Nanites & Engineers & Doctors, Oh My!

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::Asyle and Maryse Dubois had taken samples of the Scorpiad power conduits to a section in this living ship’s engineering section where a work bench had been set up. After half an hour of working together to make some nanites which would help instead of infect the ship, Asyle started her documentation, and Maryse returned to the Union::

 

 

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Engineering Report: Scorpiad Nanites

 

 

• Issue: Rejection. Scorpiads have an apparently strong immune system. They initially treated nanites as an infection, much the same as any metal substance would be treated. This is a suspected anti-Borg intended reaction. A vaccine was developed to counter this reaction, which works with limited success. The limits to this success are on the nanites, limiting their capabilities.
  
• Issue: Nanites. The capabilities of the nanites to repair just biological systems of the Scorpiad cannot be ensured. They will repair any damaged Scorpiad cell encountered. If deployed, they must be monitored and removed if they are found outside of the targeted systems. Otherwise, they will replicate and help to fix all of the systems on the Scorpiad ship. Monitoring and removing them is difficult, and not 100% effective.
  
• Issue: Alternative Nanite Programming. The nanites can be programmed to form a healing cover or skin over the damaged parts of the Scorpiad ship and it’s systems. A ‘scab’ according to Dr. Dubois. This ‘scab’ can be built up to a reasonable thickness and becomes similar to materials encountered in normal engineering work.
  
• Options: (1) Nanites can help fix the whole ship at a cellular level, which is assumed to be able to then completely restore the Scorpiad ship to full functionality and intelligence. (2) Nanites can be used to provide surfaces which allow the use of standard engineering methods such as welding.