[LOCKED TO COMMAND AND SECURITY] [EDITED FOR SCIENCE!...department]

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Attention Command staff and Security.

Over these past few weeks, I've been working on repairing the Spacewalk. I mentioned this in a public post.

However, what I did not mention was that the Spacewalk connects to Hydroponics. I do not need to tell you how important that section of the ship can be for morale and scientific study, you're all intelligent men and women. My sensors indicate that there is full power and atmosphere present inside.

However, there are also multiple life signs. Animal life signs, not plant. I am not sure if they are hostile or not. I cannot tell you what they look like. Just that they are there, and probably have been since the incident that exposed the space walk, and everyone inside, to the vacuum of space.

My repairs are complete. I can fill the Spacewalk with a breathable atmosphere at any time, we will be able to retrieve and study the bodies inside, and access Hydroponics. I had to rig several force fields in order to repair the breaches, due to a lack of proper repair materials, but they will hold until we land on a planet and I find materials to process.

In short, I desire your orders on how to handle the opening of Hydroponics, and how to handle the corpses within. Roxie Schreiber has requested several cadavers to examine their 'souls'. I am willing to vaporize the rest, or bring them in for dissection at your discretion.

Attention Science Department
Your presence is required to discuss scanning the creatures inside Hydroponics before we open it up.

Comments

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

We're not going to desecrate the dead. The medical staff can perform the standard autopsies on them and then we'll give them a proper funeral. I'd like to consult with Mr. Kennedy before we open hydroponics or the space-walk however, just in case there's another threat lurking within.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

I assure you, Captain, there are no creatures in the spacewalk itself. I have had to enter it in order to repair it. Hydroponics, however, is on the other side, and has its own control panel.

I do not mean to disrespect the dead.

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

If that's the case, feel free to activate the spacewalk as needed. Inform security and make sure there's some members present, though. Just in case.

A man's soul is something that you don't meddle with. Especially not after what we just went through.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I will ask for several members of security to be present, then.

...You'll have to forgive my asking, but how does your soul factor into something like this?

[governmentninja]

If the spacewalk itself is safe, then I recommend sending the Science team through to take additional readings from outside of the entrance to Hydroponics.

I'd like to have a better idea of what the conditions are like in there before we open it up and send a team in.

[notlewis]

I would fully support the opening of Hydroponics, given proper safety precautions are involved to make sure we're not going to be letting in anything creepy and crawly.

However... I am not exactly comfortable with handing over dead crew members for "study" beyond seeing what killed them.

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

I believe we're in agreement on both counts, Dr. Sera.

[notlewis]

Thank you, Captain.

There are some lines I'm not going to cross for both professional and personal reasons and that is one of them.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

I will do everything I can to assist Security in that matter.

Very well.

[notlewis]

Mr. Kennedy is a friend of mine. I'll be happy to assist Security if there's anything my department can do to help.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

To be perfectly honest, I believe that I'm capable of containing, or eliminating, anything in there. However, I think everyone would be more comfortable if I had as much back-up as possible.

So, here I am, asking for Security's input. Do you have an idea of how they might handle this?

[standaloneshell.livejournal.com]

The intelligent thing to do with the bodies would be to let both medical and Roxie have their stab at them. They're dead. Whatever we can learn about who and what they were and what killed them will get us that much closer to our goal. Regardless, that's not my jurisdiction.

We need to send in a unit to clear Hydroponics, either by killing anything potentially dangerous or getting it contained. Quarantine down in the biology department should suffice, they've got some decent cages, assuming we don't end up simply shooting whatever they are. They'll need to be wearing extravehicular suits with tethers regardless. I don't trust anything to hold up under pressure, not that's been exposed to those conditions for the last six months or more, regardless of your engineering.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I don't see the point of relying on these 'souls' the way people do. I think that a comprehensive scan of two or three bodies, and then disposal of the rest is the safest gesture.

Take any security precautions you feel are needed. I'm confident that my repairs will hold, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

If I might make a suggestion? Bring energy weapons with stun capabilities or something that will instantly cauterize. That or tranquilizers. I don't want to risk the creatures having some kind of toxin or acid in their bodies. Filling the largest source of plant life on the ship with poison would be... foolish.

[standaloneshell.livejournal.com]

Noted, but pass it on to Kennedy. I'm not officially part of Security.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

But you are capable of entering their filters. Noted.

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

I'd say autopsy and add to salt and burn the bodies once it's done. Just to make sure there's no threat.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Salt and burn the bodies?

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

Ensures no ghosts. Trust me. Been dealing with them all my life, and you can't be too careful. Especially after this nightmare mess.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Ah.

I suppose that's true.

[just-like-daddy.livejournal.com]

I can help with the plants, once we get in there. It's kind of my brother and I's specialty. We can go through and see what's the most useful to us medicinally, nutritionally, and practically speaking.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

The two of you are botanists? That will be useful.

[givememysamples.livejournal.com]

Count me in. I'm an exobotanist and I know how to handle myself.

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Very well. I'll contact you when the time comes.

[smartnass.livejournal.com]

I assume the first thing we'll be checking for is sentience?

[indigoblueberry.livejournal.com]

Of course.