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Having consultant both doctor Hunter and doctor Kim it was agreed that the patient was now in a more stable condition, thus the medication that was used for putting him in an induced coma was stopped …it would be a few hours before the patient would regain consciousness .

After some time passed, there was a faint wheeze then further wheeze followed by an intake and harsh exhaling of breath from their patient. The man it seems was slowly and sluggishly regaining consciousness.

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They watched as he started to regain consciousness ,Hunter still kept an eye on his vital signs ,while Kim gave him a much needed pain killer due to the burns though they had been treated, the Lt would need skin crafts as the woulds healed.

Cross bend down and spoke ‘’ I’m Cross chief medical officer of the Merrimack,you are in sickbay .Our Captain had a briefing with the Admiral who send the Merimack to the Nebula in search for the ship you were on the Trudograd ,I believe you are Junior Lieutenant Engineer Carol Machs ..am I correct?’‘.

She had a hundred and one question she needed to ask but for now the patient was far from alert.
Meanwhile Cross told the others that from what she saw the Trudograd seem to have been blown from the inside.

Cross CMO.

Wheezing a little more and coughing a bit, then man nodded slowly, then as he got a hand sitting up slightly by a propped up bed/head rest he spoke with a horse raspy voice, obviously his exposure to the vacuum of space and his near death suffocation slightly damaging his vocal cords as well, “..Ye....yes. Yes I am. C....can’t believe I sur…survived to be honest..” he said wheezing out a weak chuckle. His eyes then grew wide a bit, “..T....the tape di…did it come with me??” he said worriedly.

Once told it was safe and being analyzed he nodded slowly relaxing. “..Go…good good,” he wheezed a bit, “..I’m not fully sure w…what happened to be honest. We were sent in to The H…Honey Pot to find the distress ca....call source. I was near our library access for our computer core. The ship shuddered a bit, I s…saw out a port hole nearby that a ion or plasma eddy was closing in. I....” he coughed a moment wheezing raspily once more. “..we made a turn to p....port to avoid the worst of it, but I…I thought I saw too a....a swirling of it too like....like a shower drain or whi....whirlpool. I happened to be inserting then that tape to do some data log updates. Suddenly the T..Tru....Trudograd felt like it was thrown by the hand of God. Sirens were wailing people.....people screaming and the lights spa…sparked all over. I…I’m not sure why but I hit the emergency blackbox log dump to the tape. I grabbed it just as another heavier ripping feeling went through the ship.......somehow I stumbled out into the corridor almost pitch black I was scrambling into the turbolift nearby with ....with Ensign Parrey we barely got the doors pulled shut manually as I saw a fireball rushing at us. Then a sucking feeling of the air rushing out I knew something had thrown the car out of the tunnel and into space all at once there was a massive shockwave and the door burst open. P…Parry was gone in an instant....but I held on for a second to the railing then door frame I saw the turbolifts emergency EVA suit in its box and was able to grab it and.....and somehow pull it on before I passed out I’m not sure how long I was out but when I came around again I was in the suit drifting near once of the rear nacelle housings I pulled myself in and found I guess I stuffed the tape into my hands I floated there then seeing the.....the wreckage..” he paused for a softer coughing and wheeze and to collect his thoughts. “..I saw what w…was left of the Trudograd fragments.....hulks of metal......wiring.....all gone. I’m not sure what destroyed the ship but I don’t think it was an attack.....hopefully the tape tells more from the logs on the bridge..” he said rambling a bit then, “..Anything e…else you need?” he asked then

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