Commodore Jalana Rajel - Tasks and a surprise
Jess
((OOC: To avoid this mail becoming a kilometer long I will
summarize what is being brought to Jalana's attention instead of
bringing in all the tags, up to a certain point. ))
((Paoike Colony, Plaza, Drever IV - timeskip))
Jalana nodded and then turned around. She was small, real small,
and did not see everyone. She hummed slightly and looked around
before finding a few crates. She grabbed one to place it on top of
two others and then climbed up on it, now hovering over the group.
She placed her thumb and middle finger together, putting them into
her mouth and a moment later a loud and sharp whistle called for
attention.
Rajel: Thank you for all your work so far and coming here on short
notice. In that short time here we went through quite a lot so I
want an update from the teams.
Ch'Nilmani: And I'm glad to see all of you are still together
after our exciting adventure in the downpour.
Rajel: I'll start then. We found mushrooms inside the old power
plant that seem to have sucked in radiation, storing it. I took
samples of the mushrooms and the soil around them. I'll pass them
on to science to analyze and then double check with soil samples
from the village to see if this radiation might be a reason for
the issues with the plants.
Yirah: Our tricorders didn't pick up any sources of radiation
where we were scanning.
Tagus: That’s consistent with my previous scans as well. I didn’t
come across radiation until we got to the older buildings.
Yirah: What was the power plant built to run on? Nuclear?
Savok: If the mushrooms could feed on non-ionizing radiation, any
power generation method could provide some type of electromagnetic
radiation the fungi could absorb.
Ada: ::To the science officers:: I'll join you to confer. ::To the
group:: Also, hi everyone. I'm back, but more on that later.
Jalana smiled in Azura's direction. She was glad to see her back
and seemingly better, she'd have to check on her later. Later,
everything as later right now.
Rajel: Now we don't know if that is the reason or a reason, or has
any relation at all. It is possible that there are several reasons
working together as well. So has anyone else found anything that
might be at least in part responsible or is a lead? Don't be shy,
anything no matter how small could add to the plant death.
Jalana listened to people speak up, they were kind enough to not
talk over each other so it was easy to follow. that was one of
these things that came in handy from her training as a doctor,
getting information from various sides, processing, remembering.
Having all theories thrown at her one after the other helped her
to get an idea of what was going on here.
There were of course the radiactive fungi that may have formed
either with radiation from the old powersource, or as Savok said
being feeding on non-ionized radiation. While the soil in the
colony did not show signs of radiation according to scans Indrid
and Kiamon did, it may be possible that they still had another
substance flow back into the soil.
Then there were puffballs, plans that seemed to not be affected
and maybe immune. It would be good to figure out if there was any
substance that was found in other plants but not in puffballs and
vice versa, it was possible that they held a secret to solving
this. The plants of the Kameryan family were mentioned and could
have an impact if brought into this new environment from what she
understood.
Regrettably the child of that family had suddenly fallen sick and
it could be related to the plants dying, or not. She couldn't just
assume that it was the plant's fault, it may not be, so someone
had to check on that. Compare a hopefully healthy parent to the
child's scans, maybe they had traces of whatever was in the plant
in their body, or they had a vulnerability to something - for
example the fungus - as was suggested. If Kameryans were
vulnerable to that, comparing to scans of other inhabitants could
maybe help.
T'Ama mentioned a change of shipping company which could mean that
that company had introduced something new to the colony. It could
be pesticides, certain products or even the energy from whatever
power source their ship had been operated with. It could be a lot.
So one would have to look at this. Ba'el also mentioned a crash
ship of the Kameryan family, maybe this was another potential
cause.
Jalana exhaled slightly nodding along as she listened. So many
possible causes and it could be all of it, nothing or one of them.
They would have to analyze all these areas. So she would have to
split the teams again to take care of that. And then - looking
around the colony - they needed to help with repairs. The
hailstorm and that panicked creature had put a good number on it.
Maybe someone else was injured.
Shimisi: I'm no expert on plant life or fungi, but Fungi tend to
operate at a lower temperature than average humanoid ones.
However, if these particular ones can survive inside a mammal life
form, it could be quite dangerous. Right?
Tagus: If it’s all the same, I’d like to offer the use of my lab
and see if we can make some progress
Rajel: Thank you Kiamon. ::She addressed the group.:: The
radioactive fungi were only found within one area behind locked
doors in the basement of the old power plant on the fringes of the
colony. The location where we found the fungi was closed up and
had not been opened for a long time it was overgrown, at least
five year worth of moss and other plant matter. So nobody got in
to get these fungi itself. As Kiamon and Indrid confirmed there
was no radiation around here when scanning the area but it is of
course possible that they are still pushing another substance
through the colony which may cause these hotspots Kim mentioned.
Ch’Nilmani/Science Officers/Anyone: response
Tagus: I have several samples to use for comparison as well. All
recorded by date and location. Perhaps we can identify a pattern
that I didn’t see before.
Ba'el: :: looking towards Tagus:: Should we collect a sample from
the Kameryans as well? It might provide some additional insight.
Rajel: I believe we can get medical and science to work together
here. Give me a moment with that I'll let you know once we got all
the theories collected.
Tagus: Response
Shimisi: Maybe Mr. Yasam might have data or samples of old spores
or fungus... You might want to ask him, though he claims to not
like crowds...
Science Officers/Anyone: response
T’Ama: I think we will want to try to find some of the goods or
crates that we know are from recent deliveries and take samples to
test. And secondarily check out the landing site for the same. Oh!
And run everything we find through the mycellium - it might be
transforming something we think is innocuous into something the
plants can’t deal with.
Shimisi: I thought about that too. So, checking the original ship
that brought it here might be useful.
Tagus: response
Jalana looked to the other Trill.
Rajel: What do you mean?
Tagus: response
Rajel: Ah, then it is quite likely that this crashed ship has
nothing to do with the plants dying. If they have been here for
six years it would have shown up earlier. And as it is not a ship
from the delivery service, that won't give us answers there
either. Do I have that right?
Tagus: response
Jalana nodded, glad that he had a connection to this colony,
providing some information they did not have themelves.
Shimisi: :: To Stapledon :: Anything you found out while I was out
of comission?
Stapledon: Response
Anyone: response
Rajel: Alright unless someone has something else for this already
quite extensive list of possibilities - great work on that
everyone! - let's get to tasks!
Anyone: response
Rajel: Alright First. Indrid, Azura and Kiamon. I want you to have
a look at these radioactive mushrooms and soil samples that we
took. Compare them to the samples from throughout the colony, and
these puffballs that were found. Check if there is any substance
that is present in one but no the other. And compare the
concentration of it to the location of the hotspots Kimberly
mentioned. Maybe that way we can figure out what exactly we are
dealing with.
Yirah/Ada/Tagus: response
Rajel: Kiamon, since you came after the issue had already started,
check with this Mister Yasam if he has any data or samples of old
plantlife from before the issue showed up.
Tagus: response
Rajel: Alright next. Ellie, Ba'el and ...::What was the name again
she had heard it earlier.:: Jora? I want you two to go check on
the the child. Not only to make sure they get better, but compare
their scans with those of their parents. And with those of the
other inhabitants, just in case they are sensitive to something
other people aren't. I only met one Kameryan before and that never
came up.
Malyz: I scanned a good potion of the inhabitants. I'll transfer
the data to you, Doc.
Park/Jora/Ba'el: response
Rajel: T'Ama and Laria. Could you check on more information about
this shipping company? Sir Bolen should have information about who
they are, what they brought, cargo lists and such. If he may not
know, ask his valet Jarl, he seems to know pretty much everything
going on around Bolen's business. Also check with him where the
Delivery ship usually lands to see if that area is more affected
or not, just in case. If there is anything that may have an impact
on what is happening here I'm sure you'll find it.
T'Ama/Herren: response
Rajel: T'Seva and Mingxing. While Kiamon said that the crashed
shuttle will is not related to the plants and has been here quite
a while, I would like you to head out and check on it. From what I
understand going by the data we got. It is several hours outside
the colony so have the ship beam you over to it and back. Check if
there is any sign on why the ship crashed and if the ship can be
repaired and maybe you can find anything useful in the cargo they
had to left. If they have more of the crops even in seed form in
the ship, we may be able to use them to compare them with the sick
plants.
T'Seva/Stapledon: response
Rajel: Savok and Evria. I want to know if this mycorrhizal network
is wide spread and strong enough to possibly distribute an
antidote once we figure out what is causing this. Do some more
scans and analysis of the area, determine if we have a good enough
vein for entry nearby. You can do that from here or use the ship's
scanners, the more certain you are the better. That way we can put
a solution in action the moment we know what's wrong.
Savok/Evria: response
Rajel: Alright, I know there are a few names I have not called,
but we have more work to do. The hailstorm and the panicked
creature rampaging have done some damage to the colony. Those of
you who were not called by name, and me, we will help with that.
Look around, find the structures that are broken to help with the
repairs. Lystra you are overlooking that team and keep an overview
who needs more repairs.
Lystra/Anyone: response
Rajel: ::She looked around:: Kimberly. I noticed some of the
houses lost power, it's possible that the power supply was
damaged, so I want you go grab Commander Ch'Nilmani and check
those out fix it if you can. If you can make it safer for the
future I won't stop you.
Stapledon/Ch'Nilmani: response
Rajel: If you have medical knowledge help those that were injured,
I'll be on your team.
Anyone: response
Rajel: Well then. ::She raised the PADD in her hand, all kinds of
reports had been sent in and one of them stood out. She raised
both her brows and held it out do Diz'mim. Saying quietly, giving
him the 'you think what I'm thinking' look.:: Check this out.
Ch'Nilmani: response
Jalana smiled and nodded slightly before taking the PADD back and
looking out over the assembled group.
Rajel: Before you leave, I have one more piece of official
business to do. Indrid!
Yirah/Anyone: response
Rajel: I have received a report that you were in direct line when
Ellie was in danger. You didn't hesitate and together with Evria
jumped into the trenches to make sure she was safe. Thank you for
that. In combination with your impressive work for the Science
Department since you have come aboard I see no reason why we
should wait any longer. ::She paused and then shrugged slightly.::
And we can hardly send an Ensign with two Commanders to work on
this thing.
Okay that was a lie, rank didn't matter for that, but it sounded
amusing enough. Those that had been around for longer would
definitely have figured out what she was doing, some may not but
they would hear any moment.
Yirah/Anyone: response
Rajel: Due to your exemplary work, I hereby promote you to
Lieutenant Junior Grade with all responsibilities and privileges.
It was not on my list so I do not have a pip right now but we'll
get that to you later. ::she grinned:: It's still very much
binding. Congratulations Lieutenant Indrid Yirah!
Yirah/Anyone: response
Rajel: Well then that's it, let's get to work! As soon as we have
something palpable contact me so we can help these people.
Dismissed everyone!
Anyone: response
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Commodore Jalana Rajel
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