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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!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Well, it's a good new concept for you to learn now. Because you gotta do the best you can and then not kill yourself doing the things you can't. Because if you're dead then nothing at all gets done.

They're not really... various. Like. This big. [Hand gesture.] And it's basically just all the daily calories, protein, and vitamins packed into one bar. Kind of tastes like eating chalk. But it keeps you alive. That's basically what we ate out on the Line when the regular rations ran out.

Ordis will not be dead. Ordis has work to do.

[It's like arguing with a wall.]

What 'line' is this? What does this have to do with ingesting inpalatable things? Ordis is confused.

That's...not how it works, Ordis. [It's worse than arguing with Maine.]

Oh. Um.

The Battle of the Line was a thing on my planet. We held the line around our city for over a year so the dome could be completed. It was rough.

A soldier? Then you are a very honorable person indeed, Wrath. I am pleased to hear that your duty was completed successfully, it must have been very difficult.

Yeah. I was a soldier. I was good at my job.

It was, yeah. We lost a lot of good people. But we did our jobs. We held the Line.

You are still a soldier.

[Was that the right thing to say? Perhaps not, but he's never been the best at things like that.]

Unfortunately many are lost in the fight for what is right.

That's really nice of you to say. I wish it was true. But I got medically discharged from the army. I'm not fit to serve... until Dr. Crusher fixes my back.

Ordis does not say untrue things, Wrath. Ordis is as honest as any cephalon can be.

[Well, how the fuck do you argue with that?] Thanks, Ordis.