Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharah Fayth (Medical) in Main Sim - Medical

Posted by Gamemaster Deus Ex Machina (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Medical

Ensign Fairweather stood conflicted outside the Counselor’s office. Did he really have a problem. He wasn’t sure. He frowned for a moment and then jammed his finger at the chime. Quickly before he changed his mind.

“Counselor?” He questioned.

Fairweather
GM

Perhaps, the Counselor was the wrong person to speak to. I could be a medical issue.. or nothing. He paused for a moment and then turned to the turbo-lift. He would find himself entering sick-bay a few minutes later… Looking about he called out. “Doctor?”

Fairweather
GM

OOC: Our CNS is on LOA at the moment. So when he returns if he chooses to go back to the first part of this post, we will consider this having happened after.

IC:

Fayth was pouring over the scans she had completed in the shuttle bay of the alien visitor and the crew. The motes of light were fascinating and disturbing. The readings she’d gotten from them, on their own, were that they were similar to data retrieval nodes, like their bio-gel packs for the ship. But the electric signatures were also similar to bioelectric signatures of the body. At the moment she was pouring over the readings to see how Hab’rabi’s bioelectrical patterns, his brain waves, were affected when the motes of light passed through his body. She was also examining the behavior of the motes. They seemed to float about willy nilly, and keep moving. She was interested to see if their movement changed, whether altered movement patterns, altered signature readings, or even how long they stayed in contact with other life forms. The science officer didn’t trust him or the lights, and neither did she. Anything she could learn would help.

OOC: I have a couple of questions here for clarification to make sure I’m understanding

There were a lot of pattern similarities, but the motes vs. brain waves, seemed compressed to the biological eye. One could argue the doctor was seeing a link just because she thought there was one, but the computer did also agree saying that there was also a 90% similarity.

Do you mean looking at the data without the use of a microscope/other help or that the patterns and waves are similar to those produced in the eye?

OOC: You were using detection equipment, imagine looking at the computer medical screen like any Star-Trek episode of your choosing. Then after a moment the computer overlaid the two patterns that matched for you with a flashing 90% correlation.

There was a slight change in electo-conductivity when the motes went through his brain, but there wasn’t any change in energy in either the mote or Hab’rabi when this occurred.

So nothing about Hab’rabi or the motes changes at all? Everything stays the same?

OOC: Sorry I was very unclear. The mote had some sort of energy resistance as it went through Hab’rabi’s body - which is normal from the resistance within a body, but the resistance was not due to any energy transfer to Hab’rabi brain and/or from the mote. Is that more clear?

The physical movement did slow down by about 20% when going through the brain, and about 7% when going through the body.

The patterns were similar, or to a point between the motes and their visitor, but there seemed to be no interaction at all when they came into contact. That seemed even more strange. When two electrical currents come into contact, even bioelectrical current there is usually some reaction or effect. But with the signatures so similar perhaps it was simply a matter of how his species evolved? “Computer extrapolate behavioral data and hypothesis of the motes. Consider movement, location, proximity of other life forms or electrical currents, and changes in light intensity, pulse rhythm and any other defining characteristics.”

Dr. Fayth was busy analyzing the data of the scans she took of the away team and the alien Hab’rabi. Something about him made her very uneasy, but she couldn’t pin point what it was. Maybe it was just that so many people in the shuttle bay had felt uneasy about him and she was reacting to their reactions to him. Or maybe it was her own super sensitive telepathy/empathy picking up on something. But at the sound of Fairweather’s voice Fayth looked up from where she was working and walked over. “Hello, Ensign. I’m Dr. Fayth. How can I help you?”

Fayth, med

Fairweather raised his eye for a moment. “Doc,” He waved his hand outward in a questioning gesture. “I, like, lost 10 minutes of my day. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot, but I was on duty… then … well… I found myself kissing Ensign Dwyer. I don’t even like Ensign Dwyer like that.”

Fairweather.

OOC: Luke I added some detail above, to get some information from you about the scans Fayth did earlier in the shuttle bay.

IC:

Fairweather’s distress was a physical presence to the Betazoid doctor. She let it wash over her as she led the way to a bio bed. “Alright, have a seat here on the biobed and let’s see if we can find out what’s going on.” She pulled a tricorder out of the pocket of her lab coat. She flipped it open and took the hand held probe and ran it over him. “Any symptoms of fever, chills, change of apatite, vertigo, nausea, anything out of the ordinary other than the missing time?” She scanned him first for the obvious: fever, head injury, known pathogens that affected consciousness and memory. Then she scanned his brain and compared the current brain wave patterns and bio electric signatures to the ones from his last visit to sickbay.

Fayth, med

He biologically was normal without any physical abnormalities, but his brain was off his PFC, prefrontal cortex seemed to have a significantly higher level of chemical energy by products, like it was working twice as hard for about 10 minutes. There would be no long term issues, and in about 10 more minutes there would be no evidence of any issues.

GM

OOC: So No change at all in Hab’rabi but there is something different about Fairweather? That being that his brain was almost working for two consciousnesses for 10 minutes, but things are leveling out now?
-Jenn

OOC: That could be an interpretation of the results.

GM

OOC: Sorry one more question because I wasn’t clear. Fairweather is showing signs of increased activity from something we don’t know what, in his PFC? But Hab’rabi showed NO signs of any effects from the orbs? So there is no obvious connection between Fairweather and Hab’rabi?

-Jenn

You didn’t scan them at the same time, however there has been no signs of any change in Hab’rabi’s PFC at any time. Although you don’t really know what normal is for him.
GM

“Alright, can you lie down for me Ensign? I’m going to run some more scans. Can you tell me what is the last thing you remember before you lost those 10 minutes? Everything, from what you saw, what you were doing, smelling, hearing. Anything at all?”

While he spoke Fayth set up the following equipment: Neurosynaptic Relay - Medical device used to record a subjects neuroelectric activity, and a Brain-Circuitry Pattern - Medical diagnostic tool which creates an image capable of mapping the neural activity in the humanoid brain. (A BCP can be used as a means of identification as each individual image is unique to that individual.) Though she was loathe to do it, she ‘listened’ with her telepathy and empathy for any hints of what might have happened to him. She didn’t want to be invasive but some times people picked up on details but discarded them as inconsequential. Or perhaps he felt something uncomfortable, troublesome, or even pleasant that was out of line for the circumstances.

Fairweather frowned and looked suspiciously at all of the equipment. “Is all this really necessary? I mean, I just wanted you to check to see if i had a concussion or something.”

He does not have a concussion or any other injury.

Fayth also ran the following procedures on Fairweather:
Engramatic Purge - Medical procedure used to erase specific thoughts from a persons mind.

OOC: Are you trying to erase his memory and if so how long… purges are usually only short term memories 2-4 hours.

OOC: Sorry, that was my fault forgot to remove this one. Didn’t mean to leave it there.

Hyperencephalogram - Medical test that records and measures brain-wave activity.

Current brain wave activity is normal

Level-4 Neurographic Scan - Highly detailed neural study. Much more thorough than a normal neural scan, a level-4 was intended to detect even very slight defects.

No brain damage
Synaptic Induction - Technique in neurotherapy used for patients suffering from traumatic memory loss.

No trauma related memory loss or damage.

=/\=Fayth to Korczak and Semenza. Please come to sickbay. I need you both for a patient.=/\=

Fayth, med

It took just a few moments for Jericho to show up from whatever he’d been doing. “What’s the situation?” He asked, meaning the status of the patient Fayth had called about. For someone usually laid back, the situation had brought about his more serious side and he seemed quite focused on what Fayth’s answer would be.

~ Lt Semenza, CMO

While the medical machines ran their scans Fayth stepped over to Semenza. “En Fairweather came in complaining that he lost about 10 minutes of time where he has no memory. He was working and then he said he was kissing Ensign Dwyer, whom he has no interest in in that way. But I did a scan and his pre-frontal cortex seemed to have a significantly higher level of chemical energy by products, like it was working twice as hard for about 10 minutes. It doesn’t appear like there will be any lasting effects, but mixed with the memory loss, I am concerned. I called the counselor as well.”

Fayth, med

“A good call,” said Jericho decidedly. “You’re also running the relevant tests to find the cause?” There was nothing immediately known to him that would cause memory loss, bizarre behaviour, and and a heightened level of brain activity. “And look for any other related abnormalities… We can’t be sure the brain is the only affected organ.”

~ Lt Semenza, CMO

Fayth nodded, “Yes, Sir. I did a complete physical, and according to the results, physically he’s in perfect health. The only indication of abnormality is the increased higher level of chemical energy by products. I’m running more detailed scans now.”

Fayth, med

GM

=^=Medical emergency… I think I just shot our visitor…=^=

Ensign Sacco
GM

“Perfect health, huh..? Perhaps- That sounds like a call for me,” said Semenza, the call coming from the communicator interrupting him. =^=Where exactly has this happened?=^= He asked through the comm, and then he grabbed a medical kit and headed for the door once he had the answer. He pointed at Fayth as he left. “Keep running those tests! I’m going to want the results!” Then he was gone, rushing to the site of the apparent shooting.

~ Lt Semenza, CMO