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“Whew.”
“Hey, this ship is pretty spiffy.”
“It’s almost a shame we’re her to blow it up.”
We fight our way through the ship.
Until we get to the engine room.
“You plant the bomb, we kick ass. Sounds like a plan.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Here they come, Mel!”
Asses are kicked. Bombs are planted.
And we beam the fuck out of Dodge.
Right before everything explodes.
(In the original episode the gunship self-destructs after being disabled by the Enterprise because they were on a suicide mission. But now we know better.)
And we find ourselves in Daniels’ room again.
“Now I know why Scotty thought he knew me when we met on Earth Spacedock. Guess the skirt and the undyed hair threw him. Still not sure what he was going on about Drozana Station, though….”(We meet Scotty on Drozana as part of the Spectres arc which I haven’t actually played through yet, so I guess that’s on my to-do list now!)
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“Yeah, thanks. Chekhov? It was a privilege working with you.”
“Uh, right. Until next time, Chekhov.”
And with that, we return to our normal timeline.
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Postlude.
“Thank you, thank you. I am pretty damn impressive if you ask me.”
“Why do I get the feeling this isn’t the kind of request you say ‘no’ to? Fuck it, Daniels. I guess I’m all in.”aka @acousticrob#2239
Our next episode is…
It shouldn’t surprise anybody that this is a call-back to the episode The Tholian Web.
“You hear that, Tarsi? He called me one of his best people!” “He called us some of his best people, Mel.”
“You’re gonna send us back in time, aren’t you?”
Spoiler: he does.
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“Then let’s let them know that we’re on their side. Blowing up a bunch of Na’kuhl ships will probably help.”
“I hate fucking keeping secrets, Daniels. But fine. I won’t say anything that’ll screw up your precious timeline. Put them onscreen, Tarsi.”
“Sure thing. Let’s kick some ass.”
“Shit, the Defiant’s getting pounded. Let’s see if we can even the odds a little.”
We swing into action.
“One down.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“That’s two. Now for that destroyer.”
“Oof.” “Port shields are down, Mel.” “I know! I know! Hit ’em with a tractor beam, Tarsi.”
“All right, that’s got ’em pinned. Defiant: open fire!”
“Fuck yeah!”aka @acousticrob#2239
“No time to talk, Captain, there are boarders on that Tholian hiveship and I’m on my way over there to kick some ass.”
“I’ll…tell you what I can when the shooting stops. Mel out.”
“It doesn’t bother you, keeping all these secrets? No, it probably doesn’t. Tarsi, get an away team together and meet me in the transporter room.”
“Well, that’s the plan at least.”
“Good idea, Tarsi. I don’t want to die screaming today.”aka @acousticrob#2239
“These things aren’t exactly flattering, are they? All right, everybody. Suit up.”
“Um….” “Aaaah, the boys will be fine. Probably. But hey: I got T’Met to wear pants!”
“Energize.”
And we beam over.
After the break: the Tholian hiveship!
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As promised, we beam aboard the Tholian hiveship.
We find a lot of dead Tholians, and a few humanoids.
They’re not friendly.
We kill ’em.
“Bastards. These Tholians weren’t killed in action. They were executed.”
“Oh, look. More assholes.”
“Here, have a face full of photons. Extra crispy.”aka @acousticrob#2239
We fight our way to a control room of some sort.
“Um. Fuck.”
“Maybe…this console does something?”
“Or maybe this one?”
“Energy readings on the flagship are back to normal. Whatever you did down there, it worked.” /preenaka @acousticrob#2239
“Oh, look. More of them.”
“Guess what, assholes?”
“Tarsi let me bring a photon grenade along today.” “Under protest.”
“Ha!” “Nice form.” “Thanks!”aka @acousticrob#2239
“Bastards. I hope they burn in hell.”We push on until we reach the bridge.
The good news is, we find the Tholian queen there.
The bad news is, more Na’kuhl immediately beam in.
“You’re not fucking killing her.”
“Not if we have anything to say about it.”
They send a bunch of waves in, and we gun them all down.
And at the end of it all we’re face to face with the Tholian queen.
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Wow, that’s an awful picture.
“We’re not with them, your…majesty? We’re humans–well, most of us are–with the United Federation of Planets.”
“You might think we’re all alike because we’re all humanoids, but we’re not. There are multitudes in the Federation. And that’s what makes us strong.”
“I’m sorry, your majesty. We tried to save who we could. Is there anything we can do to help you now?”
Then we get a message from the Defiant.
“Fuck. Keep ’em busy, Morrison. We’re almost done here.”
“We won’t let you down, your Majesty. And that’s a promise. Mel to Patti Smith, five to beam out.”aka @acousticrob#2239
Daniels is there to greet us when we beam aboard.
“Then we fight until she gets the message out. I made a promise.”Getting idealistic in your old age, Mel?”
“Shut up.”
“I…I can’t tell you. I’m sorry, Captain. What I know is need-to-know, and….”
“Yes! Yes, that’s what we’re going to do.” “Orders, Mel?” “Let’s fuck ’em up, Tarsi.” “Yes, sir.”aka @acousticrob#2239
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