Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Main sim Sickbay

Posted by Civilian Sair Songz (Counselor) in Main sim Sickbay

Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Main sim Sickbay

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It did not take long before off duty people began coming in. Intrinsically few noted anything terribly obvious to others looking at them in comparing with their file. It was mainly them saying that this or that had changed, such as a wrinkle here or vision being a little fuzzy, or a grey hair there. But they came in just to get an idea of what happened there.

There was a rumor or two that had spread that they could die from this and that it is progressive on continually getting older or younger. When that began to move throughout the waiting crowd, evident concern and voices rose as more people joined in the chorus of concern.

“Are we going to grow old and die in a day?”
“Will I just get younger till I’m no more?”

Wookiee

Sair held up her hands and adopted a reassuring expression. “Right now we’re gathering information so that we can make accurate predictions. Currently there’s nothing to suggest that this is progressive or fatal. I know it’s hard not knowing for sure, but I need you to be patient with us while we figure this out. We’re all in this together, so let’s work together, yes?”

There was a fair bit of looking at one another then to the Counselor and then to their boots, before a collective nod and okay and will do and other responses. By their expressions they were still scared with a brave face put on.

“Can anyone tell me aside from the outward symptoms if you noticed anything specific at the time of the energy wave? Specific feelings or sensations?” Songz wanted to catalogue those by species too to see if there was a genetic component to how people experience the shift as well.

~Sair Songz, CNS

“Well, I felt a kind of tingling, about my neck and hands and feet,” one said. A few others nodded and said ‘me too’ or another affirmative. “Mine was like my hands fell asleep,” said another. “You know, pins and needles?”
A Vulcan said, “My vision blurred for 7.3 seconds, and affected my balance.” “Mine as well, for balance, but my vision remained clear,” said another.
“Nausea. Wanted to toss my cookies,” said an engineering crewman. That brought up a lot of murmurs of affirmation but the degree of it seemed to vary from a mild unease to close to vomiting - this being logged from a score of human crewmen.
“Nothing,” said a Bolian. “Felt nothing at all.”
- Various folks

Songz documented all the symptoms and plugged it into the analysis they were running, seeing if it changed anything or brought up anything strange they could detect. “So we’re dealing with something neurological,” she said to her mother.

“Sounds like vestibular disruption,” Kel added.

Her mind was hard at work, but then Sair inhaled. “The time factor. Computer, display known symptoms involved in time related illnesses and their related conditions.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

=^= There has been 22 logged time related incidents that involved recorded illnesses or reactions. All but three were accompanied by particular turbulence of varying severity that resulted in injury, unconsciousness or disorientation. The latter was present in all cases through most of the races involved, but for Bolian or Tellarite peoples. The disorientation had a possible causation of a lowering of blood pressure resulting in dizziness, balance issue and light headedness. This had resulted in fainting in some of the experiences or, in the case of the USS Enterprise, Captain Kirk commanding, temporary unconsciousness of the entire crew. What was described in testimonies from many affected persons was that it was like ‘standing up too quickly from a prone position’. As the individuals were standing at the time, or sitting, it has been supposed that there was a pressure change to the inner ear or blood vessels of the brain that brought on the effect and any vision related side effects. This is only theorized as any tests made after the incident was treatment based on the inciting incident of the time event rather than seeking out any other possible indicators. It is also possible that there was only a temporary symptom which was righted before any medical scans could determine it. =^=
- Wookiee

Her hypothesis sounded right, even if the correlation wasn’t exact. It was enough for her to know that people might need monitoring should another wave hit them, but she wasn’t sure how it helped her here. A wave of frustration swept over her, causing Sair to scowl slightly.

Kel moved over and gazed at her daughter. “Pretend we’re in the Emergency Room. We have a flood of patients that we’ve already triaged. A bunch of people all seem to be affected by the same thing but the symptoms are individual.”

“It might be gene alteration, but if it’s acting like a vestibular issue then we need to check there,” Sair said with a nod. Moving back to Nancy and Brian, Songz smiled at them both. “I’d like to run a couple more in depth tests if you don’t mind. Basic scans aren’t getting us anywhere and I need more information.”

~Sair Songz, CNS

Nancy had been utilizing a tablet as a mirror and examining her face. “I think my hair is thicker,” she said, running her fingers through it with her free hand. She shrugged at the request. “Sure,” she said, then, “I’m kinda getting used to this new face, or new old face. Can I eat? I’m feeling like I could eat a horse as my grandfather used to say.”

Brian had been surreptitiously looking about for any signs of the barracuda nurse who was currently out of sight. “What?” he asked, snapping attention back to Sair. “Have at it. I’m all cells as the saying goes, if ah, older cells.”
- Wookiee for Brian and Nancy

“Okay,” Sair said with a reassuring smile. With help, they set up the equipment to scan Nancy first. “We’re running a neurographic scan. I want to see if there are alterations that we can detect in the brain. If there is an external force creating the symptoms that appear neurological, we should be able to detect it. After that we’ll take a closer took at genetics,” she said before stooping to meet Nancy’s gaze. “Just stay as still as you can, I promise it won’t hurt at all.”

~Sair Songz, CNS