Damaged? Just enough to be interesting.

Posted on Wed Apr 7th, 2021 @ 11:32am by Ensign Elegy Nascimento & Lieutenant Samantha Leyton & Petty Officer, 3rd Class Lottie Daglish

Mission: Mission 4 - Eden
Location: Sickbay; Caelestis
Timeline: Day 163; 1630 Hours
1604 words - 3.2 OF Standard Post Measure

Crewman O'Malley stepped through the doorway into what would be considered an impressive sickbay for even an Earth Hospital. There were various monitors with what appeared to be medical beds lined uniformly along the port and starboard bulkheads--all empty. What appeared to be an office surrounded by glass sat in the center. Farther in the room, there was a space that was sealed by a door. The lights in the area grew in brightness as the team entered, making O'Malley nervous at the automation. Was it automation? Or was that AI watching their every move and had turned the lights on?

"Nice find," Lottie commented as she looked around taking in every little bit of what was in the room. It was a similar set up that the previous sickbay she had seen but on a ship this vast, she was sure that they would have many sickbays hopefully being supplied by a central hub. They needed to find that one to find things they desperately needed like antibiotics and contraceptives. Lottie was not going to admit that was what she was looking for really but it was top on the list of what the Chief Medical Officer has requested she find if possible. "This is bigger than the other sickbay we found four decks up at the other end of the ship."

"And all have been empty. Where the hell is the crew?" O'Malley wondered as he stepped into the room cautiously, making his way over to a nearby bed to examine it

"Well not empty per se but it looked like they were all set up for different things. We found something that potentially could be a painkiller. This was one looks more observing and stabilization." The Petty Officer frowned as she took in the medical bays just there waiting for people. If she closed her eyes she could for a few second imagine the place bustling with nurses and doctors all trying to look after people in the way. "It looks like a ward of some type," She shrugged as she went to what she would class as a nurses station.

"But why not combine the different sections into one central location?" O'Malley asked as he studied the monitor of the nearby medical bed. Tapping what appeared to be menu options, he could only theorize as to what he was accessing.

Daglish shrugged a little as she thought about it. It felt logical to have them spread out across many compartment tight doors just encase of boarding or damage but she was medical not engineering. She worked with the body, not the ship. She was useless and she had tried multitasking as everyone had been. "I am sure there are many reasons. I am not a ship designer sadly." She mused watching the menu options flicker across the screen intrigued across the room. She could not see it clearly to make it out. "What is that? Is it in Earth standard?" She wondered not daring to step inside the nurse's station after her last visit to sickbay and the procedure that had been done.

"No...I don't recognize the language," O'Malley reported. Soon a diagram of a humanoid body was displayed with what appeared to him to be readings. "Um, think I found something..."

Poking around the glass office in the heart of this sickbay, Ensign Elegy Nascimento was also on the hunt for vials, pill boxes, intravenous bags. On his first riffle through the workstation, all he discovered were smooth computer panels protruding from the deck and furniture that looked as if it had been designed in Sweden. Like Lottie, he had a couple of extra items on his wishlist; although it was the makings for a bacteriophage that intrigued him, rather than contraceptives. Wandering out of the office, Elegy called back, "What is it?" as he headed over to join them.

Lottie joined the pair quickly still holding the glass PADDS that she had picked up in her hands. She was not going to be left by herself when someone had declared they had found something. It was just asking for trouble in her opinion, especially with the AI activating out of thin air with no warning.

O'Malley shook his head. "I'm just a security crewman but these appear to be bio readings of some sort. Probably from one of the crew that is apparently missing."

Striding across the bay with purpose, Elegy nearly closed the distance between himself and the rest of the away team. "I suppose," Elegy wryly remarked, "there's only so much we can learn from computer scans and empirical observations." Without warning or hesitation, Elegy braced his palms against a biobed and launched himself off the deck, legs first. He swung his legs over the biobed, laying himself down on the examination and treatment slab. Blindly stabbing at the overhead computer monitor, Elegy asked, "Did that do anything?"

"Whoa don't do that..." Lottie started thinking back to the doctor asking her to lie down.

"Um, the screen changed...the form now looks like a diagram of human organs and circulatory system," O'Malley stated, continuing to look at the screen. "I think they're your readings."

Daglish moved over to the screen assured that the man was not in danger for now. "Definitely human." She assured. "Anything unique about yourself Sir?" It would be easier to confirm if he had a previous broken bone of something like she herself had when they had run a test like this.

Nodding once, Elegy replied, "I was born deaf," and he pointed at his small cochlear implants. Stretching out on the biobed, Elegy wiggled his booted feet, in case that too might appear on the scanner results. As the scanning beam washed over him further, Elegy shivered at the cool sensation tingling at his skin.

"Well du..." Lottie started.

"It is him. He is the first Human male that has laid on one of the scanners." A voice spoke up from behind them. Lottie frowned and turned to look at the AI stood there almost as if she had been patiently waiting for a moment to step in.

Bracing his forearms against the mattress, Elegy sat himself up into a seated position. He felt a knot in his stomach from being in such a prone position around the artificial intelligence. "E.D.E.N. are we permitted to use the bio beds?" Elegy asked. Expectantly, he looked to her with a pleasantly hopeful smile.

The AI turned to look at the man and nodded. "You are permitted. I can assist if you require it?" She wondered a clipboard appearing in her hands as if to take notes. Lottie frowned just a little thinking about her own experience and the questions that were still in her mind over that. No one had discovered what the foundation was nor what had activated the AI when they could see no signs of disaster.

"What were those readings before he jumped onto the bed? Were they of the crew?" O'Malley asked, gesturing to the monitor above the bed that he had been messing with.

“It would have been the last person the bio bed scanned. I have no record of who that might be.” The AI confirmed.

Tilting his head in E.D.E.N.'s direction, Elegy bit his lower lip as he thought about how to follow O'Malley's line of questioning. After taking a breath, Elegy asked, "Do your computer records say when the last vital readings were taken by the biobed?"

“I am unable to give an accurate date as it was pre my program being activated. I am only engaged in an emergency or for training purposes .” The AI replied flickering again before solidifying.

“That is not annoying at all,” Lottie commented under her breath.

O'Malley chuckled at the comment as he moved to look around the room. "So you're unable to access any records on the ship?" he asked over his shoulder.

EDEN blinked as if not really understanding the question for a moment. “My records appear to be damaged or missing I am afraid.” Lottie bit her lip hard, this AI was playing with them she had to be. How could she be that confused and simple and not understand anything?

O'Malley stopped and looked at E.D.E.N. "Damaged? How? We haven't seen any damage to the ship so far."

EDEN frowned. There was damage, she was sure of it. There was a reason she was activated she was sure of it but could not remember at all. “I am damaged on deck 23 but my sensors nor imaging are able to go into that area.” She said with another flicker before disappearing from view leaving the three along in the sickbay.

"We are in a horror film. I am telling you." The non-nonsense nurse muttered shaking her head.

Palming his PADD, Elegy saved and stowed his medicinal shopping list and he jotted down a few notes for his science log later. Deck 23, he typed in a bold font, to remember the area of the ship that E.D.E.N. had said was damaged. From everything Elegy had seen so far, the Caelestis was in pristine condition. "If we're in a horror film," Elegy said slowly, as he connected the dots Lottie had dropped, "does that mean E.D.E.N. killed this ship's crew?" He made a point to silently mouth the name E.D.E.N., rather than risk triggering her auditory sensors.

"I wouldn't put it past the thing," O'Malley said. "Something isn't right with that thing."