Posted by Rear Admiral CockRoach (Storyteller) in Main Sim- Freedom Colony: Water Pumps
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“To make sure of that I will need to check the scans from the ship. From what I’ve gathered it is dangerous if we don’t do something.” He got up and started to pace. “Ma’am,” He walked up to the unknown woman. “What disease is causing the most trouble right now in the colony?”

”..The only real disease sometimes cropping up now and then is one of a local flu like strain, right now its mostly hitting a few children in the main colony area. No ones died from it yet though..nor come close..” she mentioned

“Where is the source of the disease?” Marinna asked, “I could scout around and look while you talk?” she suggested to the CMO.

”..Beats me you would have to ask one of the medical folks back in the main colony, they think its partly due to the water or plant life up stream from the colony, but our filters havent yet identified any containment, but then again their kinda old and running on improvised scanners in some cases so we could be missing something. So far though it hasnt caused any deaths and those who do get effected recover usually in a day or three..” She said

“It might be the water, or some sort of seasonal disease. Inoculations against it may be needed. If I can get a sample of it I can make something to help the children.” He turned to the COS. “If you can, try to get some infected to one place in the colony so I can give out the inoculations.”

”..If you think you got your magic medicine ready to cure folks then I would say go to the main colony center, and school where they’re currently at isolated till they get better. It’s not many really, last I knew the other day before you all got here it was like 12 of the kids and maybe an adult or two..” she explained.

Marinna looked at the doctor. “I can have someone from the ship help with that, let’s go find out where this is all coming from.” she suggested to the doctor.

“Brilliant idea. So we should follow the stream and I’ll keep scanning until I find something.” He turned and started walking by the water.

The trek up the stream took an hour or two, most of the way the scans didnt reveal anything new, until they reached the nearby foothills where the stream narrowed rising up to be sourced from a two foot high waterfall about 4 feet wide, the force though was considerable from the small hole in the ground from an underground source. Scans here showed concentrations of likely bacterial in nature, which seemed odd at first, since directly scanning the water showed they werent present from the hole in the ground, it was something nearby maybe? Perhaps looking around for something that might hide or conceal something could be the cause?

There wasnt much to look through really, there was a narrow dark ledge behind the waterfall that one would have to get on their hands and knees, and a bit wet too to scan through, another spot was in the stream or perhaps under the water bubbling up from something hidden in the waterbed or rocks in the stream. Not much else was really sourcing into the water otherwise.

OOC: Pick your choices folks! :D

GM CockRoach

“Hmm. Weird.” Usus said as he went into the stream to scan the underwater spot but only going far enough to not be carried away from the stream. Once he got close he pulled out his tricorder and started to scan.

Lieutenant Usus Baco CMO