Jessica stood looking down the hall as she heard the announcement, her mouth gaped slightly at the mention of the neural implement. Almost in a daze, she stood there until the door chirped to signal it was no longer locked.

No sooner then that, she'd step to and through as it opened.
Officer Dupont's question and the computers description, she would have turned and spoke but saw that the MedBay officer had more to say and so waited for his question. A quick glance to the unconscious Catrina reminded Jess she was currently in charge of engineering.

Tapping her ComBadge she called out "Kusaragi, report to MedBay. Tzerak and Rr'zah, if you aren't already in engineering then report there."

Now looking back to Lt. commander Dupont, "Naoko Kusaragi is our hardware specialist. I'd like to run some scans on Catrina. Do we know what's happening in their heads?"

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#15:
Not as useful as he'd hoped for. He understood the concept, but had hoped there was something more to it. Thani was great at bouncing ideas with as he'd enjoyed that time together earlier that 'day'.

#16:
Alex looks up from the latest scans to answer Jason, "Captain is the most stable and should be awake after I finish this. Teala is going critical. Catrina is unchanged." As the other medical staff come in. "Initiate Cyro-stasis for Teala stat." Making sure the staff acknowledge the order he moves to Captain Greene.

#18:
Alex looks at Kat, "Get sh'Elliaph, she can help." As one of the medical technicians will offer to take over monitoring from Katherine.

#19:
Alex looks at the introverted engineer Jessica, nods and points to the recent medical scan including the foreign code. "That's what I have so far. Maybe you can make heads or tails of it." Then using the medical tools deactivates the neural interface on Captain Greene and gives a stimulant to wake her up.

# Active Cast:
@Katherine
@Jason
@Jessica

# includes:
@Farah
@Teala
@Catrina

# Mentioned
@Thani

Kate hands off the tricorder and hits her comm badge. "Special Envoy Seward to Thani Sh'Elliaph, we could use your assistance in med bay please." She states calmly, despite the anxiety inside, and concern for the others.

As the hypospray medication pushed back the darkness, Farah let out a dull groan, the kind usually reserved for waking when one really didn't want to.  Then it all snapped into place.  She was in Medbay by the sounds of medical beds and scanners, just as she could tell she had been unsuccessful in putting on her pants before blacking out, thought, thankfully, someone had covered her.  Opening her eyes, she saw Alex Dupont looking at her. "Doctor," she growled, none to happy to be in her situation.  "Status report."

Jessica hadn't told Naoko why she was needed in MedBay or why others so recently off-duty were being sent to Engineering.  Neither had Naoko asked.  It was enough that a lawful order had been given and she would obey, even if it meant being out of uniform.  Normally that simply wasn't done, but something in Jessica's tone told Naoko time was of the essence.  Wrapping a yukata around her, she hurried from her quarters to Medbay, but was surprised to see so many already there.  "Lt. Cmdr Laurent, ma'am?" she said to Jessica. "You wanted me here?"

Surprised turned to astonishment as she saw three of the senior officers on Medical Beds, the Orion Naoko remembered as Teala being put into stasis. "Ittai nani ga okotte iru no?"

The specialist started taping at his pad. He nodded to the Doctor, frowning at the mention of critical and the fact the good Doc was putting Teala into stasis. "Where were Lt. Cmdrs Teala, Matheson and Captain Greene when this happened?" He paused a moment and looked up. "They all have neural interfaces?" Jason looked between they three women, eyes lingering on Cat a moment. Of the three, she was the only one he knew about.

Then he turned to look at the last one mentioned. "Lt. Commander Laurent, were you still in the lounge when this happened?" It paid to be observant at least, and the woman was a mass of nerves at the best.

After Alex hypo'd the Captain, the groan had him glancing over to the Captain a moment, finger still on the pad before glanced at the Doctor sideways. Nope, let the Doc take care of her. He turned at the door opening to see Naoko enter and he frozen briefly, eyes dipping to take in what she wore then returning to his pad. "Might'n want to speak English there Lt. Don't think the translators picked that one up," he said, accented drawl a bit thicker. "I believe they need your expertise."
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In reply to Katherine Seward (msg # 21):

Thani was lounging on her bed in a silken light blue two-piece pajamas. She had been reading up on the latest photon torpedo theories in preparation for tomorrow's refinement when the voice of Katherine Seward came in. Frowning slightly at the interruption, she answered with slight concern, "Acknowledged. Is everything all right? Did one of my officers get injured?" With that thought, and the fact it was odd to be summoned off-hours, she rushed to the Medbay just around the corner.

She was shocked to see quite the gathering in the room. It was crowded. It appeared every department had thrown a party in the MedBay. Concern crosses her face as she notices the doctor, who she had cross-trained earlier on shift with, wearing a medical blue toga, treating three senior officers on the Medbay beds, one of which is a now awake captain under a sheet.

Sharing a concerned glance at Naoko, Jason and Jessica by the door, "Can someone explain what's going on? More importantly how can I help?"

Jessica made a quick glance at the display console that Medical officer Dupont indicated, she had a good idea already of what was going on and really only needed to confirm it. the Neural display showing their brain activity presents a more crisp and clear image of the situation, seeing it left a proverbial lump in the engineer's throat.

Jessica ended her step at Catrina's bed where she drew her engineer's tricorder and quickly shifted it over the visible neural implant.

"Dr Dupont, is there any preparations we should make in case we need to temporarily turn off the implant? Is there anything we can do to isolate or better protect the brain? So far it seems there is a feedback, a security protocol lashing out wildly," Glancing to the now coming to commander," I'd like to have the two I called to engineering see what they can do without making the situation worse... I understand we are in Yellow Alert."
Whenever her jaw rested, it would tightly clench.

"if we can create a field to block out outside signals then the code can probably be swept out and the situation will be stable from there, just an early idea. At this point, Lieutenant Naoko is more knowledgeable of the ship and its hardware, as well as of Catrina, and will likely know more."

All the while talking, she was running the Tricorder and sweeping through the information presented.

Making a point to try and show Jason she was talking to him by looking his way, "I was not, I went back to learning the ship's systems and was just finishing when this started. Just down the hall from here."

As Naoko arrived, announced by the door, Jessica would quickly take ahold of her engineer pack with a hyper spanner and a few other tools, and move to the lieutenant ready to hand the tool pouch over. "You can use the tools I have, there are current readings in the Engineers Tricorder and a display of neural activity near the bed." Her words were fluid but quickly spoken, like she had practiced it in her head several times while waiting. It was after she finished speaking that a quick glance showed her the state of dress Naoko was in, a quick glance down at the kimono. "I apologize."

Jess made sure she wasn't in Naoko's way, moving over to the Neural display.
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Nynev got on a communication with her entire team.  "Very good Mr.  Walker.  Please keep me informed."  She continued, detailing a security man to locate Lt. Commander Laurent and see if they  needed escort to sick bay.  Nynev spoke to the computer to find out where the three patients had been when they collapsed.  Then she took a tricorder and made her way to the diplomatic suite to investigate, sending two red shirts to the captain's quarters and two to Hollodeck 2 with the same assignment.

Upon receiving the information, Malko scowled.  "Acknowledged.  Computer, this is Commander Aurin Malko.  Captain Greene is incapacitated by a medical emergency.  I assuming command."

He spent a few moments checking in with various departments to make certain the ship would continue to run smoothly for a time without several key officers.  His thoughts were heavily focused, though, on something Aurin had told him when he met Lieutenant Commander Matheson.

When the tall man entered, he looked around quietly for a moment, listening to everything.  His only words at first were--if necessary--"As you were."

When Jessica was at a pausing point, he stepped up to her, behind her left shoulder.  "Ms. Laurent.  I don't know if this is relevant, but Aurin is quite convinced this is the case.  It seems that sometime in the past year, Ms. Matheson might have come to be hosting an additional identity."
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Kate glances at the Trill with a frown. "Commander, may I have a word in private concerning Miss Matheson?" She asks sternly while shooting a glare at the Trill's stomach.  "I believe it will be relevant to your statement"
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#22:
Alex scanning the monitors at a glance before turning to answer, "Captain, Teala was becoming critical, to buy time I've induced a cryo-stasis. Catrina is serious but stable. You were out for a minute before I disabled your neural implant and gave you a combo stimulant and pain suppressor. I sent a broadcast to senior command staff and security alerting them to the current situation." And lowers his voice and moves closer for her ears alone,

#23 & 25:
Not addressed to the good Doctor, and he's busy engaging with the captain and then Walker.

#24:
Alex looks up from the captain to rapid fire the answers, security wanted to do their job and he understood it, but they had terrible timing, "Teala was with me on Holodeck two. Matheson was in the diplomatic suite with Katherine Seward. Captain was in her quarters. Yes, all have neural interfaces."

#25:
Alex sees Thani in the doorway, "Need help with this." Points at the neural code.

#26:
Glancing over to Jessica, "We do have options, but I would like to get everyone on the same page since we have multi-disciplines conjoining on this issue."
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Jason was taking in the talking around him, filling out information on the pad without asking questions for now. Not only were the three patients here but now there was two engineers, the second in command, family of one of the patients and yet another whom he wasn't sure needed to actually be here. This wasn't including the pertinent medical staff needed and him.

He couldn't tell who should be here and who shouldn't be here now. "Who do you need here Doctor?" With a quick press, he shunted off what little info he had been given to the Lt. and stepped back out of the way of the controlled chaos.

He gave a sharp look to the man, Aurin, who was second in command behind the Captain when he spoke and once again was jotting down notes. "Specialist Walker to Lt. Idrani. I do not believe much will be found at any of the three locations," he notified his commander.
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Despite the medication Alex had given her, Farah's mind buzzed as if a thousand bees had made her head their hive.  There were multiple voices, but she could only attenuate to Alex's, the one closest to her, and what he said sent a chill down her spine.  At first she didn't believe him, it was impossible, but she knew Alex wasn't one to exaggerate.  An internal debate flickered in eyes that still couldn't quite focus before she said, "There's something you need to know..."

Farah didn't get a chance to finish the statement, however.  Naoko had been looking at the scans of Cat that Jessica had given her, first with confusion, then curiosity that bypassed concern and leapt straight to panic. "Sonna... Shut her implant down!" she cried, moving to Cat and just stopping herself from pulling the device off of the unconscious woman's skull.  "Now!"


The lights above Medbay flickered.
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Malko's eyes fell on Katherine.  He hadn't noticed her before.  It would have made the situation more complicated if he had, so it was just as well.  He couldn't go withholding potentially life saving information because of one crew woman's past sorrow.

“Of course, Ms.  Seward,” he said softly.  “Lead the way.”

Before they could take  more than a few steps, the lights flickered.  Malko growled.  He caught Katherine's bicep and gently—but firmly—drew her out the door if it would respond, and then to the side of the door.  IF that failed, into an unused corner.  He hit his com badge fast, “Bridge, report!”

His first words after the report would be to apologies to Katherine for the handling, but the report came first.

The atmosphere in the room is tense, and her brain is stuck on photon torpedos. After having been sitting in front of a computer terminal all day her brain refuses to process this new information being directed to it. Too much stimuli at once, everyone is talking, the room is crowded. She almost wonders if she fell asleep and this is a nightmare. It felt like the last disaster that she blamed herself for, the one where she could not solve the problem fast enough and all those people died.

She looks at Naoko with obvious confusion and disbelief, "Why? Can you tell us what's going on?"



19:59, Today: Thani sh'Elliaph rolled 6 using 2d20, unique dice with rolls of 5,1 for reason + engineering

In reply to Your Loving GM (msg # 32):

The news alarmed him about the warp systems fluctuation, he did not know much about engineering, but he knew a breakdown in the warp field was considered not a good thing to happen, especially when traveling at warp speeds, "Commander Geary to Engineering, we are reading fluctuations in the warp systems and issues in the power grid, This needs to be a priority investigation."

The hairs on the back of the curly haired man stood straight. This was one of those odd things he had warned others about.


Responding to the Commnader's request, "Commander Malko,sir, we are seeing fluctuations in the warp systems, I have given the orders to drop us out of warp. I have also sent word to Engineering to investigate the warp and power systems, Sir."
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Jason's reaction was almost as swift as Naoko's fear when she realized what might be going on. "Computer, shutdown all neural interface access points." And by mere chance he had a basic understanding of the Asian woman's panic.
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In reply to Jason Walker (msg # 36):

In response to Jason's command, the computer replied:

"Shutdown of primary system functions requires senior command authorization."
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In reply to Decker Geary (msg # 35):
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In reply to Decker Geary (msg # 35):
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In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 34):

Naoko looked at Thani and was about to speak when the lights flickered again and she felt the ship shudder beneath her feet.  "I was working on an attack barrier against unauthorized remote intrusions.  It thinks Cmdr Matheson was an intruder and back-hacked its way into systems she's connected to."  She looked at Cat, the Teala and the still barely conscious Captain and shook her head.  "But that makes no sense.  It was sandboxed off."

Kate ponders the statement Naoko made and frowned, her mind going back over communication protocols she learned at the academy then she speaks up. "Naoko how does the program identify someone?  What criteria does it rely on to state that someone isn't authorized?  Does it have access to Federation classified information?"

  "Computer," the towering Trill barked instantly, "Recognize Aurin Malko, Commander.  I authorize specialist Walker's instruction."

  He paused just a moment for the computer to respond, then spoke to the bridge again, "Very good Mr. Geary.  Proceed.  Malko to Idrani."
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  "Yes, sir," the Andoirian girl replied from a hallway.