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“Lieutenant Motra. Hail that ship… They seemed to have been at that starbase with us.” Breezie commanded.
Lieutenant Motra, now without a crew or a ship to serve on, followed Breezie’s orders, manning the Comms console and hailing the USS Lynimick.
Wally was rather shaken as they did. “I never knew Columbia was that powerful…” He uttered.
“That’s the thing, it's not supposed to be, it's 2 and a 1/2 centuries out of date…” Breezie replied.
The viewscreen then changed to the bridge of the Lynimick, which was much more modern than the bridge of the Unreliable.
“This is Captain Centrair of the USS Lynimick… You are?” Captain Centrair says, introducing themselves.
“I'm Captain Breezie McKormic of the Unreliable. What went down at Starbase 523 seemed to be an intended attack. Whatever is in control of Columbia must be stopped before it goes on a galactic genocide.” Breezie says.
“It seemed to be some form of parasite… Something one of our own caught and we’re in the process of trying to cure it.” Fiora continues.
“Hm. I believe we can meet on the Lynimick to discuss this issue. Bring much of your crew, including your medical team.” Captain Centrair says.
“Will do, we’ll be there soon.” Breezie replies as the hail ends.
Much of the crew made their way to the USS Lynimick via the Hendrix, with only Alex (who was left in charge of the ship), Lieutenant Motra, Sally, the unconscious Devoid, Andy & Gary remaining on the Unreliable.
The shuttle docked in the Lynimick’s shuttle bay, with much of the Lynimick’s crew preparing for the arrival of the visiting fraction of the Unreliable’s crew.
Breezie, Wally, Sutaba & Fiora walk out of the shuttle, confused on what to do.
Just then, they’re approached by a blonde woman with short hair in a gold Starfleet uniform, clearly holding the rank of Lieutenant. “I’m Lieutenant Tasha Yar, head of security on this ship. I’ll escort you to the conference room if you don’t mind.” the Lieutenant says.
“Please, lead the way.” Breezie replies.
Tasha Yar walks off towards a corridor, the visiting crew following one after the other.
The group, led by Tasha Yar, make their way to a turbolift and soon find their way in the Lynimick’s conference room.
The doors open as the visiting crew of the Unreliable enter. The 4 of them stood at attention before presenting their experiences.
“A few minutes ago, we found an old distress signal from the old NX class ship Columbia. We decided to answer it and see what we could do.” Breezie began to explain.
“Unfortunately, one of our crew members, Devoid, must've known what was inside and we didn’t think to ask.” Sutaba continues.
“From what we know, it’s a parasitic and biomimetic life form… We haven’t had the chance to study it due to only having 1 doctor and he was doing checkups on Devoid to give constant updates on his status.” Fiora continues.
“Thankfully, I was able to collect a sample from him before we left. The scientific officers on your ship could analyse it.” The EMH says, placing a vial of the black goop onto the conference table, it has been sealed with a cork.
“That’s good. You could work together with our biology officers to help determine what it is.” Captain Centrair answers.
“We still don’t know a lot about this parasite, perhaps we need to board Columbia again to investigate.” Commander Voltaire Rtis says.
“I'm not so sure about that… we wouldn't want to lose any more crew members.” Fiora objects.
“Hm… Then we'll have to try and figure out how to fight the parasite. Doctor, take the vial to our Biology Lab. We can work from there.” Captain Centrair commands.
“On it, Captain.” The EMH responds, taking the vial and walking out of the conference room.
“The rest of you can help in providing data about this parasite and what's going on with it. We need to figure out how to stop Columbia before it's too late.” Commander Shyllias Shi explains.
The remaining crew nod and get to work within the Lynimick.