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The crew now is pulling together to understand what has happened, and what to do next. | The crew now is pulling together to understand what has happened, and what to do next. | ||
--Stardate: 238907.23-- | |||
With the away team still suffering from the after effects from the Calgary, more effort was put into discovering what was happening and why. A number of methods to fight off the lethargy felt were suggested, but the only prescription that appeared to help was rest. Something of which the crew was in extremely short supply. Commander Walker insisted on being given, or allowed to take, something to fight off the lethargy before falling down screaming about Shadows before Dr. MacLaren sedated him and sent him to bed. | |||
After, Dr. MacLaren determined the existence of a hostile mental entity within Dr. Deron's mindscape. This entity confused the afflicted Deron, and together drove out the good doctor, as Deron slipped further into depression due to the creatures efforts. A supposition was formed that the creatures "ate" the negative emotions from people, until those people committed suicide or faded away. As this understanding was discovered, the First Officer whispered "I'm done" and his EKG flatlined. This upset a great many people, and was widely thought of as a bad idea. | |||
Meanwhile, Ensign Livingston and Lt. Orman managed to capture one of the signal traces they suspected was a shadow. Only to reveal the future Orman that had saved Commander Walker and Ensign Voi. This Orman apparently panicked, and requested the increasingly lethargic Captain follow to the Calgary. Getting closer, she revealed that from her knowledge the shadow's did drain energy and to go into the Calgary would be a risk. | |||
On the Calgary itself, the alternate Ben Walker used a signal to determine a great number of Shadows were being drawn by some devices found there, while leaving the engineering room safe. Acting on impulse, he sent Voi with the devices to SB118 as he generated a device to destroy the creatures. He was successful, but at the cost of his life. Leaving the crew to deal with the shadows already on SB118, but no new threats. | |||
In sickbay, the crew was given some stimulants to help resist the shadows. At the same time, the devices sent from the Calgary were used to connect to station sensors and reveal a larger number of shadows than previously known. And all of them heading toward sickbay. | |||
The crew now faces a horde of the shadow creatures heading toward sickbay. The hope is that they can be brought back to normal, or dissipate harmlessly. | |||
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[[Category:StarBase 118 Mission History|Mask]] | [[Category:StarBase 118 Mission History|Mask]] | ||