| Ki: |
We're receiving telemetry.
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| Pa: |
Doesn't look like any wormhole I've ever studied.
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| Ki: |
Microscopic gravitational eddies, extremely constricted spacial
dimesions. The pathway's barely wider than the probe itself.
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| Ja: |
I think what we're seeing is a wormhole in an advanced state of
decay, must be ancient, probably been collapsing for centuries.
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| Pa: |
Does that mean we can't send a message through it?
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| Ki: |
No, I can do it. Maybe it'll take longer to get through. But the
wormhole still stable enough to carry a transmission.
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| Ch: |
Any idea yet where that message would end up, Ensign?
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| Ki: |
I'll try extrapolating the verteron exit vector. No, I can't get it.
There is a strange phase variance in the radiation stream. We'll have to
wait until the probe exits.
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| Ja: |
That shouldn't take long.
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| Pa: |
Captain, I'm getting a distorted energy reading.
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| Tu: |
The probe's telemetry has changed.
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| Ki: |
It's stuck.
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| Ja: |
Stuck?
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| Ki: |
It's mired in a gravitational eddy. And because the wormhole is
in a state of collapse, those eddies are incredibly dense. That probe
will never break free, Captain. And we have no way of finding out
where the wormhole ends.
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| Ja: |
Let's give it some time. Maybe it will work itself loose.
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| Ki: |
Captain.
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| Ja: |
What is it, Ensign?
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| Ki: |
Our probe was just scanned. There's, there's somebody on the otherside
of the wormhole.
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| ??: |
It started acting up a couple of days ago. I've been working out
in the gim, maybe I overdid it.
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| Do: |
Is it sore, here?
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| ??: |
Yes.
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| Do: |
Localized tenderness to the ulnar bone, no epidermal damage,
moderate edema.
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| ??: |
What are possible diagnoses?
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| Ke: |
Epicondylitis, strained ligament, torn muscle, and hairline fracture.
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| Do: |
That's exactly right.
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| Ke: |
I've studied all the material you gave me and I'm ready for more.
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| Do: |
Good. There is a great deal more for you to learn. The tricorder
indicates this is a small stress fracture.
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| ??: |
Can this guy do everything a real doctor does?
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| Do: |
Yes, he can. Activate it and direct the beam here. Ah, that's it. Not
quite so fast.
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| ??: |
If I had to get treatment for something serious, if I needed a surgery
for instance, would he be perfoming it?
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| Do: |
Of course and quite expertly,too.
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| ??: |
I don't know. I'd have to think twice about that.
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| Do: |
Fine. And if you were lucky, you wouldn't die on the table while you were
making up your mind. That should do it. How does it feel?
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| ??: |
Not bad. Thanks.
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| Ke: |
Doctor? Did you notice how rudely that officer treated you?
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| Do: |
No more so than most.
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| Ke: |
You mean others act that way, too?
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| Do: |
Let's just say I've become accustomed to being treated like a hypospray.
Now, here's some material on first aid for burns.
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| Ke: |
Doctor, I think I'd like to do more than study first aid. I've been
interested in knowing more about anatomy and physiology.
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| Do: |
You're intellectually curious. I like that. These deal with human
anatomy and physiology. But they weren't written for the layman.
They are quite techinical.
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| Ke: |
I understand. I'll do my best. And I really appreciate your help.
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