bowlofspinach says:
"Under other circumstances, I would remove myself from duty, but I don't think we have that luxury right now. Lt. Comm. Bruce was the one who sent the message. She sent me some excuse but I haven't listened to it yet. It took all I had to just confine her to her quarters for now instead of blowing her out of an airlock. We're in a crisis situation and if I take myself off duty, the only Lt. Comm. left on board and the next in line for First Officer would be Dr. Zlam. I think we both now why that would not be a good idea."Cass says.
"For what it's worth, I think Lt. Comm. Bruce was worried that things were going to escalate to open combat before we had a chance to offer the parasite aliens an artificial body prototype. What she did was still unconscionable, but I doubt that hurting you was actually her intention." And that was the extent of damage control she had time to do on that front.
"Doctor Zlam has a ridiculous-looking anti-infection suit that will allow me to move around the ship. I'll be on the bridge as soon as I can get into it." She ends the comm chat and Marbo helps her into the suit. While they are doing that, she sends Kendall a comm to tell her she is back in command and that she'd let her know what was going on when she had a better understanding of that herself.
"Marbo, that prototype that Moira brought in earlier? I know you were super-focused on building this suit, but I think you need to install the pirate parasite into that prototype right now. If this can be a viable solution to their needs, it changes the nature of our negotiations substantially. Make getting the parasite into that artificial body your top priority. And thanks for the suit!" She gives him a thumbs-up as she leaves the infirmary and heads straight to Moira's quarters. Nodding to the rather astonished security officer posted outside, she rings the chime and calls out,
"Moira, it's Cass. I need to talk to you about your prototype. Let me in."
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