Ensign Jaran Jira - You're A Gem, You Know?
Jira Jaran
((Intensive Care Unit - Primary Sickbay - Deck 07 - USS Artemis-A))
Jaran: Knowing Sam, there's probably one hidden somewhere in Sickbay.
Meyers: I fail to see how the flippant disrespect with which Miss Richards treated the sterility of our place of employment, and the primary health center of the entire crew, can be considered amusing, Doctor.
Imril: ::Looking around:: I thought all the mystery rocks were found?
Bancroft: Response
Lorana: So, how open would the Boraxians be in sharing their information?
Imril: You’d probably have the best chance talking to the splinter group that broke off from the city-ship. They departed on a vessel called the New Hope.
Bancroft: Response
Lorana: Oh, so not very willing to share. Zealots are tricky :: looks to Imril :: We should run a full biomolecular scan. Whatever effect the Boraxian crystals may have had must still be present within their Bactrican DNA.
Meyers: I shall go procure one of the samples kept for logkeeping in the Science Center.
Jaran: If I may, I would like to perform this scan, in the interest of limiting the number of variable factors.
Imril: The more variables removed, the better.
Lorana: Afterwards, we perform the same scan on you Doctor Jaran. Doctor Bancroft, are you able to conduct that scan?
Bancroft: Response
Jira crossed to the biobed and patted the cushion.
Jaran: Lt. Imril, if you would be so kind?
Imril: ::Raising a hand:: Little help?
Bancroft: Response
Jaran: Please try to stay as still as possible, Lieutenant. This is a very delicate scan.
Imril: Can do.
Bancroft: Response
Jira retracted the arch over the biobed, and pulled up the scan of Imril's brain next to the scan from the Boraxian mission. They went silent for a moment with what they saw.
Luxa looked to Jira.
Jaran: ::hesitantly:: This can't be right. What I saw in the hypothalamus can't have caused this. Can it?
Imril: ::Concerned:: Caused what, exactly?
Jaran: Dr. Bancroft, can you confirm what I'm seeing first?
Bancroft: Response
The new-to-Jira doctor was quiet while Jira and Dr. Bancroft conferred.
Lorana: If I'm understanding you correctly, then what you're saying is that the crystalline has metastasized in Imril's DNA structure, giving him a natural barrier to the effects of the teleporter?
Jaran: I probably would have stammered and stuttered around it a little more, but that's about right.
Bancroft: Response
Imril: Does this give us a path for helping the others?
Lorana: My research and treatment is based on Genetic Targeted Therapy. Essentially, we locate the corrupted DNA at a micro cellular level and we replace it. That's a very simplified explanation.
"Simplified" was a word for it. Jira might have added an "over-" in front of that. Finding the tiny bits that needed a fix was a challenge enough, but removing them and putting something else in their place? For every affected part of the body? That sounded like a monumental undertaking.
Jaran: Doctor, that's a huge task. Do we even have the time for that sort of process, if we're going to stay ahead of the changes?
Bancroft/Imril: Response
Meyers: It is somewhere to start. And I presume the Boraxian crystal sample should be able to help with that?
Lorana: Yes, but that's only the first step. Once we've detected the corrupted cells we use healthy genetic coding from, in this case, another Bactrican or if we have a sample of Imril's DNA that is viable?
Meyers: I will cross-reference Imril’s medical documentation. Otherwise, the transporter logs should have full copies on file.
Jaran: Is it safe to assume a scan of myself won't be needed at this point? I'm pretty sure I don't have a fun crystal shield in my brain.
Bancroft/Imril: Response
Lorana: The issue is, the treatment method needs to be adapted :: Luxa moves to the console and swipes several times :: You'll see that it's specifically used to target DNA or Sencha Wave radiation and Soliton Particles :: sad :: And that took almost a year of daily research :: looks to Commander Munro :: I don't think we have a year.
Meyers: We do not. At most, I’d say we have three weeks, and that is in the optimistic range.
Three weeks. It was casually tossed out there, but that didn't feel like a lot of time to Jira. They fought down a rising panic at the thought of their own transformation.
Jaran: ::quietly:: Three weeks. Optimistically.
Bancroft/Imril/Lorana: Response
Meyers: If time is our main concern, it seems obvious that we must divide our efforts to speed the process up. Our two primary tasks are to separate out the mutating DNA codes contained within Imril and the others, and isolate them in a way that will allow us to replace them one by one, while also figured out how to isolate the component of the Boraxian crystals that has made certain elements of Imril’s physique resistant to the Callisian mutations.
Jaran: I believe my experience with the Boraxian crystals would be of most use with that team.
But that came with an unspoken fear of exploring what was happening with their own body. That was for others to worry about.
Bancroft/Imril/Lorana: Response
Meyers: As a Pharmacologist, my skillset lends best to working with the crystal components.
oO Oh no. She hates me. I can tell. Oo
Jaran: Go team.
Bancroft/Imril/Lorana: Response
Jira looked to the team that had been assembled to examine the effects of the Boraxian crystal on Imril. At least Jira knew they'd have some support when it came to the angry Yesfir. They hoped.
Jaran: So what's the first step, sir?
Meyers/Imril?/Bancroft?: Response
Jira nodded and set to work. They placed the crystal that Meyers had retrieved on a small scanning platform and calibrated the sensors.
Jaran: It's been a bit since I've had any contact with these crystals. The ritual to activate them seemed pretty complex, but, just in case, no one... think too hard at it.
Meyers/Imril?/Bancroft?: Response
Jira began the scan and pulled up the scan of Imril's hypothalamus to compare side-by-side. The data began to populate the screen, and Jira wished they could pretend to be surprised.
Jaran: It's looking almost exactly like what I would have expected. The structure in and around Lieutenant Imril's hypothalamus has a nearly identical crystalline structure to the Boraxian crystal.
Meyers/Imril?/Bancroft?: Response
Tags/TBC