Commander Velana: H2 Uh-Oh (Tag: Sissons, Ko-Antin, Kovis, Kors)

[Kristen Elizabeth]

(Terraforming camp, Planet's surface)

Velana:  We're looking for anything that they all came into contact with.  If this is where they came into contact with the virus, it's still here in some form or another.  Let's get to work.

:Together with Ko-Antin, they spread out and began their search.:

Sissons: I'm not picking up any unusual readings of the surrounding area commander, which would indicate there's been no infectious barrier set up. :she looked up at Velana: Are you of the opinion that the virus was spread purposefully?

Velana:  In my experience, natural outbreaks aren't usually as quick to spread as this one.  It does make me suspicious. Are you all right, Ensign?  :She frowned, remembering the woman's species.:  Are you sensing something?
Sissons: I do sense a feeling of dis-ease, of imbalance. I'll head straight to the sleeping quarters.

Velana: Why don't we all go?  Just in case.

Sissons:  ?

Ko-Antin: ?

Kovis: ?

:As they continued their scans of the terraformer's camp, Velana couldn't help but think about Diego back on the Outpost, no matter how hard she tried to push him to the back of her mind.  Was he stable or was his condition getting worse?:

:She had just about made up her mind to contact him, just to hear his voice, when Ko-Antin approached her.:

Velana:  Lieutenant?

Ko-Antin:  ?

Velana:  As I understand it, the terraformers get their water from the Outpost.  Why? 

Ko-Antin:  ?

Velana:  That doesn't make any sense.  Water from the Outpost would be replicated; it would show microscopic traces of the photons from which it originated, but nothing else.  So, are you saying the water in the decon chamber isn't from the Outpost?

Ko-Antin:  ?

Kors: ?

Velana:  Then where would it have come from?  Surely not from Eden. 

Ko-Antin: ? 

Velana:  :frowning:  Ensign Sissons, can you do a search for the geological surveys of this area.  We're looking for any underground water supply.

Sissons:  ?

Velana:  Could groundwater have seeped up to the surface or would it have to have been tapped into?

Sissons:  ?

Velana:  Compare the scans of this water with the ones Lieutenant Drake took of Patient Zero's blood.  Search for any common DNA traces.  :She paused.:  If these terraformers brought up something that's been buried in this planet for years, no wonder we don't have a cure.  Everything on Eden was designed to kill.

Ko-Antin: ?

Sissons:  ?

Kovis: ?

Kors: ?

TBC

Commander Velana
CO/Acting CMO
Outpost Eden