YE/D05 - Sickbay

[Jennifer Braggins]

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[Pax Cassidy]

<<<< Briefing Room <<<<

Cassidy’s good mood was beginning to fade. This was the kind of mission that could go bad very quickly. He’d been sent to clean up the aftermath of a hundred skirmishes that had almost certainly begun just like this. Even if they were able to prevent an all-out war, there would be sick and dying Talarian refugees languishing on the other side of the barricade. Either way, the only thing that he could do for them was to come prepared. He stomped into sickbay, his fists held tightly at his side.

His mind drifted to Ian, following a well-trodden path. The edges of his vision softened. He felt the tension in his body relax. Even this feeling was only an echo of how he’d felt when his hand closed over Ian’s in the Mess Hall. Face-to-face, their chemistry was euphoric. With some distance, it was more akin to a mild sedative. He blinked away its effects, anchoring himself in the task at hand. He couldn’t allow this childish infatuation to get in the way of his work.

Sickbay was like a second home for Cassidy. Even in total darkness, he could retrieve a hypospray or a dermal regenerator from the appropriate supply cabinet, sterilize it, and return it exactly where it belonged. Still, the inventory was much leaner than what had been available on the Reyes. Everything available was designed first and foremost to handle the daily requirements of the Yeager’s crew. A group of Talarian refugees would have specialized needs that might have caught him unprepared.

“Computer, query all available Talarian medical texts,” Cassidy said, his voice quiet yet powerful. “Are there any outbreaks among the refugee population that we should be prepared to deal with?”

== GM input: any medical situations that we should be prepared for? Any notable gaps in Yeager’s inventory? ==