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Trekkie Trivia?
With what manoeuvre did the Enterprise escape the Romulans at Tau Ceti?
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- BATISTALv 42 decades agoFavorite Answer
On stardate 5718.3, the starship USS Enterprise arrives at the planet Elba II, an inhospitable world known for its very poisonous atmosphere and underground asylum for the criminally insane. The Enterprise however, brings with her a shipment of experimental medicine that may be a potential cure for mental insanity.
Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock beam down to the facility with the shipment of drugs and meet with the facility director, Donald Cory, who oversees the treatment of 15 of the most dangerous mental patients in Federation custody. Along the way, one of the inmates, Marta, a loopy Orion female, warns Kirk and Spock that their host, Dr. Cory, is not who they think he is.
They soon discover the real Cory is imprisoned in a cell, put there by the impostor, who is none other than Garth of Izar, a famous starship captain and one of Kirk's personal heroes. Garth's crew had mutinied against him when he had gone insane; the result of terrible injuries he endured on a tragic rescue mission. Garth also has a unique ability to shapeshift, taking whatever guise he wishes. This ability was taught to him by a race of shapeshifters on the planet Antos; which was also the planet Garth tried to attack before his crew went against his orders and took him into custody.
Garth locks Kirk and Spock up with Cory as he reveals his plans of stealing the Enterprise and taking over the Federation. He shapeshifts to appear as Kirk and then commands Mr. Scott on the Enterprise to beam him up. Kirk however, has a secret pass phrase with Scotty, who would mention "queen to queen's level three", in reference to a 3D Chess move, where Kirk would reply "queen to king's level one". When Garth is unable to give the correct response, Scotty refuses to transport him aboard. Garth then activates a force field that prevents Scotty from attempting a rescue.
Garth later invites Kirk and Spock to a dinner where they hear Marta recite some Shakespearian poetry that she claims she wrote herself. She then performs a strange "exotic dance" that Spock compares to a dance performed by Vulcan schoolchildren. In the meantime, Garth boasts about his incredible career as a starship captain, bragging that he has charted more planets and catalogued more star systems than any other man in history. He then tries to leisurely fish for Kirk's pass phrase, but Kirk doesn't fall for it.
Angered, Garth threatens to torture Dr. Cory until Kirk divulges the code. Kirk still refuses even after Garth carries out his threats. Cory is strapped to a medical chair and prodded with painful jolts. Garth then puts Kirk himself in the chair, and tortures him further. Marta comes in and decides at a new approach for extracting the information. Garth leaves the room and Marta begins to make out with the exhausted Captain. When he refuses her advances, she gets angry and tries to attack him with a knife. She is surprised and nerve-pinched by Mr. Spock, who enters and frees the captain.
The two make a run for it, reaching the control room and deactivating the shield. Kirk however, has a feeling that it is going "too easy" and thinks he is being duped. When Kirk makes contact with the Enterprise, Kirk tells Spock to give the pass phrase instead. Spock can't give the code and reveals that he is the shapeshifted Garth. Scotty informs Kirk that a security team will beam down to his location, and a struggle over the force field ensues. Garth subsequently wins and reactivates the shield before the team can beam down.
Garth rounds his fellow inmates and declares himself "Master of the Universe". He celebrates his victory by testing a new explosive he made which is strapped to Marta. He ejects Marta into the poisonous atmosphere outside the dome where she struggles to breathe. Garth puts her out of her misery by detonating the explosive. Garth then orders his men to fetch Spock. Spock, however, fakes unconsciousness in his cell and nerve-pinches the guards after they arrive to take him. Spock acquires a phaser and makes his way to the control room...only to find two identical Captain Kirks.
Spock attempts to distinguish between the two by asking "what maneuver was used against the Romulans near Tau Ceti?" One Kirk replies "the Cochrane Deceleration", but the other points out that it is a classic battle maneuver any good captain would know. The two Kirks begin to fight, but eventually one tells Spock to stun them both to ensure the safety of the Enterprise. Knowing that only the real Kirk would make a demand like that, Spock stuns the other and he's revealed to be Garth. With the matter resolved and Garth back in custody, control of the station is given back to Dr. Cory. The experimental drugs are administered to Garth and the other inmates who begin a long road to hopeful recovery.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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