Lt Rivka Brzezinski: Once More, with Proper Equipment
Avander Promontory
((Science lab, Deck 10, USS Octavia E Butler))
The labs on the state-of-the-art Sagan class were impressively equipped and Rivka was eager to learn what full-powered scans could reveal about the situation at hand. If they could understand how their two crewmates had their consciouses entangled, then perhaps they could reverse the process. (or replicate it). And hopefully, for Yinn’s sake, before it became a permanent new state.
Brzezinski: If time is of the essence, I suggest we begin with a full-spectrum molecular scan.
Yinn: We can try, but if my quantum entanglement theory is right, whatever's happening is happening on the subatomic level. Thankfully, I've already been working on...
The blue bodies fumbled around the lab, looking for something.
Yinn: Here it is! ::a transparent aluminum cylinder rose up from the countertop:: My tachyons! They're entangled with other tachyons somewhere else, and my theory is that their counterparts are still orbiting the moon of Alpha Brenkevi, and that the incorporeal aliens we met there had these entangled particles as their neural network. So if we can observe the neurons in my brains, we should be able to see the same— ::she stiffened up for a moment:: I'm getting ahead of myself. We should probably wait for Commander Peri's thoughts.
Fer'at: Perhaps. In the meantime, we should have access to information that will allow us to get a baseline.
Rivka was already at a console, logging into her files.
Brzezinski: Right. And we can cross-check with the previous scans of both subjects.
Yinn: Scans. That reminds me, what about our previous idea...
Loq: Of sending this body to sickbay for a full diagnostic. I'm also curious as to how the entanglement will work if I'm separated by several decks. If this isn't quantum entanglement, perhaps it's restricted by distance, like Betazed telepathy.
Fer’at: Keep in mind that while there is a restriction, the distance of a full blooded Betazoid’s telepathic range is far more than a few decks on a ship. Still, it is worth an experiment to see.
Brzezinski: Agreed. It might not have any effect. Or… It could completely sever the connection.
Loq: An excellent point. Although...
The Klingon body and Bolian body turned towards one another. It seemed as if the entity(ies) were getting a handle on this two-body problem.
Loq: It would be a shame to break the connection before we've had a chance to fully study it. ::beat:: Not that I want to spend too much time being the experiment and not the scientist.
Fer’at: Then we should proceed in order to come to a solution as quickly as possible.
By that point, Rivka had found the data on the previous scans of their subjects. She gave them a professional review and then popped them both into a comparative heuristics program.
Brzezinski: Assessing previous data for anything that might show a propensity for interlock-ation.
Yinn: Response
Fer’at: I will contact Commander Katsim. Perhaps it is best if you both first bring up older scans for a comparison. Even if you believe this is on a subatomic level, the molecular scan could provide valuable information, and in this matter, it is best to consider every possibility.
Rivka sent the information from her console to a large display nearby.
Brzezinski: Here’s the “before” on both their brain scans.
The two images displayed looked standard enough for each officer, with the expected differences between their species. Nothing particularly neurodivergent nor anything that would immediately indicate a propensity for synchronization.
Yinn: Response
As they pored over the data, the Vulcan stepped aside, apparently to contact their boss, the chief scientist of the vessel.
Fer’at: Commander Katsim is currently indisposed, but has impressed upon me that we should use any and all resources to search for a solution. She offered to return, but I suggested she allow us to explore options first and allow her to finish the task she is currently on.
Brzezinski: Such a great boss.
And Rivka meant it. Leaving subordinates alone to conduct research like independent adults was, to her, the best trait in a manager or supervisor.
Yinn: Response
The doors slid open and while the new officer joining them was clad in departmental blue, Rivka recognized the Klingon-hybrid as their medical officer. While not a scientist per se, the doctor’s experiences with her patients’ physiology as well as some potentially related events from previous missions could prove invaluable.
Toz: Hello, everyone. What’s happening?
Brzezinski: (succinctly, pointing at Yinn and Loq) Two brains, one mind. The two seem to have become one.
Rivka would have loved to have given a more specific scientific and technically correct answer, but the truth was, at this point, they simply didn’t have one. That’s why they needed more tests.
Toz: There’s no such thing.
Despite the many impossible things they had encountered in their missions hitherto, Rivka had to have some sympathy for the doctor’s perspective. They were certainly treading in uncharted waters and in things that simply had few, if any, precedents in the scientific and medical journals.
Loq/Yinn: response
Toz: I am telling you there’s no such thing as two people in one body - when there are clearly two bodies here. ::beat:: Have you notified Lieutenant Commander Peri?
Brzezinski: He did.
She jerked her thumb toward the Vulcan
Loq/Yinn/Fer'at: responses
Brzezinski: (to Toz) You’re just in time, we were about to run an in-depth molecular scan.
Rivka moved over to the machine and began the initial start-up. The parameters would be a little more complicated than usual as they had two different beings that they were trying to scan at once or as one. But recalibrating the device wouldn’t be impossible.
Loq/Yinn/Fer'at/Toz: responses
Brzezinski: OK, we’re ready for the first pass.
Finally, they would get some answers, even if they were just preliminary.
Loq/Yinn/Fer'at/Toz: responses
Tags/TBC
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Lt Rivka Brzezinski
Neuroscience Specialist
USS Octavia E Butler
O239910AP4