Arcadia Station SB-101 / USS Quirinus NCC-83942
SD 11105.16

Starring:
Mitch Travis as Commanding Officer Captain Sulek
Christina Doane as Station Commander Captain Paige Harker
Christopher Dickinson as Chief of Security Commander Bill Powers
Bruce Oriani as Chief Science Officer Lt. Commander Trikk Starr
Karriaunna Scotti as Counselor Commander Azhure Powers

Ship Manager Keith LaHue

Also Starring:
Keith LaHue as Sans Serif

Absent:
None

TIME LAPSE SINCE LAST MISSION: None

“Terrapin Station, Part 8: Some Rise, Some Fall, Some Climb": Last time on Arcadia... The crew has delved deeper into the mystery surrounding the absence of disease and have faced a moral conundrum.  Faced with hard choices, the crew must decide...

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CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Standing with the others, her thoughts centered more on her surroundings as an impossible decision must be made.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Swats away a gnat or something and watches the captains ::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Motioning catching her attention, she walks over to join Bill.:: CSec: The wild life finding you tasty?
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::he looks to Harker and then Azhure:: Serif: I would prefer not to take a life in any form. Not only do I have something of a philosophical issue, I do not believe our Federation would find it reasonable as well.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
Serif: I agree with your permission we'd like to look around a bit, there's perhaps something we're missing that can help us. ::Glances at the CO.::
Sans_Serif says:
CO: I understand. SC: Certainly, you are most welcome here.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Mutters :: CNS: Something like that. Or maybe they're attracted to my manly odors.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
::She nods to Serif respectfully and motions to the others away to discuss a plan.::

ACTION: All of the bugs that have fed off of Powers suddenly die right in front of him. This does not prevent further bug attacks

CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Smiles only to stop as she sees the insects lying around him.:: CSec: Strange.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: scans the insects, wondering if the disease killed it or something else:: Serif: I take it your statement that no one dies on this planet does not extend to the wild life?
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Starr: If they have developed immunity, then we must first understand if it is genetic or something more natural that results in this immunity. The girl at the station was not born with the immunity, so perhaps we have a clue.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Glances at the ground with a sigh :: Self: Seriously?
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO/CSO: I would agree there's something to that ::Glances at the dead bugs, curious to hear Serifs reply.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks at Bill:: CSec: The disease did not kill them. :: Makes a minor adjustment of her scanner and scans her husband.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CO: Perhaps Captain...perhaps not.
Sans_Serif says:
CNS: No, it does not
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: taps her scanner, inputting the two sets of data:: CSec: Apparently, it does not like your physiology. I wonder if there is anything we can do with that.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Starr: Spoken as a true skeptic. Still we have the beginnings of a possible hypothesis. Vulcans, pure-bred, seem to be immune as was the child. I, who am only part Vulcan, reacted first to the disease, which means that I must have in some way altered what gives Vulcans their protection and that it is something that they share in common with the girl and the natives of Terrapin.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: At the captains comment, she is reminded of that fact and pulls up data on Vulcan physiology and adds that to her current set.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Turning she runs a scan on Serif::
Sans_Serif says:
::amused::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Starr: We now have a three-pronged common denominator with which to search. Something that we did not have before.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
::Nods::
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CNS/CSO: Can you do something with that information?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Adds Serif's information to the matrix:: SC: Uncertain.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: We can by connecting to the ship's computer and if it cannot find a common element, it can eliminate the elements that are not, giving us at least a more reasonable subset to work with.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: From this subset we look for the one I should hold in common but the one that has either been left out from my own breeding or mutated because of the mix.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO/CNS/CSO: I concur, that idea has merit. Counselor if you would as our medic?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
SC/CO: The three pronged common denominator lies within not without
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSO: Facts. We have a child who does not have the illness, but can cure it temporarily. We have a people on a world who have the disease, but are not affected by it... at least as long as they stay on this planet. There is an enzyme the Vulcans produce that keep them safe, but it is more than that as we already know that it alone does not help
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
us. Add to that at least one of us is deadly to the insect life on this planet.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSO: And let us not forget the turtle.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: In the mean time we look for natural elements that may give the Terrapin their own immunity. For that we must make a leap that it is not evolutionary.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO: Not natural you mean?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
SC: Such as sickle cell anemia which saves people from malaria. :: Considers::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Azhure: Even if the essential element is different which offers each its protection, then it is likely there is one compound that each physical element share.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CNS: Perhaps we do not need DNA in the sense that we were thinking, but perhaps by mixing blood samples of the three, we can produce a substance that would kill the disease and not the patient.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: Correct. Then this is a natural element, not something that was developed specifically to give the Terrapin longevity.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO:I See. ::Looks thoughtful::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks down at the dead insects at Bill's feet.::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Starr: The dead insects might also give us a possibility of something that kills the immunity in minor creatures. A negative reactant.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::balances Enigma on his shoulder so he can work:: ::scans bugs::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: We need to inspect sources. Water is most likely from the mountains and the fields would be a food source.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Reaching into her pouch, pulls out a sample tube. Kneeling down, she scoops a couple of them into it.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
Enigma: ::softly:: Easy..easy..Need both hands to work now
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CNS: Getting no more info from these bugs than what you did.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO: The CNS and CSO look busy here perhaps we could go run the scans and transmit the information back?
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
All: I suggest while we transfer the information to the ship computer for analysis that we consider dividing up. It would be a simple matter for half of us to direct beam to the mountains while the others look at the food and mineral sources.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSO: I am running the data now... perhaps the computer can find the common denominator we are missing.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::picks up handful of bugs and begins to carefully examine them individually::
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO: The CNS is running the data once that's done we'll divide up. Divide and conquer this problem..
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: All she need do is transfer. The rest is up to the protocols she and the CSO set for the computer. It should not take long. The analysis, however, make take the computer a bit of time.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CO/SC: I think I might have a possible answer. :: steps over to the CSO::
SC_Capt_Harker says:
ALL: Well then in light of that I recommend the CSO or CNS go check the food we need one of them in each party. Captain::She says to Sulek:: Food or Water?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::makes a quiet motion to the CNS and points at Enigma who is asleep on his shoulder::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Harker: Water.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Taps a few commands on her scanner:: CSO: There are three parts to this cure. One of them is found in this insect. This one is native to the planet... perhaps in the water as I am not recording it in the air and it seems to be imbedded in the planets life.
SC_Capt_Harker says:
CO: I'll take Food, CNS/CSO: One of you on the Food check team the other on Water.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
CSO: This third component is not biological, but a mineral I do not recognize.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
SC: Water.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::dropping bugs:: ::cocks head sideways to the right and upwards to look at the CNS, squints his left eye:: ::flatly with a matter-of-fact tone:: CNS: Then I suggest you get a soil sample
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CNS: I'll be right there. ::points at a nearby stream:: collecting some water samples
SC_Capt_Harker says:
All: Ok Captain Sulek, Commander Azhure to the check the water supply. Lt. Commander Starr and Commander Powers with me to check the fields. ::She glances around for final opinions.::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Quirinus* ::taking a measurement of the coordinates of the fields and then the mountains, he relays them to the ship with instruction:: Begin site to site beam outs. Energize.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Starting to head out she pauses and takes a report from the ship.::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
:: Looks up:: All: The death rate has increased to 4%. However... no one on the ship has died. I am having medical run some parallel tests.

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