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It was 0317 when the cargo ship formerly called the Arethusa but now designated QXJldGh1c2E= hailed Sanctuary station. Sanctuary's docking AI transmitted a request for information a fraction of a second later. QXJldGh1c2E= replied with its specs and clamp strength almost instantaneously, but it dithered a full second, an eternity in AI time, on how to number its crew complement. At the end of that interminable second it sent:

Crew in distress. Status uncertain.

Sanctuary's docking AI's response was also delayed almost a half a second as it transmitted the information to the higher-level AIs. At the end of several exchanges it was determined that the docking AI should send:

Hold for confirmation.

QXJldGh1c2E= paced its decks--or at least did the AI equivalent, flitting from one terminal to the next, into first one crew com badge and then another, and back. If it were an emotional being, which it primarily was not, it would call itself worried. In its non-emotional state, it simply expended every fraction of a second seeking data from its chassis and its crew.

After a discussion between the on-duty station personnel, it was decided that QXJldGh1c2E= should dock in one of the older sections of the station, where it would be greeted by the station police in Hazmat gear in case "uncertain" was code for hostile. The docking AI sent the berth assignment to QXJldGh1c2E= which quickly consulted the station schematics. It immediately returned a staccato burst of 0s and 1s expressing a request for confirmation.

Once confirmed, QXJldGh1c2E= maneuvered itself into the berth, with no help from its crew, but kept its docking bay sealed until station personnel arrived. At that point, control of the ship seemed to pass to Sanctuary AIs and station personnel, but QXJldGh1c2E= remained engaged and ready to intervene in their commands if they conflicted with its core priorities.

When requested to, QXJldGh1c2E= politely opened its docking bay and adjusted its interior conditions to Station-set optimums for multiple species. It followed the station personnel in their Hazmat gear through its hundreds of security cameras, recording their lifesigns and facial expressions as they registered the havoc within. To the last genderfluid member of the crew, they were strewn about the ship. Some had appendages turned at unnatural angles. Others were splattered with life fluids, their own or their nearest neighbor's. A few had been ripped apart, most showed exterior trauma, but a very small number didn't appear to have been touched at all. The only thing the bodies had in common was that not a single one survived attempts to revive them.

[OOC: Locked to the people tagged in the subject line. If you missed the plot call and would like your character to investigate during this post, contact Allie. I will be making several TL dividers, to mark the passage of time. Please see them for where to tag in. Ship specs are here.]

Date: 2016-07-14 05:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] scienceleads
"Kate Stewart," she replied, finishing with what she was looking at before turning to face him with a smile. After half an hour looking around, she was no further forward than she had been. "You are here to try and figure out what happened here as well?"

Date: 2016-07-18 10:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wgraham

Will nodded, moving to stand at Kate's side.

"I am," he answered her question, glancing down the corridors but not able to see much in the low lighting. "I'm an adjunct to the local police force," he explained. "In training to become a detective. I have a lot of experience with law enforcement, profiling and forensics, but not a lot where it comes to aliens."

Date: 2016-07-21 08:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] scienceleads
"Ah that's where my experience comes in," Kate admitted with a smile. "I lead a team who specialise in this kind of thing, so it's not unusual to run across things like this. Well. It's more unusual from a space station, I'll admit that."

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