Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Artemis): Difference between revisions

Upon their return to the Borderlands, and their dispatch onto their new mission to locate the missing - and entirely unknown - civilian freighter, the ''Tritorian'', the recently promoted [[Addison MacKenzie|Fleet Cpt. MacKenzie]] orders her crew to initiate their search for the vessel. With [[Lyara Alroyo|Ens Lyara]] revealing that their available search grid is too large for them to search in time to intercept the ''Tritorian'' in time to rescue them from a possible crisis, [[Jovenan|Lt.Cdr. Jovenan]] sends orders to the Science Department to calibrate the sensors to make the search through the heavily irradiated Celendi Nebula less bothersome, while [[Talos Dakora|Lt.Cdr. Dakora]] is charged with ensuring that the Medical Division is prepared to deal with a substantial amount of radiation poisoning while the ''Artemis'' remains in close proximity to the irradiated nebula.<br>

Approaching two possible planets in their search for the ''Tritorian'', the crew of the ''Artemis'' comes face-to-face with a very unpleasant indication: of the two planets, one is void of life, but the other - Ura Neteos III - is home to a species of sentient serpentine aliens, currently experiences their version of the Dark Ages. Knowing that the possibility of the ''Tritorian'' crashing into that planet would mean a Prime Directive incident, [[Addison MacKenzie|Fleet Cpt. MacKenzie]] orders her crew to do a full scan of the uninhabited planet. She has no intention of sending a team down to Ura Neteos III unless absolutely necessary, but considering [[Jovenan|Lt.Cdr. Jovenan]]'s continued inability to ascertain the ''Tritorian'''s presence on the uninhabited planet, the writing on the wall is becoming clearer...

Receiving directions from [[Jovenan|Lt.Cdr. Jovenan]] to calibrate the sensor pod, [[Gnai|LtJG Gnai]] sends word towards its friend, [[Salkath|Lt.Cdr. Salkath]] from Engineering to assist it, alongside a newly-boarded Ensign from Operations, [[Ollie Bergmen|Ens Bergmen]]. Faced with a mission alongside his senior officers, and feeling saddled with low expectations due to his youthful appearance, [[Ollie Bergmen|Ens Bergmen]] opts to be proactive in his task and summons a small team of enlisted specialists to aid them in their task. This backfires horrendously, however, as [[Gnai|LtJG Gnai]] immediately dismisses the team of specialists to other, more pressing duties, while Lt.Cdr. Glim Vel - the new Chief of Operations - contacts [[Ollie Bergmen|Ens Bergmen]] on his communicator to reprimand him for the misstep.

While [[Genkos Adea|Cdr. Adea]] has gone to Secondary Sickbay to ensure that it's ready to handle any possible patient congestion during the course of the mission, he's left [[Kyle Morgan|Assistant Chief Morgan]] and [[Gila Sadar|LtJG Sadar]] in charge of Primary Sickbay. The preparations proceed as according to specifications, with one minor holdup. Due to resource shortages following [[Frontier Day]], the replication of the anti-radiation medication Hyronalyn is taking longer than usual, and they now have to find a way to mitigate the crew's exposure to the nebula's dangerous radiation until enough Hyronalyn can be replicated to inoculate everyone. To help assuage Sickbay's medicine shortage, [[Talos Dakora|Lt.Cdr. Dakora]] promises to negotiate with Lt.Cdr. Vel to make extra resources available for the replication, but this is only a temporary solution.<br>

Since the protective effects of Hyronalyn only lasts for 50 hours, the ''Artemis'' is on an active time limit, unless the medical personnel can find a way to make their limited resources meet the continued need for anti-radiation medication while the Ship remains within the vicinity of the Celendi Nebula.