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trans_channel2010-03-18 07:05 pm
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[LOCKED TO COMMAND AND SECURITY] [EDITED FOR SCIENCE!...department]
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.
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.
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So, here I am, asking for Security's input. Do you have an idea of how they might handle this?
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Knowing Leon? With guns. But you'll have to ask him for specifics.
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I can work with guns.
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I would expect some explosions, too, they are kind of his thing.
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...I sincerely hope not. Explosions in Hydroponics? Right next to the Spacewalk? Do I need to say more?
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But yes, I thank you for understanding my ethical objections in any case.
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I'm not entirely sure on this 'soul' business, I'm afraid, but I recognize that it makes everyone uncomfortable. That's not what I'm out to do.
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The vast majority of human cultures believe in something like an abstract concept called the "soul." As opposed to the biological functions and structures that make us human, people believe that the soul is the part that represents the non-tangible things that make us higher than animals, such as personality, memories and a sense of right and wrong. Many human religions believe that after the body dies, the soul of the person lives on and continues to exist in some way... ghosts, an afterlife, something like that.
As such, most human cultures also have some semblance of respect for the bodies of the dead. It's disrespectful to desecrate a corpse, even the corpse of an enemy or even someone you killed yourself in a battle or war. The reasoning being that the person's soul is considered still a part of the world.
It's the same idea as why it's considered disrespectful to live in someone's house and destroy their possessions when they are away. They may not be present, but it is still theirs.
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