October 8, 2025 • 43 mins
A disturbing discovery in the barn has terrifying consequences for our heroes. Doctor Waynewright drops a bombshell on the Atlas team, The mysterious Mr. Gable, who provided Bass’ Father-in-law and boss, US Marshal Godwin with information on the Tesla Journal and government interest in the station, contacts Bass directly.
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Two priests decided they needed a break, so they booked a vacation to sunny Hawaii. Wanting to fully relax and go incognito, they made a pact: no collars, no black suits, nothing that screams "clergy."
As soon as they landed, they hit a local shop and stocked up on the wildest tourist gear they could find — think neon shirts, loud floral shorts, flip-flops, oversized sunglasses, and straw hats. They looked like walking postcards.
The next morning, they strolled down to the beach, drinks in hand, soaking up the sun and enjoying the freedom of anonymity.
That’s when a gorgeous blonde in a tiny bikini walked by, gave them a sweet smile, and said, “Good morning, Father. Good morning, Father.”
She nodded at each of them and kept walking, calm as can be. The priests stared at each other, stunned. How did she know?!
Determined to be unrecognizable, they doubled down. The next day, they returned to the store and bought even wilder outfits — mismatched patterns, tourist hats with dangling beads, socks with sandals — the works.
Feeling completely undercover, they headed back to the beach, confident no one would suspect a thing.
Right on cue, the same blonde appeared — this time in an even skimpier bikini. She walked right up, smiled again, and said,
“Good morning, Father. Good morning, Father.”
One of the priests jumped up.
“Alright, young lady — we give up. Yes, we’re priests. But how on earth did you know?”
She laughed, leaned in, and said, “Oh, come on, Father… it’s me — Sister Angela!”
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He didn't give you any idea at all.
Nothing just said grab you, grabyour socks and head over to the
barn immediately. Why socks?
I don't know. It's Zeke.
When he gets excited about anything, he just uses random
words out of place. You've known him longer than me,
Mr. Kelly. The hell took you 2 so long?
(01:16):
Didn't I say damn quick? Jeez, Mr. Station Manager.
Sorry we had all that Blizzard to wade through.
No, no. Yeah, I'm sorry, Lauren, man,
I'm really sorry. Just damn it, Zeke.
What happened? What's the matter?
Man, man, OK, it's see, it's like, OK, you are freaking me
(01:39):
out here, buddy. Just sit down, man.
Let's talk this through. Yeah.
All right. OK.
Y'all remember last month beforeyou headed out to Emory Station,
we had a meeting out here. Patrick had been updating the
wiring and was sleeping in the backroom for a few days.
Yeah, hard to forget that smell.Made me kind of lightheaded.
(02:01):
Yeah, right. OK, well, remember when we said
we had the other room that couldbe cleared out to make a second
room with the kitchenaire for the old pole would be?
Well, I figured since things were going fairly smoothly
recently, I'd head over there and start clearing some out.
I started moving old crates and boxes when I found one that
looked like them. Soft insulated cooler bags.
(02:22):
All right, go on. Well, the flat was open and I
looked in and to make sure it was empty and.
Yeah, it wasn't empty. What was inside of it?
I took a photo here before I walked the whole thing outside
and buried it. For safety.
I put a marker flag over it in the ice so we can find it again.
Uh oh. Yeah, yeah, Tommy.
(02:45):
Damn right. Oh, oh, you look here alone,
man. Uh oh.
Is this? Yep, that's a biological.
Has a warning sticker on the inside file within.
Notice how the contents lead dullo staying the inside of that
case. Also look at the label.
(03:06):
Beauregard Lowing Viral researchDepartment BSL Dash 3 Coccy.
Coccella Burnetti. June 1st, 1993.
Well, I think it's safe to say Coccella Burnetti isn't a
researcher's name. This bag was in the room behind
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where we have the bedroom set up.
Yeah. Damn.
Well, man, I'm so sorry. We're just excited to set this
place up for you that it just never occurred to us that we
should first check the rest of the joint out.
Stupid. I can't believe I did.
Zeke, come on, buddy. This isn't your fault.
It's it's isn't anyone's fault other than the moron from 1993.
(03:51):
We didn't secure samples properly.
OK, guys, let's let's take a fewbreaths here.
Logic this out. Holy moly.
Is it even safe to breathe in here anymore?
Miss Thomas? I don't think it's necessary for
you to breathe through your handlike that and cover your mouth.
Guys. Seriously.
OK, The picture says a sample was out here in 93.
What is that, like 30 years ago?The vial is broken.
(04:15):
The bottom of the cooler or bag or whatever this is is stained.
Frozen liquids don't tend to stain.
So when the exposure occurred long before the station was shut
down in the early, what, 2000s? She's been exposed to the air
all that time. It's constant below freezing
temps. We may not have anything to
worry about here. I don't know, Deputy Marshall.
(04:37):
I think we might need. We will, Mr. Kelly, We will.
First, let's take this photo andshow it to Doctor Tim's.
If she doesn't know what cohorts, whatever it is, she can
look it up and tell us if there's any reason to worry.
And if there is, how much work. Yeah, I think I'm with Tommy on
(04:57):
this here, Beth. I need to think that the station
manager on this one, because I've got all these people I'm
looking over to take care of. I get that, buddy.
I swear I do. Look, let's look at the facts
first, though, OK? That bag with the vial has been
sitting here at least since 98, maybe all the way back as 93.
Even if it's airborne and we've been infected, which I'm not
(05:22):
saying we are, then we've been exposed to it for over 3 months
now since we first started usingthe barn.
We've been back and forth from the main station to hear from
the main station, the external science buildings.
If if there is contamination potential it may have already
spread station wide. Are you trying to help this
(05:44):
situation lawman? Or try to give me high blood
pressure? My point is, if it got out,
isolation of the nine people who've been in the barn wouldn't
matter. We're all stuck here in Munson
Scott until October and the summer season anyway.
De facto quarantine. Before we get too far ahead of
ourselves, let's just go talk toDoctor Temps.
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Not to alarm you, Deputy Marshall, but hasn't Doctor
Jennings been under the weather several times recently?
Yeah, you're correct, Mr. Kelly.She has been.
But again, we don't know what the symptoms were supposed to be
on the lookout for. So let's get more information,
(06:27):
understand what this is and whatwe should do, what to look out
for, how to deal with it. Then we'll be in a better place.
Doctor Tim's go. Ahead, Marshall, Just finishing
up my eggs and potatoes. Doctor Zeke and I need to chat
(06:49):
with you privately. We're in one of the exterior
buildings, but we're heading back 15 minutes.
There's a bit of. Worry in your voice there,
Marshall? All right, lads, We'll have a
chat in my office once you're back.
I'll see you then, yeah. Recording stopped.
(07:12):
Sweet suffering Jesus, what in the name of all that's holy made
you think that was a grand idea?Doctor, it's not like he knew
that it was I. Don't remember asking you a
single thing, Marshall. You'll get your turn, I promise.
Now out with that, Ezekiel. You'll see a vial with BSL 3
Biosafety Level 3 on it and you stick your nose in the case.
(07:33):
I didn't know it was going to beinside.
Oh, that scary looking forked tongues making a circle on the
yellow background didn't give mea clue, you twit.
OK, now to be fair the one on the outside of the bag was
facing away from me. Wasn't until I opened the top
that I saw the one inside. Besides, who puts contaminants
inside of a food storage area? Suppose I shouldn't even be
asking you boys what you were doing inside that old pole,
(07:55):
anyway. Something to do with where
Frederick sneaks off to every sooften.
Making some booze, are we? It's it's complicated, Doctor.
Fine, fine. Keep your secrets if you must.
In any case, I've heard of this disease years before.
It's also known as Q fever. It's a logical based and can be
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passed to humans through dried animal fluids, birth products,
urine, feces or milk which becomes aerosolized and inhaled.
That's how we think we got it, Doc, by inhaling the air in the
room next to where the open container was.
But if I remember correctly, human to human transmission is
almost yes. As I thought, human to human
(08:37):
transmission is exceedingly rare, and when it does occur,
it's through blood transfusion, sexual contact, close intimate
exchanges, that sort of thing. So then if we do have it.
The chances you brought it back are as close to 0 as they can
get. Only exception would be if
you're having relations with anybody on station.
Like Kendra and I or Mr. Ferguson and.
(08:59):
You boys, you boys. So then what I'm hearing is that
we have less to worry about thanwe thought when we first walked
in. It's not all smooth sailing
lads. I'm going to want to run a full
panel of blood tests on each earI.
Hate needles? Oh, what, you cop on Ezekiel?
I'll be sticking a tiny needle in your arm, not hacking it off
(09:21):
with a butter knife. OK, so the nine people you
listed off that are part of yourLittle Hallions group, anybody
have unusual symptoms? Symptoms like fatigue, nausea,
vomiting, dizziness or Lightheadedness, Blood pressure
issues or muscle aches, joint pain.
But look you 2 are passing each other tells me that's an eye.
(09:42):
So who will we be starting with?Kendra, has every symptom you
just described made you level with me, Doctor Thames?
Is this thing curable? It is if any of you turn out to
have it, the test should say if it's acute or vaultachronic.
If it's mild or moderate, I'll have you on an antibiotic like
doxycycline for a couple weeks and you'll be right as rain.
(10:04):
If it's taken hold and progressed, it's still
treatable, but with some concerns to the heart valves or
liver. Let's just see what the tests
come back with before we start prescribing treatment.
Marshall, I'm assuming since youdidn't want me to talk about
this in the open, you also want me to be discreet with blood
tests? Yes, probably for the best.
Yeah, Doc. Why am I not surprised?
All right, we'll start with Kendra, then one of you 2
(10:27):
buffoons can explain to her why she needs to come in and I'll
start blood draws, serology processing, CBC and liver
function tests and throw in the PCR testing sense.
You're ruining my day because it's just me doing the draws and
testing. This will take about a day for
each person tested. I understand.
Thank you, Doctor. Very much.
We'll do everything we can, Marshall.
Don't go worrying too much now. Working even better than any of
(10:52):
our previous forecast models were predicting.
I know Doctor Wainwright that the loss of time from having to
ensure the station didn't break up going through the bulk wasn't
planned. However, to call events for a
failure would be a massive disservice.
I must admit, leery as I may have been at first, this latest
data is turned out to be a wonderful surprise.
(11:13):
You say this is the third verified signal recording, the
3rd. At this point I am more than
confident. Insane.
Unless there are unforeseen external environmental factors
introduced. The ability to fully track the
station. Is more than confirmed.
Oh indeed, indeed he do. With this new information, the
new information attracting the unique gravimetric resonance
(11:35):
frequency from the beacon signature against the local Bane
background, we can monitor the stage and monitor it as it moves
within the null space. And it's Bane, not the Batman
villain, superimposing the intersection points and time
with our reality. This is just wonderful news to
Prendis, in fact. So when she reappears in a year,
we can have a strike force armedand ready to secure the station.
(11:57):
Was a bit surprised to see that recommendation to Beauregard
Lowing in the Defense Intelligence Agency coming from
you. Wainwright.
Do you honestly believe it's going to be necessary to take
such drastic and direct steps? I mean, Emory is there.
Oh, don't go getting all soft onus now love.
Remember that Marlowe and its mates have now bullocks things
up not once but twice on that station, interfering in
(12:19):
classified government operationsand jeopardizing national
security. Don't forget saving your life,
most likely the rest of ours as well, from stopping you during
your psychotic episode. His uninvited and constant
presence no doubt amplifying theeffects of the background.
I'm sure had he not buggered hisway out of station without an
invite, my reaction most likely would have only been mild
(12:41):
irritation and not as pronounced.
Oh, tail as old as time, snuck up from behind and sedated by a
man with a ventriloquist Dolly. I mean, we've all been there,
right? Right.
Actually, the best line they'd ever had.
Be that as it may, I must agree with Doctor Lorenz.
(13:01):
Let's not be too hasty with Mr. Waters.
His familiarity with the stationand the artificial intelligence
may be a valuable commodity. He'll never betray the station
or Kylie and willingly share data with us.
I think the situation isn't as complicated as you believe,
Doctor. I was waiting until we could all
be present and gathered togetherto share this little tidbit.
(13:24):
I implanted the malware virus while on station.
You did what? Well, don't everybody rush to
thank me all at once. You mean it was deployed after
all? I was to be consulted before
before that plan was implemented.
And if it had been me who initiated the plan, I would
(13:45):
have. Nobody could have predicted what
was going to happen. Dellum made a split second call,
but how did you get access get past the AI Trollope?
When beacon three went down, hadto be wiped and the software
reinitialized, I was the only one left in the room.
Doctor Dauber had left previously and Jocelyn stormed
off to find the intruder, leaving behind her bag with the
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virus on the cell phone. I have been given the basic
access rights to upload the beacon and tie its systems in
with the other 3. When I was given that access, I
uploaded it and it was successful.
Oh yeah, that's successful. Wait, what are we talking about
now? I still think this is an overly
aggressive direction. I'm sorry, I thought the goal of
(14:30):
this entire project was not simply locate and secure the
station to make sure that we have it the security of the
country. Removing the firewall that AI
represents and is in our way is a problem.
I just introduced the solution to that problem and you all want
to criticize me. That doesn't make any.
Sense I for one thing, you did abang up job, stepped up when I
(14:53):
was incapacitated. Nevertheless, what has been done
is done. I need to notify Beauregard
Lowing once we're concluded here.
We'll need to ensure plans goingforward to take this factor into
consideration. Your plans to storm the
battlements and secure the castle with the strike team you
(15:14):
proposed? Nothing like securing the
station for five days with a team of grunts with twitchy
trigger fingers and brutish demeanors.
No offense, agent. Oh, I don't just plan to secure
the castle for five days, Doctor.
My proposal is to continue and coordinate Project Atlas in
conjunction with the team here at the Monts and Scott from
within the Canadian station. Myself and two teams of
(15:36):
specialists will be attending Event 5, where we will take up
permanent residence until the station can be stabilized.
Wait, what? Oh, I love a good plot twist
almost as much as I love a cinnamon twist, you know what I
mean? No sugar recording started.
OK, Thank you everybody for showing up quickly.
(15:59):
And I assure you all wouldn't behere right now if this wasn't
important. Like why are we inside the
computer aquarium and not the barn?
Wow. Look at all electronic
doohickeys. These are the things that helped
us get to the moon in 69. A 69, Nice one, blue guy, you
know what I'm saying? Come on now y'all, this here is
(16:21):
serious. Need y'all to listen up?
Now look, First off I need to say how sorry I am.
There was man. There's no easy way to say this.
Zeke was cleaning up inside the rooms behind the barn and found
a viral infectious agent from 1990. 3.
(16:42):
What my mom always said, don't sugarcoat issues, just spill the
news and you don't. Have to pay for cavities.
Later. Thanks, Tommy.
Oh my. Wait, are you guys being serious
right now? OK.
What kind of infection are we talking about?
Is it like like the cow? Does the station have the right
medicine? It's not the cow, Mr. Ferguson.
(17:02):
Look, everyone, please. We'll tell you everything we
know and what the next steps should be.
Is this, is this why I've been so sick?
We think so. Maybe.
Look, this is what we know. Earlier today, Zeke was clean up
the storage room behind where the bed space in the barn sits
was going to make it ready for another possible usable birth.
(17:23):
Anyway, there was a collapsible foam insulated cooler and inside
that cooler was a lab vial from 1993.
It had been damaged and leaked contents out into the bag.
That bag was sitting there in that room since the 90's.
The old pole was set down until today when I found it.
I took it, walked it out about 200 feet and buried that
(17:43):
container in the ice, marked it and called Tommy the lawman.
We immediately went to Doctor Tim's.
With pictures of the vials. We could figure out what it was,
and according to her, it's called Q fever, a virus that
will make us omnipotent. Like Q from Star Trek?
No. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
If this gal can take out little Fred, we got to do something
like now, guy. What?
No, he said. Omnipotent.
(18:06):
Ah no, no, ain't nothing nippingmy tip bro.
Gal does that to you, you know. Well, you all.
Shut the fuck up and let him talk.
Hey doc, it's going to be OK. How can you possibly know that?
Look, everyone, I know I'm the newest kid in the club here, but
(18:27):
maybe we should let the fellas get out the whole story, tell us
everything about what Catherine told them, and then we can ask
questions once we have that fullstory.
Would that be OK? Makes sense to me.
Yeah, same here. Oh, go ahead, Bass.
You were saying cute fever, right?
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Thanks, Sid. So based on the scientific name
of the vial, she said it was also known as Q fever, that it
comes from farm animals, livestock and effects human from
the excrement that dries and it spreads through the air.
It's not fatal, extremely easy to cure if we have it with the
medicine she has on station. And it's only serious if the
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exposure was extreme or goes untreated for too long.
So like even if we have it, we take two Advil and then just get
on with our bad selves. What are the symptoms of the
virus? It was muscle and joint pain,
general low energy, light headed, feeling sick and
vomiting. The ones I remember.
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She wants us all to come in for blood testing.
Even though this virus can't really be spread person to
person, we want to avoid a station panic.
So we're going to go in one at atime, and Doctor Tim's run a
series of tests on each of us. We'll start with anybody who's
exhibiting any of the symptoms Ilisted or if you have any other
concerns like low immune system.Well, I know I've had all of
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those and then some sense we've been using the barn.
So sorry about that Cameron. I should have searched things
more fully before started using it.
I can't fix what's already happened, but I sure as hell
make sure there ain't nothing else nasty in there.
I hope you can forgive me. It's not your fault, Zeke.
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You had no way of knowing. Nobody would suspect a highly
dangerous virus would be left inthe open in a highly public
place in 1993. You did nothing that needs
forgiving. Anybody else have symptoms?
I'm fine as a fiddle G man. I don't have the same guts and
gizzards I had before becoming apuppet.
Pretty sure I'm Asus like. What about the big guy?
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Hey hey hey German mountain Hi y'all chilling?
The pluck is all good, hop head never get sick or takes on the
chin. All the same I'll have the Moshe
check in with the Patti Croker and get the old Hi Hatty Ho.
Maybe have a take a look at the old war going downstairs while
I'm at it. Oh now I ain't never fought no
(20:57):
puppy before, but you trying that furry stuff on my girl
gorilla? A No gorilla behind you.
We're going to have words, you know what I'm saying?
Am I the only one curious why a Monson Scott was starring
dangerous biological vial agentsback in the 90s?
The only one alarmed at the carelessness and disregard of
how samples were handled. It's top of my mind Sydney,
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trust me. If we're going to keep using the
barn, we'll need to do a complete search of the other
rooms to ensure no mortal surprises.
We don't have biohazard suits. Or tie back gear.
The closest thing we would have is.
Fire gear and respirators that we'll have to do.
Then let's figure out the order of blood testing, tell Doctor
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Timms and then Mr. Ferguson I can gear up and do a full search
the rest of the barn building. I tell you right now, boyo, I
better not get no gout, you knowwhat I'm saying?
I'm. Going to go walk kinda over the
clinic and get her started with blood work for the blood testing
or just put me last. Last one I have to meet, got it.
Honey, I appreciate the offer, but I want to go by myself.
I'm OK, sort of. You sure?
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I'm sure. All right, all right.
I'll come see you later tonight after Mr. Fergus and I are done
with the barn. Recording stopped Tuesday, May
2nd, 2023. It's 1340 hours.
Supervisory Deputy US Marshall Bass Marlowe.
(22:28):
During routine activities here on station, a discarded vial of
what later turned out to be a contagious viral agent was
discovered. The vial label and site
decommission date indicate contamination began 1520 years
ago. Despite extreme environmental
conditions, which may mitigate exposure, we are treating the
sample seriously with research. Our doctors found that while
(22:49):
dangerous, it's not easily passed human to human and
thankfully there is a cure. The nine of us who are
potentially exposed are submitting for blood testing,
starting with Kendra, who has shown symptoms known to be
caused by the virus, for keepingthis potential exposure
contained within just our group,and Doctor Timms avoiding a
potential scare of the rest of the station.
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Because of this, Doctor Timms will be conducting all the blood
pathology herself, which will take approximately 12 hours per
person for the test to fully have results.
She can run some tests in parallel, however, this will
take about a week to fully test everybody.
I'm worried about Kendra. I mean, not just about the
potential exposure, but between this, the stress of her new
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position, late nights preparing for the Senate confirmation
hearing, she looks worn out, tired, and this health scare is
the last thing she needed. Any of us need it, really.
Next item? My nomination has been formally
been forwarded to the Senate fora full vote scheduled for a few
(23:53):
weeks from now. That is the last hurdle before
being fully sworn in as AUS Marshall.
Not getting my hopes up. A few weeks here is like a few
years anyplace else and a lot can happen.
As expected, the President's chief of staff and his office
have distanced themselves, not out of concern for appearances,
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but because they failed to discredit me.
And now I see the railroading for what it is.
If I thought I was getting immediate interest from the
Dreammax drug interdiction, now it's 10 times the requests.
Zeke suggests that I actually take up a few media requests for
interviews and all. Right, like, that's what I need.
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More people trying to pick apartmy words, twist them into
something else entirely. I told Zeke I'd like to think
about it, but honestly, what's the upside?
I give an interview and suddenlyI'm either the poster boy for
justice or the villain in some political hit piece.
No thank you. I got enough on my plate.
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I'm getting a few emails in fromSenate staffers on how events
will unfold. If I'm fully approved, obviously
I won't be able to travel to Washington to formally be sworn
in. I can't get my badge and
credentials except through the mail, and even then only once
the summer season arrives. Plus I'll need to start
selecting some staff that I can assign to.
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Supervisor Deputy Marshall Bass Marlow speaking.
Marshall, Marlow Or have I leapttoo far ahead of the promotion
schedule? Deputy Marshall would be
preferred. I'm sorry, may I ask who this
is? I'm responding to that charming
little breadcrumb you left in the Poughkeepsie Journal.
To be candid, I wasn't entirely convinced it was you until I
(25:48):
heard your voice. Very distinctive.
Marshall Goodwin, God rest him, assured me you'd come knocking
him if his tenure ended prematurely, shall we say.
Mr. Gable. Just Gable Wolf, too.
Titles are such cumbersome little things, don't you think?
Oh, and congratulations are in order.
(26:10):
That performance at a judiciary hearing.
Are you pure wet around Hawks and his collection of misfits?
Positively balletic. I didn't think you'd actually we
should be calling it. I have so many questions.
We'll need to be brief. I think this is a reconnaissance
of sorts. I need to know just how porous
(26:33):
our line really is down there onthe eyes.
So why don't we dispense with the niceties?
And you ask me the one question that is keeping.
You awake at. Night.
Who killed Charlie and Jenna Goodwin?
The. Whispers I still hear drifting
around Langley on the Pentagon. First suspect our dear Jocelyn
follower Dia. An obvious guess, Which is
(26:53):
precisely why I dismissed it. Jocelyn, bless her, a
PrettyLittleThing isn't built for this sort of intimacy, we
say. No, No, the fingerprints were
far more subtle. I traced to the Ministry of
State Security Beijing's long arm and their handiwork was
unmistakable. Same elegant little signatures
(27:14):
they left behind in Taiwan. Australia approved,
incidentally, by Chang Wanjing himself, who was promptly
rewarded with promotion by President Xi Charming.
Isn't it murder as a career advancement?
So was the Chinese government that killed him and Janet.
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Yes. If intelligence knows this, then
what are they doing about? It officially the American
response has been studied Silence.
Unofficially, President Campbellhas found it terribly useful for
burnishing his isolationist credentials.
Meanwhile, shadow players have been feasting on the fallout.
(27:58):
The unfortunate vice president of Beauregard, Lawrence,
suddenly revealed as a traitor. My evidence so conveniently
discovered his mind has been gift draft.
Let me guess by DARPA? Oh.
Deputy to impress me, Yes. DARPA indeed.
Avery Maddox #2 in the building,but number one in ambition, I'd
(28:22):
wager. My last class of Chateau Margot,
he arranged that little framing exercise.
Speaking of which, Monsieur, come on.
Peace. Divorce, mercy.
Madeline Dantes, Dr. Wainwright's predecessor and
director of research and development, military
technologies, now chief of operations inside of BOLO.
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Which tells me Goodwin did pass along the materials I entrusted
to him. Wonderful.
Saves me the tedium of exciting years worth of unpleasant
revelations. What is it you're after?
Gable, I'll give all that information to Chuck.
Why reach out to me after I sentthat information to Poughkeepsie
Journal? What's your goal in all of this?
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What do I want, my dear man? I'm astonished you even have to
ask. I want the edifice to crumble
the Bolo Empire, Tarpis, more unsavory Cabal's, and the
corrupt factions in Washington who treat the Constitution like
a cocktail napkin. That's why I carry the charm and
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distinction of shoot on site order.
Too many secrets, too many truths, and they fear what I'll
do with them and their right to.Section 3093 is a shoot on site.
Order, Deputy, Continue to exceed my expectations.
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Section 3093. Indeed.
Yes. But alas, I must cut the short
turtle. Delightful rendezvous here.
I need to see whether anyone else's eavesdropping on this
intimate technique tech before Irisk another.
That's a bit presumptive. How can you be sure?
I'll reach out again. Oh, you.
Call again and you need Tesla's journal desperately.
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Without. It the likes of Dante's and
Maddox will have free reign and his feet would have it.
I know it's still down there somewhere in that frozen expanse
of Antarctica. So I should use the same method
next time to contact you, no? No, next time use legal notice
using the words Lyon County School District Lyon with AY,
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mind you. Set the question deadline to
April first. Provide the number of the
Marshall's desk in New York. That'll be enough for me.
One last thing. Go ahead.
Since your triumphant judiciary hearing, your name has become
something of a shiny bobble within the intelligence
community. Twice as bright, but twice as
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tempting. You do know the phrase head on a
swivel? Religiously.
Wonderful, make it your daily prayer.
Until next time, Deputy. I don't have enough on my plate
already. I'm telling you, my boys have
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been more itchy than. Normal since this afternoon.
When you said? We were exposed.
Well, what? If this cute crap makes me like.
Important or whatnot. That's important.
Itchy testicles and impotence wasn't even symptoms of the
virus. You're fine, Mr. Ferguson.
It's all in your head. Just keep.
Focused here. OK, we're almost done.
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Oh. Man, I got the gout, man, I can
feel. It.
I know it. What if little Freddy can't
salute no more? You know what?
I'm saying you'll be fine. When do you go in for testing?
Catherine has. Me in the day after tomorrow.
After Christie Good, I don't have to hear about you
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misrepresenting what gout is anymore after that.
Is that box clear? Yeah, yes.
Nothing but nerd. Stuff.
Paper bag, garbage scribbles. What the hell is even algebra?
Documents. Files.
Looks like some lab. Tools, various items, nothing
hazardous. What's always bothered me is
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that the old. Pole structure.
Was said to have been fully dismantled and taken off the
station right as the new stationwas being opened.
Hey, don't look at me, boss. I've only been down here a year
longer than you. I mean, yeah, a small handful of
us knew she was still out here, but until your little secret.
Club was formed. Nobody gave 2 shits.
About this place, it's always. Been off limits just like my
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pool after Labor Day last. Box.
OK. We have packaging materials,
Bluetooth device disconnected. Looks like whatever the bag was
that Zeke found, it was the onlyvial of nasty stuff.
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Yeah, Even so, unless you all find out the world is ending
maybe a while before I want to come on back out here, you know
I don't need no sores of the gout on Little Freddy.
Mr. Ferguson, your grasp of the here and now is perplexing to
say the hey, check that out. What, we we suit him back up?
Man, I just took this freaking thing off.
Man, no, no, no, not that nothing bad look.
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Look at the artwork on the wall.It's a frame chart or no?
It's a map. No, it's, it's 2 maps side by
side. The left is obviously a Munson
Scott region. There's us, the new station, the
arches. Here's where the Dome was and
where we are now. The dark sector, clear sector
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goes out beyond Espresso, 8 kilometres and and even further.
They jotted down land features, existing crevasses, points of
interest. Oh shit, look, geology, What a
thrill boss. Can we go now?
Do I got to pretend I'm in the freaking map club still?
The other side, well, it's absolutely McMurdo well mud town
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back over 10 years ago, but it has the same general area around
all whoa. I wish you'd stop getting
surprised over there, boss, you're making me antsy.
No. Look, both of these are signed
and dated. By whom, I'm guessing is the
person who drew them. S Luke Kasich, January 2008.
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OK, it's is he like the Steve Jobs, a map drawing or
something? No.
Think back, Mr. Ferguson, from the files my father-in-law left
me about Tesla's journal. S Luke Kasich, Doctor Steven
Lukasik, the last person we knowhad their journals in his hands.
January 2008, the month the new station was dedicated.
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This can't be a coincidence. This has to be why the old pole
was left partially standing so somebody would find this.
Hey, help me out here. I'm moving this thing back into
our barn area. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Give me a second here, boss. My lights flickering.
You know, I think this lighting may have the gout too.
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So now my light is acting up. Let's get this thing down and
head back. Rodney.
First. Oh yeah boy, I've been waiting
for this moment. It's payback time.
You suck a punching, fruit pie loving dead guy.
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Fred No. But I won't be the last.
You will suffer, Doctor. Rodney, can you understand me?
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I ain't afraid. No ghost man, not even one who
punches like a girl, float like a Bruin, sting like my fist.
Seriously, Mr. Ferguson, Doctor Rodney's vengeful spirit appears
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and you want to slug him for payback?
Him being murdered wasn't enough.
Hey, it's not my fault he got all corpsified.
Punk ass died before I got my due.
I still owe him a punch to the face now.
We had beef before he got ganged.
We still got beef after. I'm getting my payback, you know
what I'm saying? Just help me bring this frame
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down to the barn. I'm going to study it more.
Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. I'm coming.
Hey boss, do you think one of them science dogs down there
knows how to like, punch a ghostright in the see true balls?
I don't just. We'll figure that out later, Mr.
Ferguson. Just grab the other side,
please. God damn right.
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We're going to figure that out later.
Yes son. Little punk better start trans
little ghost ass off now becausenext time I see him I'm going to
break my foot off and inspect the sphincter, OK?
Just pivot to the left there. Punch him right in the
poltergeist, Pekka. Watch your right.
Speed bag that little boogeyman Ballberg so hard.
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But that we'll deal with this together and it's important to
remember what Doctor Temps told us it's curable even if any of
us did contract it. I know all that sweetie, I just
want to start feeling better regardless of how it happens.
If that's what the antibiotic she has, then so be it.
I've been on pins and needles yesterday since she started
testing. Evening all is Doctor Timms in.
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She should be in her office. Thank you.
Come in, Doctor Timms. Come in, Doctor Jennings.
Oh, he brought the Deputy Marshall with you.
Well, you 2 come on inside and have a seat.
Please tell me the news is all good.
The news is inconclusive for themoment.
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What? I don't to understand.
I ran the PCR test myself and the first one came back negative
for Cocciola Bernetti, but only one of the three markers could
be found. IS1111 COM 1 and ICD.
Your first Test came back with only the ICD present.
If it had been any of the other two, I'd be confident you had
the virus. Those two are unique to Q fever.
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ICD is simply an additional confirmatory marker.
It's common with bacterial infections such as E coli or
salmonella. I wanted to make sure it wasn't
cross contamination of the bloodor equipment, so I started the
sample early for Thomas. His test came back negative for
any of the markers so I could rule that out.
I ran a second test with the sample of Kendra's blood I had
leftover and stored. This time it came back with
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clear ICD as the first Test, butthis time I saw extremely weak
results in the IS 11:11. So again, and to put it into the
deputies lingo, Q fever is a subject of interest, but it's
not a strong suspect yet. So what do we do now?
Deputy Kendra is the patient at the moment.
I need to be addressing her, notyou.
I know your heart is in the right place lad, but please cork
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your hole for now Kendra. So we've run a third test.
My first thought was to go aheadand get you on the Dockley
cycling now until I'm more confident.
I don't want to be putting you on more antibiotics if there
isn't a bacteria to fight. That would just be a bad idea
all around and a waste of our resources.
The decision is up to you, but what I'd recommend is doing a
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full physical exam including another round of testing.
Yes, because of the 1st 2 results.
I'd normally suggest we do an IFA after but we're not set up
for that here. What's IFA?
Indirect immunofluorescence to say it's a gold standard.
The Cadillac of blood testing. It is also the most definitive
test. That would absolutely tell us
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one way or the other. Unfortunately, this facility
doesn't have the right equipment.
What we can do, and the equipment I do have, is a high
res digital fluorescent microscope.
With another sample I can capture and transmit the image
of the results. We'd need to set up familiar and
trained technicians to handle and analyze the images and data
transmitted or it's known as telepathology.
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I'd also have to get Mr. Bustamante to fully dedicate a
Passover of Lifeline 8 satelliteto this test.
Satellite 8 has the slowest passand longest data transmission of
four hours home. Need every bit of that.
How long will it take to have all this set up and get the
results back? We can start the exam right now,
do all the blood testing and panel screens.
Today. I'll need to call into the NSF
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to find and arrange a qualified technician who can be on standby
to perform the testing. Normally this would take two to
three weeks to arrange, but withthe NSF we should be able to cut
that time down to a week, maybe 5 days. 5 days.
Given where we are and the limitations on getting here, I
think you'd be thanking your lucky stars that it's only 5
days. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Doctor. You're right, Kendra.
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Let's get started. I'll take you over to exam one,
Deputy. You'll excuse us, won't you?
Of course, Meet you in the galley afterwards, sweetheart.
Bass. Yes.
I love you. I love you too, sweetheart, but
let's keep positive thoughts here, OK?
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He didn't give you any idea at all.
Nothing just said grab you, grabyour socks and head over to the
barn immediately. Why socks?
I don't know. It's Zeke.
When he gets excited about anything, he just uses random
words out of place. You've known him longer than me,
Mr. Kelly. The hell took you 2 so long?
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Didn't I say damn quick? Jeez, Mr. Station Manager.
Sorry we had all that Blizzard to wade through.
No, no. Yeah, I'm sorry, Lauren, man,
I'm really sorry. Just damn it, Zeke.
What happened? What's the matter?
Man, man, OK, it's see, it's like, OK, you are freaking me
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out here, buddy. Just sit down, man.
Let's talk this through. Yeah.
All right. OK.
Y'all remember last month beforeyou headed out to Emory Station,
we had a meeting out here. Patrick had been updating the
wiring and was sleeping in the backroom for a few days.
Yeah, hard to forget that smell.Made me kind of lightheaded.
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Yeah, right. OK, well, remember when we said
we had the other room that couldbe cleared out to make a second
room with the kitchenaire for the old pole would be?
Well, I figured since things were going fairly smoothly
recently, I'd head over there and start clearing some out.
I started moving old crates and boxes when I found one that
looked like them. Soft insulated cooler bags.
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All right, go on. Well, the flat was open and I
looked in and to make sure it was empty and.
Yeah, it wasn't empty. What was inside of it?
I took a photo here before I walked the whole thing outside
and buried it. For safety.
I put a marker flag over it in the ice so we can find it again.
Uh oh. Yeah, yeah, Tommy.
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Damn right. Oh, oh, you look here alone,
man. Uh oh.
Is this? Yep, that's a biological.
Has a warning sticker on the inside file within.
Notice how the contents lead dullo staying the inside of that
case. Also look at the label.
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Beauregard Lowing Viral researchDepartment BSL Dash 3 Coccy.
Coccella Burnetti. June 1st, 1993.
Well, I think it's safe to say Coccella Burnetti isn't a
researcher's name. This bag was in the room behind
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where we have the bedroom set up.
Yeah. Damn.
Well, man, I'm so sorry. We're just excited to set this
place up for you that it just never occurred to us that we
should first check the rest of the joint out.
Stupid. I can't believe I did.
Zeke, come on, buddy. This isn't your fault.
It's it's isn't anyone's fault other than the moron from 1993.
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We didn't secure samples properly.
OK, guys, let's let's take a fewbreaths here.
Logic this out. Holy moly.
Is it even safe to breathe in here anymore?
Miss Thomas? I don't think it's necessary for
you to breathe through your handlike that and cover your mouth.
Guys. Seriously.
OK, The picture says a sample was out here in 93.
What is that, like 30 years ago?The vial is broken.
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The bottom of the cooler or bag or whatever this is is stained.
Frozen liquids don't tend to stain.
So when the exposure occurred long before the station was shut
down in the early, what, 2000s? She's been exposed to the air
all that time. It's constant below freezing
temps. We may not have anything to
worry about here. I don't know, Deputy Marshall.
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I think we might need. We will, Mr. Kelly, We will.
First, let's take this photo andshow it to Doctor Tim's.
If she doesn't know what cohorts, whatever it is, she can
look it up and tell us if there's any reason to worry.
And if there is, how much work. Yeah, I think I'm with Tommy on
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this here, Beth. I need to think that the station
manager on this one, because I've got all these people I'm
looking over to take care of. I get that, buddy.
I swear I do. Look, let's look at the facts
first, though, OK? That bag with the vial has been
sitting here at least since 98, maybe all the way back as 93.
Even if it's airborne and we've been infected, which I'm not
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saying we are, then we've been exposed to it for over 3 months
now since we first started usingthe barn.
We've been back and forth from the main station to hear from
the main station, the external science buildings.
If if there is contamination potential it may have already
spread station wide. Are you trying to help this
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situation lawman? Or try to give me high blood
pressure? My point is, if it got out,
isolation of the nine people who've been in the barn wouldn't
matter. We're all stuck here in Munson
Scott until October and the summer season anyway.
De facto quarantine. Before we get too far ahead of
ourselves, let's just go talk toDoctor Temps.
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Not to alarm you, Deputy Marshall, but hasn't Doctor
Jennings been under the weather several times recently?
Yeah, you're correct, Mr. Kelly.She has been.
But again, we don't know what the symptoms were supposed to be
on the lookout for. So let's get more information,
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understand what this is and whatwe should do, what to look out
for, how to deal with it. Then we'll be in a better place.
Doctor Tim's go. Ahead, Marshall, Just finishing
up my eggs and potatoes. Doctor Zeke and I need to chat
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with you privately. We're in one of the exterior
buildings, but we're heading back 15 minutes.
There's a bit of. Worry in your voice there,
Marshall? All right, lads, We'll have a
chat in my office once you're back.
I'll see you then, yeah. Recording stopped.
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Sweet suffering Jesus, what in the name of all that's holy made
you think that was a grand idea?Doctor, it's not like he knew
that it was I. Don't remember asking you a
single thing, Marshall. You'll get your turn, I promise.
Now out with that, Ezekiel. You'll see a vial with BSL 3
Biosafety Level 3 on it and you stick your nose in the case.
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I didn't know it was going to beinside.
Oh, that scary looking forked tongues making a circle on the
yellow background didn't give mea clue, you twit.
OK, now to be fair the one on the outside of the bag was
facing away from me. Wasn't until I opened the top
that I saw the one inside. Besides, who puts contaminants
inside of a food storage area? Suppose I shouldn't even be
asking you boys what you were doing inside that old pole,
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anyway. Something to do with where
Frederick sneaks off to every sooften.
Making some booze, are we? It's it's complicated, Doctor.
Fine, fine. Keep your secrets if you must.
In any case, I've heard of this disease years before.
It's also known as Q fever. It's a logical based and can be
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passed to humans through dried animal fluids, birth products,
urine, feces or milk which becomes aerosolized and inhaled.
That's how we think we got it, Doc, by inhaling the air in the
room next to where the open container was.
But if I remember correctly, human to human transmission is
almost yes. As I thought, human to human
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transmission is exceedingly rare, and when it does occur,
it's through blood transfusion, sexual contact, close intimate
exchanges, that sort of thing. So then if we do have it.
The chances you brought it back are as close to 0 as they can
get. Only exception would be if
you're having relations with anybody on station.
Like Kendra and I or Mr. Ferguson and.
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You boys, you boys. So then what I'm hearing is that
we have less to worry about thanwe thought when we first walked
in. It's not all smooth sailing
lads. I'm going to want to run a full
panel of blood tests on each earI.
Hate needles? Oh, what, you cop on Ezekiel?
I'll be sticking a tiny needle in your arm, not hacking it off
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with a butter knife. OK, so the nine people you
listed off that are part of yourLittle Hallions group, anybody
have unusual symptoms? Symptoms like fatigue, nausea,
vomiting, dizziness or Lightheadedness, Blood pressure
issues or muscle aches, joint pain.
But look you 2 are passing each other tells me that's an eye.
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So who will we be starting with?Kendra, has every symptom you
just described made you level with me, Doctor Thames?
Is this thing curable? It is if any of you turn out to
have it, the test should say if it's acute or vaultachronic.
If it's mild or moderate, I'll have you on an antibiotic like
doxycycline for a couple weeks and you'll be right as rain.
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If it's taken hold and progressed, it's still
treatable, but with some concerns to the heart valves or
liver. Let's just see what the tests
come back with before we start prescribing treatment.
Marshall, I'm assuming since youdidn't want me to talk about
this in the open, you also want me to be discreet with blood
tests? Yes, probably for the best.
Yeah, Doc. Why am I not surprised?
All right, we'll start with Kendra, then one of you 2
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buffoons can explain to her why she needs to come in and I'll
start blood draws, serology processing, CBC and liver
function tests and throw in the PCR testing sense.
You're ruining my day because it's just me doing the draws and
testing. This will take about a day for
each person tested. I understand.
Thank you, Doctor. Very much.
We'll do everything we can, Marshall.
Don't go worrying too much now. Working even better than any of
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our previous forecast models were predicting.
I know Doctor Wainwright that the loss of time from having to
ensure the station didn't break up going through the bulk wasn't
planned. However, to call events for a
failure would be a massive disservice.
I must admit, leery as I may have been at first, this latest
data is turned out to be a wonderful surprise.
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You say this is the third verified signal recording, the
3rd. At this point I am more than
confident. Insane.
Unless there are unforeseen external environmental factors
introduced. The ability to fully track the
station. Is more than confirmed.
Oh indeed, indeed he do. With this new information, the
new information attracting the unique gravimetric resonance
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frequency from the beacon signature against the local Bane
background, we can monitor the stage and monitor it as it moves
within the null space. And it's Bane, not the Batman
villain, superimposing the intersection points and time
with our reality. This is just wonderful news to
Prendis, in fact. So when she reappears in a year,
we can have a strike force armedand ready to secure the station.
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Was a bit surprised to see that recommendation to Beauregard
Lowing in the Defense Intelligence Agency coming from
you. Wainwright.
Do you honestly believe it's going to be necessary to take
such drastic and direct steps? I mean, Emory is there.
Oh, don't go getting all soft onus now love.
Remember that Marlowe and its mates have now bullocks things
up not once but twice on that station, interfering in
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classified government operationsand jeopardizing national
security. Don't forget saving your life,
most likely the rest of ours as well, from stopping you during
your psychotic episode. His uninvited and constant
presence no doubt amplifying theeffects of the background.
I'm sure had he not buggered hisway out of station without an
invite, my reaction most likely would have only been mild
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irritation and not as pronounced.
Oh, tail as old as time, snuck up from behind and sedated by a
man with a ventriloquist Dolly. I mean, we've all been there,
right? Right.
Actually, the best line they'd ever had.
Be that as it may, I must agree with Doctor Lorenz.
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Let's not be too hasty with Mr. Waters.
His familiarity with the stationand the artificial intelligence
may be a valuable commodity. He'll never betray the station
or Kylie and willingly share data with us.
I think the situation isn't as complicated as you believe,
Doctor. I was waiting until we could all
be present and gathered togetherto share this little tidbit.
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I implanted the malware virus while on station.
You did what? Well, don't everybody rush to
thank me all at once. You mean it was deployed after
all? I was to be consulted before
before that plan was implemented.
And if it had been me who initiated the plan, I would
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have. Nobody could have predicted what
was going to happen. Dellum made a split second call,
but how did you get access get past the AI Trollope?
When beacon three went down, hadto be wiped and the software
reinitialized, I was the only one left in the room.
Doctor Dauber had left previously and Jocelyn stormed
off to find the intruder, leaving behind her bag with the
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virus on the cell phone. I have been given the basic
access rights to upload the beacon and tie its systems in
with the other 3. When I was given that access, I
uploaded it and it was successful.
Oh yeah, that's successful. Wait, what are we talking about
now? I still think this is an overly
aggressive direction. I'm sorry, I thought the goal of
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this entire project was not simply locate and secure the
station to make sure that we have it the security of the
country. Removing the firewall that AI
represents and is in our way is a problem.
I just introduced the solution to that problem and you all want
to criticize me. That doesn't make any.
Sense I for one thing, you did abang up job, stepped up when I
(14:53):
was incapacitated. Nevertheless, what has been done
is done. I need to notify Beauregard
Lowing once we're concluded here.
We'll need to ensure plans goingforward to take this factor into
consideration. Your plans to storm the
battlements and secure the castle with the strike team you
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proposed? Nothing like securing the
station for five days with a team of grunts with twitchy
trigger fingers and brutish demeanors.
No offense, agent. Oh, I don't just plan to secure
the castle for five days, Doctor.
My proposal is to continue and coordinate Project Atlas in
conjunction with the team here at the Monts and Scott from
within the Canadian station. Myself and two teams of
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specialists will be attending Event 5, where we will take up
permanent residence until the station can be stabilized.
Wait, what? Oh, I love a good plot twist
almost as much as I love a cinnamon twist, you know what I
mean? No sugar recording started.
OK, Thank you everybody for showing up quickly.
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And I assure you all wouldn't behere right now if this wasn't
important. Like why are we inside the
computer aquarium and not the barn?
Wow. Look at all electronic
doohickeys. These are the things that helped
us get to the moon in 69. A 69, Nice one, blue guy, you
know what I'm saying? Come on now y'all, this here is
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serious. Need y'all to listen up?
Now look, First off I need to say how sorry I am.
There was man. There's no easy way to say this.
Zeke was cleaning up inside the rooms behind the barn and found
a viral infectious agent from 1990. 3.
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What my mom always said, don't sugarcoat issues, just spill the
news and you don't. Have to pay for cavities.
Later. Thanks, Tommy.
Oh my. Wait, are you guys being serious
right now? OK.
What kind of infection are we talking about?
Is it like like the cow? Does the station have the right
medicine? It's not the cow, Mr. Ferguson.
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Look, everyone, please. We'll tell you everything we
know and what the next steps should be.
Is this, is this why I've been so sick?
We think so. Maybe.
Look, this is what we know. Earlier today, Zeke was clean up
the storage room behind where the bed space in the barn sits
was going to make it ready for another possible usable birth.
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Anyway, there was a collapsible foam insulated cooler and inside
that cooler was a lab vial from 1993.
It had been damaged and leaked contents out into the bag.
That bag was sitting there in that room since the 90's.
The old pole was set down until today when I found it.
I took it, walked it out about 200 feet and buried that
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container in the ice, marked it and called Tommy the lawman.
We immediately went to Doctor Tim's.
With pictures of the vials. We could figure out what it was,
and according to her, it's called Q fever, a virus that
will make us omnipotent. Like Q from Star Trek?
No. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
If this gal can take out little Fred, we got to do something
like now, guy. What?
No, he said. Omnipotent.
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Ah no, no, ain't nothing nippingmy tip bro.
Gal does that to you, you know. Well, you all.
Shut the fuck up and let him talk.
Hey doc, it's going to be OK. How can you possibly know that?
Look, everyone, I know I'm the newest kid in the club here, but
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maybe we should let the fellas get out the whole story, tell us
everything about what Catherine told them, and then we can ask
questions once we have that fullstory.
Would that be OK? Makes sense to me.
Yeah, same here. Oh, go ahead, Bass.
You were saying cute fever, right?
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Thanks, Sid. So based on the scientific name
of the vial, she said it was also known as Q fever, that it
comes from farm animals, livestock and effects human from
the excrement that dries and it spreads through the air.
It's not fatal, extremely easy to cure if we have it with the
medicine she has on station. And it's only serious if the
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exposure was extreme or goes untreated for too long.
So like even if we have it, we take two Advil and then just get
on with our bad selves. What are the symptoms of the
virus? It was muscle and joint pain,
general low energy, light headed, feeling sick and
vomiting. The ones I remember.
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She wants us all to come in for blood testing.
Even though this virus can't really be spread person to
person, we want to avoid a station panic.
So we're going to go in one at atime, and Doctor Tim's run a
series of tests on each of us. We'll start with anybody who's
exhibiting any of the symptoms Ilisted or if you have any other
concerns like low immune system.Well, I know I've had all of
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those and then some sense we've been using the barn.
So sorry about that Cameron. I should have searched things
more fully before started using it.
I can't fix what's already happened, but I sure as hell
make sure there ain't nothing else nasty in there.
I hope you can forgive me. It's not your fault, Zeke.
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You had no way of knowing. Nobody would suspect a highly
dangerous virus would be left inthe open in a highly public
place in 1993. You did nothing that needs
forgiving. Anybody else have symptoms?
I'm fine as a fiddle G man. I don't have the same guts and
gizzards I had before becoming apuppet.
Pretty sure I'm Asus like. What about the big guy?
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Hey hey hey German mountain Hi y'all chilling?
The pluck is all good, hop head never get sick or takes on the
chin. All the same I'll have the Moshe
check in with the Patti Croker and get the old Hi Hatty Ho.
Maybe have a take a look at the old war going downstairs while
I'm at it. Oh now I ain't never fought no
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puppy before, but you trying that furry stuff on my girl
gorilla? A No gorilla behind you.
We're going to have words, you know what I'm saying?
Am I the only one curious why a Monson Scott was starring
dangerous biological vial agentsback in the 90s?
The only one alarmed at the carelessness and disregard of
how samples were handled. It's top of my mind Sydney,
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trust me. If we're going to keep using the
barn, we'll need to do a complete search of the other
rooms to ensure no mortal surprises.
We don't have biohazard suits. Or tie back gear.
The closest thing we would have is.
Fire gear and respirators that we'll have to do.
Then let's figure out the order of blood testing, tell Doctor
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Timms and then Mr. Ferguson I can gear up and do a full search
the rest of the barn building. I tell you right now, boyo, I
better not get no gout, you knowwhat I'm saying?
I'm. Going to go walk kinda over the
clinic and get her started with blood work for the blood testing
or just put me last. Last one I have to meet, got it.
Honey, I appreciate the offer, but I want to go by myself.
I'm OK, sort of. You sure?
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I'm sure. All right, all right.
I'll come see you later tonight after Mr. Fergus and I are done
with the barn. Recording stopped Tuesday, May
2nd, 2023. It's 1340 hours.
Supervisory Deputy US Marshall Bass Marlowe.
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During routine activities here on station, a discarded vial of
what later turned out to be a contagious viral agent was
discovered. The vial label and site
decommission date indicate contamination began 1520 years
ago. Despite extreme environmental
conditions, which may mitigate exposure, we are treating the
sample seriously with research. Our doctors found that while
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dangerous, it's not easily passed human to human and
thankfully there is a cure. The nine of us who are
potentially exposed are submitting for blood testing,
starting with Kendra, who has shown symptoms known to be
caused by the virus, for keepingthis potential exposure
contained within just our group,and Doctor Timms avoiding a
potential scare of the rest of the station.
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Because of this, Doctor Timms will be conducting all the blood
pathology herself, which will take approximately 12 hours per
person for the test to fully have results.
She can run some tests in parallel, however, this will
take about a week to fully test everybody.
I'm worried about Kendra. I mean, not just about the
potential exposure, but between this, the stress of her new
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position, late nights preparing for the Senate confirmation
hearing, she looks worn out, tired, and this health scare is
the last thing she needed. Any of us need it, really.
Next item? My nomination has been formally
been forwarded to the Senate fora full vote scheduled for a few
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weeks from now. That is the last hurdle before
being fully sworn in as AUS Marshall.
Not getting my hopes up. A few weeks here is like a few
years anyplace else and a lot can happen.
As expected, the President's chief of staff and his office
have distanced themselves, not out of concern for appearances,
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but because they failed to discredit me.
And now I see the railroading for what it is.
If I thought I was getting immediate interest from the
Dreammax drug interdiction, now it's 10 times the requests.
Zeke suggests that I actually take up a few media requests for
interviews and all. Right, like, that's what I need.
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More people trying to pick apartmy words, twist them into
something else entirely. I told Zeke I'd like to think
about it, but honestly, what's the upside?
I give an interview and suddenlyI'm either the poster boy for
justice or the villain in some political hit piece.
No thank you. I got enough on my plate.
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I'm getting a few emails in fromSenate staffers on how events
will unfold. If I'm fully approved, obviously
I won't be able to travel to Washington to formally be sworn
in. I can't get my badge and
credentials except through the mail, and even then only once
the summer season arrives. Plus I'll need to start
selecting some staff that I can assign to.
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Supervisor Deputy Marshall Bass Marlow speaking.
Marshall, Marlow Or have I leapttoo far ahead of the promotion
schedule? Deputy Marshall would be
preferred. I'm sorry, may I ask who this
is? I'm responding to that charming
little breadcrumb you left in the Poughkeepsie Journal.
To be candid, I wasn't entirely convinced it was you until I
(25:48):
heard your voice. Very distinctive.
Marshall Goodwin, God rest him, assured me you'd come knocking
him if his tenure ended prematurely, shall we say.
Mr. Gable. Just Gable Wolf, too.
Titles are such cumbersome little things, don't you think?
Oh, and congratulations are in order.
(26:10):
That performance at a judiciary hearing.
Are you pure wet around Hawks and his collection of misfits?
Positively balletic. I didn't think you'd actually we
should be calling it. I have so many questions.
We'll need to be brief. I think this is a reconnaissance
of sorts. I need to know just how porous
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our line really is down there onthe eyes.
So why don't we dispense with the niceties?
And you ask me the one question that is keeping.
You awake at. Night.
Who killed Charlie and Jenna Goodwin?
The. Whispers I still hear drifting
around Langley on the Pentagon. First suspect our dear Jocelyn
follower Dia. An obvious guess, Which is
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precisely why I dismissed it. Jocelyn, bless her, a
PrettyLittleThing isn't built for this sort of intimacy, we
say. No, No, the fingerprints were
far more subtle. I traced to the Ministry of
State Security Beijing's long arm and their handiwork was
unmistakable. Same elegant little signatures
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they left behind in Taiwan. Australia approved,
incidentally, by Chang Wanjing himself, who was promptly
rewarded with promotion by President Xi Charming.
Isn't it murder as a career advancement?
So was the Chinese government that killed him and Janet.
(27:35):
Yes. If intelligence knows this, then
what are they doing about? It officially the American
response has been studied Silence.
Unofficially, President Campbellhas found it terribly useful for
burnishing his isolationist credentials.
Meanwhile, shadow players have been feasting on the fallout.
(27:58):
The unfortunate vice president of Beauregard, Lawrence,
suddenly revealed as a traitor. My evidence so conveniently
discovered his mind has been gift draft.
Let me guess by DARPA? Oh.
Deputy to impress me, Yes. DARPA indeed.
Avery Maddox #2 in the building,but number one in ambition, I'd
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wager. My last class of Chateau Margot,
he arranged that little framing exercise.
Speaking of which, Monsieur, come on.
Peace. Divorce, mercy.
Madeline Dantes, Dr. Wainwright's predecessor and
director of research and development, military
technologies, now chief of operations inside of BOLO.
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Which tells me Goodwin did pass along the materials I entrusted
to him. Wonderful.
Saves me the tedium of exciting years worth of unpleasant
revelations. What is it you're after?
Gable, I'll give all that information to Chuck.
Why reach out to me after I sentthat information to Poughkeepsie
Journal? What's your goal in all of this?
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What do I want, my dear man? I'm astonished you even have to
ask. I want the edifice to crumble
the Bolo Empire, Tarpis, more unsavory Cabal's, and the
corrupt factions in Washington who treat the Constitution like
a cocktail napkin. That's why I carry the charm and
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distinction of shoot on site order.
Too many secrets, too many truths, and they fear what I'll
do with them and their right to.Section 3093 is a shoot on site.
Order, Deputy, Continue to exceed my expectations.
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Section 3093. Indeed.
Yes. But alas, I must cut the short
turtle. Delightful rendezvous here.
I need to see whether anyone else's eavesdropping on this
intimate technique tech before Irisk another.
That's a bit presumptive. How can you be sure?
I'll reach out again. Oh, you.
Call again and you need Tesla's journal desperately.
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Without. It the likes of Dante's and
Maddox will have free reign and his feet would have it.
I know it's still down there somewhere in that frozen expanse
of Antarctica. So I should use the same method
next time to contact you, no? No, next time use legal notice
using the words Lyon County School District Lyon with AY,
(30:32):
mind you. Set the question deadline to
April first. Provide the number of the
Marshall's desk in New York. That'll be enough for me.
One last thing. Go ahead.
Since your triumphant judiciary hearing, your name has become
something of a shiny bobble within the intelligence
community. Twice as bright, but twice as
(30:54):
tempting. You do know the phrase head on a
swivel? Religiously.
Wonderful, make it your daily prayer.
Until next time, Deputy. I don't have enough on my plate
already. I'm telling you, my boys have
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been more itchy than. Normal since this afternoon.
When you said? We were exposed.
Well, what? If this cute crap makes me like.
Important or whatnot. That's important.
Itchy testicles and impotence wasn't even symptoms of the
virus. You're fine, Mr. Ferguson.
It's all in your head. Just keep.
Focused here. OK, we're almost done.
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Oh. Man, I got the gout, man, I can
feel. It.
I know it. What if little Freddy can't
salute no more? You know what?
I'm saying you'll be fine. When do you go in for testing?
Catherine has. Me in the day after tomorrow.
After Christie Good, I don't have to hear about you
(32:00):
misrepresenting what gout is anymore after that.
Is that box clear? Yeah, yes.
Nothing but nerd. Stuff.
Paper bag, garbage scribbles. What the hell is even algebra?
Documents. Files.
Looks like some lab. Tools, various items, nothing
hazardous. What's always bothered me is
(32:23):
that the old. Pole structure.
Was said to have been fully dismantled and taken off the
station right as the new stationwas being opened.
Hey, don't look at me, boss. I've only been down here a year
longer than you. I mean, yeah, a small handful of
us knew she was still out here, but until your little secret.
Club was formed. Nobody gave 2 shits.
About this place, it's always. Been off limits just like my
(32:45):
pool after Labor Day last. Box.
OK. We have packaging materials,
Bluetooth device disconnected. Looks like whatever the bag was
that Zeke found, it was the onlyvial of nasty stuff.
(33:06):
Yeah, Even so, unless you all find out the world is ending
maybe a while before I want to come on back out here, you know
I don't need no sores of the gout on Little Freddy.
Mr. Ferguson, your grasp of the here and now is perplexing to
say the hey, check that out. What, we we suit him back up?
Man, I just took this freaking thing off.
Man, no, no, no, not that nothing bad look.
(33:28):
Look at the artwork on the wall.It's a frame chart or no?
It's a map. No, it's, it's 2 maps side by
side. The left is obviously a Munson
Scott region. There's us, the new station, the
arches. Here's where the Dome was and
where we are now. The dark sector, clear sector
(33:50):
goes out beyond Espresso, 8 kilometres and and even further.
They jotted down land features, existing crevasses, points of
interest. Oh shit, look, geology, What a
thrill boss. Can we go now?
Do I got to pretend I'm in the freaking map club still?
The other side, well, it's absolutely McMurdo well mud town
(34:13):
back over 10 years ago, but it has the same general area around
all whoa. I wish you'd stop getting
surprised over there, boss, you're making me antsy.
No. Look, both of these are signed
and dated. By whom, I'm guessing is the
person who drew them. S Luke Kasich, January 2008.
(34:33):
OK, it's is he like the Steve Jobs, a map drawing or
something? No.
Think back, Mr. Ferguson, from the files my father-in-law left
me about Tesla's journal. S Luke Kasich, Doctor Steven
Lukasik, the last person we knowhad their journals in his hands.
January 2008, the month the new station was dedicated.
(34:54):
This can't be a coincidence. This has to be why the old pole
was left partially standing so somebody would find this.
Hey, help me out here. I'm moving this thing back into
our barn area. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Give me a second here, boss. My lights flickering.
You know, I think this lighting may have the gout too.
(35:16):
So now my light is acting up. Let's get this thing down and
head back. Rodney.
First. Oh yeah boy, I've been waiting
for this moment. It's payback time.
You suck a punching, fruit pie loving dead guy.
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Fred No. But I won't be the last.
You will suffer, Doctor. Rodney, can you understand me?
(36:04):
I ain't afraid. No ghost man, not even one who
punches like a girl, float like a Bruin, sting like my fist.
Seriously, Mr. Ferguson, Doctor Rodney's vengeful spirit appears
(36:26):
and you want to slug him for payback?
Him being murdered wasn't enough.
Hey, it's not my fault he got all corpsified.
Punk ass died before I got my due.
I still owe him a punch to the face now.
We had beef before he got ganged.
We still got beef after. I'm getting my payback, you know
what I'm saying? Just help me bring this frame
(36:48):
down to the barn. I'm going to study it more.
Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. I'm coming.
Hey boss, do you think one of them science dogs down there
knows how to like, punch a ghostright in the see true balls?
I don't just. We'll figure that out later, Mr.
Ferguson. Just grab the other side,
please. God damn right.
(37:09):
We're going to figure that out later.
Yes son. Little punk better start trans
little ghost ass off now becausenext time I see him I'm going to
break my foot off and inspect the sphincter, OK?
Just pivot to the left there. Punch him right in the
poltergeist, Pekka. Watch your right.
Speed bag that little boogeyman Ballberg so hard.
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But that we'll deal with this together and it's important to
remember what Doctor Temps told us it's curable even if any of
us did contract it. I know all that sweetie, I just
want to start feeling better regardless of how it happens.
If that's what the antibiotic she has, then so be it.
I've been on pins and needles yesterday since she started
testing. Evening all is Doctor Timms in.
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She should be in her office. Thank you.
Come in, Doctor Timms. Come in, Doctor Jennings.
Oh, he brought the Deputy Marshall with you.
Well, you 2 come on inside and have a seat.
Please tell me the news is all good.
The news is inconclusive for themoment.
(38:27):
What? I don't to understand.
I ran the PCR test myself and the first one came back negative
for Cocciola Bernetti, but only one of the three markers could
be found. IS1111 COM 1 and ICD.
Your first Test came back with only the ICD present.
If it had been any of the other two, I'd be confident you had
the virus. Those two are unique to Q fever.
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ICD is simply an additional confirmatory marker.
It's common with bacterial infections such as E coli or
salmonella. I wanted to make sure it wasn't
cross contamination of the bloodor equipment, so I started the
sample early for Thomas. His test came back negative for
any of the markers so I could rule that out.
I ran a second test with the sample of Kendra's blood I had
leftover and stored. This time it came back with
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clear ICD as the first Test, butthis time I saw extremely weak
results in the IS 11:11. So again, and to put it into the
deputies lingo, Q fever is a subject of interest, but it's
not a strong suspect yet. So what do we do now?
Deputy Kendra is the patient at the moment.
I need to be addressing her, notyou.
I know your heart is in the right place lad, but please cork
(39:34):
your hole for now Kendra. So we've run a third test.
My first thought was to go aheadand get you on the Dockley
cycling now until I'm more confident.
I don't want to be putting you on more antibiotics if there
isn't a bacteria to fight. That would just be a bad idea
all around and a waste of our resources.
The decision is up to you, but what I'd recommend is doing a
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full physical exam including another round of testing.
Yes, because of the 1st 2 results.
I'd normally suggest we do an IFA after but we're not set up
for that here. What's IFA?
Indirect immunofluorescence to say it's a gold standard.
The Cadillac of blood testing. It is also the most definitive
test. That would absolutely tell us
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one way or the other. Unfortunately, this facility
doesn't have the right equipment.
What we can do, and the equipment I do have, is a high
res digital fluorescent microscope.
With another sample I can capture and transmit the image
of the results. We'd need to set up familiar and
trained technicians to handle and analyze the images and data
transmitted or it's known as telepathology.
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I'd also have to get Mr. Bustamante to fully dedicate a
Passover of Lifeline 8 satelliteto this test.
Satellite 8 has the slowest passand longest data transmission of
four hours home. Need every bit of that.
How long will it take to have all this set up and get the
results back? We can start the exam right now,
do all the blood testing and panel screens.
Today. I'll need to call into the NSF
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to find and arrange a qualified technician who can be on standby
to perform the testing. Normally this would take two to
three weeks to arrange, but withthe NSF we should be able to cut
that time down to a week, maybe 5 days. 5 days.
Given where we are and the limitations on getting here, I
think you'd be thanking your lucky stars that it's only 5
days. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Doctor. You're right, Kendra.
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Let's get started. I'll take you over to exam one,
Deputy. You'll excuse us, won't you?
Of course, Meet you in the galley afterwards, sweetheart.
Bass. Yes.
I love you. I love you too, sweetheart, but
let's keep positive thoughts here, OK?
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