02-24-2026, 03:14 AM
= GM =
== Sickbay ==
As A'kilees clamps the final, spit-shined cable into the main EPS feed, the lights in Sickbay dim for a fraction of a second. It is a massive, sudden power draw as the Zephyr's main conduit absorbs the full load of twelve ancient stasis fields.
Then, the lighting normalizes. The solid, ominous red indicators on the three critical pods flicker, stutter, and finally shift to a steady, rhythmic amber. The high-pitched whine of failing magnetic bottles smooths out into the deep, stable thrum of Federation power. A'kilees' desperate, bloody-toothed engineering has worked. The countdown to total cellular degradation has been halted.
The pods are stable.
Cdr Keir and Lt Ra'an's synchronized tricorders easily pull the residual data from Lt Powl's transporter buffer. Because the transporter had to map the aliens at a sub-atomic level to move them, the buffer acts like a perfect, high-resolution MRI.
The aliens are humanoid, but their skeletal structure is incredibly dense, laced with a naturally occurring metallic compound. This explains their resilience and hints that their home world possessed a much higher gravity than Earth or Vulcan. Furthermore, the buffer confirms that their cellular decay rate is practically zero. Whatever this "Delta-wave" suspension technology is, it is vastly superior to standard Federation cryogenics. They are in near perfect physical health—they are simply locked in a deep, technologically induced coma.
In response to Lt Gath, the room's automated systems chime in a calm, synthetic voice:
[Emergency containment protocols initialized. Level 10 forcefields on standby around primary surgical bay perimeters.]
== Sickbay ==
As A'kilees clamps the final, spit-shined cable into the main EPS feed, the lights in Sickbay dim for a fraction of a second. It is a massive, sudden power draw as the Zephyr's main conduit absorbs the full load of twelve ancient stasis fields.
Then, the lighting normalizes. The solid, ominous red indicators on the three critical pods flicker, stutter, and finally shift to a steady, rhythmic amber. The high-pitched whine of failing magnetic bottles smooths out into the deep, stable thrum of Federation power. A'kilees' desperate, bloody-toothed engineering has worked. The countdown to total cellular degradation has been halted.
The pods are stable.
Cdr Keir and Lt Ra'an's synchronized tricorders easily pull the residual data from Lt Powl's transporter buffer. Because the transporter had to map the aliens at a sub-atomic level to move them, the buffer acts like a perfect, high-resolution MRI.
The aliens are humanoid, but their skeletal structure is incredibly dense, laced with a naturally occurring metallic compound. This explains their resilience and hints that their home world possessed a much higher gravity than Earth or Vulcan. Furthermore, the buffer confirms that their cellular decay rate is practically zero. Whatever this "Delta-wave" suspension technology is, it is vastly superior to standard Federation cryogenics. They are in near perfect physical health—they are simply locked in a deep, technologically induced coma.
In response to Lt Gath, the room's automated systems chime in a calm, synthetic voice:
[Emergency containment protocols initialized. Level 10 forcefields on standby around primary surgical bay perimeters.]