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| Well, Hello There! You must be our new Commanding
Officer. Come to meet the crew? |
You Lot! Front and Center! Now! |
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| Still a bit of a mess in Sickbay, hardware-wise.
Everythin's functional, but we're still calibrating. But the Brig's all ready. |
Brig?
Oh, yeah. Medical deparment is responsible for
Security on this class ship. Helps if the inept guard is able to distinguish
between appendicitis and overacting.
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| S' anyway, I've got
two crewmen with bilogical ancestry, so they get a Free Pass on the Turing
Test... |
And two Medical Support
Robots that couldn't pass a Turing Test if you gave them the answers. |
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| MSRs? Weren't
they retired when the EMHs came out? |
Ever duck behind a
hologram when the bullets were flying? It has all the advantages of
cover except actual cover. |
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| Are they...armed? |
It's a special built
medical tricorder. |
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| Medical
tricorders with settings for Stun, Kill and Secure the Perimeter? |
They
do have security responsibilities, too. |
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| Medical
Chief Vark manages Sickbay, but has additional security training. |
And
Security Chief Fox runs the Brig when she isn't tramatizing patients in the
trauma center. |
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| Right.
You've seen The Man. You'll probably see him again when he gets
a chance to risk life and limb for the safety of the galaxy. Back to
work. |
So,
Captain, should a doctor try to fix everything that's wrong in a patient,
or it is better to just assist the body's natural healing process? |
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| I,
um, that would depend on... |
And
what are the three benchmarks of health common to almost all humanoid
life forms? |
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| Life,
liberty, happiness? |
And
what are the key contraindications against the use of Pegnaflourazine? |
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| First
I'd check the shelf life... |
So,
Captain, as the guy that sits in the big chair, one might assume that you've
got a handle on how to drive the ship, how to talk to robots, and when to
use phrases like "life...but not as we know it?" |
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Ah.
You're trying to make the point that I don't really have the expertise
to micromanage in Sickbay? Hoping I'll recognize my limitations and
leave you to minister to the lame, sick and halt without jostling your elbow
or anything? |
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| Well,
if the gravity boot fits.. |
Bullpucky. |
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|
I'm
the commanding officer of the ship. I'm responsible for the actions
of anyone under my command. I may not know if you should use the #3
or #5 scalpel, but I need to be kept aprised of your progress and certain
decisions which have extra-operating room repercusions are mostly going to
be mine to make. Capice? |
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| Um,
Kappitch. |
Captain,
if you're through calibrating the Doctor, Admiral Tower's shuttle is arriving,
with our last expected crewmen. |
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| Alright,
let's have all hands muster on the Shuttle deck. |
