: Posted by Ensign Maria Beckett (Security officer) in Making Rounds (Open)
: : Posted by Lieutenant Acel'ex (Chief of Security) in Making Rounds (Open)
: : : Posted by Ensign Maria Beckett (Security officer) in Making Rounds (Open)
: : : <BIG SNIP>
: : : : : : : : : She nodded to herself. =^=Sounds good. See you in five,=^= she replied and then cut the connection before starting to make her way across the station. She needed to talk to the Chief about this thing with Dusty anyway. Did he set her up for that?
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: : : : : : : : As Acel'ex continued to unwind, he kept an eye out for Ensign Beckett, to arrive any moment. he looked forward to her coming and them relaxing and meeting, under informal circumstances this time.
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: : : : : : : Sure enough the Ensign sighted the bar and wove her way through the crowd along the promenade. Within a minute she'd made her way in to join the Chief. It wasn't all that late in the day, but the place seemed as good as any for a quick meet. Maria sighed as she took a seat with him and then tilted and twisted her head, popping her neck, then repeated in the other direction. "Ah... Better. So..." she trailed off, regarding the boss carefully.
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: : : : : : "So, how are things looking, so far?" asked Acel'ex. "Is Ensign Trellis looking okay to you, so far?" he asked, getting a feel for the general tone of the station.
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: : : : : "Well, I have only gotten to make a couple stops so far but, it looks like people are settling back down from the recent events. Still some ruffled feathers here and there. Dusty seems to be trying to rope me into some sort of naming ceremony as a witness. I'm not quite sure I understand it all. It makes my head hurt trying to wrap my brain around it, but there's no fathomable logic to it that I can see," the Ensign said. "But other than that, Ensign Trellis seemed to be doing well when I left the docking ring. "
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: : : : "There many cultures we, as humans have yet to explore and understand. Actually the Xelarians are a cousin race to the Thalaxians, who infused me. I received my name right after infusion, but the Xelarians do theirs differently. I am aware of this and will be participating also, per her request," replied Acel'ex, smiling. "This will be a great opportunity to learn part of Xelarian culture, to be honest."
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: : : Maria tilted her head a little. "Okay... why would you 'infuse' DNA into another race at all, other than experimentation? She mentioned something about purification, but that makes no sense. It sounds exactly the opposite."
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: : "It seems other humanoids' physiology contains a DNA purifying element, according to their extensive research. In my case, permission was granted, by me, as was the case with Dusty, so the issue of ethics was covered," said Acel'ex. "These 'appendages', were simply the 'byproduct' of the 'catalyst' beam passing through particular 'conductors', such as pantographs and in Dusty;s case, the structure of an outdoor music venue. While our appendages serve a real purpose, Dusty's is mainly 'benign', or 'inert', not necessary to initiate her empathic ability."
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: Maria shook her head a little. She knew that most humanoid DNA was compatible with each other. They were all made basically from the same stuff, in this corner of the galaxy. But for human, mutt, DNA to be purifying for another race? She just couldn't buy it. Sounded rather genome-biased, or racist, like Nazi Germany and their so called Super Race of Ayrians, but maybe in reverse. "I think I'm going to have to research this more before I do anything," she said diplomatically, "but I suppose that's why Dusty gave me the files on it."
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: Beckett - Security

"Exactly. I realize this sounds bizarre and unethical, but apparently they had a catastrophic event many millennia ago, requiring regular 'purifying' of their DNA, as it becomes toxic and lethal, to them only. Apparently there is something on our DNA that is capable of purging the toxins, enabling the DNA to be reinfused and thus, they can live for another period of time, until toxification reoccurs. The file Dusty gave you explains it more thoroughly," said Acel'ex. "I hope you can assist, or I will need to call upon someone else. According to Dusty, she is nearing the 'time limit' and needs to do this, before her next 'cycle', to avoid cultural violation issues."

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