Across the Expanse: Day 68

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Day 68

Jim: I still don’t see why we had to get put into the system.

Amy: You mean you don’t want access to badass tech that can heal you?

Jim: Not too comfortable with getting put into a tank.

Amy: Claustrophobic?

Jim: No, not a fan feeling like a test subject is all.

Amy: That’s fair, plus those nanomachines…  felt kinda weird.

Jim: Eh, that part was kinda soothing.

Amy: Felt like a bunch of sand running over me. Good thing we didn’t have to get in naked, though I know you’re disappointed.

Jim: Please, if anything you’re the one missing out.

Amy: Oh really tough guy?

Jim: *Chuckles* Anyways, let's just check out this room shall we?

Amy: Yeah yeah… aaaaaand I have no clue what we’re looking at.

Wraith: The room you have entered is the science lab.

Jim: I can kinda see some “sciency” stuff here, what is this like a microscope or something?

Wraith: That is actually a Projector.

Jim: Ah.

Amy: Pft, don’t you look dumb.

Wraith: The Projector creates hard light constructs for use throughout the lab. Devices may range from simple scalpels to temporary replacement parts until repairs can be made.

Amy: Wait, so these new parts just...work?

Wraith: Correct.

Jim: How?

Wraith: The Projector weaves several types of Free Energy together to create a temporary replacement for normal parts. At most the hard light constructs can maintain their shape for a day or two, so unless proper repairs are made continuous parts must be generated.

Jim: Wait… Free Energy?

Wraith: Correct, energy that resides in the air or emitted from different source of energy.

Amy: So like radiation.

Wraith: In a way yes, though this vessel is capable of differentiating the different types of free energy and builds the appropriate constructs depending on the type of energy used. Mechanical parts like those you see in the science lab rely on constructs that blend simple hard light with electrical energy that is interweaved throughout the projection to make a functional replacement.

Jim: That sounds… pretty badass actually.

Amy: Yeah, the Faar’Shar really know their stuff.

Wraith: Would you like a demonstration?

Jim: Yeah but let's go with something simple, like a scalpel.

Wraith: Understood.

*Humming noise*

Scalpel projected.

Amy: Oh wow that’s awesome.

Jim: Yeah, how’d the weight?

Amy: That’s the strange thing, it’s light but not weightless, like there is some kind of weight there.

Jim: Huh, let me see… oh wow, this is cool.

Amy: Tell me about it, now let’s see what else we can make with this baby…

Jim: Mind telling me about this big tank in the middle of the room?

Wraith: That is a specimen pod. The large size was suited for a number of species the crew thought they would run into.

Jim: Is it only one tank?

Wraith: No, there are multiple pods available and can be switched at the interface.

Jim: Got it, do these function similar to the medipods in the medical bay?

Wraith: Similar, though the nanomachines here are designed for more analytical purposes rather than medical.

Amy: In what way? Usually those go hand in hand.

Wraith: Medipods in the Medical Bay operate on information that is already known. Specimen pods, however, are meant to figure out what is not known.

Amy: But we went under bioscans right? Couldn’t you just do that with every species?

Wraith: This vessel was already in possession of human data when you boarded, the bioscan was for your specific biological make up so treatment would be optimal in case any harm came upon you.

Jim: You already had data?

Wraith: Scouts were already sent ahead before Colonization began, it was essential for the Faar’Shar to have some semblance of an idea of what to expect.

Amy: Weren’t they in a rush though? Galaxy falling apart and all that?

Wraith: Colonization was always under consideration for the Faar’Shar, unfortunately after Andromeda's demise it became the only option.

Jim: I see, sounds like a rough deal.

Wraith: There were some emotional exchanges among the crew, yes.

Amy: That’s a nice way of putting it…

Wraith: Is there anything else you would like to know?

Jim: Yeah… what about this?

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