<strong>Day 1 - 1709</strong><br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3f/Yul_brynner.jpg)</div>Character: Dr. "Tiger" (Ty) Nadami (Lt. Cmdr. Aono Tsayafa Nadami), CMO<br/>Location:  Chief's Meeting<br/>With:    Haata, Duskfire, Wolfe, et al<br/>Doing:  Meeting-y type stuff...<br/>Tagging: Open<br/><br/>Nadami has been watching Estal Haata curiously since his arrival at the meeting. Meeting new humanoids is always fascinating to him. Unfortunately he doesn't think Haata will be much of a window on the art and theater of her homeworld; the militaristic mindset she displays in her briefing doesn't seem like it would leave much room for such things. Still, the opportunity to serve with her should be fascinating... and certainly not just on account of wondering how far down those freckles go. (Although the thought does flash across his mind.)<br/><br/>Otherwise, the press of work in the last few hours has been intense enough that his mind is still half-elsewhere, letting most of what is said wash over him without much in the way of comment or reaction. He sits quietly through Duskfire's speech... until the last three sentences make him suddenly sit up and take notice.<br/><br/>Suddenly, he feels his own intensity ramping up. His eyes are flashing as he turns it in his turn to stand and speak for Medical. "While I thank the CSO for sounding a note of caution, I certainly hope," says Nadami in his severest tones: "That all necessary precautions<em>against</em>'battling' frightened civilians will be foremost in the minds of us all. Combat-readiness is well and good... but we must remember that the priority of this mission is saving lives. This, I can guarantee you, is the perspective of Dr. Nuress who has specially appointed to combat the plague... and in this I support her without reservation.<em>Any</em>decision to engage in conflict with civilians will be heavily scrutinized by my office from the standpoint of medical necessity, and I will not hesitate in my capacity as CMO to recommend disciplinary action against anyone who engages a resident of the planet without<em>solid</em>justification as either self-defense or enforcement of quarantine."<br/><br/>He's aware that he can sometimes come across as overbearing. So be it, in this case; in defense of the ill he has no hesitation about earning his "tiger" nickname. But he tries to dial it down a little as he goes on in a more conciliatory vein.<br/><br/>"As many of you are no doubt aware, Dr. Nuress has requested that sickbay be reserved as a containment zone for her exclusive use while combating the Obi VI plague." Spreading his hands, he adds: "I hope to talk her into setting up a planet-side operations centre, but in the end, it's her decision. In the meantime I will be putting requests through Chief Haata for extra space to use for our ordinary sickbay purposes, whether it means converting staterooms, cargo holds or any other area. I hope you'll all bear with us."