Advise desperately needed regarding parasite

[mondo joe]

My ship mates and I were in hypersleep on a mining vessel owned by a major company.

We were prematurely woken by the ship computer, which picked up a distress signal from the planet LV-426.

A small recon crew went to check things out, but one of the crew had some sort of accident and it appears a parasitic organism has attached itself to his face.

The recon crew is in isolation in the airlock, per standard procedure. But with the captain as part of that crew, guess who's in charge - right, me!

Everyone is yelling at me and giving me dirty looks because I don't want to let them in until we're sure there's no danger to the rest of the crew, or the ship cat which I'm very fond of.

I hate having everyone mad at me, but I feel I should be following the rules. So what do I do?

[Enraged_Ape]

1. Turn off the DVD...

brush off the Cheetos...

and find a girlfriend.

Worked for me.

On edit: That was actually kind of mean of me. I'm such an asshole. Sorry.

[NNadir]

2. Jettison the guy and cozy up to Sigourney.

[nuxvomica]

3. Don't serve lo mein to the recon crew!

That appears to activate the parasite.

[DS1]

4. What if you specify no MSG?

:D

[7th_Sephiroth]

5. let everyone in ecept the one with the parasite on his face

jettison him, my species hgave delt with these things for years, even us, the ultimate hunters sometimes have problems with those bastards why else do we wear steel masks </Predator>

[underseasurveyor]

6. I've heard of these creatures before. If you want to save that crew,

You need to bring them to Crawford, Texas immediately. If they're what I think they are, the bush crime family and co. are the only ones that can save that crew.

See, if those are the parasites commonly known as 'Brainsuckers' by exposing them to the BFEE and co. the parasites will quickly starve to death and the crew will be saved:-) You'll be a hero :bounce:

[rucky]

7. Is there an escape pod nearby? n/t

[mondo joe]

8. I'm loading it with some kitty litter, some Sheba and a change of clothes

You know - just in case.

[Misunderestimator]

9. Locking

DU is not the place to solicit medical advice... :evilgrin:

I would suggest however that when it gets to this stage... run like the dickens.