The First Officer had been halfway towards Sickbay when he'd gotten the general summons for all the Senior Staff to report to the Observation Lounge for a meeting.  Damn.  No time to check on either Tosh or Lugus.  Hopefully he'd get an update from Lt. Tir about their condition.  He reversed direction, climbed into the nearest turbolift, and set course for the Observation Lounge.<br/><br/>Arriving just a handful of moments before the meeting started, MacReady stopped.  Damn.  People looked...different.  Even Sahara.  It seemed like the only one who hadn't been affected so far was himself...was that going to last?  He couldn't tell.  Sitting himself at the Captain's right, he listened as he heard him pronounce the death of Lugus, and promote Osiel to Chief Science Officer as well as Ops Chief.<br/><br/>Their first mission...not even a day into it and already things were going wrong.  Well, damn.  There went any of MacReady's hope for a relatively quiet posting.  For the time, though, they needed to solve the crisis at hand.  "Sir."  He replied when Mitchell stated his name.  "Absolutely, sir.  I'll find the replacement ASAP.  And Captain...it seems like I'm one of the few people who haven't been affected yet.  If this continues..."  He looked over at Sahara.  "I'll turn myself in to Sickbay and do whatever I can to help solve the crisis."