seeks to lay eggs in a selected prey upon full maturation before it dies after 5-6 days by our time once it lays its eggs. Life expectancy until then can range from 2 weeks to 5 months. =/\= She added.

GM CockRoach

Helena pushed off, leaving Aiden in Renault’s capable hands. She hit the comm button, =O=Little late medical. We have another dead crewman up here and one critically injured.=C=

“Tell them to hurry.” Marceau said, “Ensign Conlon needs medical attention.”

=/\=Sickbay, Captain says to hirry. En Conlon needs immediate attention.”/\=

=/\= Understood I’ll be up shortly. =/\= Came the NE male voice.

Then she made her way slowly back towards Aiden and Renault. She wished they would get a cage or something. Then she looked at the floating dead body. “You don’t think it laid eggs in the body do you?”

Laursen, pilot

Marceau gave Helena a look. “You have to come up with the nastiest ideas, don’t you?” And for once, he did not envy Medical’s job.

~ Capt Renault

“Sorey Capt. Sally said it, not me. I just want to make sure we don’t end up with more of these things. Did you see what it did to the Tactical station?” Helena quipped.

“Or the other body that is already down in sickbay,” Heather said while trying to maintain a grip on the net. “We need to get this in a stronger containment vessel before it figures out how to get out of the net. Or a really strong box.

“Give me a hand,” she said looking over at the two NE’s with their mag boots. “And could someone ask sickbay if the Vulcans found a way to either sedate or contain these creatures?”

Cmdr Grace - XO/CSO

After Green had snapped her out of her shock, Naomi managed to push herself back. She hit the wall as her arm gripped the nearest handle. Her wide eyes continued to stare while fighting to do something useful. The chaos finally came to an end when a net wrapped about the creature’s form, trapping it within it.

A sense of relief entered Naomi, melting her fear. Her arms stirred as she pushed closer to the others.

“I’m not going to lie, eggs crossed my mind too. I don’t want to run into smaller copies of this…,” she pointed at the wiggling mass in Grace’s hands, “on the ship.”

Helena nodded towards Naomi with a ‘see I’m not the only one freaked out’ look.

Careful to float past, she moved to a wall nearest the CO. She scanned the it a bit before finding the first aid kit. Pulling a specially designed lever, it released and she handed it off to the Captain.

“This might help.” Her eyes avoided the floating globs of red as she moved to contacted sickbay.

=^= Bridge to Sickbay, did the Vulcans have information how to sedate or contain the creature? We have it in a net, but that isn’t going to last long.=^=

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Helena snagged the med kit and flipped it open for Renault, holding it nearby and trying to steady Aiden as much as possible.

Laursen, pilot

NE Sally’s voice came back on then, =/\= Looks like nothing on sedation or containment, they just shoot it on sight to avoid larger infestations. =/\= She said.

GM CockRoach