Our Last, Best Hope - Part Two

Posted on Mon Jan 31st, 2022 @ 5:03am by Lieutenant Kadian Paris & Post Captain Heris Dvald

Mission: Mission 114: Be All My Sins Remember'd
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 1710Hrs - October 27th, 2393

Captain Heris Dvald accepted the PADD from the much younger woman before her. "Lieutenant, you and all of your teammates are to be commended for your efforts on this cure. But still... We do have the concern to address, we need to demonstrate that this cure works... We need a Halanan we can use it on." the small Bolian female let out a soft sigh. "I don't think we have any..."

"We do." Paris slowly grinned, as she regarded the taller Bolian female before her. "Commodore Korelii McKnight. She is a full-blooded Halanan and shes the full sibling of Captain Torilla Yamaguchi... But she's not compatible with Torilla's cure... Also, as luck would have it... The Hermes is in the dock for resupply and a weeks leave."

"This is almost too good to be true," Dvald answered. "What do you need of me?" as she looked down at Paris, Dvald was almost six feet tall, and she knew what was coming but he wanted to be sure of what she was being asked.

"We need someone to contact the Captain and ask her to participate with this untested cure..." Paris answered softly. "I expect this will cause issues... I don't have the authority to go seek her out... Could you do it?"

"Yeah, leave this with me..." Dvald answered. "I'll need the information fo the cure in case she has questions for me."

"I anticipated your response. That PADD has all of the information you could want... The cure, its side effects, and what Commodore McKnight will need to do to counter the issues she'll face. Mostly what you'd expect, dry mouth, headaches, and sleeplessness will be her large main issues..." Paris explained with a soft sigh. "We had a few DNA samples from her and from others who donated..." she paused. "But we need to test this on a real Halanan. Captain Yamaguchi and her kin do not count, they have already been cured thanks to Captain Lasky." the shorter human-looking female let out a soft sigh.

"I had a thought about that." Dvald paused. "I will go and see Commodore McKnight and ask her to participate myself."

"Thank you, Doctor," Paris answered.

"Alright. I'm going to take five minutes and read this and then I'll go track her down." Dvald paused. "My husband will be displeased with me..." she added.

"Do I dare ask?" Paris inquired, as she considered exactly what the Bolian before her was talking about.

"No, nothing overly serious..." Dvald answered. "He is taking the kids camping... and he wanted me present to see them off..." she explained. "Don't worry, it's not anything stupid like him wanting my body," Dvald answered. "Anyway, you'd best get going... You guys have all sunk in a stupid amount of hours on this process... Go take the evening off, take tomorrow off as well." she smiled. "Tell everyone else to do the same..."

"Thank you, Doctor. I will... But only if... the cure actually does what we think it'll do." Paris answered.

"Your devotion to your work is commendable Kadian..." the tall Bolian female answered. "Hopefully the Commodore will assist us... and I'm off to go track her down." and with that, she rose to her feet as Dvald donned the blue medical jacket she always wore, her uniform was a tad snug against her skin and it tended to not hide much, not like her smaller sibling who was the base Executive officer who was also heavily pregnant.

Paris knew the meeting was over. "I'll tell everyone to take the evening off... There is no sense in taking a reward if we failed."

"Fair enough." and with that, Dvald departed her office which had the side effect of terminating the meeting. She knew that Doctor Paris was being herself but some would see it as an issue as Kadian was also a stubborn woman. Dvald moved to the front desk. "M'raaww... A moment please?"

"Of course Doctor, what can I do for you?" the younger Caitian female answered, as she directed her orange eyes at the tall Boilian female.

"I'm looking for some information... More specifically, the location of Commodore Korelii McKnight..."

"Mrrrr..." The Caitian female purred softly as she went about carrying out Doctor Dvald's request. "Let me check... Mmmrr... It says she's located in the Hermes sickbay... for a routine check."

Dvald narrowed her eyes. "I'll bet... Thanks, Mraaww... You've been very helpful... Now I need to go and save her life..." and with that, Dvald departed sickbay as she headed for the nearest transporter room, reaching her destination a few minutes later, she proceeded to board the USS Hermes.

"Can I direct you anywhere Doctor?" the transporter chief asked of the tall Bolian female after he had granted her request to come aboard.

"I'm heading to your sickbay. I have a matter to sort out there." Dvald answered with a gentle smile. She knew what this was about as he was going to inform her and then inform security that a high ranking visitor was aboard the ship, she did not mind any of these things in the slightest.

"Of course Doctor. Thanks." The Chief answered with a cheery smile. Dvald departed the transporter room as she set out for her next and final destination, she hoped to be bringing these guys some good news.