Lieutenant Drex - Living Nebula?
Drex Drex
((SOS Lab, Deck 10))
Letek: It's more, at least from a medical point of view, as if... an alien consciousness is taking control. The infrasound... could serve as a control medium. I'm even willing to say that it's the influence of an alien life form. But what exactly... It wouldn't be the first nebula to be a life form. I remember a lecture on space phenomena. The USS Voyager had entered a nebula that attacked them. Only to realize afterwards that they had flown into a LIVING nebula.
Lim: I’m not certain I follow.
Drex considered Letek’s theory carefully. On the Juneau, he had lost control of his mind and experienced a shared nightmare with Alix and Kendrick, but that had felt different. The glowing worm-like entity had to enter his body to influence him, and they had to physically touch the crane to enter the shared dreamspace. During the vision, their physical bodies had remained still. He shook his head slowly.
This was not the same.
He had not just shared fear. He had been filled with a purpose, a violent urge to harm others. Yet Letek could be onto something. It had not been mindless violence. There had been intent commands. A drive to obey, serve, protect.
Letek: I know it sounds far-fetched, but it would be within the realms of possibility. Of course, there could just as easily have been some experiments on the Ifir that went horribly wrong... Has anyone actually searched the ship more thoroughly?
Lim: If they have it hasn’t been shared with Medical.
As both doctors turned to him, Drex raised an eyebrow, clearly unconvinced.
Drex: Uhm? :: He glanced at Lim and then at Letek :: I stepped on the Ifir and turned into a killer a second after, I’m probably the last person who can answer that question. I did read that Jackson managed to restore lighting systems, but I kept Williams occupied. We didn’t collect much in terms of data. ::He shrugged:: I thought your team might’ve had better luck…
Letek: Response
Lim: It is probably worth digging into the records to look for unusual interactions between starships and nebulae at least.
Drex: Good luck… :: He commented :: Almost every encounter with a nebula is unusual. Our sensors didn’t detect anything before we entered the zone, aside from three minor spikes in the baseline frequency. But we were still too far out from the nebula to draw a meaningful connection.
Letek: Response
Lim: We can only hope.
Drex: If this was some experiment conducted on the Ifir, maybe the Commodore could leverage her influence to get answers. But… we’re talking about the Romulans. If they did something they shouldn’t have, I doubt they’ll be eager to admit it.
Letek: Response
Drex turned his chair away from the console, lost in thought, preferring to let his mind run wild to explore different possibilities.
Drex: Here’s what we do know: some of us became violent, others heard voices, some saw things that weren’t there. The Romulan I encountered was definitely real. Yours, Lim, wasn’t. But we were on a Romulan ship littered with corpses. If the ipersound frequencies can induce vivid hallucinations or nightmares, all your minds might've projected something it had subconsciously picked up: bloody Romulans. But… the voice in my head wasn’t Romulan.
Lim / Letek : Response
Drex: I don’t know. But let’s assume you're right, Elor. Let’s say something is alive in the nebula or the nebula is the lifeform. When we entered its space, maybe it perceived us as a threat. If someone bursts into your quarters uninvited… how would you react?
Lim / Letek : Response
Drex: Those frequencies might follow a pattern. Aand if they do, they might be a message. ::He frowned, rubbing his temples with his left hand:: Kill was the last command… but it was also the strongest. Before that, it told me to protect something. :: He breathed deeply :: If this is communication, then the visions you experienced could be more than hallucinations. Maybe it was trying to show you what the Romulans did to it. Maybe it was warning you to leave.
Lim / Letek : Response
TAGS / TBC