Ensign Thomas Melville-Kilpatrick - The Fish Ate the Worm
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Apr 6, 2026, 11:29:25 PMApr 6
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Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Breathing and heart rate slightly elevated, otherwise normal. Don't blame you, honestly. =/\=
El'Heem: =/\= What's the verdict? Are you going to be able to get a sample without leaving the airlock? =/\=
Naxell: =/\= I don't think so. Step back, Ensign, I'll lower the field. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Not unless the captain has another one of his devices that has a longer extension. But I don't think we'd get good leverage to swing it around even if he did. Not from here. Looks like I'm going for a walk. Got an eye on the exact distance? I'm trying to eyeball it but I'm the worst at guessing this stuff. =/\=
Thomas winced. Going on a spacewalk in a nebula wasn't the greatest, especially not when they'd already heard about the potential danger.
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Not more than twenty meters, I'd say. =/\=
Thomas was also not very good at eyeballing distance.
El'Heem: =/\= Alright. Tether secured, captain? We're looking at, at least twelve meters. =/\=
Matthews: :: Giving a quick tug on the tether to make sure it stayed attached. :: =/\= I'm going to get as close as I need to get a sample. Then come back right away. I don't think there's any good reason to stick around outside longer than needed, yeah? =/\=
Naxell: =/\= Confirm secured. Ensign, you'll have to push off. Slowly. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Break a leg. =/\=
El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Alright, it's showtime.=/\=
Naxell: =/\= I'll maintain a grip, and stop you when you’re in reach. Then I'll bring you back in. =/\=
And Matthews was off. Thomas tried not to feel--what, space-sick? If the medical field was lacking for anything, it was colloquial terms for the feeling of watching gravity fail you.
Naxell: =/\= Keep the collector out in front of you, Mr. Matthews. I don't want to find out what the cloud does to your suit’s systems. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Making my way, at a quick glance - =/\= :: Here he did a quick 360 spin to get a wide shot :: =/\= There are no other 'arms' and I don't see movement from the clouds. I might not have been spotted and I kind of wonder why not. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Maybe you're not big enough? Or could be there's nothing to look out for you, just a natural phenomenon... =/\=
A pretty weird one, if that was the case, but not impossible. Thomas was trying to keep an open mind.
Naxell/El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
Thomas watched his screens carefully the second that Matthews was off the air-lock camera. Any change in...well, anything could help him pinpoint danger.
Matthews: =/\= Alright, in position, we still good? Oh hey, chief, with me out here are you getting anything from the suit sensors that you couldn't from regular scans? I can come back in slower if it helps get some more data. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Vitals steady. =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
A slight increase in G force? Did the nebula have its own gravity that was pulling Matthews towards it? Then Thomas realized that it was entirely possible that Matthews had decided to spin around, and hoped that was it.
Matthews: =/\= Specimen collected, bye bye little nebula. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Oh F- - =/\=
Thomas could see the tether tightening, then going completely slack. It reminded him of a time when his older brother had taken him fishing, and the fish had eaten the worm, but managed not to get hooked.
El'Heem: =/\= What's the verdict? Are you going to be able to get a sample without leaving the airlock? =/\=
Naxell: =/\= I don't think so. Step back, Ensign, I'll lower the field. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Not unless the captain has another one of his devices that has a longer extension. But I don't think we'd get good leverage to swing it around even if he did. Not from here. Looks like I'm going for a walk. Got an eye on the exact distance? I'm trying to eyeball it but I'm the worst at guessing this stuff. =/\=
Thomas winced. Going on a spacewalk in a nebula wasn't the greatest, especially not when they'd already heard about the potential danger.
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Not more than twenty meters, I'd say. =/\=
Thomas was also not very good at eyeballing distance.
El'Heem: =/\= Alright. Tether secured, captain? We're looking at, at least twelve meters. =/\=
Matthews: :: Giving a quick tug on the tether to make sure it stayed attached. :: =/\= I'm going to get as close as I need to get a sample. Then come back right away. I don't think there's any good reason to stick around outside longer than needed, yeah? =/\=
Naxell: =/\= Confirm secured. Ensign, you'll have to push off. Slowly. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Break a leg. =/\=
El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Alright, it's showtime.=/\=
Naxell: =/\= I'll maintain a grip, and stop you when you’re in reach. Then I'll bring you back in. =/\=
And Matthews was off. Thomas tried not to feel--what, space-sick? If the medical field was lacking for anything, it was colloquial terms for the feeling of watching gravity fail you.
Naxell: =/\= Keep the collector out in front of you, Mr. Matthews. I don't want to find out what the cloud does to your suit’s systems. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Making my way, at a quick glance - =/\= :: Here he did a quick 360 spin to get a wide shot :: =/\= There are no other 'arms' and I don't see movement from the clouds. I might not have been spotted and I kind of wonder why not. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Maybe you're not big enough? Or could be there's nothing to look out for you, just a natural phenomenon... =/\=
A pretty weird one, if that was the case, but not impossible. Thomas was trying to keep an open mind.
Naxell/El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
Thomas watched his screens carefully the second that Matthews was off the air-lock camera. Any change in...well, anything could help him pinpoint danger.
Matthews: =/\= Alright, in position, we still good? Oh hey, chief, with me out here are you getting anything from the suit sensors that you couldn't from regular scans? I can come back in slower if it helps get some more data. =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Vitals steady. =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem: =/\= Response =/\=
A slight increase in G force? Did the nebula have its own gravity that was pulling Matthews towards it? Then Thomas realized that it was entirely possible that Matthews had decided to spin around, and hoped that was it.
Matthews: =/\= Specimen collected, bye bye little nebula. =/\=
Matthews: =/\= Oh F- - =/\=
Thomas could see the tether tightening, then going completely slack. It reminded him of a time when his older brother had taken him fishing, and the fish had eaten the worm, but managed not to get hooked.
He stood up and flipped through his screens frantically.
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Vitals spiking! What's happening? =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= ::nervously:: Taking a look now... =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= The signal's not great, but I'm still getting vitals from the suit transmission. He's alive. =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
TAG/TBC
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Vitals spiking! What's happening? =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= ::nervously:: Taking a look now... =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= The signal's not great, but I'm still getting vitals from the suit transmission. He's alive. =/\=
Naxell/El'Heem/(Matthews?): =/\= Response =/\=
TAG/TBC
Ensign Thomas Melville-Kilpatrick
Medical Officer
USS Khitomer – NCC62400
K240210TM2
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