User blog:Noah Masterson/Masterson Personal Log 201612.04

XO’s Personal Log

Stardate 201612.04

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I assembled the Working Group today in an effort to answer some of the questions that lay before us regarding the fungi incident.

NOTE TO SELF: Get with Lt. Mardil and see if he’s come up with anything for the naming of the fungi

Ensigns Pix and MacArdry brought quite a bit of scientific curiosity and acumen to the table. Each was willing to continue testing on the samples we have in quarantine. Additionally, MacArdry was able to locate some colonies of near match fungi on other continents (85% match). But the thorn in my side throughout the entire meeting was Doctor Avirett.

I understand that physicians have to have a certain amount of detachment (for things like triage and the like) but Avirett advocated eradication from opening statement to the time we left. He was steadfast in his voicing of this belief, even after I tabled all discussion of eradication because the possibility of relocation existed. Personally, I think we should find a less invasive method of integrating ourselves and the fungi but this isn’t for me to decide alone. I have the lives of each crewmember here to think of, including the doctor’s. I hope that was his motivation as well. Otherwise, I’m rethinking any trip to Sick Call.

For now, it looks as though we’re going to move forward with a transplant test. Someone from Sciences will need to separate out a patch for the test. I’ll then have one of the Transporter chiefs assist me in using the outpost’s transporters to beam the test patch to the most likely site. Hopefully, we’ll have results quickly. I know no one here wants to deal with EVA suits every time we leave Phoenix.

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