2020-03-19 The SCAR

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## Log

> **Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Ibram retrieves the data from the lockup and proceeds to the research lab provided by the SCAR/amalgam. His labcoat loaded with various mundane instruments, calculators, etc; carrying his trustly laptop with him in its sling.
> Settling in and preparing for a bit of data manipulation, he interfaces with his laptop directly with his universal tap to speed things up. Locks down his laptop behind the standard issue VE firewall and takes practiced precautions to ensure these efforts remain within the confines of the lab. Preparing the other stations for use as well, setting out the information in obvious sets to begin organized indexing.
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> Electronic media will be accessed via the laptop, the secondary stations prepped for forecasting and permutations of similar diseases via symptomatic association.
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> Ibram begins interpreting the data as it is laid out. Making notes outlining possible trends to explore and inconsistencies or obvious gaps in collection whether from lack of information or lack of effort.
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> Normally disregarding outliers, those will be examined in their own cases, but after the primary set has been worked up.
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> What kind of information does this give? Details on the infection rates? Locations? Confirmed cases? Commonalities? Cell samples? SEM or other high power microscope imaging?
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> High level or more statistical?
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> Let's first establish the cursory trends that the major encountered. Can I see the existence of the 'spiritual' secondary infection?
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> What elements of my rudimentary understanding of dimensional science would identify the distinction between the current pandemic's mechanisms and those of one existing on or from another dimension?**Janothar**The packet has locations of events and often a vague description. Confirmation of common cause has been unsuccessful, but the Progenitor who put the documents together seems to think it must be something extra dimensional to explain their inability to find a source, and that's why it's been kicked over to the Void Engineers. Cell samples are marked as being completely normal, no sign of any physical cause, including under a SEM. The statistics come in by pointing out that the distribution is very similar to infectious disease, and that there must be some sort of asymptomatic carrier to account for the spread.
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> As for "seeing" the "spiritual" infection, you don't have a sample.
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> The symptom that is being identified by the Progenitors is that the victims all fall into comas for no apparent reason, and nothing can seem to wake them up, including relatively powerful Enlightened Science, though they have been unable to pursue it as far as they'd like due to the more urgent and larger scale pandemic they're trying to deal with.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Where are the current patients in comas? Are they kept in observation still?
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> Are the cases related by location or timing? Can I dig up information on listed patients to look through their recent social media presences? Or perhaps any significant events in their lives/records?
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> Also, the progenitor that did this research, any information on them beyond their initial efforts?**Janothar**They are not identified by name, so it might take work to figure out their social media. They are in various hospitals around the city, and there's noted worry that there will be problems as the hospitals fill up. The timing and locations are scattered around, it would take an Intelligence + Medicine roll (diff 8) to spot a pattern to it
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> The researcher who compiled this document is not named.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Ibram is scientifically versed but medicine was never his fascination. Another team member, Dr Blake would be well suited for this observation. Can I prep this information to efficiently involve the good dr when they are available?**Janothar**Of course.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Ibram will prepare the data set and his notes to reflect a need for an experienced individual of medical nature for evaluation of a possible trend. He shoots @Doctor Emma Blake an email or text message, "I'd like your input on some data I've been working over. Stop by the lab when you get a chance, good Doctor?"
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> Taking specific note of the locations of current patients, can I prepare a data set to assist in physically locating them, should I convince the @Major Ember Storm to sign off on some footwork?
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> Then also may I take a crack at gathering information available online on each of the listed patients? Then even further into social media presences?
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> belay that, no names..**Janothar**Which hospitals they are in is in the data given to you. If you want to try to gather information, you'd need to first find names**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Hmm, let's start there. Let me conjure up a plausible method.
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> Doing a bit of research on Coma patients and their usual location in hospitals, Ibram thinks they would be located in the ICU.**Janothar**Yes. They would be.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**I need to contact the unit clerk of the ICU, explain that I am a researcher associated with a lab operating out of the Stanev center and that due to the emergency situation regarding the COVID outbreak I am attempting to gather information related to possible related cases involving patients admitted with similar COVID symptoms (right?) that fell into comas. That I am simply seeking their names to create a possible list for further evaluation.**Janothar**The Stanev Center is not a medical research lab in any way, shape or form. I will tell you in advance that they will not give you patient information based on that.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**aye, the direct approach is not authentic enough..
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> Ibram isn't too keen on attempting some outrageous lie. This too seems like another request of the Doctor, who can navigate these channels.
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> (Essentially HIPAA law prevents Ibram from calling an ICU unit clerk directly to ask this information.)
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> Ibram outlines another possible route for gathering information from hospital ICUs to dig up more information on coma patients, but requires another Doctor to do it.
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> With a stiff huff, Ibram pours through the data once again with all the pieces thus far. (Entropy roll?)**Janothar**(Roll Arete)**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**wait, i missed a bit**Janothar**(Check #new-player-info for dice syntax)
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> Also, what level of Entropy are you using to analyze the data?**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Lets push entropy 2 for a deep dive, so i need
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> /r 3d10 f1**SidekickBOT**@Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt: Petrificus Totalus!**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**whats dif?
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> 6?**Janothar**5
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> For Entropy 2**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**/r 3d10\>\&61;5 f1**SidekickBOT**@Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt: 3d10\>\&61;5 f1 \&61; (6 9 5, 3 successes) \&61; 3**Janothar**There's patterns...there's a lot of patterns. There's definitely some sort of common cause going on, but unfortunately, Ibram just doesn't know the right things to identify the patterns, just to see that they're there.**Ibram Blacke, 2ndLt**Ibram exalts at the success in discovering the patterns and resolves to further understand them with intention to report these findings to his team!