Medical Enquiries

Posted on Tue Feb 15th, 2022 @ 8:50pm by Captain Temperance Harding & Lieutenant Xavon Starkweather
Edited on on Wed Feb 16th, 2022 @ 12:25pm

Mission: Shoreleave
Location: USS Endurance | Sickbay

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Harding entered Sickbay with a smile and a skip to her step. She had a plan. A dangerous one, sure, but a plan. Now she just needed to get all the pieces in place for it. One of those was right here. "Doctor Starkweather?" She inquired, glancing around the room.

Xavon was hard at work on one of his computers, glasses in his hand, and a cup of coffee. as he heard footsteps come into sickbay, pocking his head round the corner "Captain how can I help?" he said wheeling out to the corridor with his coffee in hand.

"A couple of things, Doctor," Harding replied with a smile. "First, as you know, our CMO, Dr Hope transferred out when we put into dock, which means I have an open office. I would prefer not to bring in someone new when I have a capable, and qualified officer already on board. Interested?"

Xavon wheeled himself closer to the captain "I do indeed I had hoped that we get a replacement" He said with a smile, his face dropped and then lit up again "You want me to take the CMO position?" he said quizically "Are you sure captain?" he asked looking her dead in the eye "I'll take it as long as I keep my rank as is so I can work my way up naturally in the chain if that is ok with you?" they were very unburdening terms for him taking the position which was fine.

"I can appreciate that, Doctor," Harding said with a smile. "I wanted to offer you the post first, before looking elsewhere for a candidate." Now for her more immediate need. "Tell me, the Lembatta Nebula. What do you know, medically?"

Xavon smiled "Well you needn't look elsewhere ill take it," he said with a wide smile "The Lembetta nebula huh? Well from what I've read in the Romulan archives during my residency there it was used as a staging platform for some Romulan experiments into hazardous biological weapons some sources reed that the weapons and viruses were made from samples from the nebula themselves that nebula is a walking virus basically there's all manner of things in there I'll need to do a medical sensor sweep before I can even entertain letting the ship go through"

Harding blinked hard. "Romulans did biological weapons research in there?" That was something that Intelligence hadn't turned up. It sort of made sense though. To conduct research, they'd need a lab. To have a lab, they'd need a structure of sorts. Was it possible the Romulans just... left it? Was that what this new pirate element had taken residence in? Unsettling. "Thank you, Doctor. We'll send a shuttle ahead of the Endurance when we approach to conduct the scans, and you can determine what we need to... venture into it."

Xavon looked to the captain "Well if it helps any I still have some of the research papers from my residency if you'd like to go over them?" he asked with a wide smile "That would be most agreeable captain if preferable like to be on the shuttle to take the sensor reading my self if that is possible?" he was now the chief medical officer aboard this ship and he needed to through in his investigation.

"Doctor, you just made the Away Team onto the facility, if you would like. I want someone there who can evaluate the storage safety systems, and determine if we can destroy the facility. I want to end that place." Harding announced. She hadn't come in with that goal, but having heard what had gone on, she now decided it would be for the best to render the facility and its contents into dust.

Xavon smiled "Thank you, captain, I'll be sure to pack all of my melee weapons," he said looking around "I will endeavour to be of use to the away team," he said grabbing his tricorder "Believe you me we will end it, captain"

"I am glad," Harding said with a broad smile. "If you could put together just a summary for the Staff-Briefing, that would be very helpful. Unless you have any questions, I shall leave you to your work."

He looked to the captain "I will get to that right away captain" He said with a brief smile "I'll see you at the briefing" he said pushing his chair back into his office as he got to work on his briefing materials.

Harding gave the man a nod, and a smile, before heading out of Sickbay.

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