[i]"Every scientist that can be spared, be in the infirmary by the time we return. You have a poison antidote to focus on since I will be too busy stabilizing Shasōōn's condition to be able to do so."[/i]

[color=9e0b0f]"Of course one of them got bitten,"[/color] Reena muttered darkly, turning around on her heel and leaving the bridge just as abruptly as she returned. It baffled her as to why her crew mates were willing to go toe to toe with those giant mole rats, as Raymond called them on one occasion, rather then just hold their distance and blast them from afar. Their ships weren't exactly impressive works of engineering as far as she knew, and they were at their most dangerous when you got close enough for them to bite you. Throwing yourself into a melee with those venomous rodents was like playing Sorlas Rov with your arms bound. You could just win, or you could risk death to appease your sense of reckless bravado, and Reena much preferred to win. Fortune willing, no one would die today, she fretted. That antidote would be tricky to isolate, but if anyone on this ship had more experience with chemical substances, venom or otherwise, Reena would lick her room clean.

Making her way to the infirmary in record time, she removed a vial from her belt pouch and set it onto the nearby counter. Inside the sealed container was a long, yellowed tooth, mottled with streaks of red and black. The late owner of the fang thought that the xenobiologist would have been an easy target and clamped its jaws around her arm, and by the time the rat realized its fangs had scraped against armor plating Reena had performed surgery on the rodent's chest with her automatic. 

[color=9e0b0f]"The venom itself dries out too quickly to get a reliable sample,"[/color] Reena explained to Tymea as the latter strode into the infirmary. [color=9e0b0f]"We could extract enough of the ingredients from this to make an antidote if we had about a week, but obviously time is a luxury we do not have. With a venom sample bonded to the victim's blood, we can get a probable cure."[/color]