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Posted Nov. 26, 2022, 11:19 p.m. by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) (Brandon Irvine)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim- Conference Room (All Senior Staff)

Posted by Gamemaster Wombat (co-Gamemaster) in Main Sim- Conference Room (All Senior Staff)

Posted by Chief Petty Officer Oscar Cameron Cascarrabias Demalia (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim- Conference Room (All Senior Staff)
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A chirp of the comm system had Dira move from her seat. “Here we go folks, look alive,” she said with a tiny grin before activating the call.”

Commander Myqian, XO

Kane yawned and rested his head in his hand, elbow on the arm of the chair.

Kane, CSO / R&D

Alexis swiveled in her chair to look at the screen, she glanced up from the PaDD, Oh good it’s starting. She went to open a new document on the PaDD but there was no stylus attached. She reached up snagging one that was almost falling out of the bun anyway, and kept tapping away at the PaDD. Anyone who didn’t know her would think she was doodling and not paying attention at all. That was so far from the truth it was laughable.

Bonner, AMO

  • Oscar Cascarrabias, CE

OOC: I’m going to assume that all the characters that need to be here have arrived already. Feel free to slip them in before Dira starts the call.
IC:
On the screen a woman with dark hair swept up off her face appeared, her warm brown eyes gazing intently. Her uniform and rank identified her as a Rear Admiral. She smiled as the Ogawa’s staff came into view. =/\=Good day everyone, thank you for gathering. I’ll try not to take up too much of your time. I’m Rear Admiral Melody Gutierrez and I was recently contacted by the Diplomatic Corps. Apparently your little promotional video has a fan,=/\= she said, shifting into a grin. =/\=For the last three years the Federation Council has bene hosting a diplomatic delegation from a species called the Kelakgh from Gossaneen Three in the Gamma Quadrant. They are Humanoid though have a few quirks that you’ll have to keep in mind. Apparently for the last year their Ambassador, one Salin Mero has been experienced a series of symptoms and general unwellness. She’s seen several doctors and all agree that aside her basic symptoms have no physiological cause and are likely just due to the stress of living on a planet with a slightly different atmosphere and gravity. The Kelakgh use a breathing device when in a different atmosphere but even factoring in the environmental differences, the doctors haven’t bene able to find anything actually wrong with her.=/\=

Gutierrez offered an apologetic look. =/\=This is all complicated by the fact that Ambassador Mero is known to be quite the hypochondriac and always believes there is something wrong with her. Which… is understandable given she was apparently rather ill as a child and spent significant time in medical facilities. It was enough that while she loves the people that practice medicine, she has a deep phobia of medical facilities. So you will have to contend with that as we’ve agreed to humour the Ambassador and have her be examined by your team.=/\=

=/\=The Ambassador has her own vessel and travels with her aide and two personal guards. They all have been living on Earth and been immersed in the different cultures around them so aren’t requesting any special accommodations except for their living spaces to be adjusted environmentally for their ease. They are fine being elsewhere on the ship and using their breathing apparatuses.=/\= The admiral exhaled. =/\=Questions? =/\=

~Mischief Maker

Alexis looked around, no one was asking anything. She had several suggestions off the top of her head, but decided if the woman was coming anyway, they were moot. “Admiral it would be of great benefit to us if we could have her complete medical history, all current tests and examinations, atmospheric and environmental compositions of her homeworld, as well as where she has been staying on earth, and the specifications for the breathing apparatus before she arrives.”

Bonner, AMO

After Bonner asked her questions, Surra added, “Is she currently being treated for her hypochondriasis? I can’t know for sure, but thus seems to be the core of the Ambassador’s issue since it has been confirmed, on some level, that she has no physiological cause for her symptoms. In any case, I would like to have one of my direct reports, Dr. Grayson, exam the Ambassador. I, on the other hand, would like to review her medical history with Dr. Bonner.”

Almikaz, CoP

Oscar actually had something pertinent to contribute, and, in spite of the personal connection (childhood spent as a medical patient for long-term illness), it had nothing to do with him personally. “How much maintenance do their breathing apparatuses need? Is it like the Benzites, where they require daily upkeep, or is it something more like the Barzans, where the maintenance depends upon a case-by-case basis? Have they asked for any improvements that the Federation might contribute to their pecsonal atmospheric modification devices, and if so, is the Ogawa crew going to be part of that?”

  • Oscar “The Grouch” Cascarrabias, CE

Brad just raised an eyebrow throughout the mission assignment. An entire ship, his entire department, tasked with the examination and possible treatment of a single diplomat? The general conclusion of the Earth physicians that her condition was most likely psychological, brought on by a difference in planetary composition, would be relatively trivial to test, especially given that none of her staff had reported similar afflictions.

“Will we be remaining in Alpha Quadrant for the duration of this exam, or are we also being tasked with escorting the Ambassador home?” he asked. He hoped not, he was quite content to leave his short-lived attachment with diplomacy in the past.

Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff

Gutierrez held up a hand on the screen and offered a polite chuckle. =/\=I know you are miracle workers, but I am not the patient. Your questions about history, and test results are better directed to her or her assistant when she comes aboard, however I will be sure to send you the briefing packet that is available for their species, home world, customs, et cetera. I don’t believe there is any need for you to leave orbit just… treat the patient and send her on her way. If it is all in her head I am sure you can walk her through that as well. =/\=

Brad nodded, relieved. He’d learned quickly he was not suited to diplomacy, and while he couldn’t truly say he was allergic to diplomats, he was somewhat reliably able to make himself feign an allergic reaction to get out of functions where large concentrations of them were present.

She paused then and added, =/\= I believe they use a form of cartridge filter to take the oxygen out of the air. A breather similar to the Barzans. They have a Rubidium based physiology, similar to our own, but instead of potassium they have large amounts of rubidium. When exposed to oxygen rich atmospheres their blood ignites, thus the need for special protections in surgery as well.=/\=

Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff

“A species that spontaneously combusts in Earth-like atmospheres… No wonder diplomacy has taken so long.” Oscar leaned back, considering the ramifications. “I remember during the Dominion War, the Federation was adding members six months after first contact. On the plus side, these people will feel comfortable around me - I’ll just wear my iso suit like normal, and everything else will be fine. As long as none of them assume that I’m a physician, that is.”

“Make sure that the briefing packet has any k own cross-species viral vectors the Ambassador’s species may be susceptible to. Oh, and dietary restrictions. I don’t relish the idea of samples being sent to the lab that we have to start at ground zero to try and analyze. And hypochondriac or not… we can’t rule out the fact that they actually might be sick.” Kane said.

Kane, CSO / R&D

  • Oscar “The Grouch”, CE

The Admiral smiled at Kane and Oscar’s observations before nodding. =/\= Yes of course Commander Kane. Starting from scratch would be a waste of everyone’s time. Their diet is mostly vegetarian, though they do eat meat on occasion. I suppose like humans in that way. Foods high in potassium of course. Generally they avoid alcohol as it metabolizes differently giving them a bigger bang as it were.

And chief I am sure you will be a good person to liaise with them then. They aren’t very trusting but kind enough. =/\=

GM Wombat

Bonner glanced at Walker. “It might be best to start from scratch. It seems it has been decided there is nothing wrong with her, and if we proceed from that perspective we will miss what is wrong with her.” Just because you were paranoid didn’t mean someone wasn’t after you. She turned her attention back tobthe screen. “Admiral, what is our medical exchange with the Kelakgh like? It would be beneficial to have a basic genetic work up for the Kelakgh in case the issue is a matter of genetics. I understand getting that information will be a matter for Salin Mero, but it would be a shame to offend her as soon as she arrives if we already know they are unwilling to share such information.” Of course if they were unwillingness share in order to help one of their own diplomats, then Alexis thought very poorly of them. The kick of information wouldn’t stop her from diagnosing and treating them. It just took away one of her tools.

Bonner, AMO

Brad gave a nod. In some respects, it would have been better had she not been here to hear the implied bias of the initial briefing, since they could not truly work ‘from scratch’ having done so, but there was absolutely merit in holding everything they were sent back from the main diagnostic team until after they were able to conduct their own assessments.

He would still look it over, and then meet with the team that handled the Ambassador’s intake and testing. If their results came back differently from the prior exams, he’d be able to tell them so, and they’d be able to go over the differences as a team to try and find a cause.

On his own PaDD, he sent a message to her:

Not going to say this in front of the Admiral, as she clearly is just humoring this woman and expects us to validate what Medical has told her, then send her away, but I agree. I’ll go over their results myself and hold them in my office, so they don’t bias our own diagnosticians. Assemble a team and brief them on the bare basics: patient’s species, gender, presenting with unknown malady. Full intake exam, subsequent testing to be determined.

Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff


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