Posted by Lieutenant Todd Nyman (Chief Counselor) in To the Naked Eye [Tag CIO, Medical] - Sickbay

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Posted by Lieutenant Bradley Maxwell (Chief Medical Officer) in To the Naked Eye [Tag CIO, Medical] - Sickbay
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Ensign Conners was in sickbay, under observation. The gentle beeps of the biobed indicating a state of rest and recovery. He would have been cleared for discharge if not for the other circumstances surrounding his injury.

Lieutenant Nyman watched from across sickbay. He went over the Ensign’s file again: Human male, 24 years old, currently recovering from what heat stroke, which appeared to be at least partially self-inflicted. Currently seeking help for mild social anxiety.

Fingers trembled as they scrolled across the screen. Up and down through the available session notes. No history of self harming behaviors, no indication of mood disorders or other disturbances, no warning signs recorded by counseling staff.

The feeling of failure knotted up in his chest. As Chief Counselor, it was his responsibility to notice if something was wrong. How could he be so careless when it could mean someone’s life?

There had to be something else. He went over the file again…

|Lt. Nyman,
Chief Counselor|

Brad paced back and forth across sickbay, having already briefed the appropriate staff as to the needs presented in the staff meeting. He’d already read through the file a hundred times as well, not seeing any background of this sort of activity. And so he paced, not really able to do anything but with the urge to do something. Half an eye was kept directly on Conners, but he was obviously distracted, lost in thought.

On a sudden whim, he changed the direction of his stride, walking over to join the counselor. “Nyman,” he asked, “what’s Conners’ recent work activity? Could he have been affected by an anomaly of some sort since your last session with him, and who’s been consistently near him in that time?”

Lieutenant Bradley Maxwell
Chief Medical Officer

“Maybe…” Lieutenant Nyman muttered. After a few taps he found another wall of files to sift through.

“Looks like he’s been all over the ship. Upgrading security sensors, installing new multi-frequency detectors in the corridors, all crew level stuff.”

He paused his scrolling, pointing out a line on the screen,

“Last Monday - he was working on the containment deck. Came into contact with what has been classified as… an object of ‘inert multidimensional matter’.” he continued. “I… I don’t know what that could mean, I don’t have the clearance to look further into it.”

|Lt. Nyman,
Chief Counselor|
“I wouldn’t know, either,” Brad said, pausing, “but I wonder if Commander Magnusson might, and I imagine he’d have that clearance.I think we just found our lead into this incident.” He tapped his badge. “Maxwell to Magnusson. When you are free, if you could please come to sickbay?” He took back to pacing, muttering under his breath, over and over, “inert multidimensional matter.”

Lieutenant Bradley Maxwell
Chief Medical Officer

=^=One minute out=^= Magnus had already been on his way, only stopping to make a secure connection from his office system to his work PaDD, he usually didn’t like having anything so vulnerable accessing his systems but he wanted something mobile and off the normal computer library banks available. Exactly sixty seconds after the call he entered Sickbay “Doctor, Counselor” He gave each officer a slight nod “Have you learned anything new?” He asked.

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“We’re not sure yet…” Nyman reported, “It might have to do with the multidimensional matter business Collins was exposed to last week. For some reason,” Lieutenant Nyman said, looking back at Magnus with a slight smirk, “I don’t have security clearance to look further into it.”

Adam gave Nyman a sharp look “Your duties do not require Omega level clearance Lieutenant” He reprimanded the younger officer, this was not the time and place for such discussions “If you want to get Gamma clearance I recommend requesting reassignment as an ARU research consultant” A not so subtle reminder that the Leviathan worked under different security clearance protocols than Starfleet standard.

Adam had looked down as he spoke, tapping his PaDD to gain access to his system looking up the information requested by the other two officers.

After the exchange a nurse came up to the group,

“Sir,” he said, addressing no one in particular, “Ensign Collins is awake. He seems a bit disoriented but he’s lucid enough to answer questions.”

“Yes, thank you,” Nyman replied, “If it’s alright with you, Doctor, I’d like to go check on him.”

|Lt. Nyman,
Chief Counselor|

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