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[milkruns]

[ june's decided to post a video, mostly so she can establish that she is one of the few tiny non-Cybertronians on the planet, because that sort of has context for what she's about to ask ]

Hey there, June Darby here... Some of you already know me, but if you don't -- I'm one of the humans who was also inexplicably dragged here. Which kind of puts me at a disadvantage, as I'm sure you could imagine.

That said, I'd like to...give myself some more context for all of this. Would any of you have anything I could read about the history of your war? Most of you seem to be from the same universe, a different one than mine, so -- that's the version of the war I'm most interested in learning about, I guess. Got any...I don't know, history books or anything with you?

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[milkruns]

[ she'll probably come knocking around for something shinier and newer eventually, val. for now, though, this is impressive enough. ]

Well, that's one less thing I don't have to worry about. It's good to know there's someone around here who can help us humans out. [ even if she is a toddler, and june's still a little dubious on that point. ]

And how are you doing? Getting everything you need?

[smarterthandad]

[she was a 16 year old when she was born kind of maybe except also still a baby? idk her backstory is batshit even by comics standards.]

I'm fine. I'd like an adequate manufacturing infrastructure, but I can bootstrap that eventually.

[did june expect emotions? haha no.]

[milkruns]

[ june's still adjusting her expectations for val. every day is a surprise. ]

Well, I meant more like food and supplies, but that's good to hear.

[ she smiles, but taps her chin, looking thoughtful. ]

Speaking of supplies...how are you with medical equipment?

[smarterthandad]

I'm a better biochemist than I am a medic, but I can build anything. [that is so not hyperbole] What do you need?

[milkruns]

[ she believes val at this point, okay. she's seen enough to believe in the supergenius toddler's near-infinite capacity for pulling things out of her ass. ]

I don't know -- basic instruments, first aid supplies? Some measuring and monitoring devices would be useful -- just the basics for now, I think. I don't know exactly where our resources stand, but since it looks like we're in for an extended stay here, if we can find a way to synthesize some antibiotics and some other pharmaceuticals it'd probably come in handy. Sanitation is kind of at an all time low around here, and I have no idea what kind of microbes we could be dealing with. Nursing school didn't exactly cover alien planets, you know?

[smarterthandad]

I can handle the science end, don't worry about that. I'll see if I can culture anything...but there's probably not much out there.

[val spaces out for a few seconds, eyes going distant and glassy as her little brain with its big horsepower works out the details.]

Vaccines aren't happening without samples of the infectious agents, and if we don't have any, we're also not going to need any. We're immunologically naive to the diseases of other people's universes, and vice versa, but if they don't come in contagious it shouldn't be an issue.

As far as drugs go, the problem is that most of them are complex organic molecules, and we don't have any of the precursors. Cybertron's biome isn't carbon-based, so we can't go pull the bark off willow trees and refine that into aspirin. I know the structures for a lot of pharmaceuticals and I can assemble them from elements, but the reaction chemistry is complex and often dangerous.

[you know, entirely unlike the fusion reactor she has in the corner of her lab or her growing store of weapons]

Trauma treatment is easier. I can reproduce the Cybertronian diagnostic beds on a human scale and for human vitals--Dad has something similar back home. Uncle Doom's burn treatment machine, too. [given all the energy weapons kicking around, gosh] We'll need to use nerve blocks for surgery if that ever comes up; it's safer than anesthesia and we won't have the right drugs anyway. Bandages are actually an issue, since we don't have fabric, but a thin polymer sponge should do the trick. Gloves and sanitizers, no problem. We can just make the Cybertronians autoclave their hands.

[that's a joke. probably.]