"Please state the nature of the medical emergency." Rangi gave the nearby figure a cool stare. "Computer deactivate the EMH program." She watched the figure fade away and with a sigh returned to her work. "Please state the nature of the medical emergency" said an all too familiar voice. "Computer...deactivate the EMH program." She waited for the figure to fade. When it did so she shook her head and returned again to her job in hand. Keylor had been inspecting the ship. He wanted to visually inspect the hallways to make sure it appeared that what the base engineering crew said was done, looked done at least. He had made his way down to deck 5 by now, taking notes down on the pad he carried of any potential problem he found. He was walking by the sickbay when he heard the EMH chirp out its usual greeting. Curious as to why it was on, he walked in to the sickbay. "Please state...please state...please state the nature...." "For crying out loud!!" Rangi exclaimed in an exasperated voice. "Computer!! Deactivate the EMH program." This time the figure faded in and out of view a few times before finally disappearing. Rangi gave a sigh of relief. Keylor had not taken but two steps in to the sickbay when he noticed the EMH Flicker on and off. He noticed that the EMH program appeared to be the one originally designed for the intrepid class back in the days of the USS voyager. Keylor had read a bit about the EMH when he was given the specs of the ship many weeks ago. HE had found it interesting that much of the current day programming for the EMH had not changed over the years. The key difference was that the personality of that EMH from voyager was removed. Apparently many CMO's did not like a program that had a personality. Keylor silently shook his head and scribbled down on his pad, yet another item for the base engineers to fix. While writing he spoke to Rangi, "So having troubles I see. " he said not looking up from the pad. Rangi spun round, surprised at another voice and recognized LtCol Bretam.."Sir!...I mean.. Captain...good afternoon." She looked to the empty space across the room. "Just a small problem...its been doing that all morning. Engineering know about it and they told me they will be here 'fairly soon'." "Please state the nature of the medical emergency" said a disembodied voice. Rangi grinned at Keylor. "Its really spooky when he does that!" she said. Keylor nodded and looked up." I see. Would you mind if I take a look at the interface?" HE motioned to the CMO's office. HE saw Rangi give a half hearted nod and he walked over to her office. In his research of the ship, more specifically the EMH, he remembered that the main interface to the holoemiters in the Sickbay were located underneath the CMO's desk. This was important for a captain to know, for if the EMH ever went crazy, you had a way to 'turn it of'. Keylor was no engineer by far. He knew enough to be dangerous and to have the engineers curse his name all over the place, so he tried not to dabble too much.. But the reappearance for the EMH seemed to wearing thin on the good doctor, the least he could do is make it stop, even if he could not fix it. He crawled up under the CMO desk and removed a panel. Rangi followed him into her office and watched with interest as he crawled under the desk. She peered around him to see what he was doing. "This is very good of you Captain." she said as he laid a panel aside. "If I'd known that was there i would have disabled him long since." "Please state..state.. state the nature of the..the ..the" came an eager voice from outside." Its starting to drive me crazy.." she said. Keylor fiddled with the contents of the access panel. He looked over the circuits carefully as he tried to remember exactly what it was he needed to do to shut it down. "NO problem" he muttered from under the desk. He was having a particularly hard time remembering what he had read over a week ago. He knew it was a particular set of modules plugged in to the circuitry, but which ones? He had narrowed it down to two and simply took a guess. Rangi walked back to the door and looked at the EMH figure who looked right back. "Please state the nature of the medi..." the figure froze. Rangi waited with growing amazement and when nothing further happened she returned to the office ."He's stopped!" she told Keylor "Well done...and thank you." Keylor could make out the EMH activating again. HE reached in and pulled out a module. Keylor received a tremendous shock and jerked back, hitting his head on the bottom of the desk. The smell of hot electrics wafted up from under the desk. "Your welcome." he said, still laying on the floor and rubbing his head. Wide eyed, Rangi rushed around the desk and knelt down at Keylor's side. "Are you alright?" she asked "let me see that.." She removed his hand from his head and inspected the 'bump' "Hmmm no great damage done." she said and stood up, waiting for him to do the same. She gave him a small smile as he regained his feet. Keylor stood up, leaving the access panel open. "I have had worse scrapes than this. Hell I was born to be injured." He let out a smile and pointed to the long birth mark scat on his face that ran from his chin to his left ear. Rangi glanced at it and asked, "Where did you do that?" she walked across the room and pulled forward a second chair. Keylor shrugged. "During the last days of the occupation of bajor, my mother was in the resistance. She had been captured, when she was pregnant with me." Keylor leaned against the CMO desk. "She was being tortured, and a cardassian stabbed he in the womb with a knife. I probably would not have made it had it not been that the camp she was in was liberated minutes after that." He looked down at the floor. "They kept my mother alive until they could induce labor. She died after that." Rangi glanced at it and asked "Where did you do that?" she walked across the room and pulled forward a second chair. Keylor shrugged. "During the last days of the occupation of bajor, my mother was in the resistance. She had been captured, when she was pregnant with me." Keylor leaned against the CMO desk. "She was being tortured, and a cardassian stabbed he in the womb with a knife. I probably would not have made it had it not been that the camp she was in was liberated minutes after that." He looked down at the floor. "They kept my mother alive until they could induce labor. She died after that." Rangi frowned and bent to help him up "I'm so sorry...that's a terrible thing.." she watched him sit in her chair and unsure whether to continue with the subject sat in the other. She decided best not and said " I was hoping to see you soon sir..I intend to make my own medical files of all the crew...being a new ship...I know you had a medical check only a few months ago and aren't technically due for another yet...but I would like to have this done. Can you make the time?" her look told him she half expected a refusal. "I thought I would start with the captain...and work on down." she said. "No very prudent of you Doctor." Keylor looked around. "Is your sick bay in good enough shape to start doing physicals? Any more pop up EMH's around?" HE smiled at the attempt of humor. She beamed back at him. "Everything's fine..now..." she told him "..and no..there's only the one EMH. We already had our first patient.... admitted, treated and discharged!" I was hoping you could make 10.00 tomorrow morning?" and unable to resist the wish to make him squirm a little over his repeated failures to keep appointments with her in the past added." I think your time will not be taken up with building chapels here." she smiled. "I was impressed. it was very..lovely...simple but..I don't know. It was new and yet had the timeless feel of an old place. I'm not of your persuasion...but I liked it there." Keylor grinned and blushed a bit. "Well that was simply a misunderstanding. I really did not mean to miss those appointments." He rubbed the back of his neck. " but 10:00 hours it is." Keylor grabbed his pad. "Well I better get back to inspecting the ship." HE headed to wards the door. HE stopped and looked back. "If you need any thing just let me or .." He grinned" Lt Guzman know." She glanced down and blushing slightly re-met his look with a smile. "I will do that...certainly." Keylor grinned and turned to walk out the door. ===End Log=== LtCol Bretam Keylor Captain USS Chimera & Ltjg Rangi Summers CMO USS Chimera