Posted by Civilian T’Pris (Psychobiologist/Scientist) in Lab - Specimen arrival and examination (Main Sim)

Posted by Ensign Bradar Tressex (Scientist) in Lab - Specimen arrival and examination (Main Sim)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Arun Onuru (Chief of Staff/2O) in Lab - Specimen arrival and examination (Main Sim)
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“No, Ma’am. Not yet. But we are running full scans of all of them.” Tressex replied.

Arun had followed the Captain silently and now stood next to her, looking at the creature. “Dispair, fear, anger. Anisha and Melaia felt it first, however that was very close to Melaia’s quarters on deck 3. I can attempt to make telepathic contact and establish communication.” he offered her.

• Lt. Cmdr. Onuru

Willow considered her chief of staff, she glanced at the scientists. “Can you suggest a better method of establishing communication with this…” She felt slightly annoyed at having no reference to it other than creature. “Life form?”

Willow Taylor
CO

T’Pris entered the lab in time to hear the last few comments and reported.”The creature was apparently ingesting plasma from our relays so that appears to be what it was looking for. More then likely to feed its offspring as well. As for communication, Captain, it does not have the organs to verbally communicate and only has a rudimentary intelligence. Mostly natural instinct. I could readily sense its desire for food and fear telepathically. I suppose an attempt could be made to try to reach it deeper telepathically to see if there is more then that. I could attempt a mind meld with it now that it is contained. Do we have any idea where this creature may have come from?”

T’Pris Psychobiologist

Arun raised an eye at T’Pris. “Hello.” he greeted her cordially. “I’m not Vulcan but I venture to say that my brand of telepathy is less risky than a full-on mind melt.” he said matter-of-factly.

• Arun Onuru, Chief of Staff

“I have had full psi training as well, so I do have more then the typical Vulcan training with mental shields. But it is logical to consider which form of telepathy would be more effective. ” T’Pris said not in argument with the Chief of Staff but just so her own abilities were known.

T’Pris Psychobiologist

“I would suggest we wait a few moments. We need to complete a tox-screen and ensure that it carries no communicable pathogens before we initiate any kind of contact, shouldn’t be too much longer.” Tressex said, his furry brow wrinkled in concentration.

Tressex, Science JO

The screening would come up negative with anything that could pose a problem. Additionally, the structure of the creature showed that while it had a thick exterior, it was limited to the topside of the creature, and did not extend to the underside. Mobility seemed to be controlled by sets of muscles on the soft underside that contained an intense network of sensory nerves that travelled to a central location. It wasn’t a brain in the traditional sense, but it was clearly a processing centre.

The other concern right now was that the mother was in a dormant state still, probably to conserve energy and whatever life force it still had. The ‘eggs’ were still early in development and it was hard to say how much they would mature before ‘hatching’. It was also hard to say for certain how they got the nutrients necessary for development and growth.

~Mischief Maker