Posted by Ensign Bradar Tressex (Scientist) in Relay Repair - Main Sim

Posted by Civilian T’Pris (Psychobiologist/Scientist) in Relay Repair - Main Sim

Posted by Ensign Mark Pierce (Chief Engineer (incoming)) in Relay Repair - Main Sim
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“Despair, huh?” Mark looked at the trail. “It’s been all over this section. Now, I was a Marine. Which is the short way of saying I spent a lot of time in jungles searching for targets, or lost troops. Any chance this could just be a mama looking for her kids? Basic animal instincts. Ran into our power relay. That’s a block in the road, took a bite to get through.”

-Ensign Mark Pierce, Engineer

T’Pris’ brow raised up as she continued scanning.”It appears to go into this second panel as well, could you remove it?” She asked as she tried to fine tune the tricorder to give her a more specific reading on the creature. Such as what type of creature it was, how its inner system worked and why it might be interested in their system. Was it siphoning energy from their system for food? Was it in a hibernation state now that it was sated?

T’Pris Psychobiologist

The readings were a bit confusing, since there were few in the way of vitals, but the physiology seemed to suggest a gastropod mollusc but with resilient upper dermal layers more reptiloid in origin. What vitals that did come bad suggested some sort of bradymetabolism. Also, there was a fairly developed brain centre, even though there was no obvious head.

Mark understood at this point that once he had called down to science, he was just a grease monkey. A crowbar with a uniform. He lifted the next panel. He was still interested though, so he looked down to see where the trail went. Most likely to another panel for him to lift.

-Ensign Mark Pierce, Engineer

OOC: Cookies for the engineer!
IC:
As the panel was removed, they’d find not only some more burnt out relays with more of the substance there, but nestled amongst the cabling where it was warm near the relay systems was a small cluster of white eggs sitting coated with a thick mucous.

~Mischief Maker

T’Pris finished classifying the creature and her eyes widened a bit as she looked over the engineer’s shoulder.”Well, that would explain much. We can not leave the creature here with its offspring though. I think we should remove them to a proper habitat in the labs. =^=T’Pris to Lt. Moreino. Ensign Pierce and I have discovered a gastropod type lifeform and a nest of its young among the relays. It is my wish that we remove them safely from this environs and relocate them to the labs. =^=

T’Pris Psychobiologist

“Like I said, a mama and her kids. You’re sure it’s safe to move them? We don’t know a whole lot about this creature. Or how it will react to us moving it and its babies around how we see fit.” Mark continued to examine the creature, as though, by looking at it, he could discover something deeper about it that tricorders hadn’t.

-Ensign Mark Pierce, Engineer

The slightly annoyed voice of the CSO came back over the comms. =/\=T’Pris.... nevermind.... Someone will be there shortly to contain the creature.=/\=

=^=Understood, Lieutenant. T’Pris out.=^=

T’Pris closed her combadge and looked back at Pierce. “Gastropods really do not have a very large processing sensor, its more of an instinctual reaction to their environment. I am confident that Tressex will prepare a proper transportational system and a suitable environment for them.”

T’Pris Psychobiologist

=/\= Tressex to T’Pris. I will set up a containment unit here in the lab, and then will assist you in containing the creature. I would recommend beaming them directly to the lab, but I will follow your judgment on that.=/\=

Tressex, Science JO

=^=Excellent, the beam out shouldn’t put too much stress on them. The mother creature is 3 feet away from the clutch of its offspring. Be sure to get both. I will stay here to be sure the beam out goes as expected, then join you.=^=

T’Pris Psychobiologist