Senate Building, Coruscant
OOC: This is open to all Senators of the New Republic.
Reports of an unknown disease had been spreading through Republic worlds, very low numbers, but effects of the virus were such that they caught the attention of government officials across the Galaxy. By the time it was identified as AMS, things had spread all the way to the Core. Coruscant had reported its first deaths due to the virus not days ago. Recent reports on the holonet had brought it to the attention of the general public and people were starting to get worried. It had only been a matter of time before the issue was brought before the Senate.
Caliban, sitting in his Senate pod, was going through the report prepared for him by individuals who were much more qualified to speak on such matter. Things were not too bad right now, but there was every chance that things would spiral out of control if they didn't prepare. The virus was already here, and contingency plans that had been set in place for such an outbreak were already being put into motion on Coruscant. He had been able to push that through, but getting the rest of the Republic to agree was going to be another matter.
A screen in front of him beeped to let him know that they had quorum, as requested he had the floor to bring up his proposal. "You have all seen the recent broadcasts on the AMS virus," he didn't have to be a Jedi to sense the mood in the room, everyone knew what this session was going to be about, "every day there are more cases reported across the Galaxy. While sectors in the Independent Systems Consortium might be worst hit, if left unchecked it is only a matter of time before similar numbers are seen everywhere." He was sure he wasn't the only one who had been receiving similar reports, almost everyone present here would know that there was a very strong possibility that things could get just as bad within the Republic, but he wasn't sure how many would take it as seriously as their advisors were telling them to. "We need to prepare before things get out of hand. Our friends in the Consortium have already started taking steps to fight the spread of the virus, we need to prepare ourselves for a similar fight." He really did wish he was a Jedi, because he would have liked to sense the reactions of everyone to his proposal. You learnt a lot about people when you asked them for money. "We need to begin quarantining those who are already infected, accelerate research into the virus, and prepare to combat the infected. I am proposing the formation of a task force, to deal with the threat of the AMS virus and to work closely with our friends in the Free Worlds and the Consortium to curb it's spread."