Posted Feb. 6, 2021, 8:30 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Liam Madison (Chief Science Officer) (Janice B.)
Posted by Ensign Juvri Dei (Security Officer) in Side Sim: Science Labs on Deck 12 - Runaway Specimen
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Liam Madison (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: Science Labs on Deck 12 - Runaway Specimen
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Liam Madison (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: Science Labs on Deck 12 - Runaway Specimen
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Liam just sighed, his eyes narrowed as he looked underneath the works stations. All the junior officers had retired for the night. This left him alone when he spotted an open habitat. One of the study specimens had been accidentally released into the labs and had free roamed all over the place. It was only a matter of time before it chewed wires or bit someone.Naturally, he requested assistance from Security an hour ago. He sighed again then stood upright, his eyes peeled for the creature.
-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.
Security had sent Juvri, a rookie Officer, down to science to deal with Liam’s escaped specimen. It was delegated to her as grunt work of sorts, the sort of thing others in security didn’t want to deal with, but honestly, this task seemed much more up Juvri’s alley than other sorts of jobs Security was expected to do. She headed down the hall with a joyful bounce in her step.
Arriving at the Science lab she’d been called to, she headed into the door and looked to Liam. “There was a call about an escaped specimen?” She asked cheerily.
~ Ensign Juvri Dei, Security
The older man’s ears caught the hiss of the doors and spotted a hybrid woman step into the labs. At her words, Liam noted she had to be the security officer sent down. He took a deep breath and straightened his own outside.
“Yes,” He paused long enough to clear his throat, “I’ve been looking for the last hour and a half. A small reptilian-like creature with feathers and an obsession for warmth. It’s notorious for escape despite our best attempts to modify the holding habitat.”
Liam promptly gripped a loose datapad then brought up an image of the creature. It was a large lizard about the size of a pet iguana, with a frill alongside the head and feathers on the whip-like tail. Its colors mixed a dark green body and grey strips with red accents over the back and feathers. A mischievous animal intelligence peered from the dark black eyes.
“Usually it has found its way onto my arm to bask.” The CSO grumbled softly as he offered it to Juvri.
-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.
OOC: Little bump.
-Janice B.“I see…” said Juvri, taking the pad and looking at the picture. She frowned, thinking about the problem. “Um… where might it have escaped to? Could it have escaped the lab?” She asked. “And, oh, is it dangerous?” She added, thinking of the question. That would probably be good to know.
With the size of the creature, Juvri was thinking the lab suddenly seemed way too big, with lots of spaces something could hide. It likes warm things… She thought, considering where might be most likely, which prompted one more question. “Where have you already looked?
~ Ensign Juvri Dei, Security
Liam looked at the woman, noting her questions.
“It has more of a prey mentality than predator. If it can run, it will before it attacks. Usually, I can sit in my office and the creature will show up. It’s been nearly an hour since it has disappeared and that is unusual. Some officers made it a ritual to release and time its arrival to my office. The current record is less than a minute. ”
He took another moment to sort out the possible answers.
“It has a lot of similarities with an iguana, including a whip-like tail and claws to climb. The feathers appear to be for only display and internal temperature control. so anything an iguana can do, it is reasonably within its abilities.”
At her last question, he pointed to the creature’s container and the area around it.
“I just recently started the search before your arrival. As I said, usually sitting in the office will draw it out. ” He wondered if she would ask about that, though the reason was clear in the reports. A past mission had resulted in a symbiotic creature now residing in his body. It latched onto his spine and replaced his trapezoid muscles on his back. It had altered his genetics to ensure certain odd side effects like producing heat from his palms.
“I’m worried it’s stuck somewhere.”
-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.
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