[O - H07] - His Goose Almost Got Cooked

[Kodan Black]

Location: Quantus III

Tags: Science, Octan, Civil

// PERSONAL DIARY //

Well, I think I managed to get back on Dr. Long's good side. I returned from Lesser Drigo to the Axle and was helping her on her research when we got an emergency call. Apparently a young maverick pilot by the name of Pete Mitchell had done a supply run onto Forring and was eating an Octan Corp Nutrition Bar which he accidentally dropped. He picked it back up and continued eating it without realizing all the bacteria and pathogens he was ingesting. Shortly after he returned to the ship he became very ill. He became weak, dizzy and very pale. His skin took on a weird color and he was breathing rapidly and shallow.

In addition to the medical team Dr. Long wanted a scientist there to monitor the situation and see that if the most unfortunate were to happen to the poor pilot, that we might be able to gather knowledge from the incident. I rushed to Medical Containment and began my assessment. ED-208 appeared a few minutes later and told me that Dr. Long had sent him to "observe for any anomalies", but the weird part was that he brought twin plasma flamethrowers. I think something must be screwed up with his systems, as those won't help him observe at all!

Given Pilot Mitchell's sickly color and profuse perspiration I didn't give him a very good chance at survival, he was definitely in the danger zone. It was an unknown plant species and given another recent incident, we weren't entirely sure what to expect. He was quite lucid though and aside from the anticipated anxiety was relatively level-headed. We tried some drugs to simply stabilize his breathing and heartbeat which helped him some with the symptoms. I extracted a few vials of blood for further research and then we put him on dialysis. Through pure chance I stumbled upon a solution. I accidentally exposed one of the vials to some UV light I had been using to help grow some flowers as a nice thank you to Dr. Long for being such a fantastic example to me. The UV light managed to kill off most of the bacteria and we surmised his immune system would likely be able to handle the rest. I returned to the containment lab where we used UV lights on Pilot Mitchell and placed him under observation.

In a few hours he was much better and we kept him under observation for a further 48 hours. His normal skin tone returned and there were no symptoms that lingered. He couldn't identify the plant exactly, but we noted in the medical database and Explorer's Guide the usefulness of UV light treatment.

I made an initial report to Dr. Long and she was glad I'd extracted the blood for study. She didn't ask but I volunteered that the pilot was going to make a full recovery which she acknowledged. I'm sure her main concern was for the safety of everyone on the ship. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful, smart, and dedicated head scientist.

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[mediumsnowman]

Wonderful build! I like the curved wall.

[Dannylonglegs]

Yes... I'm sure Dr. Long's main concern was the safety of "Patient's name here." He's a valuable subject... I mean... employee. Yes.

Great build! I think they keep getting better! Your scenery work here is great! Love the floor tiles and wall tile patterns! And the gurney is great too! great job!

Funny idea with the UV light! Maybe Sal can use it to cure MANTIS's hay fever! I hear they have a lot of blacklights over at MANTIS...

~ Insectoid Aristocrat

Edited July 17, 2015 by Dannylonglegs

[Kai NRG]

Great interior build Kodan, the angled wall looks really nice and I also like the use of that cross piece! The mobile stretcher is well done too!

[Graham Gidman]

Great job!

[aeralure]

I like the mobile stretcher.

[Big Sal]

Nice build! The reflections in the tiles give it a great shiny clean hospital feel

[Garmadon]

Very nice and clean build Kodan, as mentioned, the reflection on the tiles gives it an excellent feel! Great movable stretcher, and I like the deathly pallor on the patent's face (proving that all fleshies are just diseased)!

[shmails]

Great medical bay. I love the trans blue domes, they make the room seem more spacey. Great idea!

[narbilu]

D@mn alien nutritians, always spoiling the fun.

[Blackhawk STX]

Great build! And I liked all the references. Good thing for that pilot that you found a cure as soon as you did, or his Goose would've been cooked!

[Kodan Black]

Great build! And I liked all the references. Good thing for that pilot that you found a cure as soon as you did, or his Goose would've been cooked!

Glad someone finally picked up on it!

[Andromedas Gates]

The judges awarded you 4 points.

[Mike S]

Nice build!

[LittleJohn]

Cool build, I like that you angled part of the wall