Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: The Infiltrator

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: The Infiltrator

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: The Infiltrator
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The damaged muscle and nerves could be repaired without surgery, but the damage to his heart required immediate care and it would take the dermal regenerator too long to work the tissue from outside. It was a slow and delicate process, but not impossible. Grat made the decision to keep Alden sedated until his heart could function at a normal rhythm with out the pulmonary support system.

Alden remained stable throughout the surgery though his heart rate fluctuated enough to be worrisome. Afterwards, he was stable so long as he was on the pulmonary support system, but he was still showing signs that he wouldn’t stay that way without it, which meant he’d stay sedated for now.

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Franks knocked on the door of the small yeoman’s office. Rand looked up at the clock. It was too early to be Roman or Randy. She quickly saved and logged out of her console and cleared her PaDD. She got up and opened the door. “Franks?”

“Rand.” He held his hands out helplessly and licked his lips, “Um,” and Rand suddenly felt icy all over. “There was an accident, in the lab.” Rand didn’t hear another word he said, she pushed her way past him and took off down the corridor for the lift. The office door closing and locking behind her. It was taking too long to arrive. She was heading for the access ladder when Franks grabbed her by the shoulders and steered her into the lift.

Rand walked into the medical bay and everyone stopped to look at her. It got really quiet and no one said anything, they just watched her. Then Franks was talking to her. Something about he had to get back to the lab and figure out what happened. Then everyone went back to what they were doing while trying not to be obvious about watching her. Her arms ached and felt like she was being pricked by thousands of needles. Where was Randy? She needed Randy. No one could tell her anything other than Dr Grot would be out to talk to her as soon as Cmdr Alden was stable. Rand sat in a chair out of the way and waited.

Meanwhile Morgan was interviewing Ensign LaCroix.

Rand

Ensign LaCroix seemed genuinely mortified that he’d made such a mistake, and that the mistake had resulted in such a terrible outcome. He expressed that he’d never be able to look at the XO without guilt again. Then he took a seat and asked if there was anything he could do to help.

~ Roman | LaCroix

“Tell me about the malfunctions that triggered the maintenance request. What the problem was, what caused it, how you fixed it. What might have caused it to malfunction like this?”

Morgan