Episode Report Card Keckler: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Grease Fire
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.11.2003
Suzy Blue and a few other Andorians search the empty sh'pod. Suzy Blue determines that they must be on their way to Excedrin PM's office.
Enterprise Bridge. Hoshi thinks she's isolated a human bio-sign on the surface, but doesn't yet know the location. May-With-Or-Without-You reports that the Andorian ships are now only thirteen minutes away, and Reed thinks the Vulcans are aware of their proximity as well. "They're breaking orbit -- probably giving themselves room to maneuver," Maxcolm Factor tells Trip. "Put the ship on tactical alert," Trip orders. The lights dim, some red lights flash, and an alarm breeps on. Looks like he finally picked an acceptable decibel. Malcolm toddles off to write Revlon and tell them he has a name for their next shade of lipstick: Reed Alert.
Soval, T'Pol, and Quantum continue to make their way through the dark and decimated city. They get fired on, and Soval is hit in the chest. On a human, it would be the heart area, but it's probably just Soval's small intestine -- at any rate, he's not looking to shuffle off the old mortal coil any time soon, so there's no worry OR TENSION there. Quantum and T'Pol get Soval to relative safety.
T'Pol determines that the weapons are Andorian. I'm not exactly sure how she knows that, but let's chalk it up to a superior Vulcan auditory canal that can discern the two kinds of blasts. I'm sure one is a semitone higher. Quantum shouts out, "Hold your fire!" but gets shot at for his trouble. Although Soval's wound isn't going to kill him, he could sure do with a Band-Aid and maybe some light swabbings of alcohol. Come to think of it, I could do with some light swabbings of alcohol as well. Quantum once again tries to shout to the Andorians about their purpose there. More phaser fire directly at him, which enables Quantum to locate the two Andorians who have them under siege without the benefit of Seagal's ponytail. Quantum decides to take the Blue Notes down, and hands over his weapon to a confused Soval. "Make sure they don't see me," Quantum orders. "I haven't fired a weapon in fifty years," Soval alerts him. "You don't have to hit anything, just keep them occupied," Quantum orders. Blue blasts hit the stone near Quantum's head. "Really occupied!" are Quantum's parting words. Soval and T'Pol provide cover fire. Going back to my theory of red lights equaling red human blood, Starfleet's phaser pistols fire red. The Andorians' fire blue. I wonder if the Klingons have pink fire power and fuchsia alert signals. Quantum climbs a convenient ladder and takes down an Andorian by saying, "Hey!", tapping him on the shoulder, and giving him the old Kirk One-Punch-And-You're-Out. Pretty good, except for the part when Quantum tosses a gun over the ledge. I know he's all about being on a peacekeeping mission, but when people are shooting at you, it might be smarter not to give them an opportunity to recover additional firepower. Having dispatched one of the meddlesome Blue Bloods, Quantum sneaks down the ladder to find the other one.