IC-OMAHA-Science Is Golden(Chester/his students/Megan/CDC)

The survivors from the T-Bone flee for the safety of Warren Air Force Base, while a lone woman struggles against all odds to stay alive in a very dangerous place. A small group of survivors races across Nebraska in a pickup truck. The helicopter group arrives in Omaha in a last ditch effort to save the world, but time is running out. Z-Day seems to last forever, but it will come to an end. The sun is getting lower, and night is coming...

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Z-Day - 4:13 PM Central Time - Brooks High School, Omaha, Nebraska
In the special projects lab-
The science lab on the second floor of Brooks High had been co-opted for the special space communications project that NASA was running at Brooks High. Dr. Helene Saunders, a communications specialist from NASA, was in charge of the project, having arranged it with science teacher Chester Johsnon. Some aspects of the project were classified, but NASA had planned to make the results public eventually. The communications equipment which dominated the lab used the satellite dish on the school's roof to communicate with both the space shuttle currently in orbit and the International Space Station. It used advanced technology that allowed a direct link to be established without having to go through a satellite, which is why it was still able to function. The satellite network hadn't worked since early in the morning. The equipment that dominated the lab was also able to connect to an old Cold War network that worked through underground and undersea cables, which remained functional as well. It was because of this special apparatus that the CDC had decided to set up its Crisis Response Center at Brooks High.

Assisting Dr. Saunders and Chester Johnson on this project were four of the school's brightest students, all of whom were in the room. There was Michiko Watanabe, an exchange student from Japan, as well as three younger pupils: Elijah Smith, Diana Forester, and Ali al-Tikriti. Two scientists from the CDC were in the portion of the lab not taken up by the communications array: a bald middle-aged man from India named Dr. Edward Singh and his younger colleague, the lovely Dr. Liz Somerville. They were running a simulation on a laptop to try to predict the rate of the spread of infection. Also from the CDC was the tough-looking Rachel Cohen. She was no scientist, but was in charge of security and was there to protect the scientists. She stood inside the only door to the room standing guard, but she was still attentive to the scientists' conversation.

Just then, there was an incoming transmission from the communications apparatus: "This is Trooper Erica Spears of the Nebraska State Police in NSP Seven-Eight-Romeo calling the CDC Crisis Response Center in Omaha. Our ETA is five minutes. Do you copy? Over." Adam Donnelly had last spoken to her about 40 minutes ago, but he was currently on the roof to guide the helicopter in for a landing. He was also keeping an eye on the school's surroundings and standing by with an EMP generator. The chopper was carrying two more scientists, Dr. Brigetta Hausmann and her assistant Stephanie Bridges. Adam had spoken to Stephanie before too, and electrifying the fence and setting up the EMP generator had been her ideas. Without that fence, they would all be dead by now. With Adam absent, Dr. Saunders was monitoring the airwaves and it would be her job to reply.
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Mr.Handy,Has [b]Elijah[/b] been given a task by the scientists yet?
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OOC,None of the students have an assignment at the moment. Feel free to talk to each other or the others in the room.
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Dr Edward Singh: Dr Singh looked up from the laptop, his frown of concentration quickly replaced with a frown of impatience. Clearing his throat, he eyed the people near the communication array. "Well? Is any one going to 'copy that'?"

As much as Dr Singh wanted to answer the message himself (he'd always liked the radio operators in the old war movies), he wanted to concentrate on the laptop simulation - he'd just entered some novel variables, and they were giving some rather distressing - and seemingly accurate - results.

His fingers twitched at the keyboard, an urge to scoop some semblance of understanding from the muddy goop of their collective situation.
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Rachel Cohen:
"What is it Dr Singh? Describe what you have to a interested lay-person."
Mr Handy,To judge Dr Singh's response I'll use my Psychology Skill, do I ask you first or just do it and see what happens?
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Michiko is preparing something for the others eat.
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Rachel Cohen:
"Any noodles?" Michiko, "Harah! am I hungry."
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Dr Edward Singh:
Ignoring (or not hearing) Ms Cohen's query, he clears his throat and speaks a bit louder: "Dr Saunders, I trust your N.A.S.A. doctorate included working simple communications equipment?! Every second counts and I, that is - we need Dr Hausmann's data!"

Looking back to the laptop in irritation, Dr Singh taps a few more keys, changing some more variables and grumbles: A run of rash criticism regarding some of his work on microbiological life in extreme climates (linking the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that lives on geothermal radiation at the bottom of the sea to possible life on Mars), his ex-wife trying to weasel more alimony from him, corpses returning from death to devour the living. He doesn't need some dopey star-gazer post-grad to cause the helicopter to crash-land in the midst of the living dead...

Hmm.. He could do with some noodles, though.
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Rachel Cohen
No answer? Ben zonah. A civil enquiry deserves a response, oh well, he may want to hear my Uzi later if these walking meat hunks get inquisitive!

[sub]Rachel peers through the door and lifts her nose (a fraction).[/sub]
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-I'm sorry, all we have for now is bread and meat to make some sandwich. The real food is for latter. I will help you as soon as I finish.

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Elijah slowly approaches Dr Edward Singh "Is there anything I could do to help sir?" He knew that the answer was probably a no but he had to offer. He needed a task to keep his mind from wondering.
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She checks her kit and carefully looks around - security IS her business.
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OOC,Is anyone playing Dr Saunders, or is she an NPC? I hate the proverbial ringing-phone - who's gonna answer?! :D
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OOC,Last time I checked she was a NPC so Mr.Handy will probably have her answer in the next big update.
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OOC,Yes, [b]Dr. Saunders[/b] is an NPC, not currently played by anyone. You can see which characters are being played and by whom in the Character Sheets thread. During almost all weekdays I'm unable to post except in the evenings, which is why the long delay.
Rachel Cohen,Yes, you can go ahead and roll Psychology. I'll let you know the results in another of these spoiler tags. Nice picture, by the way! I've already updated the Character Sheets thread with it.
In the special projects lab-
Dr. Saunders made her way over to the communications gear and took up the microphone, ignoring Dr. Singh's jab. "This is Dr. Helene Saunders," she said. "I read you. We're glad you're finally almost here. Over."

"What's been going on at your end?" asked Erica.

"And where's Adam Donnelly?" piped in another woman's voice that the people in the room recognized as belonging to Stephanie Bridges. "Why isn't he talking to us now?"

"He's fine," said Dr. Saunders. "He's up on the roof right now to guide you in. Look for a circle of road flares; that's your landing pad. He's also got the EMP generator ready for after you finish your part. Things have been pretty peaceful here. I just hope it lasts."

"So do I. I'm about 20 or 25 minutes from finishing my work."

"Good to hear!"

"My father said earlier that dinner would be served at five," said Ali al-Tikriti. "Amelia is making a huge production out of it."

"That's great, I'm starved!" said Dr. Liz Somerville. "And I love an elegant dinner. Too bad I left my evening gowns at home."

"I bet my friend Teresa Vazquez can fix you up with something," said Diana Forester. "She's made all sorts of costumes for school plays."

"Really? I'll have to look into that later." Dr. Somerville looked back at the door. "Don't mind Dr. Singh, Rachel, he gets like that sometimes when he's hard at work - and when isn't he? Anyway, we're running a simulation trying to predict how quickly the outbreak will spread, based on what Stephanie and the U.S. Air Force people told us earlier today. It's not looking good. Every city is already affected. If this keeps up there won't be much left of civilization in a few days. But once she and Dr. Hausmann get here we'll have a real chance to at least stop its spread. And if Stephanie is right about electromagnetic pulses disabling the animated corpses, we've got a real weapon we can use against them. She was right about the electric fence."

Peering out the door, Rachel saw that the corridor was deserted.

Chester Johnson smiled at Elijah. "If you want something to do, would you like to go up on the roof and guide the scientists down here when they arrive?" he asked. "Mr. Donnelly is already there, but he has to stay up there with the EMP generator. You can get up to the roof by the rear stairwell, just out the door and to the right."

The fluorescent lights overhead flickered briefly. They had done that several times before, when the dead touched the electric fence. It was getting more frequent as time went by.
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Elijah replies with forced enthusiasticly "I would be happy to!" He makes his way out of the room and starts making his way to the roof. While he would have preferred staying in the room and helping the scientists all ready there he knew that his teacher was right. Besides it was better than standing around asking when dinner would be ready.
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Rachel Cohen,[b]Rachel[/b] senses that [b]Dr. Singh[/b] acted the way he did because, as [b]Dr. Somerville[/b] pointed out, he is very absorbed in his work and has little attention to spare for others. She also gets the impression from watching him that he thinks very highly of himself, and consequently not so highly of others.
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-I have finished them. We will all work and think better with some food, so who want's a sandwich?

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"I'll have one, thanks Michiko. We all must eat and store up energy, if these ........things get inside the school God knows when we'll eat next."
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