Brett:
 Summary: The Delphyne has returned to the Corialis system to continue their investigation
of the strange medical situation, only to find that the freighter which they left there is
now missing, apparently taken by another vessel.  The doctor is recovering from his surgery
and is now well enough to return to duty.

Brett:
 <<<<Resume Mission - "The Corialis Incident - Part 7">>>>

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::At flight control, quickly scanning - looking for the other ship.::

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Find their trail, ensign.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::in the cargo bay with Llewellyn:: CNS: It is agreeable to see you up again.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 CO:  Scanning now, Sir...  ::Continues with the scans.::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Yes it is

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: I am up and around again only to find that I have been transfered. I am no longer
the Delphyne's CMO, they haved moved me to CNS.  I guess I didn't do a very good job with
myself at medical so they kicked me out ::smiles::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Beeping sound is heard from h er console.  Fingers fly over the console.::  CO:  I've
found some ion trails, Sir.  I can follow if you like but, be warned, the radiation in the
system makes it hard to identify what we are following.  It could be a wild goose chase.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: What shall we do now, Doctor? Here are the scans I have already taken.... ::pauses
as she hears him:: We still have a job to finish... and presently we have no one better for
the task.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Understood. But it's the only lead we have right now and we can't let the parasite
get out of this system.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 CO:  Aye Sir.  ::Adjusts her course and speed.::  I've adjusted course to follow the trail.
Following at impulse.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Well, we need to figure out how this little bugger works. I  am very instrested in
how all those micoparasites came together to create this large one?

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Are you picking anything up on sensors?

Brett:
 Action: The Delphyne turns and warps out after the missing ship and its "escort".

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::takes the padd from her and looks over it::

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Agreed. That is quite an interesting idea... I have another thought, however... I
wonder if once one parasite is implanted the other die off and the one implanted just gets
bigger...

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Adjusts speed to warp and puts the pedal to the metal as her daddy always said.::

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Can we tell what this parasite feeds off of? ::goes to look at the data from the
Llewellyn's scans before during and after the operation::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: That is possible, many are injected in hopes that one might grow and take over the
host.

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: Wonders if they're going to be able to catch the SS Panama City before the parasite
spreads across the sector.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::nods at Doctor Llewellyn::

Brett:
 Action: The Excelsior clears the Corialis system.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Checks her direction.::  CO:  Captain, we have cleared the Corialis system.  I'm
scanning for a better identification now.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: I suggest we get busy, there are many unanswered questions.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::scans the data:: CNS: Doctor... here... ::points:: seems it was gleaning the natural
nutrients in the blood stream in order to grow and keep living. Conceiveably, if we fed
it the same nutrients it would not die and we could continue to study it.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Very good, ensign.

CO_Mash`ev:
 CTO: Send a message to StarFleet, updating them of our change of plans.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::nods::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Reads the data coming across her console.::  CO:  Sir... ok, we got two ships...they
are travelling together at low warp.  There seems to be a problem with one of the ships...
hmmmm, that engineer should be shot.  It would seem that the engine is badly tuned.
::Turns.::  If anything it's a good piece of cheese for us mice to follow.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Once we know we can sustain its life... then we need to find ways we can kill it
without necessarly removing it from the host... and without killing the host.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO:  Well, lets start feeding this thing so we can figure out how to kill it.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::wonders breifly if the colonists could be saved if they developed a technique::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::A thought crosses her mind.::  CO:  Sir, could this be a trap.  I mean, I'm just a lowly
ensign but you know it seems too easy... like the USS Panama City is the bait and we are
the catch of the day?

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::while the CSO prepares to feed it, he goes to the computer keypad and starts running
scans on the creature, picks up on what the CSO was thinking:: CSO: How would we save them
if they are already dead?

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::hears Llewellyn:: CNS: Yes.... ::looks closely at the creature in containment:: We do
have an ample supply of blood in sickbay... ::looks at the CNS blankly a moment then
remembers he is a betazoid::

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: I know. I was trying not to think that. But the possibility of medical contagion
makes it a necessary risk.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Can you make out what that ship is?

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Have one of the med-techs beam in some of the supply so we can begain pumping it
into the chamber.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::nods and contacts sickbay for them to do so::

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: My thought on the colonists is this...

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Looks back to her console.:: CO:  I know Sir, I shouldn't have spoken up.  ::hangs her
head a bit.::  Self:  Dummy, you are suppose to keep your mouth shut.  ::Looks at the new
readings.::  Ahhh...  New data, I detect two freighters, medium range,  Time to intercept
is ten minutes.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: As I could see from the data taken from you, the host needs the nutrients from the
blood... this is why it compells the body to feed... feed on what ever it can get its hands
on... the maintenance of the blood circulation is crucial for this process... so.. it seems
to me that this parasite acts as a new brain for the body. Once it is removed, then perhaps
normal brain function would resume in those who were previously effected?

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Fingers fly over her console.::  CO:  It's the Panama City Sir and the other.... A
Pakled freighter....  ::Sighs::  Great, just what we need. A group of people who want to
make the parasites 'go'. ::Thinks a moment.::  You know, I was talking with Johnny down in
engineering and it would seem that we have an extra warp core - we could trade that core
for the Panama City if worse comes to worse.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: I hope you're wrong about that 'trap', ensign. ::smiles::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::one of the med-techs beams a few units of blood into the cargo bay for the CSO.::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Turns and grins::  CO:  Pakleds Sir... they'll want something.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::hopes that the hosts have no memory of what they had done while under the influence of
the parasite::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::begains hooking up the blood to the system to pump it in to the contaiment area:: CSO: I
would agree, however the parasite not only takes over the body, but it destroys the brain
in the process.  If we removed the parasite after it has full control over the body, there
would be no brain at all...

CO_Mash`ev:
 ::rubbing temples::  FCO: Hopefully, the Pakleds will be willing to negotiate for something
simple for the Panama City...  I'd almost be willing to destroy the Panama City but we need
more answers about the parasites...

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Are you sure? After all it was attached at the base of the brainstem... that could
prevent higher functions in the brain... as it would, in essence, work the body like a
puppet master.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: The parasite eats away at the host brain, leaving only the basic motor controls
intact.  Then, it plugs into the host body with its tentacles and uses the body as a
vehicle to move around.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 CO:  And we don't know what effect the vacuum of space would have on the parasites.  It
could be a trigger, most likely would kill them but I'm not a scientist.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Exactly. We're better off picking them all up.

Brett:
 Action: The Delphyne approaches the two freighters which seem oblivious to the starship's
approach.  They continue traveling close together at warp three.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO:  The parasite was removed from my brain before this happend. If left in any longer,
I would have just been a shell.

CO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Hailing frequencies.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Taps her console.::  CO:  Hailing frequencies opened.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Ah. ::nods:: Understood. It is good that did not happen then.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: Pakled freighter, this is the USS Delphyne. I would like to discuss the
ship you have in tow.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Agreed, ::smiles:: I wonder, if it took over my body, do you think it might have left
the telepathic part of my brain intact, then you would have had a telepathic zombie.

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: Wonders how the parasites would react on a Pakled's brain, for just an instant, but
let's the thought drift away as he has to concentrate on the matters at hand.::

Brett:
 Action: The viewscreen changes from a view of the two freighters to the dirty interior of
a Pakled bridge.  One of the Pakleds looks blankly out of the screen for a long moment
before replying.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: I doubt the zombie would be telepathic.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: It was more of a joke then anything ::sighs::

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: Hello.

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: Puts a smile on his face.::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Studies the image on the screen before her.::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::starts to pump the blood into the contaiment area, and montiors the parasites bio-signs
to see it is working::

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: Greetings. I was hoping to discuss the SS Panama City with you.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: ::Looks puzzled::  I do not understand.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: You have... a ship in tow? It is the SS Panama City.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: ::Brightens::  Oh, yes.  It is ours now.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Speaks under her breath.::  CO: Offer to fix it.  It should get their attention.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::watches his work with interest:: CNS: Vulcans do not joke.... ::wry tone::

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: That ship was in a system that had a medical containment beacon warning
ships away.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: Yes.  It is ours now.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::smiles::   CSO: That would be very funny if they did, though.  Could you imaging a Vulcan
doing stand up? ::laughs as he pictures it::

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::quizzically raises an eyebrow::

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: You entered a quarantined system and took a ship that could expose the
sector to a medical disaster. We need to put that ship back.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO:  Well, I have started pumping the blood into the contaiment area, it will take some
time to see if this actually works.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Thinks the Captain shouldn't try to use logic.::

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::nods::

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: In the mean time we should start testing different stimili on it to see what effects
it and what doesn't, keeping in mind our goal of killing the parasite with out damaing the
host.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: No, it is ours now.  You want to take it from us.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::nods:: CNS: What about exposure to cold?

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: Considers this. ::

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: That ship is dangerous. I'm trying to save you.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: ::Frowns::  Dangerous?  How?

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Well, we would have to almost freeze the host in order to drop their internal body
temperature.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: There's something very small on board that could get inside of you and
hurt you.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: Since the brainstem is only an inch or two from the surface, could the parasite be
injected directly?

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: ::Looks very concerned::  What is it?

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Possible, but I thought we were tyring to kill it before it attached it self to the
brainstem, before it grew?

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: It's a ... a parasite, a creature. It wants to get inside of you and
hurt you. We want to help you.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 CNS: That of course would be preferable... but I was looking at this from the easiest,
simplest method... alright then... what would poison this thing that would not poison the
body or something that the body could handle the toxicity?

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: ::Frowns again::  And the creature is on the ship?

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::considers:: CNS: What about gluten?

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::the computer beems, Donnie moves over to look at it:: CSO: Well, the blood seems to be
keeping it alive, ::looks conserned:: and it has also grown.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 CSO: Lets try gluten.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: Yes. The creature is on the SS Panama City. If you go on board, it may
get on your ship, too.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: You are lying.  My men are on the ship.  They did not tell me about
any creature there.  You want our ship.  ::Looks triumphant, as if he has gotten the best
of the Delphyne's CO::

FCO_Leadfoot:
 CO:  Oh great Sir, the Pakleds are infected.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: You have.. a team on the Panama City?! You must not let them back on
your ship!

CO_Mash`ev:
 :: whispers :: FCO: Get a status from the CSO on their research. And scan the Panama City.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: Yes, my men are on the ship.  It is ours now.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 ::Scannning the Panama City.::  CO:  Aye, Sir.  ::Taps her console.::  *CSO*:  Ma'am, the
Captain is looking for an update. It would seem that the Pakleds have claimed the Panama City
as a prize and have sent a team to the ship. They are now infected.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::looks at the doctor as she gets this report:: *FCO*: How many Pakled are infected?

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: It is very important that you warn them of the danger they're in.

FCO_Leadfoot:
 *CSO*:  Not sure, scanning now.  The Captain can't get an accurate count as he is trying
to convince the Pakleds he is not stealing their ship.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: What danger? ::Long pause::  OH! The creature.

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: Yes!! The creature is dangerous!

FCO_Leadfoot:
 *CSO*:  Scratch that.  I detect three parasites... and three Pakleds.  One is on the
bridge.. and not infected. The other two... ::Continues reading:: ...are near sickbay and
they are infected.

CNS_Llewellyn:
 ::overhears the FCO taking to Syrna::

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: I will call them.  Can you help us?

CO_Mash`ev:
 COM: Pakleds: CO: I will do everything I can to help you.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 ::nods at the FCO though the FCO can't see her:: *FCO*: Understood... the Doctor and I
have determined what the parasites live off of... and we are now looking for a way to kill
them without killing the host

FCO_Leadfoot:
 *CSO*:  I'll let the Captain know Ma'am.  We should have panicy Pakleds soon though, you
may want to rush it a bit.

Brett:
 <PakledCO>COM:Del:CO: We don't want creatures inside us.  You can have the ship, we don't
want it anymore.  It is dangerous.

CSO_Rhykmal:
 *FCO*: We are doing our best.

Brett:
 <<<<Pause>>>>