[Chief Medical Officer's Office - SB 234: UNITY]
Rojac strode briskly into the infirmary and quickly looked
around. He had hurried to Security once he had heard the
news. Jardan was already on the case, leading a team of
officers on a deck by deck sweep, under the orders of the
station's security chief. After Rojac had reviewed the data
on the isolinear rod that the teams had recovered, he
pocketed it and made his way to the infrimary, where the
Commander had been sent.
He spotted a stressed Commander Summers on her way to her
office.
"Commander, do you have a minute?" He asked as he approached
her.
Rangi had recieved news of Ricks admission to the infirmary
from Scott who was on duty when the CEO had arrived. The
news was sketchy to say the least and a number of tests were
already taking place. Intent on seeing Rick and assessing
his condition herself, she paused her fast walk as a worried
looking Rojac came into view.
"Yes ofcourse." she replied.
"In your office please." He said, and followed her in. He
waited for the door to shut behind him before turning around
and pressing the button that frosted the glass for privacy.
He produced the isolinear rod from his pocket when he turned
around and handed it to her. "You need to see this."
" Do I? " she asked, wishing he wouldnt delay her but
accepting the rod just the same. She didnt see a reason for
him to hand her such a thing but judging by his expression
it was serious information indeed. " What is it?" she asked
warily.
"It was found next to Rick's body when the crewman
discovered him." Rojac said from behind the chair. "It
documents the procedure that was performed on him in lurid
detail. I thought it might help in his treatment."
Rangi stared at Rojac, taking in what he said. " Who did it"
she asked "..I mean..why?" Both her tone and expression
showed that it was beyond her to think that Ricks condition
was inflicted deliberately.
Rojac sighed. "That's still under investigation, Commander.
And due to this beaing a breach of station security,
information is being held on a need-to-know basis. I'm
afraid I'm not at liberty to share the complete details." He
grabbed the back of the chair in front of him. "What I can
say, is that whoever did it knew what they were doing. And
they had been planning it for quite some time."
Rangi shook her head. "It's unbelievable." she said quietly
then looking at him asked " You think it's a Romulan act?
Why would they choose Rodgers of all people?"
"We can't tie it to the Romulans." Rojac replied flatly.
"But it still may still be a possibility." He neglected to
include the information that a scheduled shuttle had
diverted from it's projected flight path to the Omega system
and had taken a trajectory toward the Neutral Zone. When the
USS Valiant intercepted it, its crew was already gone and
its memory core was already wiped.
"I've had preliminary reports on his condition." she said
"...although that might answer alot of the questions we
have." she said looking at the rod and placing it on her
desk.
"He is as a baby with the capabilities of a three months
old. He is totally reliant on us for care." She shook her
head as she added:"I'm sorry Captain but I just cant
get to grips with what you're telling me. We thought it was
some neurological condition....but someone aboard this base
has done it."
"Someone that was aboard this base, it would appear." Rojac
said, looking up from the floor. "But that's beside the
matter, Commander. That part is in someone else's hands. We
need you to try and see if the information on that rod can
help get him back to normal."
"It will be the priority ofcourse." she replied glancing at
the object.
Rojac looked nervously at his chronometer. "I need to go,
Commander. The Commodore would be expecting a report."
"I'll keep you updated with our findings." she told him.
"Thankyou Captain."
