Lento Opu

Good...

*suddenly her monitor started beeping again*

No! She's gone into damn cardiac arrest!!

Okay...I need as much of a genetic makeup of the virus as possible! Which means we'll need a sample...

Good...try to keep her stable!

Indeed...So let's try and identify this so we can cure her!

We've got a heartbeat! Faint...but its there!

Damnit! Cordrazine! Now!

Yes...hopefully...

Yes...Anyway, I recommend getting her in for a full evaluation...

Come on! Come on!

That's impossible! Okay...We need to give her a nerve stimulant...if its Fostossa its burning her nerve endings in her body as we speak...

Damn! Is it Fostossa?

I see...my grandmother was very much the same way...

*he raced in*

I was summoned by Doctor Bashir! What is her status?

Sounds like a very stubborn woman...

Well then, I recommend you submit her to intensive check-ups to make sure she isn't.

Yes and I hope it does...all I'm saying is that this particular strain could have...some sort of a delayed reaction built into its code...to affect the host...later on...

Not that I know of...Fostossa is usually a degenerative condition that can only be halted by a cure such as in Captain Kira's case, but since this is a new strain I wonder if there might be other side effects that haven't presented themselves yet.

Oh...further degenerative muscle conditions...internal organ failure...could be anything...

Yes, I'd recommend it...

Yes...still its amazing how intricate it is...if it is designed it must have taken years to perfect...I would recommend regular check-ups for your captain to monitor for any other side effects that might show up in the future, with something like this...you can never know...

I see...its almost like someone designed it to so that even if it could be cured it would cause a maximum amount of damage to her body and nervous system before being cured...

Hmm...Yes, its definitely been modified...with several different proteins added to the strain, and not just the one that is based on the Captain's DNA, this one here is similar to a Cardassian disease that causes paralysis and this one causes degenerative eyesight problems...

Understandable...She's lucky to be alive....My father wasn't so lucky. Okay, let's have a look here...

Yes, but a hundred times more deadly...

Damn...Well, I suppose its lucky that's all that ended up paralysed, during the epidemic, some of those who were lucky to survive (if you could say they were) found themselves paralysed from the neck down in some cases...

Damn! A strain of Fostossa could cripple this planet, how is Captain Kira, I hope she is alright? Could I look at the data? I need to assess the threat of this virus...

Ah, I'm Lento Opu, you might have heard of me, I am Bajor's foremost authority on plagues and viruses and I heard you had a case of the Fostossa virus here...a modified strain and I was sent here by the First Minister to make sure that another epidemic doesn't break out...

*arrives on Deep Space 9 on the transport from Bajor and heads for the infirmary to meet with @drjulianbashir.bsky.social *

Hello, is Dr. Bashir in...?