Damn good story, NCB… I like me them good old-fashioned fisticuffs! And I half expected T’Pol to be wearing blue rubber gloves. Or maybe a blue rubber thong. Man, she’s spooky.
BTW- You all THINK next week’s Enterprise is going to be a repeat, but I’ve had a prognosticatory vision of what’s actually going to be aired:
Evil clothes-eating life forms take over the ship. No, smartass, not moths. EVIL life forms. Moths aren’t evil. Fluttery and gluttonous, perhaps, but not evil. ANYWAY, a shortage of uniforms ensues, and Our Heroes have to save the day starkers. A bit derivative of Trip’s numerous Underpants Adventures, but it isn’t my fault there’s nothing new under the sun. Keep your eyes peeled for a chilly Reed trying to think of a way to “harvest” Porthos’s fur coat for his own use, without pissing off Archer.
And Travis has a line:
“Back when I was on the cargo ship…”
Unfortunately, everyone tells him to shut up before he gets to finish.
I just enjoyed the scene where Archer yells out, “ALL HANDS BRACE FOR IMPACT!”
cut to a few random ensigns moving their arms to lightly grab onto a railing.
That’s brace for impact? Where were they taught these procedures, Concusion U? You’re in a storm, the ship is rocking, your captain has just told you that you could be shook up more than a milk shake made by an epileptic and you lightly grab a railing as you hang over a dropoff.
I’m glad they phased out seat belts along with the zippers. Ain’t the future grand?
I liked the episode, nits notwithstanding. For the first time in a long time they came across an interesting and unique situation that required the crew to use a little creative thinking.
More should have been made of how skunky everyone was after a week of not showering, though. That’s the stuff I care about!
Here’s a crummy picture. There is a structure that connects the booms that support the nacelles from the saucer, with what looks like a miniature bridge on it…oh hell, just look at the picture.
Kn(*)ckers will probably explain it before you see it, anyway. ^:)^ http://www.startrek.com/library/ships.asp?ID=123454
Poor Kn*ckers. You try so hard.
Ooh, ooh! I want one of those Pope roller around thingies! That’s just so COOL!
If you want a computer to post with on weekends, I have a spare room. Don’t worry about the girlfriend problem, she’s history now. (Hope the police dogs don’t get past the scent masker I … um, never mind, actually) What shovel? I don’t own a shovel.
NCB: I was looking at your story again and just wondering if “slash” and “slasher” are the same thing to you.
On a different note, what shall we all do while Enterprise is in reruns? Possible options below:
Nothing
Nitpick 'em again, with all-new nits
Take a clue from He Who Is Without Clues and write some little stories, with such titles as:
a. Still More Inane Cargo Ship Nostalgia Tales from Travis Mayweather
b. Trip Tucker’s Backwoods Swampy and Florid Remembrances of Fishin’, Fightin’, and…you know
c. Cook Confesses: Gross Things I’ve Done in the Galley When Nobody Was Looking
d. Technical and Personnel Manual for Malcolm Reed’s Fantasy Ship of Perfect Discipline: The USS Uptight
e. It’s your turn now
I thought they mentioned something about the storm being several light years across. It’s moving faster than warp 5, but less than warp 7. If you saw something like that out the window, what should it look like?
The storm is clearly bigger than what was depicted outside the ship window. Otherwise, it would not have taken 8 days for the storm to pass going at warp 5.
My conclusion is that the Nexus-like phenomenon outside the window was a lot bigger than it looked, and only the very tip of the “iceberg”. Similarly, the rest of the storm was too far away to be seen.
A more legitimate nitpick would be how does a physical phenomenon travelling at warp 5 be visible from the front? The pretty lights from the storm would need to travel faster than light! Of course, this could also be explained away as some characteristic of the storm phenomenon putting out a visible and weaker wavefront ahead of the lethal portion of the storm.
Supossedly they will rerun it sunday here. The question will be will i see it? It wont be top on my list of things to do, so it may slip by. I did finally see Firefly today.
Whoa. Like totally ancient history. I got your tape in the mail today, by the way. I finally know what the hell E.S. stands for. It’s been bugging me ever since we first started emailing but hell if I was goin’ to ask.
Oh, yeah. Work on your penmanship!
Incidentally… I’m in Knoxville right now. A good eighty miles from where I live. Dopefest, baby! Yeah! Good thing Lsura (every time I see her name, I think of Lursa. Lsura’s much cuter though) was kind enough to let me crash on her couch. I’d dread the drive home.
Vodka tastes like rubbing alcohol and my head feels like it’s packed in cotton.
