Episode Report Card Keckler: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Tempus fudges-it
By Keckler | Season 1 | Episode 11 | Aired on 11.27.2001
Bridge. Enterprise is rocked again by plasma turbulence, and the lights flicker. Reed reports, "That one hit our port bow. Power's down on C-Deck, Subsection Four. No other damage." What about the poor knobs in C-Deck, Subsection Four who were surfing the net? Aren't they going to fix it? T'Pol asks Mayflower what he can do to get around the storm. Mayflower reports that the storm is heading right towards them, so it's hard to navigate. "What about the transport ship?" T'Pol asks. Mayflower says he's far enough ahead of them that he made it through.
Engineering. More plasma turbulence to the ship, causing power fluctuations. As the Heaven's Gaters watch, Trip scampers down the stairs and says, "We've got a power surge in the impulse relays. Here's a good example of how we can reroute the energy flow to protect our critical systems." He appears very excited about this.
Sick bay. More rocking of the ship. Quantum finally decides he's really and truly in desperate need of Dramamine and leaves his guests, saying he'll have to cut their tour short. "I'll be on the Bridge," he announces as he heaves. I mean, leaves.
More power outages on other parts of the ship; Daniels looks concerned that they won't be able to finish his headstone in time.
Enterprise takes a few direct hits from the plasma lightning. The Bridge crew calibrates and depolarizes stuff. Quantum walks onto the Bridge and demands a report. "We're losing main power," Reed tells him. Quantum comms Trip to tell him what's happening.
Engineering. Trip desperately works on the systems as the Heaven's Gaters watch from the catwalks. Aren't you glad you used Dial? "That last bolt struck the warp manifold," Trip shouts to Quantum, "We've got an antimatter cascade, sir, if it reaches the warp reactor, we're gonna --" He's cut off by a series of explosions running up the sides of the manifold towards the reactor. The cascade hits one manifold and immediately defuses. Tiny bolts of lightning run off the side of the manifold, reminiscent of Darth Vader picking up the Emperor and throwing him over the side, his sparking fingers a-flailing.
Bridge. Power comes back on. In Engineering, Trip tells Quantum he thinks they're okay, because it would appear that the cascade stopped itself. "Good work, Trip," Quantum says heavily. Trip looks around Engineering and says, "It wunnit me, sir." Darth Maul looks sinister even as he attempts to look innocent.