Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim- SB Infirmary (new thread)

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Main Sim- SB Infirmary (new thread)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jenyfer Lynset (Scientist (Virology)) in Main Sim- SB Infirmary (new thread)
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Jenyfer smiled at the XO as they arrived then joined in the conversation. “A basic anti fungal works as something of a cure. It will keep it at bay till we can recycle and purge the spores in the air and get everyone into a state of rest to clear the rest out. But it’s gonna take a while to get enough hypos to wander the ship with. I have the system working on them now. I’m thinking maybe 20 minutes before we have enough to make a foray out into the halls worth it.”

Jenyfer
Virologist

The computer took a long time to scan the entire station. After a few minutes it displayed a cluster of rooms in crew quarters where the spores were densest. Patient zero calculations brought it back to five people who had passed through the corridors in that area earlier in the day, likely residents.

The five “suspects” were:
Mirro Neaxo - Female Betezoid Science Officer
Goslom Neazo - Her husband and Engineering officer
Zaran Werawas - male Bolian Security officer
Gilezila Werawas - His wife
Telusaa - a female Orion merchant

GM Wombat

Oscar had left the Walrus waiting in the hall, still anticipating further celebrations and some very fat oysters somewhere. When he saw the list, he had a funny feeling that Goslom Neazo was the fat man who was planning on cannibalism. Still, Oscar had been listening vaguely to the conversation and almost sighed.

“You people sound like the idiots who tried to treat me for ten years without a solution. Just look up Doctor Archangel Hasmar, Treatment for Fungal Infection ES-OCC-06-16. That treatment downed the fungus that turned me green, and it gives a wallop to fungal infections in general. It might not be a total fix for your problem, but it’s probably a lot closer to what you need than what you’ve got right now.”

Oscar, of course, was saying this while still wearing his isolation suit. The suit clearly identified him as an Engineer, so he knew that there was a high probability that the doctors and scientists in the room would dismiss his input as petulant impatience.

Oscar Cascarrabias
Engineering

Alexis listened and moved over to a table and looked up Doctor Archangel Hasmar, Treatment for Fungal Infection ES-OCC-06-16. She synthisized some and brought it over to Jennyfer. “See if this has any effect. If so, we can mass synthesize this. And if it’s not super effective maybe it will buy us some time.” She looked at the results from the computer. “Could we lock on to the fungus and beam it out rather than waiting for the system to filter it out? It would get the large concentrations off the station, leaving the filtration system to pick up any small amounts left.”
Lt. Bonner, AMO

Jenyfer took the compound from Bonner and moved back to her station to see if it affected the spore any better than what she had already figured out. She had been listening but others had reacted quicker. Shaking her head, realizing this was a hell of a way to start a new station, she waited for the results as the others continued to banter.

Cai slouched through to decon and now stood with us hands in his pockets, turning his ear pods over and over n his hand as he watched the adults wander around and try and deal with this mess.

Cai

When Tija suggested the two of them head to the main science lab, Grayson took several moments to consider the idea. On the one hand, they needed as much information as possible on what was happening to the crew if they were going to devise a strategy that was sound to address it, but on the other, she was concerned about splitting their focus and being separated from the main medical team where information was being disseminated and hypotheses were being formed. Still, nothing would be gained by too many people staying in one place. She was about to suggest they head to the lab with walker so that she could interview him to find additional clues when they were interrupted by the arrival of the XO. When Tija offered the psychiatrist and apologetic smile, Grayson waved it away mildly. She could hardly blame the doctor for attending to a patient in need or for jumping into action and requiring decontamination in the process. Besides, the delay had given her an opportunity to consider the information being discussed and to consider whether her original plan to interview walker for clues was still a wise one. Even as information was shared, however, Mariah still knew there were more questions than answers. Even if they could come up with a way to neutralize what they believed to be a fungal infection, they still weren’t sure how people became infected to begin with and whether there was a psychological component to its transmission.

Loudly enough to be understood, but not so loud that she would risk further agitating Walker in his confused state, Mariah offered, “I’m not sure simply getting rid of the fungus would solve our problems, even if we could get rid of it in mass quantities fairly easily. As Dr. Zeanar indicated, until we know how these are impacts are being transmitted, whether through physical contact of some sort or something psychological, we can’t be certain there won’t be a reoccurrence. Are we certain this fungus is the sole contributor to what we’re seeing or merely something that is amplifying the effects of some thing else?” Turning to Walker and Tija, but clearly addressing the group of medical officers as a whole, she said, “Might we head to the science lab to help this gentleman find what he lost and also have a chat along the way? I find talking to someone new, especially while under stress and looking for answers, to be most helpful.”

Lori: I like the idea of Tija and Mariah teaming up too. :-) As far as direction, I had no other intention but to see if they could get Brad talking about how long he’s known the queen and perhaps other details to try and understand how these symptoms are transmitted. My thought was, excepting the delusion as real would help keep him calm, but also perhaps provide clues as to how they became sick in the first place. Naturally, The medical team is focused on treating symptoms and using science to provide clues, but I was just thinking a lot of information can be gathered by talking to people who are affected. It was also my attempt at giving something Mariah to do to help that was familiar to her. Talking to people to get clues into their suffering is what she’s used to. :-)

~Dr. Mariah Grayson, Psychiatrist

“I’m not sure how much you will learn from talking to those infected. They seem to believe themselves to be characters from a child’s story about a Wonderful Land where hats and tea parties seem to be the norm.” She still wasn’t familiar enough with Alice in Wonderland to recall the details and the title was obscure enough to make her easily forget it as well. Science, she could grasp, fantasy and children’s books… well they were still a ridiculous enigma to her.

Jenyfer
Virologist

Feeling a tad bit more like herself, the XO was pondering the situation. “The mass delusion is an interesting feature. I’m not sure we’ll get to the bottom of it before we deal with the fungus itself.” It was weird not being able to sense anyone, though it wasn’t the first time she’d been in this position. “We have a list of potential patient zeros. And much of our security team is down. We can see if there are any of the Starbases’ officers unaffected but I think it’s time to gather a bit more information and do some wellness checks. I can’t help with the ventilation systems, but that is something I can do. With precautions of course. Are the rebreathers good enough or are full suits necessary do you think?” she asked the med team at large.

Commander Myqian, XO

“It appears to be contracted mostly through inhilation, however we decided on the suits because Cmdr. Walker vomited and we found traces of the spores in it. So it’s possible that the spores settle on surfaces, such as food or drink, and it is contracted that way as well. Rebreathers are essential, and the suit if it makes you more comfortable. Those who stay here to work on the fungis and a cure will stay suited up, since we are coming into deliberate direct contact with hit. We need to find, Mirro Neaxo - Female Betezoid Science Officer, Goslom Neazo - Her husband and Engineering officer, Zaran Werawas - male Bolian Security officer, Gilezila Werawas - His wife, and Telusaa - a female Orion merchant and get them here.” As she listed off the potential patient zero’s something clicked and she turned to Ever and the other psychology experts, “Orion Female. They can influence people around them with their pheromones. Could that be the source of our mass hallucination?”

Lt. Bonner, AMO

Dira was iffy on that and her expression said so. “It’s a stretch between inducing a feeling in someone and generating visuals in other beings. While some species are projective telepaths, Orions are not known to be psi-positive, and the way their pheromones affect different species varies. I don’t want to rule it out unless we can do so with more evidence, but I’m doubtful.”

Hands on hips, Myqian let her mind work through the problem. “I’m fine with the rebreather at the moment. I’m worried that a full suit might induce those feeling more paranoia into aggressive action. While getting our potential Patient Zeros here is ideal, I think moving people about the station is more problematic. Let’s split up and do wellness checks, run scans and see if any of these people are affected. As Doctor Grayson pointed out, we need more information and the more we can gather safely, the better. We have an anti-fungal ready, yes?”

Commander Myqian, XO