Post Number 29 What's bugging Sabbath

Posted on Thu Feb 5th, 2026 @ 3:25pm by Lieutenant Commander Kristian Long & Lieutenant Sabbath PhD

Mission: Healing Touch-3
Location: Solaris
Timeline: Concurrent

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< The hut >

Sabbath was not well as his temperature rose to well above Vulcan normal from the bites of the indigenous ant like bugs that had attacked his body.

Sabbath now found himself fighting for his life as the venom from those creatures interacted with his green blood.

Kristian had not seen Sabbath since last night and decided to go looking for him. Stopping by his section of the hut she pulled aside the blanket and stepped into his room. Seeing him sweating profusely walked back over and pulled the blanket to seal the room off. "What happened?" she asked reaching into her satchel and removed her medical tri-coder.

" I..must have slept...on a nest or hive..of sorts . These tiny creatures ..have bitten..me all over. It is the copper in my blood...hemo...hemocyanin that must attract them." Sabbath replied.

Kristian scanned him and nodded "Nasty little buggers, I'll make sure you don't taste as good but I highly suggest you burn those furs and the hammock as well." Pulling out her field kit Kristian loaded a hypo-spray with a strong anti-biotic and a blood disguiser and injected it into his neck. "This will take a few minutes to kick in."

Sabbath quivered as its effects went into play . The creatures were ironically drawn to Sabbath due to his blood being composed of copper as an oxidiser.

" That really hurts." Sabbath replied. " Thank you."

"Your welcome,"Kristian said pulling the furs off him and tossing them into a heap on the ground. Making sure no one was in the hut she drew her phaser and fired on the furs destroying them. There were only two of them. Putting her phaser back in her satchel Kristian pulled out a bug spray she'd packed hoping not to need it. Keeping an ear out for sounds anyone was in the hut sprayed the hammock with it, "Try to get up as I've destroyed the furs and I brought a bug spray with me and have sprayed the hammock. I need you to get up, No one is in here so I didn't violate the prime directive as no one saw me do it,"

Sabbath arose and ached as he got up. Hundreds of bumps whelped his entire body as the copper suckers had intended.

" Perhaps I should return to the ship ? My green blood might scare the natives." Sabbath replied.

"There is no way the natives can see your green blood unless you get injured. But if you need to return to the ship talk to the commodore," Kristian replied .

" I will endure. Thank you for your assistance." Sabbath replied.

"That hypo-spray I gave you will make your blood not tasty at all. You'll be fine," Kristian said "And your welcome."

Sabbath arose and slowly carried the blankets out of the hut to a compost area. One of the children he had been observing watched him and soon assisted him taking the others. Several of the copper suckers ran into the jungle area at his approach.

" They are afraid of you." Sabbath commented.
" Not really but we do catch them for fun." an older male replied as he heard Sabbath speak.
" For fun."


"What kind of bug are they?" Kristian asked "Are you afraid of them hurting you?"

" Not really they make mounds everywhere but usually stay away from camp. They are usually rock creatures. " the teenager male replied.

" Fascinating,attracted to copper deposits I would guess." Sabbath added.

"Interesting creatures," Kristian commented. "What do you do with them and how often do you see them?"

" After the rains these spiders come to the surface. They are attracted to the brown dirt that flow when it floods." said the boy.

" Metalurgical scans of the surface might reveal copper deposits." Sabbath explained.

Kristian shot Sabbath a warning look "If that were possible. But we cannot do that." she dropped her voice to a whisper so the boy could not hear her. "Remember this is a primitive society. They have no idea about scans."

Sabbath pierced his lips as clearly he had errored. Then he improvised to change the subject.

" Perhaps I will speak to Our leader. "

"Yes we will go talk to our leader. She us wise," Kristian said


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