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Scope News: Numerous staff quarantined in space elevator in Muttokon.

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Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#1 - 2017-02-08 14:50:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Mizhara Del'thul
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MUTTOKON – Reports have reached the Scope confirming news that a number of employees of Freedom Extension have been placed in quarantine on board the orbital platform of a space elevator that services Muttokon II.

The platform, which is owned by Freedom Extension, is currently utilized to deliver construction supplies to the planet for both Urban Management and Six Kin Development, who are working in partnership to redevelop commercial districts in several cities on the planet.

While it is not yet known the nature of the incident that caused what has been referred to by the Republic Security Services as a “Class D Localized Containment Event”, the Scope can confirm from a source within the corporation that a total of sixty-seven members of Freedom Extension staff have been placed in full quarantine, along with an additional twelve individuals who were passing through the facility in transit.

At this stage, both the Republic Security Services and Freedom Extension have remained silent on the exact nature of the containment and what kind of outbreak may have triggered such a direct and rapid response, however it has been noted that over the course of the last two hours that a number of medical vessels belonging to the Republic Military have arrived on the scene in low orbit of the planet.

While the space elevator continues to operate at this stage with a heavy security cordon that prevents any access by press or visitors, reports indicate that the medical facility on board the orbital platform as well as several service decks have been completely sealed off.


Given the staggering amount of effective inoculation and medical treatment, this is an interesting level of protection set up. Implying a rather severe agent at play. Anyone have any more on this, given that it's rather difficult to aid or anything else given the lack of information available?

Edited to add: Having spent the last hour or so playing around with probes and scanners, there is nothing out of the ordinary in Muttokon. Some of the usual Angel sites, the usual few neutral explorers, that sort of thing. A bit of rogue drone infestation, but nothing beyond the normal scope of affairs. I wonder, just how much are they hiding from capsuleer eyes here? Since there's no active contract, I think I might as well curl up in the pod and watch this place from a deep safe for a while.
Jin'taan
Be Nice Inc.
Prismatic Legion
#2 - 2017-02-08 14:54:10 UTC
Perhaps it would be more wise to look at who may be aboard, or present in Muttokon itself? The pretense of a medical emergency to shut down transport is not a new tactic.
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#3 - 2017-02-08 15:03:10 UTC
Very true. I am currently in orbit around Muttokon II and can't find evidence of a quarantine, but that may very well be hidden by the same limitations that keep most civilian traffic off our sensors. I'll be dropping some probes and have a look around, but at a glance the system seems free of most activity other than some of the usual Angel operations.

I probably won't find anything of interest, but if I do I'll update.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#4 - 2017-02-08 15:12:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Aria Jenneth
Oh, gods, just please don't be the Koyonoke pathogen ... or anything the Drifters have cooked up ... or actually any biowarfare at all ...

Actually a nice false alarm would be good.

Edit:

Does anyone know whether "Class D" is up or down the scale from classes A, B, and C? Considering the news coverage I'm guessing "up," but ... does anyone know what the standards for each category actually are?
Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#5 - 2017-02-08 15:21:26 UTC
With the Guardian's Gala coming up, perhaps it's something to do with that. After all, Freedom Extension is courier company, from my understanding. Maybe they unintentionally got their hands on something that was meant for the Gala, or enemies of the Gala.

Given that Freedom Extension does hauling and courier services, there's no telling what they could have been exposed to. Perhaps shipping manifests should be investigated.

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Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#6 - 2017-02-08 15:22:16 UTC
As they didn't actually specify which standards they were using, it's hard to say. I'm not familiar with how the local standards in Molden Heath differ from others. Cluster-wide news mention would imply it's rather high. Still haven't found anything out of the ordinary in Muttokon, so it'd appear if this is severe, it has been removed from capsuleer sensor capabilities.

Which could of course be entirely reasonable, I know people who'd either blow the damn thing up or even intentionally spread whatever it is for a laugh.
Saya Ishikari
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#7 - 2017-02-08 16:02:37 UTC
It sounds like it's worth checking out the area, at the very least.

"At the end of it all, we have only what we've left in our wake to be remembered by." -Kyoko Ishikari, YC 95 - YC 117
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#8 - 2017-02-08 16:08:43 UTC
Been there for an hour. Nothing out of the ordinary on any sensor, probe or scanner. Being a bit of a backwater, I have no planetary contacts to draw upon either.
Hetu Hegirin
Doomheim
#9 - 2017-02-08 16:30:24 UTC
Let's just hope the FE techs have performed adequate maintenance on the remaining O2 ducts before the whole platform gets locked down. UM aren't in the market for material commodities, and while SKD construction bundles do include the necessary hazmats, my eye will be on the FE share price as this situation unfolds.

Wouldn't hurt having the service crews in our station offices step up their own exposure protocols since we are nearby.
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#10 - 2017-02-08 18:45:49 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Oh, gods, just please don't be the Koyonoke pathogen ...

One would hope that Republic authorities had the good sense to violently deorbit the elevator and its counterweight, glass the planet (or at least liberally deploy thermonuclear bombs), and maybe induce a supernova in the local star.

That's just sensible public policy.

"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#11 - 2017-02-08 19:02:30 UTC
Doctor Valate
Delve Medical Services
#12 - 2017-02-08 19:43:04 UTC
With a bit of luck, it's just something like an outbreak of the Debylian Flu.

Maybe this will make a few station operators take biosecurity a bit more seriously.

Doctor Valerie Valate. Not to be confused with the other Valerie Valate.
Casserina Leshrac
Sanguine Illuminations
#13 - 2017-02-08 19:59:20 UTC
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Oh, gods, just please don't be the Koyonoke pathogen ...

One would hope that Republic authorities had the good sense to violently deorbit the elevator and its counterweight, glass the planet (or at least liberally deploy thermonuclear bombs), and maybe induce a supernova in the local star.

That's just sensible public policy.


Perhaps the wiser course is to identify the pathogen first before handing extreme cures?

It is very curious how this sort thing happens along with the other events that have been planned.

We stand at the Abyss, drawing the Patterns of Fate - Casserina Leshrac, Savant, Sani Sabik.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#14 - 2017-02-08 20:19:39 UTC
Casserina Leshrac wrote:
Perhaps the wiser course is to identify the pathogen first before handing extreme cures?

I think his lordship is saying that, "If it was Koyonoke, we'd be seeing more than just a quarantine."

That's my impression anyway.

(And I think we currently lack the technology to supernova a star even if we for some crazy reason wanted to. That seems to be somebody else's very scary game.)
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#15 - 2017-02-08 20:24:53 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Casserina Leshrac wrote:
Perhaps the wiser course is to identify the pathogen first before handing extreme cures?

I think his lordship is saying that, "If it was Koyonoke, we'd be seeing more than just a quarantine."

That's my impression anyway.

(And I think we currently lack the technology to supernova a star even if we for some crazy reason wanted to. That seems to be somebody else's very scary game.)


Where there's a will...

"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#16 - 2017-02-08 20:28:54 UTC
And a bit of Sebiestor engineering...

... let's not though. I kind of like these stars the way they are.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#17 - 2017-02-08 20:32:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Aria Jenneth
Well ... if it were Koyonoke (which is partly horrifying because of its lethality but mostly because it's apparently able to bypass airtight seals), the practical approach would probably be to cut the platform's tether, make sure it makes it into a stable orbit, and designate it a no-go area with any approaching ships to be hit by a few thousand sentry drones before they ever get close enough to contract the disease.

If it (gods, please, no) made it planetside ... uh. You'd want to stop anything and everything from making it out of that gravity well. So, lots and lots and lots and lots of orbital sentries hitting anything that looked like it might consider trying to get out.

Planetary bombardment might (1) be redundant and (2) risk throwing an infected object free, given a big enough explosion or chain of same. Please to bear in mind we don't really know what Kyonoke is or what it can survive, aside from it being pretty clear that the pathogen doesn't care a lot what we think of as physically possible for a microorganism (or whatever it is).

It doesn't seem to travel very far on its own, so, let it stay at the bottom of a gravity well and just make sure it doesn't make it out.
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#18 - 2017-02-08 20:36:36 UTC
It's not Koyonoke, I'd stake my Hel on it.. I've spent hours searching the system for any activity and it's been damn near barren. Whatever's happening here is using obscurity as the main line of defense, even after that newscast. Hell, the newscast may even be part of the obfuscation, even if that sounds a tad paranoid.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#19 - 2017-02-08 20:39:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Aria Jenneth
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
It's not Koyonoke, I'd stake my Hel on it.. I've spent hours searching the system for any activity and it's been damn near barren. Whatever's happening here is using obscurity as the main line of defense, even after that newscast. Hell, the newscast may even be part of the obfuscation, even if that sounds a tad paranoid.

Well-- if it were Koyonoke I'd expect them to be carefully not shouting about it, Miz.

Panic = public disorder / rioting = bad for crisis control.
Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#20 - 2017-02-08 20:52:30 UTC
With no blockades and such security? There has to be limits to what they can hide, to be honest. Either way, looks like there's nothing to be garnered from local space at least. We'll just have to wait and see.
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