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“Ma’am, Starfleet has granted my request to join the Patti Smith’s crew. For the remainder of the voyage I will be serving as your chief medical officer.”
“Really? Then welcome aboard, T’Met. Feel free to help yourself to a pair of pants.” “If you don’t mind, ma’am, I’ll keep wearing the standard Starfleet uniform.” “Really? If you’re on my crew you’re going to be beaming down into a fuckload of trouble. Wouldn’t pants be more practical? Even…dare I say it…a more logical choice?” “Be that as it may, ma’am, I feel more comfortable in the standard uniform. If I feel more comfortable, I will be more efficient. That is logical.” “Vulcans. Very well, T’Met. I’ll see you planetside in a skirt.”aka @acousticrob#2239
Once the after-action paperwork is all filed away Daniels contacts Mel.
“About damn time. I’ll be right there.” “Wait. Did he just summon me to his quarters?Yup.
“Fuck.”
“My patience is kinda wearing thin, Daniels. Talk fast, and make it good.”
“Uh-huh.”
aka @acousticrob#2239
“Wait, why are you fucking poking at your–”
“–wrist?”
“Whoa.”
“Cool.”
“Dude, is that what they wear in the future? Because I’m telling you, that is not a good look.”aka @acousticrob#2239
So it looks like this episode is going to be a callback to Journey to Babel.
“Because showing up after the conference won’t do a damn bit of good.”
“…it’s not Tarsi, is it?”
Well, whoever it is, they’re not wearing yellow.
“Get the fuck out. Chekhov?”Well, now we know why he was so well rendered back on Earth Stardock.
Chekhov is voiced by Walter Koenig, and if he sounds a little older than he did 50+ years ago, at least his character is supposed to be older too.
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“And it must be strange seeing me wearing pants, so we’re even.”
“That’s good. I don’t really want to be stuck on the Enterprise with Kirk. He’d probably try to get into my…uh…pants.”
“Works for me.”With all that wrapped up, Daniels beams Mel and Chekhov and Mel’s away team back…into the past….
Time travel transporters use the same FX as regular transporters.
It looks like Chekhov switched uniforms before he beamed over. You should have changed too. Take the dye out of your hair, wear a regulation uniform….
“You have a death wish or something, Rob?”aka @acousticrob#2239
“I can take care of that.”
“Yeah, I can see how that would get awkward. OK, be back in a jiffy.”One short turbolift ride later, and…
“Well, here we are.”
Uhura’s in the big chair. I don’t remember her getting to sit there very often.
“I’ll just use Spock’s console. He won’t mind, right?”One quick scan of the ship later…
“Deck 11. Mess hall. Got it.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Deck 11.”
“And there’s the mess hall. Let’s see who’s in–”
“Well, shit. It’s a fucking fancy dress party in here.”Don’t fuck it up, Mel.
“Fuck you.”
“I’ll just casually scan this guy and see if he’s an alien.”You know he’s an alien, Mel. He’s got blue skin and antennas.
“You know what I mean. The other kind of alien.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“…”Don’t strangle him, Mel.
“All right, he’s a total horndog, but he’s the right kind of alien. And kind of a hunk.”What was that?
“Nothing. Nothing. Let’s scan some other delegates right now.”
“Just…um…background radiation checks. Because of the…Ithorians. They like to bathe in heavy water. It’s a thing.”Nice save.
“Yup! Gin and nerve tonic. I’ll have them bring some right over. Excuse me….”
“Aw crap, that guy’s trying to slip out.”He must be the guy we’re trying to find. Or maybe he’s an introvert and just wants to be alone for a while.
“Let’s find out. Hey! You!”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Just a routine scan for bio-contaminants, Ambassador.”
“Well, you know. We want to be especially thorough, with all these different races present for the conference. Wouldn’t want anybody to be sidelined with an allergy.”
“As you were.”Smooth.
“Shut up.”Good place for a break, I think. I’ll finish this tomorrow.
aka @acousticrob#2239
The Ambassador wanders off and Chekhov contacts us.
“Is that *really* a Russian saying? Sure, come on down to deck 11, and bring the rest of the gang with you.”This probably means someone’s going to start shooting at you, you know.
“Bring it on.”
“Let’s see if we can pick up anything on the ol’ tricorder here.”
“Got it! There’s a a spike of temporal flux pheromones on the other side of this door!”You’re just making shit up now, aren’t you?
“Hey, the thing went ‘ping’ when I pointed it this way. That’s just fucking science, man.”
“See? See?”Did he stuff the ambassador in a Jefferies tube?
“Looks like it, yeah.”aka @acousticrob#2239
Combat happens.
“Ack! Gas!”
“Mel! Are you alright?” “Whoa. The…the colors! They’re…delicious!”No time for that, Mel. There’s more of them down the corridor behind you.
“Don’t worry, citizen! Mel’s on it! Heeeeere I come to save the daaaaaaay!”
“Miiiiighty Mel is on the waaaaaaaay!”Stop. Just stop.
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“All right, we took him down. But what was he doing?”
“Fuck me. It’s Kirk.”
“Right, right….”
As far as I know this is the only time we see Jim Kirk in STO.
“Engineering. Right. I’m getting the grand damn tour of the ship, that’s for sure….”aka @acousticrob#2239
One quick turbolift ride later, and….
“All right, here we are. Where’s that Na’kuhl technology–”
“–never mind, I think Scotty’s found it already.”
“Drozana Station? I don’t think I’ve ever–”
“Way to spill the beans, Chekhov.”
“All right, Scotty. Tell us what you need done.”aka @acousticrob#2239
He sends us running around Engineering.
And in between we work on the Na’kul bomb.
“Seriously, we have a whole fucking away team here and Chekhov, they could be doing some of this….”
What he’s doing–and this is from the Journey to Babel episode–is the Enterprise is under attack by an Orion gunship. Kirk has Scotty power to make it look like the Enterprise has been disabled, and then when the ship closes in for the kill shot he cripples it with phaser fire.
Unfortunately this cutscene is way too dark, here’s what the gunship looks like.
“We’re gonna end up running around with the bomb like in that Batman movie, aren’t we?”aka @acousticrob#2239
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