#[Star Station Delta, Conference Room, Star Date 2129.07.31, 19:00]

Kuro stood motionless at the head of the gleaming conference table in Star Station Delta. His eyes flickered momentarily to the empty seat where Petra had once sat. "Crew, as you know, we have suffered a great loss. Petra was not just the head of Communications, she was a part of the soul of this ship." . His gaze swept over the faces in front of him. "We are not just a team, we are one. And it is as one that we must face this insidious threat, the parasite of the age." "Can the parasite reach any of us?" whispered Mika Ravi leaned back, grinning. "Who knows, maybe one of us is the master", he winked at Wei, whose knife was frozen in the middle of slicing. "It's because of the food, isn't it?" he muttered under his breath , chopping vegetables with a newfound fervor. Lars, who hadn't spoken to anyone for several days, simply nodded in response to the captain's words . Luca's fingers touched an old photo of Petra. Hugo rubbed his temples. - We can handle this,-Max Jensen's hands clenched into fists under the table. The engineer's heart was pounding with grief and rage. "We should have taken this ship apart until we found that bugger!"Across from him, Eli Vasquez was absently running his fingers over the datapad. "We must consider the scientific significance"Eli pondered, his tone almost manic. "The parasite's adaptive abilities, its methods of infection... if we could only study it, understand—" "Understand?!" Max interjected, barely containing his outrage. "We need to get through this, Eli, not resign to be his next meal!" Dr. Lucy leaned back in her chair, her expression inscrutable. She idly twirled a pen between her fingers, seemingly indifferent to the gravity of the situation. "Let's not forget why we're here," Lucy interjected, her voice filled with sarcasm that didn't quite match her eyes. "We have a new player. And since they came after Petra... A passing... we can be quite sure that they are not our hidden guests.the last person at the table was the most suspicious, Gabriel, but he just sat there and listened to the entire conversation, but you dismissed it as him simply accepting the death of a crew member.[infected with a parasite:a tall thin figure with black horns growing out of his forehead, black eyelids, black whites in his eyes, turquoise irises, and pupils narrow when he is afraid and bulge when he is relaxed or focused. Under the eyelids, the second pair of eyes is only smaller and the place on his chest where the heart is located is translucent. The turquoise heart is also turquoise. The skin is painfully green. The fingers are black and The claws are a continuation, and the closer the skin is to the fingers, the blacker it is. From the base of the spine grows a thin black tail with a tassel at the end. There are black marks and barely visible freckles on the cheeks. The face is cute. the teeth are slightly insular. the box is double. Towards the end, it is kind and does not want to harm the crew, even though they believe the opposite]