ACT: SFA: Science Lab 2 ("Awaiting Instructions")

From: Maxine Parrish (synapticinfundibula_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2007 - 09:18:11 PST


"Awaiting Instructions"
(Continued from "Drop in Temperature")
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Location: Starfleet Academy Science Annex
Stardate: 2.70220.1214
Scene: Science Laboratory Two


T'ial raised her eyebrow. "I am not sure how we would accomplish freezing the virus without freezing ourselves as well. Is there anyway that we can confine atmospheric conditions solely to the area that the virus is spreading from?"

"You mean a forcefield?" Solomon asked. "We do have emitters in the lab, but I'm not sure that they're positioned properly. Xon, do you know?"

The woman frowned, concentrating on punching a series of buttons. "They're not, but we can position them properly through the computer. It'll only take a moment."

"We may not have a moment. Do it now."

T'ial had, meanwhile, been calculating the speed at which the deadly cloud was moving. "We have seven point two three seconds. Approximately." The area of safe room was rapidly growing smaller.  Why had they not come to this conclusion of enacting a forcefield when she initially suggested it? Instead, they had come up with a list of useless suggestions. She also made a note to speak to the head of the science department regarding their storage of the biohazard suits outside of the lab. If she survived this test. 

Xon practically crowed with delight as a shimmer of blue spread upwards a few feet in front of them. "It's stable. It will hold back the virus."

"There is always the chance that the field will not hold the virus back. We still need a way out of the room in the event of a field failure, and the computer will refuse to open any doors until the virus is out of the room's atmosphere." T'ial was wary, watching. The emitters glowed in the corners of the walls with the ceiling and the floor as the cloud drew closer.

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NRPG: I'm not sure where exactly we're going with this, so I'm keeping it short. Do you have any specifications?

Maxine Parrish
Cadet T'ial
ACT Candidate
Class 0701
Starfleet Academy


 
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