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Traveller T20: Tales of the Bray Keaven [Updated 12-20-05]
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1424278" data-attributes="member: 515"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>"It’s fine by me to stay suited until we get a better look at the reception committee. So, Martha, which airlock do you want the showers set up in? I’ll be there in a jiffy!"</em></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Probably the one closest to our sick bay would be my guess. Doc, what do you think?" Martha replies, and then adds quickly as an afterthought. "We may also want to check with the Captain to see if he has any preference in regards to ship security."</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">-----</p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As Saro, Martha, Ian and Darishun gather to discuss the contamination chamber, the Doctor hears Vasilii say something over the ship’s comm about acquiring the hypoclorite solution. "I’m so used to hospitals, where disinfectant is readily available. You are right. I don’t know how much we have, but we are going to need a lot. All of us should carry a container with an atomizer. All surfaces should be sprayed with it, at least twice a day. Good thing it’s just bleach, but we are still going to need very large quantities of it. Vasilii, it would be incredibly helpful if you could find a supply. Thank you very much. Way to stay ahead."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Martha makes a mental note to spray her tools after doing any work outside the ship.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Saro then turns his attention to Ian, Martha, and Darishun. "It’s good to be around people who are so skilled. If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be able to do any of this setup." Saro smiles, genuinely grateful to have competent people around him.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Martha smiles back, mentally putting Saro in the "technically incompetent" pigeonhole.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He continues: "Now, I was thinking of a double decontamination chamber. In the first one, after we come in from outside, we are kept in a vacuum and irrigated with the hypochlorite solution for about 30 minutes. That should get rid of any virus outside of the vacc suits. Then we take the suits off and walk into the second chamber, which is exposed to full-spectrum light constantly, and stay there for an hour. We should be completely nude when in this chamber, as nothing that has been outside, including clothing, should enter the clean zone. I assume we are making the ship the clean zone. We could keep clean towels that never see the outside in this second chamber for modesty’s sake. This will be the only way in and out of the clean zone.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"The cargo hold can be accessed from outside, right? The cargo hold can be dirty, but then the only way to get from it into the lounge and staterooms, which will stay clean, will be through the decon chambers. Equipment that has been outside should stay outside. Can we make a secure area outside for those things?"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Umm, Doc, are you sure that making the ship the only clean zone is in our best interests?" Martha asks, also making a mental note not to take her favorite tools outside the ship.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"It is imperative that all of us are very careful to maintain the clean zone," Saro says. "We should use the bleach solution on all surfaces constantly. Air shouldn’t be taken in from outside. Martha, can we maintain the atmosphere inside independent of the one outside?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Umm, I can handle that last request," Martha says. "The ship uses a dispersed atmospheric control system. Each bulkhead area is thus isolated in its controls; otherwise the anti-hijacking knockout gas would fill up the entire ship when they went off.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Of course, it’s been over a year since the system’s been fully inspected, but I don’t expect that there should be any cross-contamination going on — unless the old Captain made some modifications that aren’t on the standard blueprints."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"One last thing that I would like to ask all when we finally reach the surface," Saro says. "Do not hesitate to let me or Mr. Darishun know if you feel the slightest thing. We should not take any chances.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"And please, keep your eyes open. One of my favorite anecdotes comes from an old Terran scientist called Snow. Back then, they didn’t know what microorganisms were, yet he was able to stop an outbreak of cholera by doing something very simple: observing that almost everyone who got sick drank from the same water source. The well was closed and -- although they didn’t have a vaccine, they didn’t have antibiotics, in fact they didn’t even know what exactly caused it -- they stopped the outbreak. Infectious agents need a vector and a reservoir. Keep your eyes open. King George’s Land, presuming that they are the culprits, needed to transport and store the virus somehow. Maybe the river, maybe imported foodstuff or products. It could be anything. Keep your eyes open."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Martha and the others nod.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowdancer, post: 1424278, member: 515"] [font=Verdana][size=2][i]"It’s fine by me to stay suited until we get a better look at the reception committee. So, Martha, which airlock do you want the showers set up in? I’ll be there in a jiffy!"[/i] "Probably the one closest to our sick bay would be my guess. Doc, what do you think?" Martha replies, and then adds quickly as an afterthought. "We may also want to check with the Captain to see if he has any preference in regards to ship security." [center]-----[/center][/size][center][/center][/font][center][/center] [font=Verdana][size=2]As Saro, Martha, Ian and Darishun gather to discuss the contamination chamber, the Doctor hears Vasilii say something over the ship’s comm about acquiring the hypoclorite solution. "I’m so used to hospitals, where disinfectant is readily available. You are right. I don’t know how much we have, but we are going to need a lot. All of us should carry a container with an atomizer. All surfaces should be sprayed with it, at least twice a day. Good thing it’s just bleach, but we are still going to need very large quantities of it. Vasilii, it would be incredibly helpful if you could find a supply. Thank you very much. Way to stay ahead."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Martha makes a mental note to spray her tools after doing any work outside the ship.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Saro then turns his attention to Ian, Martha, and Darishun. "It’s good to be around people who are so skilled. If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be able to do any of this setup." Saro smiles, genuinely grateful to have competent people around him.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Martha smiles back, mentally putting Saro in the "technically incompetent" pigeonhole.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]He continues: "Now, I was thinking of a double decontamination chamber. In the first one, after we come in from outside, we are kept in a vacuum and irrigated with the hypochlorite solution for about 30 minutes. That should get rid of any virus outside of the vacc suits. Then we take the suits off and walk into the second chamber, which is exposed to full-spectrum light constantly, and stay there for an hour. We should be completely nude when in this chamber, as nothing that has been outside, including clothing, should enter the clean zone. I assume we are making the ship the clean zone. We could keep clean towels that never see the outside in this second chamber for modesty’s sake. This will be the only way in and out of the clean zone.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"The cargo hold can be accessed from outside, right? The cargo hold can be dirty, but then the only way to get from it into the lounge and staterooms, which will stay clean, will be through the decon chambers. Equipment that has been outside should stay outside. Can we make a secure area outside for those things?"[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"Umm, Doc, are you sure that making the ship the only clean zone is in our best interests?" Martha asks, also making a mental note not to take her favorite tools outside the ship.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"It is imperative that all of us are very careful to maintain the clean zone," Saro says. "We should use the bleach solution on all surfaces constantly. Air shouldn’t be taken in from outside. Martha, can we maintain the atmosphere inside independent of the one outside?[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"Umm, I can handle that last request," Martha says. "The ship uses a dispersed atmospheric control system. Each bulkhead area is thus isolated in its controls; otherwise the anti-hijacking knockout gas would fill up the entire ship when they went off.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"Of course, it’s been over a year since the system’s been fully inspected, but I don’t expect that there should be any cross-contamination going on — unless the old Captain made some modifications that aren’t on the standard blueprints."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"One last thing that I would like to ask all when we finally reach the surface," Saro says. "Do not hesitate to let me or Mr. Darishun know if you feel the slightest thing. We should not take any chances.[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]"And please, keep your eyes open. One of my favorite anecdotes comes from an old Terran scientist called Snow. Back then, they didn’t know what microorganisms were, yet he was able to stop an outbreak of cholera by doing something very simple: observing that almost everyone who got sick drank from the same water source. The well was closed and -- although they didn’t have a vaccine, they didn’t have antibiotics, in fact they didn’t even know what exactly caused it -- they stopped the outbreak. Infectious agents need a vector and a reservoir. Keep your eyes open. King George’s Land, presuming that they are the culprits, needed to transport and store the virus somehow. Maybe the river, maybe imported foodstuff or products. It could be anything. Keep your eyes open."[/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2]Martha and the others nod.[/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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