Fungal Outbreak

Description of Events
Next Incident: Loss of Blue Dwarf

A broken time-stasis capsule caused the accelerated growth of a strain of purple fungus. When the fungus came into contact with the crew of the JMC Blue Dwarf, it infected them. Spores within the host began to produce near-sentient toadstools, which were then violently thrown up.

These toadstools, dubbed Funglings, could then adapt to its surroundings, making them difficult to kill. But super strong alcohol proved to be able to not only kill them and the fungal infection but could be used to inoculate the clean crew from potential infection. However, before the crew and the Dwarfers could be fully inoculated, they were ambushed by several Funglings and driven into the service tunnels.

In the reclamation slump, they discovered a giant cannibalistic Fungling. It proceeded to chase them up through the ship until a large volume of Nova-Shine was spat in its face. The Funglings then developed an immunity to water. The Dwarfers retreated to the Promenade in search of shoe shops for a source of silica gel. They also armed themselves with micro-rail guns, which they loaded with silica pellets.

However, the Captain and the senior command devised a plan to flood the Dwarf with the gas from a nearby ethanol nebula, forcing the Dwarfers - and any crew not in quarantine rooms - to abandon ship. The crew fled to a White Giant and fueled it with Nova-Shine. It broke through the shuttle bay doors and into deep space. When they regained consciousness, the Dwarfers found their home, Blue Dwarf, had left without them. Stranded in deep space, they now needed to find a way back home.