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Posted Feb. 28, 2023, 12:23 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Joe Milligan (XO) (Bob Spicer)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cara Meow (Ship’s Anthropologist and Sociologist) in Main Sim - Bridge
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As the doors swished open Cross stepped on the bridge making her way to Joe ‘’ Cmdr they are down there ‘’ from her tone it was obvious the female doctor was not so enthusiastic about the prospect and outlook of this mission ‘’ Anyway house call....how are you feeling Sir ?’‘ she asked with the medical tricoder in hand.

Joe was pleasantly surprised at Cross’s sudden appearance on the bridge. Joe turned hearing Cross’s voice and then saw her face. Answering her as he smiled at her stern expression he said to her, “I’m fine and dandy. Ready to go dancing until the dawn comes around Miri ! And how about yourself? ” He looked at her medical equipment and smiled as he shook his head saying, “something tells me that was not a serious question. You’re going to check me over, anyway, aren’t you?”

Cara Meow entered the Bridge a short while later, her tail still bandaged up. She felt as if she was interrupting something between Joe and Miriam, but when she looked over at NE Marconi he gave her a blank look back. “I just want to check somehing,” she announced,” walking across to the Science console, “Never know, ii might be important.” She put her eye up to the Scope and adjusted the dial on the side. “Ah! Yes!” she said to no one. “That’s interesting!”

Joe watched Cara wondering what the devil she was up to. Frowning with an amused smile on his face Joe spoke to Cara saying, “What is it, Lieutenant? You can’t just come in here, say something like that and leave. What’s interesting? Tell me quick before Lieutenant Cross finds that I may be eligible for an autopsy.”

Cross was about to say something to Joe when Cara entered,then she was going to tell Cara to stay so she could also check her over but on hearing what she said the female doctor stopped wondering what was so interesting maybe those infected would eventually loose their minds .

“Oh! I doubt that you would find it that interesting,” Cara replied, “it’s just this macro theory that my old professor had developed about the understanding of fashion as a sociological phenomenon. The Captain asked me to make up some suitable clothing for the landing party and so I’ve discovered that within this society there might be a reconstruction of identity by these natives from the regularised stable cultural norms embedded within their decaying society which would prove he was right… I’ll have to write this up and send it back to him immediately!”

Joe smiled and said, "Well if that's a fancy way of saying that they'll wear anything that comes to hand then I'd have to agree with you! At least from what I saw. The trending fashion seems to be let's sew enough together to cover ourselves."

Cross had seen Hunter wearing a cap and he was the only crew member who had one ,she thought for awhile then shrugged her shoulders ‘’I hope he doesn’t get killed, anyway Cara would you stay here so I can check you after the Cmdr?’‘ .

“Certainly!” replied Cara.

Now the doctor turned her attention to Joe ‘’Tell me do you feel any pain? fatigue ?or anything else out of the ordinary?’‘ she asked while started scanning ‘’ I also need to take a blood sample to check any changes in your immune system ‘’.

Joe sat back in the chair and smiled as he shook his head. Finally recovering from all smart aleck answers he could have given Cross He started to answer her saying, ” No , no and once again no. And why the blood? ” He asked. “Are you afraid I might be turned into some sort of beast?”

Cross scrutinized Joe’s facial features with those red eyes of hers ‘’What kind of a beast Cmdr? ‘’ she asked ‘’Just like the story of the Beauty and the Beast, who when he started to fall in love turned into a handsome man, anyway leave the blood sample for me to analyze . Right now your job is in the Captain’s chair and do keep an eye for anything unusual like a Klingon ‘s ship appearing out of nowhere .Apparently from the scan nothing seem to have changed much from the last time I examined you’‘.

Cara looked into the Scope again. After a while she spoke again. “There are a lot of native life-signs moving towards the landing party!” she told the XO. “I’m sure they have it in hand, but I was wondering whether it was a mistake ofr us not to be down there. Cross is the most experienced Doctor. You have your new extra powerful hearing, and I have my super powerful tail. We are wasted up here.”

Joe was still weighing up what would probably be an inappropriate answer to Cross’s question about the beast when Cara asked her question. “Are you saying you want the Big Kahuna in command then? Well, he has passed the tests and all. But all things considered. the Captain DID tell us to stay here. If he needs us, he can always contact us. “

“The Captain said we could stay behind, but he might not be aware how many are assembling together down there,” Cara replied.

Joe rubbed his chin. The news about the natives moving toward the landing party was well supposed to be a non-event since that was why the captain had wet down there. But Joe himself had warned the CO about the crazies down there. And now with Cara sounding worried the whole situation was giving him the willies. His first instinct was to call the captain and check in on him.

He sighed as he flipped a comm switch on the chair and spoke to the man on duty in the armory. “Bring me three phasers and two tricorders to the bridge double time. Leland we may have to take a trip shortly.”

Joe looking thoroughly agitated as he then turned toward Cara and told her,” Very well Lieutenant, give them a call and get a status check.”

“I’ll do that just as soon as Doctor Cross is finished with me,” Cara told Joe.

Cross went over to Cara ‘’Just giving you a quick scan as I did to the Cmdr ‘’ the female doctor went on ‘’Any pain? Fatigue? Or other symptom that might be bothering you?’‘ Cross asked as she started scanning.

“I feel great physically and mentally, and no pains at all,” Cara said, “but I’m not used to this much muscle in my tail. It’s uncomfortable to feel the growing muscle volume there, but then the power I now have there feels great. I seem to have lost some co-ordination though too. I can’t seem to walk in a straight line any longer.”

The first thing that came to mind was ‘Cats’ ,Cross was glad Care did not have the ability to read thoughts ‘’Em ..well Cara the tail does help you to balance ,so now because it got stronger you are bound to lose some co-ordination until your brain and body gets use to it ‘’ the doctor made her best to sound as professional as she could ‘’Lets hope we would eventually find some way to get rid of that bacteria once and for all’‘.

“I don’t think that I mind if there are no other side effects,” Cara told her. “The ability to swing it with power is a great combat skill, and I feel like such a blow is capable of sending an opponent flying a considerable distance away. It should also help me to swim more strongly too.”

‘’Dear that is exactly the problem we just don’t know if there shall eventually be any side effects ‘’Cross replied in a rather somber tone ‘’It seems you’re taking this more as an improvement,enhancement and a boost… wish I was as optimistic ‘’ .

The doctor was also concerned about the team ,not knowing what was going on except what Cara had said,that the inhabitants where getting nearer to them,her only hope was that she had faith in Glen to undertake the right action for the sake of his crew.

Joe tapped the arm of the chair and put the scanners view of what was going on down on the planet below onto the main screen of the bridge. Looking sideways at Cross then he smiled simply and spoke. “And I enjoy my little enhancement too Lieutenant Cross. I’ve found that now I can hear all the things you’re murmuring about me under your breath now.”

Cross turned her head slowly ‘’I thought I had put an ear plug, hope you have not taken it off Cmdr ‘’ she responded back ‘’Besides I cannot fathom how you are able to joke considering the situation the team is in .I’m going to leave bridge to prepare for triage just in case its needed ‘’.

The CMO wished Hunter was still on the ship, it meant she was the only surgeon around.

“You see!” Cara replied, “How is the Commander’s improved hearing not a positive advantage for him. And you haven’t found any side effects, possibly because there are no side effects to find? You’re simply a glass-is-half-empty kind of person… And I don’t mean that in a bad way. People who are more critical and have a pessimistic or realistic cognitive philosophic worldview are needed just as much as those who see the world only with optimistic glasses on. In this case, I just don’t think you are right. We will see soon enough anyway.”

‘’We know nothing about the long term side effects and I was informed that it could become airborne whether that information is true or not at this point in time I cannot say ‘’Cross replied ‘’ I sincerely hope everything will turn out as you seem to call it an advantage ,the Cmdr is happy with his improved hearing just as you are with your tail ‘’ the female doctor went on ‘’ Doctors do not see a glass half empty or half full, they see things as they are by assessing and implementing to the best of their skills,expertise, skillfulness and experience for the sake of their patients ,I’m not going to explain to you how a symbiotic bacteria can turn deadly, so do please stick to the intellectual understanding and wisdom you have as an Anthropologist and Sociologist ‘’.

Cross could not believe the audacity of Cara Meow.

While Joe had to cover his mouth so that Cross wouldn’t see the rather expansive grin on his face, he did have to wonder about things from the good doctor’s point of view. He also though couldn’t resist a laugh at Cara’s expense. “Be careful Cara. You may wake up tomorrow. with evolution having decided you don’t really need a tail. Just a couple of more legs. And that’s the reason your tail seems to be getting more muscle now!”

Cara had no wish to inflame the doctor’s temper any further, and so she merely nodded her agrrement. However, from a purely anthropological and sociological viewpoint she still thought she was correct. Many, many huge advances in science, and particularly in medicine, would never have been made possible if every experimant had been ethical and safe. And the medicine that the doctor was so proud of was built upon the backs of disturbing, morally wrong, and also painful, life-threatening experimentations. But Cara didn’t say this. She liked her tail and legs too much.

  • Cara Meow

Joe then heard the captains request to get a lock on the crew on the planet and passed it along to the transporter room with an addition of his own. ,”And make sure to not fall asleep. If the captain wants that team beamed up I want it done before he finishes the sentence.”

=/\= Standby =/\= Glen replied. Then Glen thought of Plan C, a somewhat frivolous suggestion made by Joe earlier in the day. =/\= I’m ready to try anything now, Commander. =/\= (The Commander might remember making a suggestion about catering earlier.)

  • Glen, CO

Joe could only smile as he heard the CO’s words. Although Joe had made a rather off the cuff suggestion earlier to Glenn it was now seeming like it might be a plausible approach to the people on the planet. =/\= I’ll get on it right away sir! =/\= Joe responded. = /\= I’ll try to come in behind your friends and set down in the middle of the village! =/\=

Joe then turned to those on the bridge and said, “Sorry people I hate to take off but there’s something I have to do!

Lt. Cmdr. Joe Milligan XO


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