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[pain_train]

Who: Beverly Crusher and Wrath
Broadcast: yes, video
Action: Find Beverly and Wrath on the Blue Fish right now (Wrath on the Windrose later)
When: Current

Good afternoon, Fleet, I’m Dr. Crusher, of the Blue Fish, [She gestures a hand towards Wrath] this is Wrath, of the Windrose, and we have an important request of our fellow fleet members. Wrath needs to undergo complicated back surgery, involving the removal of cybernetic implants. I have the skills and done the research necessary in order to do this, but I do not have the facilities or all of the equipment that I need. If anyone with medical, engineering, or computer knowledge would be willing to help us construct a surgical suite, I would, of course, compensate you for your time and energy. Please send us any questions you may have and thank you!

[Wrath waves and grins. She's leaning on her familiar cane.] Hi everyone! Um! Like Dr. Crusher said, I really appreciate any help, it'd be great to be back up to full effectiveness and kicking ass! This is so great, I never thought this injury could get fixed so I'm really... just hopeful. So thank you everybody.

And uh. It'd probably also be good to have someone who can talk to the nanobots that regulate my bone growth and muscle fibers. Cuz my old doctor put a governor on the muscles so I wouldn't hurt myself, but once my back is fixed I should get retuned to full speed.

I'll definitely compensate anyone for help too!

[Responses can come from both Wrath and Dr. Crusher!]

Comments

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[universal_charm]

I have the latter two, plus the Engineering Augment. I'm sure I could help make some of the items you need. And if you have schematics, I can make anything I have materials for more or less.

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[dancingmd]

[She smiles. Kirk's offer of help comes as no surprise at all.]

We should sit down and compare notes - no doubt the timeline changes have effected your technological development as well. But either way, it will help me immensely to have someone with familiarity with Federation technology.

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[universal_charm]

Absolutely. I don't have much going on, so I can meet whenever you need me to. I'll bring along what tools I have, so we can get a good account of what we might need to beg, borrow, and steal.

_{[ Not really steal, but it doesn't sound right if you say it any other way. ]}

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[dancingmd]

The sooner we can get started, the better. We've already had to put this operation off for far too long.

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[universal_charm]

Then I can be over within the hour. Just have to go find what tools we have and pack them up.

It'll be interesting to see how tech evolved into your time. It would only be better if Bones was here and I could see his face as you explain it.

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[paraclete]

They're mechanical? I can talk to them, tell them what you want them to hear. [The nanobots, he means. Come to think of it, he hasn't really utilized his Engineering augment since he's been here... But he smiles, pleasant and encouraging.] If you like.

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[dancingmd]

[Beverly rubs her chin thoughtfully.]

You can talk to them? What exactly do you mean by that?

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[paraclete]

Well, I'll give them directions, and they'll obey. It's just a matter of telling them what to do. I'm able to do that.

[He says this modestly, like it's something he can't take credit for — but regardless of the source of this ability, he'd like to be helpful.]

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[dancingmd]

Interesting... I presume you wouldn't mind if I could see a demonstration of this ability first?

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[paraclete]

Oh, yes, that's fine. Well...

[He considers this, still smiling, before making a decision; and then he blinks. The lights in the room shut off. In the dark, he says,] And... [They flip back on. Another short pause, and then they're off again. —On. Off. On. On off. On off...

This next time, they stay on.]

How is that? Or, do you need something bigger?

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[passingthrough]

No medical skills unless you count battlefield stitches, but I should be able to help with the other bits. I don't have the augment for it, so there might be better choices when it comes to working with Atroma tech. But I'll help if there's anything I can do. I don't need pay for it.

[Wrath is a crewmate and Beverly is a friend of Data's and even if they were both nothing to her she's never needed compensation for helping people. It's a plus if they don't hate her while she's doing it.]

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[pain_train]

Wow, thanks Kitty! That's really sweet of you. [She has the best crewmates ever.]

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[passingthrough]

Well, I'm adorable that way, but I haven't actually done anything yet. [Thanks are hard enough to accept when she has, okay?]

So, cybernetic implants?

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[pain_train]

Um. Well.

So I think the only original organs I have left are like my brain and my pancreas and one of my kidneys. My entire skeleton's metalloid composite that's regulated by nanobots, and most of my muscle fiber is tuned synthetics. Which are older than the skeleton. And my right leg and left arm and right eye are all artificial replacements. And. Uh. I think that's it?

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[passingthrough]

[She doesn't react overly much. She's met plenty of people who are fully artificial or in part. Still, you never know how they feel about the situation.] Must be a hell of a pancreas. [Okay, but what do you say?] Is that standard procedure back home?

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[unbearablynaive]

I'd be glad to help with whatever I can. Where are you thinking to build it?

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[dancingmd]

Anywhere we can find the space, to be honest. It's possible we may have to wait until we find a station with with the right facilities but well... obviously we'd rather not have to do that.

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[unbearablynaive]

It would be far more convenient to have it available to us for future use, yes. I presume you've already looked at the medical facilities available locally? It may be possible to rent them out.

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[dancingmd]

I have. If that proves to be my best option, I'll take it, but I want to look into other possibilities first.

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[unbearablynaive]

[He nods. It really would be better to have it in the Fleet, as there are sure to be other medical emergencies later on, but at least they have the option of doing it on the moon instead.]

I would be glad to help construct what we might need, then, provided we can find the proper materials. Two of my creators were heavily involved in the medical technology field.

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[cephalon]

Nanobots? Primitive, but Ordis may attempt to communicate with them, if given proper facilities as this- vile flesh suit - body does not quite function properly as before.

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[pain_train]

Hey Ordis!

Oh no, is there something wrong with your body now? [Complete misinterpretation, whoops.] But that'd be really cool, I bet you could make all my synthetic muscle tune up right!

[cephalon]

What? No, Ordis has managed to tame the vile thing down, he thinks.

But given the proper equipment, Ordis is confident that he could find some way to communicate with the damned things.

[pain_train]

Yay! I'm so glad for you! Hey, once my back's all fixed, you can work out with me. I'll be taking it easy, so it'll be good for you. [RUN, ORDIS. SAVE YOURSELF.]

I'm not sure how talking to them works. They always just used a little machine in the hospital...

[cephalon]

Ordis is...not certain he should be engaging in any sort of strenuous activity, regardless of the level of ease.

[That's something for tenno and the like.]

Hm. Perhaps there is machinery here then, too, to assist with such?