The Index Case

The Index Case was the first episode for the U.S.S. Baikonur. It was played on January 28, 2019.

The episode title is an epidemiological term meaning "the first documented patient in the onset of an epidemiological investigation, or more generally, the first case of a condition or syndrome to be described in the medical literature."

Introductory Captain's Log
We were meant to leave Deep Space Station NL-6 three days ago. We were meant to restock on supplies, get a few days of shore leave, and get on with our mission. Now, we’re trapped here by the quarantine, just like everyone else who had the bad luck to be here when the outbreak started. An unknown disease is sweeping through the station. The limited medical resources available here are being overwhelmed by the ever increasing number of sick and dying.

The situation is grim. Much of the station’s engineering and security staff have been incapacitated by illness, and it’s only a matter of time before the systems, both social and mechanical, that have kept this station functional begin to break down. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Keras Linn, has been working to identify the nature and cause of the disease. I fervently hope that Dr. Linn finds a solution before the situation spirals more deeply out of control...

Aftermath
Captain T'Pia was found comatose in her quarters the morning after mind meld with the pathogen. Evidently, it saw her vulcan mental defenses as a challenge and hoped to make an example of her for defying it.

Fleet Report
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