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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1288598" data-attributes="member: 515">Argent is in the middle of the search forward when Swann’s call comes in. "Good work, Mr. Hellinic. As soon as we leave jump, we’ll open the airlocks and get rid of the explosives just in case. Anything else?" Swann then rubs a hand across his face, considering how to broach this next subject. "There’s something else I need to tell you about. It’s not life–threatening, but you should be aware of it. I discovered it before jump, but since it wasn’t a pressing matter and things were so hectic, I decided to wait to inform you. Now that things have settled down somewhat, I guess now is as good as time as any. If you will please meet me in the port engine room by the fuel scoops and processors, I’ll explain further." Argent rolls his eyes. What now? "On my way." He hits the comm again. "Mr. McConnell, meet me in the port engine room, please. Argent out." Argent arrives in the engine room just ahead of Ian and they look in the fuel scoops at Swann’s discovery. "Great," Argent says, "First chemical, now biological smuggling. What next? "Swann, go take a break, then head to the bridge. I want to get some sort of regular watch–keeping going if we can, and I need to put you in the rotation." Argent walks to the nearest intercomm. "Argent to Dr. Talbek. Doctor, I hate to do this to you but you might want to bring your bag of tricks to engineering. We've got a possible biologic contamination in here, and I’d like to know if it was part of the problem at Alief." -----"Biological? WTF is going on aboard this cockamamie ship?!" Doc Saro thinks. He hits the intercom and replies, "OK Mr. Argent. I’m going to grab my vacc suit and my ‘bag o’ tricks,’ as you put it, and I’ll be right down. Got any info for me right now, to give me some idea what I’m up against?" "I think you can leave the vacc suit," Argent says, "Mr. Hellinic discovered some sort of plant in the fuel scoops and processors that it appears the former captain was smuggling. If there is something infectious coming from them, we are all probably infected through the closed circulation of the ship’s life support system. I’d like to find out if these plants could be connected to what’s happening on Alief." "OK, I’ll grab some things and be right there." Saro packs up some chemical testing material, some plastic baggies and whatever else he thinks is necessary and heads to engineering. -----Argent switches comm channels. "Argent to Smythe. Martha, report to engineering now." When he arrives in engineering, Saro says, "So what do we have? What’s this plant that’s giving us all the heartaches? Botany really isn’t my specialty, but I’ll give it a go." When Martha arrives, Argent asks her to look in the fuel scoops and processors. "How long have the fuel scoops and processors been down like this? Were they like this prior to the ship’s last landfall at Alief?"</blockquote>

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