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[Video, Monday Evening, Week 14] CMO's Log: Entry One

[It's shortly after Nem's message goes out that a new face appears on the network. Bones had awoken from his pod a couple hours previously, but had spent the time finding his pants and prowling around with a suspicious glower, trying to get his bearings and trying to place just what the hell sort of alien storage facility he's found himself shunted to.]

I don't know where the hell I am, or who the hell you people are, but if you need shelter or you need medical help, then I'm inside some sort of stasis facility and the walls here look good and thick.

The name's McCoy. Dr. Leonard McCoy.

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It is possible that the colony was once known by a different name - but as it is located outside of the known galaxy, that seems incredibly unlikely.

[There is a brief pause.]

The war in question is a conflict between Verdana and its sister world, Antiqua. Unfortunately, there is only a limited amount of information available on it - the passage of several centuries, and the terrestrial conflict that sprang from the aftermath of that war has served to eradicate much of the historical record, at least locally. As for the fog, I do not believe the locals have studied it beyond learning how to avoid it or control its effects. If anyone who awoke on the ship did so the last time it occurred, they did not think to leave a record of their findings.

...and we certainly don't have any extra-galactic colonies. Or do you just mean outside the Alpha Quadrant?

[What. The. Hell. says Bones' tone, but as the disembodied voice on the other end of the line is being helpful, he remains dialled back on the snark.]

I have some equipment with me that I could use to take some scans, but what I don't have is the sort of EVA equipment that would let me take them safely. Are there any medical or research facilities still standing, or did the war take them out too?

I am afraid I'm unfamiliar with that designation - it is entirely possible that we are from different timelines. Are you familiar with mass relay technology at all?

[One can almost hear the frown in her voice.]

As for medical facilities, there is a hospital in the settlement outside the ship, but it is both under-equipped and under-staffed.

[She pauses briefly.]

It is almost inevitable that someone will have either been caught out of range of shelter, or will decide the warnings do not apply to them. Would your equipment be able to isolate the active compounds in a human bloodstream?

Perfect. Great vacation spot you've got here. But sure, sure, I'll see what I can do. Isolating compounds isn't the problem, it's what you'd want me to do to any I find after that will take some work.

I'm a damn' good doctor. [Modest, too.] But I don't deal in miracles. I'll have to take a look and see what your hospital does have.

In terms of equipment, I gather that it is roughly equivalent to a 20th-Century Earth field hospital. There is unlikely to be anything on hand to treat more obscure ailments, although it may be possible to arrange something with Edmund, the local trader. The laboratory facilities are - rather primitive.

20th Century. Field hospital. Wonderful. I suppose I should be grateful that they've at least developed germ theory and can think of equipment more complex than a trepanning chisel and a jar of leeches.

[He heaves a sigh, world-weary irritation concealing a spark of honest interest at a challenge.]

I'll see what I can do.

I am very sure I do not want to know what would be done with the leeches.

[It's a little wary, like she's half expecting him to tell her anyways.]

I am also certain that the staff at the hospital will appreciate the assistance, once the fog has cleared.

I'd be glad not to know what they did with the leeches. That's unfortunately not the case.

[But, while shared pain may be lessened, (and while, honestly, he'd probably not be above using them if the situation was medically sound) Bones opts not to go into detail.]

I've never met a hospital that couldn't use extra hands, so I'll make my way there. What else should I know?

The people living in the settlement - it is typically referred to as the Old City - are in conflict with the residents of the dome to the north-east. Anyone attempting to approach their territory is met with a great deal of armed hostility.

This place just keeps getting better...

Armed how? Am I going to be trying to pull pieces of projectile weapons out of people, or am I dealing with phasers burning off half of somebody's face?

Phasers-? I am not familiar with that particular piece of technology - at least, not by that name. They use projectile weaponry, hand-held and platform-mounted both. And, occasionally, flamethrowers.

Flamethrowers? What is this, the twentieth century? If I'm going to be having to regenerate third degree burns...

Hrmph. Well, thank you for the primer. How often are people running afoul of them?

I believe their primary purpose was the destruction of structures and fields, not of people, although I doubt they would hesitate to use them in such a fashion.

They have attacked this settlement twice in the past three months alone, and patrol their borders quite strictly. The exact location of those borders is...unfortunately malleable.

Of course it is.

So, aside from burning crops, what do these people want? Seems like if extermination's all they're going for, they could pull it off a lot tidier.

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