Life-support-control-compartment

USS Odyssey

I-I C/T-141 "Ace of Spades" / life-support-control-compartment

Here are the controls for the atmospheric regulation system, as well as water recycling, heat management, emergency environmental countermeasures, deodorizing systems, and an assortment of analogue, mechanical emergency alarms.

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:15 PM

*Frankie enters, looking around, scanning for any signs of trouble.*

Narrator BOT 31-Jan-21 03:20 PM

*The life support control compartment doesn't have anyone in. It's spotless like everything else on the ship, but likewise worn. A tiny bird is in a small cage, its claws clamped into the perch. It's dead, and the early signs of decay are beginning to show.*

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:20 PM

*Frankie heads over, and starts to scan the bird, checking to see how long it’s been dead.*

Narrator BOT 31-Jan-21 03:20 PM

*A day or two. Cause of death: acute radiation sickness.*

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:22 PM

”The bird died of radiation poisoning. Nothing we didn’t expect. Do we have anyone who’s familiar with these systems?”

PO3. Richard Hughes 31-Jan-21 03:24 PM

*Hughes enters Life Support.* "Not familiar with these particular systems, sir, but I know my way around a life support system. They made them standardised, for safety reasons."

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:25 PM

”All right, Hughes. See if you can get it working.”

Lt. JG Lylla Sh’avoness 31-Jan-21 03:25 PM

"That's odd. I thought these modules were shielded against radiation. Also if the bird died, then where are the crew? Shouldn't there be people here?"

Lt. JG Avarin 31-Jan-21 03:26 PM

“Unless they evacuated,” *Avarin said, looking around.* “Or are simply not in this particular room,”

Lt. JG Lylla Sh’avoness 31-Jan-21 03:29 PM

*she glanced around.* "Mind if I investigate around a bit?"

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:30 PM

”Go ahead, Lieutenant. But not too long, we’re on a clock. How’s the system looking, Hughes.”

PO3 Richard Hughes BOT 31-Jan-21 03:31 PM

"The hab module will be shielded against background radiation, but actual radiation shields are heavy, so they're normally only placed between a hab module and a reactor or nuclear engine." *Hughes starts fiddling around with the environmental monitoring computer.* "That's odd... the ship doesn't think it's encountered more than background ionising radiation for about two weeks."

"Otherwise, everything seems to be in order."

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:32 PM

”The Computer must be fried. Can you do anything to correct that? Also, Lylla, do you have anything?”

PO3 Richard Hughes BOT 31-Jan-21 03:33 PM

"I don't think the problem's with the computer, sir. These computers are very primitive by modern standards - the kind of damage that could do this would disable the computer entirely. More likely it's a sensor fault."

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:34 PM

”That would explain it. No wonder they all died.”

Lt. JG Lylla Sh’avoness 31-Jan-21 03:35 PM

*lylla peeped back into the module from the junction.* "Not yet. I'm a bit curious as to who might have lived here. I'm going to keep looking."

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:36 PM

”Five minutes, Lieutenant.”

Lt. JG Avarin 31-Jan-21 03:37 PM

“Do we know for certain they died?” *Avarin asked.* “if someone recognized a sensor fault they may have abandoned the ship,”

PO3 Richard Hughes BOT 31-Jan-21 03:40 PM

"Not likely. An escape pod would need enough delta Vee and enough life support to be it's own ship; if there were one, it'd be docked online, and I didn't see any space for a missing spaceship from the outside."

Lt. JG Avarin 31-Jan-21 03:41 PM

“Hmm,” *She acknowledged, glancing around.* “Then it’s strange the only remains we’ve encountered were that of the bird,” (edited)

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 03:41 PM

”We’ll probably find the bodies soon enough.”

PO3. Richard Hughes 31-Jan-21 03:49 PM

"I fear that may be the case. "

Lt. JG Lylla Sh’avoness 31-Jan-21 04:17 PM

"Lieutenant Mulgrew. I've found what happened to most of the crew." (edited)

"Majority of the crew were killed from lethal doses of radiation. 112 confirmed deceased, however I have yet to locate the other 111."

PO3. Richard Hughes 31-Jan-21 04:23 PM

"One hundred and twelve. That's about as many crew as I'd expect for a ship like this. "

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 04:28 PM

”We need to move on. We can worry about the corpses later. We still need to check that hab module.”

PO3. Richard Hughes 31-Jan-21 04:28 PM

"The corpses we haven't found are likely either spaced or locked in their cubicles."

"So there's no need to worry about them."

"We could probably figure out where the ship was going in the navigation department. There'll also probably be a cargo manifest there, for the loading master."

Lt. JG Lylla Sh’avoness 31-Jan-21 04:31 PM

*after a moment she appeared in the junction*

Lt. Francesca Mulgrew BOT 31-Jan-21 04:31 PM

”All right. Lylla, let’s go find that Nav department.” *Frankie does not holster her phaser as she gestures to her team to follow.*

PO3. Richard Hughes 31-Jan-21 04:33 PM

*Hughes follows behind.*

Lt. JG Avarin 31-Jan-21 04:34 PM

*Avarin isn’t far behind the other two.*

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