Sunday, September 16, 2012

Quick Scene: Star Trek: The Next Generation - "The Visitor"


Scene:
The deck of the USS Enterprise.
 

Ensign
I'm showing no deviation in the anomaly's path, Captain.  It's still on a collision course.

Picard
Mr. Data, analysis.

Data
I am showing strong concentrations of humino-organic hormonal compounds.

Ryker
In English, Data.

Data
Cramps... sir.

Ryker
Red alert!  All stop! 

Worf
Captain, shall I arm the torpedoes?

Picard
Yes, Mr. Worf.  Ensign, back us off... nice and slow.  We don't want to provoke it.

Data
Sir, I believe I have found something.

Ryker
What is it Data?

Data
Further analysis shows that the anomaly is a mass of highly unstable chemically bonded neutrinos.  Phasers and torpedoes will have no affect.

Troy
Captain... I'm sensing a great deal of anger from the anomaly.  It means to do us harm.

Picard
Ensign, get us out of here... warp 2... engage.

Ensign
Helm is not responding, sir.

Data
The anomaly appears to be affecting systems all over the ship.  It is draining plasma from the warp nacelles.  We have insufficient power to maneuver.

Ryker
Dammit Data, we need a solution.  That thing's right on top of us!

Data
I have a theory.

Picard
Let's hear it, Mr. Data.

Data
Throughout the much of the twentieth and twenty-first century, treatment for cyclical anomalies, such as this one, were treated with pharmaceutical oral medication.

Ryker
I've heard of this.  They took pills or capsules or something.  What did they call them... "pain killers", right Data?

Data
Yes, Commander. 

Picard
Mr. Data, do we have any of these "pain killers" on board the Enterprise?

Data
No sir.  That form of medical treatment became obsolete late in the twenty-first century. 

Picard
Can we replicate them?

Data
Yes sir.

Ryker
Good, let's do...

Data
But...

Ryker
There's always a "but".

Picard
Yes, Data?

Data
Though pain killers were widely used at the time, most of them had little or no affect on anomalous cramps like this. 

Worf
Pain killers are a coward's way.

Data
Studies have shown when physical discomfort from these anomalies were induced in Klingon males, all of the test subjects lasted a length of three point six seconds before crying out for their mothers.

(Beat)

Worf
Shall we abandon ship, Captain?

Picard
Settle down, Mr. Worf.  Data...

Data
When pain killers failed to end the pain completely, many women of the time turned to other oral remedies.

Troy
Chocolate.

Data
Chocolate.

Ryker
Chocolate?

Troy
Don't ask.

Picard
Mr. Data, do we have enough chocolate on board to stop the anomaly?

Data
I do not believe so.  And replicating it will take time.

Worf
Abandon ship now, Captain?

Troy
Captain, you'll find more than enough in my quarters.

Picard
Counselor?

Troy
Captain.

Picard
Remind me to talk to you about your eating habits, Counselor.  Transporter room?

O'Brien
O'Brien here.

Picard
Mr. O'Brien, lock on to all sources of chocolate in Counselor Troy's quarters and beam it directly into the anomaly.

O'Brien
Chocolate, sir?

Worf
Just do it, man!

Picard
You heard the Lieutenant, Mr. O'Brien.

O'Brien
Aye sir.

Picard
Mr. O'Brien, do you have it?

O'Brien
Almost sir.  There's quite a bit of it.  I'm having trouble locking on to it.  Stand by... transport complete.

(Explosion.  The ship is jolted)

Ryker
Damage report!

Worf
All decks reporting no damage.  Shields are holding.

Picard
Mr. Data?

Data
The anomaly has been destroyed.

Picard
Nice work, Chief.

O'Brien
Thank you sir.

Picard
...Counselor.

Ensign
Helm is back online.

Data
Shipwide systems are returning to normal.

Worf
Sir... permission to leave the bridge.

Picard
What for, Mr. Worf?

Worf
Personal reasons... to change my uniform, sir.

Picard
Yes, please Mr. Worf, permission granted... by all means.

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