Cmdr. Katsim Peri - "Ghost In The Shell"
Amanda Nordstrom
((Greaves & Katsim’s Quarters, USS OEB))
With some strange logs indicating someone had accessed the replicator in their room, Peri wanted to find out who and why. That had sent her to the security area to talk to Richards, and ultimately, they had returned to her quarters, calling Peters to join them along the way. While there, they theorised what could have caused the strange event.
Both of them made good points and Peri’s eyes slid away from the men and to the machine in question. If someone wanted to access secret information, using a replicator was an odd way to do it, but it was also a way most people might miss. Idly, she wondered if any of the other command team had logs to show something had happened to theirs. Regardless, even if she was the lowest ranking person on the ship, Peri didn’t want anyone to just access her replicator at any time they wished. Whether or not she had intelligence or classified data, someone could use it to perform a prank. While she knew she wasn’t the most creative person out there, she had a feeling someone could come up with some sort of malicious way to manipulate a replicator and hurt someone. However, thus far, that didn’t seem to be the case there.
Katsim: Could it be digital ghosts?
While Peri was not an engineer, she had a decent grasp on the basic concepts. Digital ghosts were not actually ghosts, but remnants of programs that had inhabited computer systems before removal. At times, those applications could leave behind files or auto run features that continued to affect the systems, though far more mildly than the full application. Since the Continuance had inhabited the ship’s systems, she wondered if something similar could have occurred.
Richards: Ghosts?
Peters: Response
That gave Richards some pause and he considered what had been shared.
Richards: I suppose it wouldn’t be the weirdest thing we’ve encountered out here.
Peri nodded. All of them were experienced officers and all of them had seen things they never would have imagined to be possible. Even with the history of strange events in the Starfleet database, there were times she wondered if she would believe the stories from missions she’d been on if she hadn’t been present to witness them.
Katsim: It’s a known phenomena.
At that statement, she turned to Peters. Katsim: How can we check?
Peters: Response
Richards: So what are we going to do?
That was a good question. Since Peri knew the basics, she could go through standard procedures to purge ghosts from the system, but she preferred an actual engineer do so. They could also attack any problems that arose, or stubborn, lingering systems that refused to let go.
Peters: Response
Richards: We’ll have to run scans, lots of scans. To see if there are any other incidents of this happening anywhere else.
Richards’ hand lifted as if to touch the badge, then froze. Something must have occurred to him, for it dropped back to his side. Peri canted her head slightly, a gesture Echo mimicked, both curious about the man’s intentions.
Katsim: If it is ghosts…
She trailed off again, her eyes drifting back to Peters who was the expert in the room.
Peters/Richards: Response
Katsim: And that should do it?
By that point, Peri had relaxed quite a bit. If the explanation was a simple bug or ghost that engineering could easily tackle, then there was nothing to worry about. Stranger things had happened, and as long as no one was at risk, that was fine.
Peters/Richards: Response
It was possible that the only thing going on with the replicator were those ghosts or bugs or whatever the engineers wanted to call the strange log and access activity to her replicator. Whatever it was, she felt better knowing that both Peters and Richards were on the case. Stepping back, she glanced at the replicator, but it simply remained in the wall, silent because no one needed it at the moment.
Katsim: Let me know if you need anything from me.
Peters/Richards: Response
-- Commander Katsim Peri Chief Science Officer USS Octavia E. Butler M239008AD0