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“Scotty?”Now we know why Scotty turned up in that one TFO with the planet killer instead of some random Starfleet engineer. They must have had him record his lines for that mission while he was doing this.
Anyway, turns out Scotty’s holed himself up in auxiliary control down on the engineering deck–he’s safe, but trapped. So we set out to rescue him, of course.
We run into some infected crew on the way.
“Ow. Fuck. Phasers on stun–stun. We don’t want to kill them if we don’t have to.”We fight them off and T’Met scans one of the downed crew.
“A…temporal event?”
“Time travel, ma’am.” “Wonderful. From the past, or from the future?” “That is unclear at this time.” “We’re fucked, aren’t we?” “If I understand the idiom, ma’am, that is also unclear at this time.”aka @acousticrob#2239
With nothing better to do, we push on ahead.
“Stun, damn it, I said phasers on stun.”
“Sorry, sir. Won’t let it happen again.” “It fucking better not happen again or you’ll find yourself floating home.”
And soon enough we reach Engineering.
“Good to see you too, Scotty. T’Met? Will that work?”
“Vulcans.”
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So we have our marching orders.
“Repair the relays, turn the lights on, watch the parasites shrivel up and die. On it.”We leave Scotty’s bolt hole and start encountering the parasites themselves.
“They look like….” “Fake plastic vomit. I know.”
Mel sends her crew forward but as she turns to go, one of the parasites attacks!
“Aaaaaaargh! Jesus fuck, this hurts.”
“Get the fuck off of me!”
“Hah. Good thing you gave us those anti-parasite shots, T’Met.”Yes, that was awfully convenient, wasn’t it?
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Scotty quickly repairs the relays.
“I love watching other people work.”
And then we all jog over to main Engineering so Scotty can turn on the lights.
“Damn it. Nothing’s ever easy, is it?”
“Climbing through Jefferies tubes. Just like old times.” “You’ve done this before?” “Not sayin’.”(Jefferies tubes, by the way are named for Matt Jefferies, who was one of the lead set and prop designers for the original series.)
One long climb later….
I’m gonna give them five to catch their breaths and then we’ll hit the command center!
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Everybody good to go?
The base commander is in the command center. He’s clearly been infected by the neural parasites, and attacks us as soon as he sees us.
And as T’Met points out, there are some aliens in the other room. And they’re not wearing Starfleet uniforms.
Anyway, even if he does have a phaser rifle, we have him outnumbered four-to-one and quickly subdue him.
Which gives us clear access to the lighting controls.
“Get out your bongs and your black-light posters, everybody, this place is gonna get trippy.”
The UV goes on.
Parasites start peeling off the walls and ceilings.
And evaporating.
“Fuck yeah! Mel saves the day again!”Although I’d hate to see their carpet cleaning bill.
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Meanwhile, the guys in the other room aren’t so happy.
They also look like they’ve walked on from another series, one with higher production values than old-school Trek.
Sorry, the guys and gal.
“Vermin? That’s not very polite.”
They beam out, soldiers beam in, and we phaser them down. And when the last alien hits the floor Hunter pulls Mel aside.
“Really not a good time, Hunter. And also, no offense, but shouldn’t you be dead by now?”
“I’m sorry, what? I read your transfer papers, they clearly said Hunter.”
“Yeah. Right. Sure you are.”aka @acousticrob#2239
That’s the face and posture of a woman who knows she’s listening to a whole bunch of bullshit.
This “temporal cold war” was the big overarching plot line in the Enterprise series, which I didn’t watch much of, and Daniels here was apparently the point of contact between Captain Archer and a far-future version of the Federation. Other races, which included the Na’Kuhl, would travel back in time to try and disrupt the timeline, and Daniels was part of the the fight against them.
Matt Winston, who played Daniels on the show, is portraying him in the game, and I probably would have recognized him before how if I’d watched the show, since his face in the game is a pretty good match to the actor. And, of course, he shows up during the Yesterday’s War and Future Proof storylines, although when I ran this alt through these missions I hadn’t played those yet on my main.
“Uh-huh. And how do I know that you aren’t another alien trying to warp the timeline to your benefit?”
The Prime Directive is bullshit, and this version of it is doubly so.
Trust isn’t something that Mel does easily, but if we tell him to go to hell then this storyline is over. So….
“Oh, that’s just a steaming load of bullshit. But fine. You haven’t tried to shoot me in the back or blow up the Patti Smith–yet–so I’ll trust you. For now. What do we need to do?”
“You’re a time traveler, and you’re telling me that time is a factor. Riiiight.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Things are square down here, so I’ll beam back up to the Patti Smith and kick their asses.”
“FINE, fine, we’ll do it your way.”
“Patti Smith, this is Mel. Five to beam up.”
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Once we’re aboard the Patti Smith we get a hail from the station.
“Thanks, Scotty. Tarsi, close with the disabled ships.”
“Damn, that Na’Kul ship is big. The Ptolomy’s getting the shit kicked out of it.”
“Let’s even the odds.”We command the ships to flood the interiors with ultraviolet light–which in the original episode blinded Spock, but no matter–and we soon get a hail from the USS Myrmidon.
“You and your crew were mind-controlled by neural parasites. We took care of them for you, but now we need your help with that ship that’s kicking the Ptolomy’s butt.”
“Damn straight we’re leading the way. Tarsi? Plot an intercept course to that ship and open fire.”aka @acousticrob#2239
We fire on the Na’Kul ship, but do no damage.
Tarsi:
“Whatever the fuck that means.”Scotty:
“You have no fucking idea what you’re doing, Scotty. There’s no way that’s going to do any–”
“…right, he’s a miracle worker, I keep forgetting. All ships, open fire!”
“Whoomph. Reinforce shields and keep firing.”
“Don’t let up–give ’em all you’ve got!”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Our starboard shields are collapsing, Mel!” “I know our starboard shields are collapsing! Swing around and keep firing!”
“Yeah!”
“Uh.”
“Oh, shit.”What exactly just happened? Find out after the break!
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We come back from commercial to hear Mel saying….
“What the everliving fuck is that?”
“You heard the man–get them off the station!”
“All ships, all transporter rooms–get them the fuck out of there!”
“Clear the area–now! Full impulse!”aka @acousticrob#2239
And it’s gone.
“And I hope I never see a station do that ever again, Scotty.”
“Fuck. We lost some. They’re gone.”
“Here’s hoping, Scotty.”(We find out what happened to K-13 and its crew in the New Frontiers episode Echoes of Light.)
“I’m sure the Myrmidon will be able to give you a lift. Tell Kirk he owes me big for saving his chief engineer’s ass. Sandoval out.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Yeah, right. No more keeping me in the dark, Daniels. You’re going to come straight with me if you want my help next time.”
“Take us out of here, Tarsi. This is going to be an interesting report back to Starfleet….”
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“Let me get this straight, Mel. You’re telling me the entire space station just disappeared into some kind of…’spatial anomaly?'”
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