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Recovery by Jedi Trace (PG-13)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Gen
Length: 2,500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Jedi Trace's Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read:
I have to get this particular recommendation in before the vast majority of you see Revenge of the Sith in the next couple of days. A MedStar trauma team takes part in events that change the fate of the galaxy forever. This story contains speculation about events in Revenge of the Sith, but no actual spoilers.
The story is told entirely from the point of view of original characters, the medical team attempting to save Anakin's (or should that be Vader's?) life after his climatic and disastrous duel with Obi-Wan. They understand that the Supreme Chancellor wants this man saved at all costs, but they do not know why.
This brief story is just plain cool for several reasons. First is the non-spoilery speculation. It's probably completely wrong, but it's sounds possible. Next are the original characters--in this brief story, we get a pretty good idea of their individual personalities. Then we have Anakin himself. He says nothing. Indeed, he cannot say anything, but we know through the story exactly what he's going through. The political situation underlying everything just adds that extra bit of tension. Plus, there are hints that Palpatine did not want Anakin fully treated and recovered. Put it all together, and you've got one cool little story. Make it a quick read before you head off to the theater tonight for the midnight showing.
* * *
Soothing vibrations aboard the hospital-class MedStar ship, Recovery, had finally lured Commanding Medical Officer Ellyn Camden into much-needed sleep when the comm sounded. Rolling out of her bunk, she glared at the flashing red light that signaled a priority transmission from the medlifter and keyed to receive:
***Incoming: Human male. Identity unknown. Age estimated between twenty and twenty-five standard years. Multiple fractures and lacerations. Multiple limb amputations. Third degree burns, seventy percent body surface area. Probable smoke inhalation. Possible skull fracture. Probable spinal cord injury.***
She rubbed the grit from her eyes and thought, a transport wreck, the occupational jargon for a medical disaster. Great. Her trauma team had not slept for more than two consecutive hours in the past three days. She wondered for the thousandth time if any of the leaders in this war ever paused to consider who had to clean up their mess.
Pausing only for a cup of stimcaf, Ellyn greeted the staff congregated around the central communications desk. "This sounds fun," she said wearily.
Jared, a respiratory intensivist freshly graduated from Coruscant Med, smirked, "And why are they calling us instead of the morgue? No human can survive that."
The charge nurse, an older Corellian woman named Henil, pulled a flimisplast report sheet from the comm station. "It gets better. We've just received orders from the office of the Supreme Chancellor himself to keep this patient alive... at all costs."
Ellyn raised her eyebrows, "The Supreme Chancellor? Who is this Incoming, some kind of V.I.P?" Ellyn didn't have much knowledge of political machinations, but knew that the Chancellor's involvement meant that their day had just gone from routine to memorable.
"Don't know," Henil shrugged. "But he's obviously not your generic clone trooper that needs re-assembling."
Recovery
Pairing: Gen
Length: 2,500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Jedi Trace's Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read:
I have to get this particular recommendation in before the vast majority of you see Revenge of the Sith in the next couple of days. A MedStar trauma team takes part in events that change the fate of the galaxy forever. This story contains speculation about events in Revenge of the Sith, but no actual spoilers.
The story is told entirely from the point of view of original characters, the medical team attempting to save Anakin's (or should that be Vader's?) life after his climatic and disastrous duel with Obi-Wan. They understand that the Supreme Chancellor wants this man saved at all costs, but they do not know why.
This brief story is just plain cool for several reasons. First is the non-spoilery speculation. It's probably completely wrong, but it's sounds possible. Next are the original characters--in this brief story, we get a pretty good idea of their individual personalities. Then we have Anakin himself. He says nothing. Indeed, he cannot say anything, but we know through the story exactly what he's going through. The political situation underlying everything just adds that extra bit of tension. Plus, there are hints that Palpatine did not want Anakin fully treated and recovered. Put it all together, and you've got one cool little story. Make it a quick read before you head off to the theater tonight for the midnight showing.
* * *
Soothing vibrations aboard the hospital-class MedStar ship, Recovery, had finally lured Commanding Medical Officer Ellyn Camden into much-needed sleep when the comm sounded. Rolling out of her bunk, she glared at the flashing red light that signaled a priority transmission from the medlifter and keyed to receive:
She rubbed the grit from her eyes and thought, a transport wreck, the occupational jargon for a medical disaster. Great. Her trauma team had not slept for more than two consecutive hours in the past three days. She wondered for the thousandth time if any of the leaders in this war ever paused to consider who had to clean up their mess.
Pausing only for a cup of stimcaf, Ellyn greeted the staff congregated around the central communications desk. "This sounds fun," she said wearily.
Jared, a respiratory intensivist freshly graduated from Coruscant Med, smirked, "And why are they calling us instead of the morgue? No human can survive that."
The charge nurse, an older Corellian woman named Henil, pulled a flimisplast report sheet from the comm station. "It gets better. We've just received orders from the office of the Supreme Chancellor himself to keep this patient alive... at all costs."
Ellyn raised her eyebrows, "The Supreme Chancellor? Who is this Incoming, some kind of V.I.P?" Ellyn didn't have much knowledge of political machinations, but knew that the Chancellor's involvement meant that their day had just gone from routine to memorable.
"Don't know," Henil shrugged. "But he's obviously not your generic clone trooper that needs re-assembling."
Recovery