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It is tot| 00000B00: 61 6C 6C 79 20 64 65 73 74 72 6F 79 65 64 2E 7E |ally destroyed.~| 00000B10: 61 20 76 61 73 74 20 63 61 76 65 20 68 6F 75 73 |a vast cave hous| 00000B20: 69 6E 67 20 61 20 63 69 74 79 20 61 6E 64 20 6D |ing a city and m| 00000B30: 61 6E 75 66 61 63 74 75 72 69 6E 67 20 61 72 65 |anufacturing are| 00000B40: 61 7E 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 68 75 67 65 |a~This is a huge| 00000B50: 20 63 65 6E 74 72 61 6C 20 63 61 76 65 72 6E 2C | central cavern,| 00000B60: 20 63 6F 6E 74 61 69 6E 69 6E 67 20 61 20 73 70 | containing a sp| 00000B70: 61 63 65 73 68 69 70 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 69 6E |aceship servicin| 00000B80: 67 20 63 65 6E 74 65 72 2E 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 |g center. 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Quick| 0000BC50: 6C 79 2C 20 74 68 65 20 75 6E 69 6F 6E 20 66 61 |ly, the union fa| 0000BC60: 6C 6C 73 20 61 77 61 79 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 61 72 |lls away. You ar| 0000BC70: 65 20 4A 61 6D 65 73 20 54 2E 20 4B 69 72 6B 20 |e James T. Kirk | 0000BC80: 61 67 61 69 6E 2E 20 53 6F 6D 65 6F 6E 65 20 73 |again. Someone s| 0000BC90: 68 6F 75 74 73 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 70 6F 69 6E 74 |houts, and point| 0000BCA0: 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6E 2E |s at the screen.| 0000BCB0: 20 41 20 6C 69 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 66 69 72 65 20 | A line of fire | 0000BCC0: 72 65 61 63 68 65 73 20 6F 75 74 20 66 72 6F 6D |reaches out from| 0000BCD0: 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 77 62 6F 72 6E 20 73 74 61 | the newborn sta| 0000BCE0: 72 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 4B 6C 69 6E 67 6F 6E 20 |r and a Klingon | 0000BCF0: 76 65 73 73 65 6C 20 76 61 6E 69 73 68 65 73 2E |vessel vanishes.| 0000BD00: 20 22 45 76 65 6E 20 6E 6F 72 6D 61 6C 20 73 74 | "Even normal st| 0000BD10: 61 72 73 20 6C 61 73 65 2C 20 43 61 70 74 61 69 |ars lase, Captai| 0000BD20: 6E 2C 22 20 73 61 79 73 20 53 70 6F 63 6B 2E 20 |n," says Spock. | 0000BD30: 22 49 74 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 69 6C 6C 6F 67 |"It is not illog| 0000BD40: 69 63 61 6C 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 6F 72 69 7A 65 |ical to theorize| 0000BD50: 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 73 65 6E 74 69 65 6E 74 | that a sentient| 0000BD60: 20 73 74 61 72 20 6D 69 67 68 74 20 64 6F 20 73 | star might do s| 0000BD70: 6F 20 61 74 20 77 69 6C 6C 2E 20 22 57 69 74 68 |o at will. 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You look at yo| 0000BE30: 75 72 20 42 72 69 64 67 65 20 63 72 65 77 20 69 |ur Bridge crew i| 0000BE40: 6E 20 73 68 6F 63 6B 20 61 73 20 73 6F 6D 65 6F |n shock as someo| 0000BE50: 6E 65 20 73 70 65 61 6B 73 20 69 6E 20 79 6F 75 |ne speaks in you| 0000BE60: 72 20 68 65 61 64 2E 20 3C 4D 79 20 6E 61 6D 65 |r head. <My name| 0000BE70: 20 69 73 20 45 6C 69 61 6B 65 2E 3E 2C 20 73 68 | is Eliake.>, sh| 0000BE80: 65 20 73 61 79 73 2E 20 22 49 74 20 77 61 73 20 |e says. 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"E| 0000BFD0: 76 65 6E 20 69 6E 20 6D 69 6E 64 6D 65 6C 64 2C |ven in mindmeld,| 0000BFE0: 20 73 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 72 64 6C | she could hardl| 0000BFF0: 79 20 74 65 6C 6C 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 66 72 6F |y tell right fro| 0000C000: 6D 20 77 72 6F 6E 67 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 66 |m wrong in the f| 0000C010: 69 72 73 74 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 73 65 63 6F 6E |irst three secon| 0000C020: 64 73 20 6F 66 20 68 65 72 20 6C 69 66 65 2C 22 |ds of her life,"| 0000C030: 20 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 2E 20 22 42 75 74 20 73 | he said. "But s| 0000C040: 68 65 20 63 6F 75 6C 64 20 74 65 6C 6C 20 6C 69 |he could tell li| 0000C050: 66 65 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 6E 6F 74 2D 6C 69 66 65 |fe from not-life| 0000C060: 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 64 69 73 63 65 72 6E 20 77 68 |, and discern wh| 0000C070: 6F 20 77 61 73 20 70 72 6F 6D 6F 74 69 6E 67 20 |o was promoting | 0000C080: 77 68 69 63 68 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 6D 2E 20 49 |which of them. I| 0000C090: 74 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 |t is not the wor| 0000C0A0: 73 74 20 70 6C 61 63 65 20 74 6F 20 73 74 61 72 |st place to star| 0000C0B0: 74 20 6F 6E 65 27 73 20 63 68 6F 69 63 65 73 2E |t one's choices.| 0000C0C0: 22 20 53 75 6C 75 20 61 64 64 73 2C 20 22 54 72 |" Sulu adds, "Tr| 0000C0D0: 75 65 2E 20 49 20 6A 75 73 74 20 68 6F 70 65 20 |ue. I just hope | 0000C0E0: 74 68 65 20 4B 6C 69 6E 67 6F 6E 73 20 64 6F 6E |the Klingons don| 0000C0F0: 27 74 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E |'t start buildin| 0000C100: 67 20 61 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 6F |g another of tho| 0000C110: 73 65 20 73 74 61 72 62 69 72 74 68 20 73 65 74 |se starbirth set| 0000C120: 75 70 73 20 73 6F 6D 65 77 68 65 72 65 20 65 6C |ups somewhere el| 0000C130: 73 65 2E 22 20 53 70 6F 63 6B 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 |se." Spock looks| 0000C140: 20 76 65 72 79 20 74 68 6F 75 67 68 74 66 75 6C | very thoughtful| 0000C150: 2E 20 22 49 20 64 6F 75 62 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 |. "I doubt that | 0000C160: 74 68 65 20 4B 6C 69 6E 67 6F 6E 73 20 77 69 6C |the Klingons wil| 0000C170: 6C 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 |l continue the r| 0000C180: 65 73 65 61 72 63 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6F 73 |esearch that cos| 0000C190: 74 20 74 68 65 6D 20 68 61 6C 66 20 74 68 65 69 |t them half thei| 0000C1A0: 72 20 62 61 74 74 6C 65 20 66 6C 65 65 74 2E 22 |r battle fleet."| 0000C1B0: 20 4D 65 61 6E 77 68 69 6C 65 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 | Meanwhile, you | 0000C1C0: 77 69 6C 6C 20 67 6F 20 6F 6E 20 74 6F 20 74 68 |will go on to th| 0000C1D0: 65 20 6E 65 78 74 20 6A 6F 62 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 |e next job, you | 0000C1E0: 74 68 69 6E 6B 2E 20 42 75 74 20 6E 6F 74 20 72 |think. But not r| 0000C1F0: 69 67 68 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 6D 69 6E 75 74 65 |ight this minute| 0000C200: 2E 2E 2E 20 59 6F 75 72 20 73 63 6F 72 65 20 61 |... 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S| 0000C630: 70 6F 63 6B 20 76 69 73 69 74 73 20 68 69 73 20 |pock visits his | 0000C640: 66 61 6D 69 6C 79 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 68 69 73 |family where his| 0000C650: 20 66 61 74 68 65 72 20 61 73 6B 73 20 72 65 70 | father asks rep| 0000C660: 65 61 74 65 64 6C 79 20 77 68 79 20 68 65 20 66 |eatedly why he f| 0000C670: 61 69 6C 65 64 20 74 6F 20 63 6F 6D 70 6C 65 74 |ailed to complet| 0000C680: 65 20 74 68 65 20 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E 2E 20 48 |e the mission. 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You and your p| 0000C770: 65 6F 70 6C 65 20 61 72 65 20 64 65 61 64 2C 20 |eople are dead, | 0000C780: 53 75 6C 75 20 69 73 20 6C 6F 73 74 20 66 6F 72 |Sulu is lost for| 0000C790: 65 76 65 72 2E 20 57 6F 72 73 74 20 6F 66 20 61 |ever. Worst of a| 0000C7A0: 6C 6C 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 66 61 69 6C 65 64 20 79 |ll, you failed y| 0000C7B0: 6F 75 72 20 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E 2E 20 54 68 65 |our mission. The| 0000C7C0: 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6E 6F 76 61 20 66 69 72 65 20 |n the nova fire | 0000C7D0: 72 65 61 63 68 65 73 20 45 6E 74 65 72 70 72 69 |reaches Enterpri| 0000C7E0: 73 65 27 73 20 68 75 6C 6C 2E 2E 2E 7E 57 69 74 |se's hull...~Wit| 0000C7F0: 68 20 61 20 74 65 72 72 69 62 6C 65 20 67 72 69 |h a terrible gri| 0000C800: 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 72 6F 61 72 20 74 68 65 20 72 |nding roar the r| 0000C810: 6F 6F 66 20 66 61 6C 6C 73 20 69 6E 20 61 6E 64 |oof falls in and| 0000C820: 20 62 75 72 69 65 73 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 69 | buries everythi| 0000C830: 6E 67 2E 2E 2E 69 6E 63 6C 75 64 69 6E 67 20 79 |ng...including y| 0000C840: 6F 75 2E 20 49 74 27 73 20 61 20 67 6F 6F 64 20 |ou. It's a good | 0000C850: 74 68 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 77 6F 6E 27 74 20 |thing you won't | 0000C860: 68 61 76 65 20 74 6F 20 65 78 70 6C 61 69 6E 20 |have to explain | 0000C870: 74 68 69 73 20 74 6F 20 53 74 61 72 66 6C 65 65 |this to Starflee| 0000C880: 74 2E 2E 2E 2E 7E 54 68 65 20 64 72 61 67 6F 6E |t....~The dragon| 0000C890: 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 69 6D | looks at you im| 0000C8A0: 6D 65 6E 73 65 6C 79 20 61 6D 75 73 65 64 2E 20 |mensely amused. | 0000C8B0: 22 44 69 64 6E 27 74 20 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 20 |"Didn't believe | 0000C8C0: 69 6E 20 64 72 61 67 6F 6E 73 2C 20 64 69 64 20 |in dragons, did | 0000C8D0: 79 6F 75 3F 20 69 74 20 73 61 79 73 2E 20 22 57 |you? it says. "W| 0000C8E0: 68 61 74 20 64 69 64 20 79 6F 75 20 74 68 69 6E |hat did you thin| 0000C8F0: 6B 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 61 73 20 2D 2D 20 61 20 |k this was -- a | 0000C900: 67 61 6D 65 3F 22 20 42 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F |game?" Before yo| 0000C910: 75 20 63 61 6E 20 64 6F 20 61 6E 79 74 68 69 6E |u can do anythin| 0000C920: 67 2C 20 69 74 20 6F 70 65 6E 73 20 69 74 73 20 |g, it opens its | 0000C930: 6D 6F 75 74 68 20 61 6E 64 20 62 6C 6F 77 73 20 |mouth and blows | 0000C940: 66 69 72 65 20 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 77 69 74 68 |fire at you with| 0000C950: 20 74 65 72 72 69 62 6C 65 20 66 6F 72 63 65 20 | terrible force | 0000C960: 62 75 72 6E 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 74 6F 20 61 |burning you to a| 0000C970: 20 63 72 69 73 70 2E 22 7E 59 6F 75 20 68 61 76 | crisp."~You hav| 0000C980: 65 20 6A 75 73 74 20 64 6F 6E 65 20 6F 6E 65 20 |e just done one | 0000C990: 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 73 74 20 74 68 69 |of the worst thi| 0000C9A0: 6E 67 73 20 61 6E 79 20 53 74 61 72 66 6C 65 65 |ngs any Starflee| 0000C9B0: 74 20 63 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 65 72 20 63 61 6E 20 |t commander can | 0000C9C0: 64 6F 2E 20 42 79 20 62 65 69 6E 67 20 63 61 72 |do. By being car| 0000C9D0: 65 6C 65 73 73 2C 20 6F 72 20 77 69 6C 6C 66 75 |eless, or willfu| 0000C9E0: 6C 2C 20 6F 72 20 63 61 70 72 69 63 69 6F 75 73 |l, or capricious| 0000C9F0: 2C 20 6F 72 20 6F 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 20 6E |, or otherwise n| 0000CA00: 65 67 6C 69 67 65 6E 74 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 68 61 |egligent, you ha| 0000CA10: 76 65 20 63 61 75 73 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6E 65 |ve caused the ne| 0000CA20: 65 64 6C 65 73 73 20 64 65 61 74 68 20 6F 66 20 |edless death of | 0000CA30: 6F 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 79 6F 75 72 20 63 72 65 77 |one of your crew| 0000CA40: 2E 20 53 74 61 72 66 6C 65 65 74 20 72 65 63 61 |. Starfleet reca| 0000CA50: 6C 6C 73 20 79 6F 75 20 69 6D 6D 65 64 69 61 74 |lls you immediat| 0000CA60: 65 6C 79 2E 7E 54 68 65 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 20 |ely.~The people | 0000CA70: 6F 66 20 41 63 68 69 72 20 64 6F 6E 27 74 20 74 |of Achir don't t| 0000CA80: 61 6B 65 20 6B 69 6E 64 6C 79 20 74 6F 20 68 61 |ake kindly to ha| 0000CA90: 76 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 63 69 74 69 7A |ving their citiz| 0000CAA0: 65 6E 73 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 |ens murdered by | 0000CAB0: 62 61 63 6B 77 61 72 64 20 76 69 73 69 74 6F 72 |backward visitor| 0000CAC0: 73 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 75 6E 63 69 76 69 6C 69 7A |s from unciviliz| 0000CAD0: 65 64 20 70 6C 61 6E 65 74 73 2E 20 54 68 65 79 |ed planets. They| 0000CAE0: 20 69 6D 70 6F 75 6E 64 20 79 6F 75 72 20 76 65 | impound your ve| 0000CAF0: 68 69 63 6C 65 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 72 6F 77 20 |hicle and throw | 0000CB00: 79 6F 75 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 61 20 64 61 72 6B 2C |you into a dark,| 0000CB10: 20 73 65 63 75 72 65 20 64 6F 6D 65 20 2E 2E 2E | secure dome ...| 0000CB20: 66 6F 72 65 76 65 72 7E 54 68 65 20 68 65 61 64 |forever~The head| 0000CB30: 20 4E 69 61 75 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 61 74 20 79 | Niau looks at y| 0000CB40: 6F 75 20 68 75 6E 67 72 69 6C 79 2E 20 22 59 65 |ou hungrily. "Ye| 0000CB50: 27 72 65 20 6E 6F 74 68 69 6E 27 20 63 61 6E 6E |'re nothin' cann| 0000CB60: 79 2C 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 73 75 72 65 2C 22 |y, that's sure,"| 0000CB70: 20 68 65 20 73 61 79 73 2C 20 22 66 6F 72 20 61 | he says, "for a| 0000CB80: 6C 6C 20 73 61 77 20 68 6F 77 20 79 6F 75 20 63 |ll saw how you c| 0000CB90: 61 6D 65 20 6F 75 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 |ame out of the a| 0000CBA0: 69 72 2E 20 42 75 74 20 27 74 69 73 20 61 20 73 |ir. But 'tis a s| 0000CBB0: 68 61 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 77 61 73 74 65 20 67 6F |hame to waste go| 0000CBC0: 6F 64 20 6D 65 61 74 2E 20 53 6F 20 61 74 20 74 |od meat. So at t| 0000CBD0: 68 65 6D 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 70 69 63 6B 20 74 68 |hem, and pick th| 0000CBE0: 65 20 62 6F 6E 65 73 21 22 20 42 65 66 6F 72 65 |e bones!" Before| 0000CBF0: 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 72 65 61 63 74 2C 20 | you can react, | 0000CC00: 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 62 20 6C 65 61 70 73 20 61 74 |the mob leaps at| 0000CC10: 20 79 6F 75 2C 20 79 6F 77 6C 69 6E 67 2E 7E 59 | you, yowling.~Y| 0000CC20: 6F 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6A 75 73 74 20 63 65 61 |ou have just cea| 0000CC30: 73 65 64 20 74 6F 20 69 6E 68 61 62 69 74 20 74 |sed to inhabit t| 0000CC40: 68 69 73 20 70 6C 61 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 65 78 69 |his plane of exi| 0000CC50: 73 74 65 6E 63 65 2E 20 4F 72 20 74 6F 20 70 75 |stence. Or to pu| 0000CC60: 74 20 69 74 20 61 73 20 73 75 63 63 69 6E 63 74 |t it as succinct| 0000CC70: 6C 79 20 61 73 20 70 6F 73 73 69 62 6C 65 3A 59 |ly as possible:Y| 0000CC80: 6F 75 27 72 65 20 64 65 61 64 2C 20 4A 69 6D 2E |ou're dead, Jim.| 0000CC90: 20 42 65 74 74 65 72 20 6C 75 63 6B 20 6E 65 78 | Better luck nex| 0000CCA0: 74 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 7E 59 6F 75 20 68 61 76 65 |t time.~You have| 0000CCB0: 20 6A 75 73 74 20 64 69 65 64 2E 20 54 68 65 20 | just died. The | 0000CCC0: 65 6E 73 75 69 6E 67 20 6D 65 6D 6F 72 69 61 6C |ensuing memorial| 0000CCD0: 20 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 | service is very| 0000CCE0: 20 74 6F 75 63 68 69 6E 67 2C 20 62 75 74 20 74 | touching, but t| 0000CCF0: 68 69 6E 6B 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 68 75 67 65 |hink of the huge| 0000CD00: 20 69 6E 76 65 73 74 6D 65 6E 74 20 53 74 61 72 | investment Star| 0000CD10: 66 6C 65 65 74 20 6D 61 64 65 20 69 6E 20 79 6F |fleet made in yo| 0000CD20: 75 72 20 74 72 61 69 6E 69 6E 67 2C 20 61 6C 6C |ur training, all| 0000CD30: 20 77 61 73 74 65 64 20 6E 6F 77 2E 20 54 72 79 | wasted now. Try| 0000CD40: 20 69 74 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 62 | it again, and b| 0000CD50: 65 20 6D 6F 72 65 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 20 74 |e more careful t| 0000CD60: 68 69 73 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 41 20 73 74 61 72 |his time. A star| 0000CD70: 73 68 69 70 20 63 61 70 74 61 69 6E 20 69 73 20 |ship captain is | 0000CD80: 61 20 74 65 72 72 69 62 6C 65 20 74 68 69 6E 67 |a terrible thing| 0000CD90: 20 74 6F 20 77 61 73 74 65 2E 7E 59 6F 75 20 61 | to waste.~You a| 0000CDA0: 72 65 20 64 65 61 64 2E 20 4E 6F 77 20 4D 63 43 |re dead. Now McC| 0000CDB0: 6F 79 20 61 6E 64 20 53 70 6F 63 6B 20 61 72 65 |oy and Spock are| 0000CDC0: 20 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 | going to have t| 0000CDD0: 6F 20 72 65 61 64 20 79 6F 75 72 20 77 69 6C 6C |o read your will| 0000CDE0: 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2E 2E 2E 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 | again...and the| 0000CDF0: 79 27 72 65 20 6E 6F 74 20 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 74 |y're not going t| 0000CE00: 6F 20 62 65 20 61 6E 79 20 68 61 70 70 69 65 72 |o be any happier| 0000CE10: 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 69 74 20 74 68 61 6E 20 74 | about it than t| 0000CE20: 68 65 79 20 77 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 6C 61 73 |hey were the las| 0000CE30: 74 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 54 72 79 20 69 74 20 61 |t time. Try it a| 0000CE40: 67 61 69 6E 2E 20 41 6E 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 |gain. And this t| 0000CE50: 69 6D 65 2C 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 20 62 65 66 6F 72 |ime, think befor| 0000CE60: 65 20 79 6F 75 20 64 6F 20 77 68 61 74 65 76 65 |e you do whateve| 0000CE70: 72 20 79 6F 75 20 64 69 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 67 |r you did that g| 0000CE80: 6F 74 20 79 6F 75 20 6B 69 6C 6C 65 64 2E 7E 55 |ot you killed.~U| 0000CE90: 6E 66 6F 72 74 75 6E 61 74 65 6C 79 2C 20 74 68 |nfortunately, th| 0000CEA0: 69 73 20 6D 69 73 73 69 6F 6E 20 64 69 64 20 6E |is mission did n| 0000CEB0: 6F 74 20 61 6C 6C 6F 77 20 74 68 65 20 6C 75 78 |ot allow the lux| 0000CEC0: 75 72 79 20 6F 66 20 64 79 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 20 |ury of dying on | 0000CED0: 74 68 65 20 6A 6F 62 3A 20 74 6F 6F 20 6D 61 6E |the job: too man| 0000CEE0: 79 20 74 72 69 6C 6C 69 6F 6E 73 20 6F 66 20 6C |y trillions of l| 0000CEF0: 69 76 65 73 20 64 65 70 65 6E 64 65 64 20 75 70 |ives depended up| 0000CF00: 6F 6E 20 69 74 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 61 |on it. You can a| 0000CF10: 6C 77 61 79 73 20 74 72 79 20 69 74 20 61 67 61 |lways try it aga| 0000CF20: 69 6E 2E 20 44 6F 20 73 6F 2E 2E 2E 61 6E 64 20 |in. Do so...and | 0000CF30: 62 65 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6C 20 74 68 65 20 6E |be careful the n| 0000CF40: 65 78 74 20 74 69 6D 65 2E 20 41 20 63 6F 6D 6D |ext time. A comm| 0000CF50: 61 6E 64 65 72 27 73 20 6C 69 66 65 20 69 73 20 |ander's life is | 0000CF60: 6E 6F 74 20 68 65 72 73 20 6F 72 20 68 69 73 20 |not hers or his | 0000CF70: 74 6F 20 74 68 72 6F 77 20 61 77 61 79 2E 7E FF |to throw away.~.|
........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ............................YOU ARE ON T HE BRIDGE: A ROUND ROOM WITH A VIEWSCREE N ON THE FAR WALL, VARIOUS COMMAND STATI ONS ARRANGED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE, A ND THE CAPTAIN'S SEAT IN THE CENTER OF T HE CIRCLE.~YOU ARE IN SICKBAY, A LONG RO OM WITH SIX DIAGNOSTIC BEDS. A LAB OPENS OFF TO ONE SIDE: DR. MCCOY'S OFFICE IS NEAR THE REAR.~YOU ARE IN THE ENGINEERIN G DEPARTMENT, A LONG ROOM BUILT ON SEVER AL LEVELS, CONTAINING THE CONTROL MECHAN ISMS FOR THE WARPDRIVE AND IMPULSE ENGIN ES, AND VARIOUS LARGE FREE STANDING CONS OLES.~YOU ARE IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM, A SMALL ROOM WITH A FREE-STANDING CONTROL CONSOLE AND A RAISED PLATFORM ON WHICH ARE SIX TRANSPORTER DISCS.~YOU ARE IN TH E RECREATION DECK/ROOM, A HUGE OPEN AREA FULL OF CONVERSATION AREAS AND GAME TAB LES OF VARIOUS SORTS.~YOU ARE IN THE SHU TTLE BAY, THE HUGE HANGAR-LIKE AREA WHER E THE SHIP'S SHUTTLECRAFT ARE KEPT.~YOU ARE IN YOUR QUARTERS, A SMALL TIDY AREA WITH A DESK, A BED, A BATHROOM, AND VARI OUS WORKS OF PRIMITIVE ART STANDING ON T HE SHELVES.~YOU ARE IN SPOCK'S QUARTERS, TWO SMALL AND SEVERELY NEAT ROOMS WITH A DESK, A BED, A BATHROOM, AND ASSORTED VULCAN ARTIFACTS HANGING FROM THE WALLS OR STANDING ON SHELVES.~YOU ARE IN MCCOY 'S QUARTERS, TWO SMALL ROOMS WITH DESK, BED, AND BATHROOM. THE WALLS FEATURE VAR IOUS PICTURES OF EARTH AND SOME PORTRAIT URE, AND THE DESK IS A MESS.~YOU ARE IN CHEKOV'S QUARTERS, A SMALL ROOM WITH DES K, BED, AND BATHROOM. THE WALLS FEATURE VARIOUS MAPS OF THE UNIVERSE.~YOU ARE IN UHURA'S QUARTERS. THEY CONSIST OF TWO S MALL ROOMS WITH DESK, BED AND BATHROOM. ON A SHELF IS A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANTI QUE BOOKS; A GUITAR LEANS NEARBY.~YOU AR E IN SCOTTY'S QUARTERS. THEY ARE TWO SMA LL ROOMS WITH DESK, BED AND BATHROOM. TH E DESK AND BED ARE SCATTERED WITH ENGINE ERING JOURNALS ON CASSETTE. ON A NEARBY SHELF IS A COLLECTION OF EXOTIC-LOOKING BOTTLES.~YOU ARE ON THE OBSERVATION DECK , WHICH IS A LONG RAILED AREA WITH LARGE WINDOWS LOOKING OUT AT THE STARS.~YOU A RE IN THE BRIG, WHICH IS A LONG NARROW H ALLWAY WITH SIX FORCEFIELD-BARRED "CALLS " OPENING OFF IT, THREE ON EACH SIDE.~YO U ARE IN THE TURBOLIFT, A SMALL ROOM WIT H A RAILING, A COMMUNICATOR PANEL, A SPE AKER PHONE, AND A SET OF CONTROLS FOR TH E LIFT.~YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN A STRETCH O F CORRIDOR WHICH WINDS AROUND.~YOU ARE O N THE ENTERPRISE.~YOU ARE IN THE SHUTTLE CRAFT. IT IS TOTALLY DESTROYED.~A VAST C AVE HOUSING A CITY AND MANUFACTURING ARE A~THIS IS A HUGE CENTRAL CAVERN, CONTAIN ING A SPACESHIP SERVICING CENTER. THE SE DIMENTARY STONE SHOWS STRIATIONS IN MANY SHADES OF BLUE. MANY SMALL SPACECRAFT O F ALIEN MAKE ARE BEING WORKED ON BY ROBO T REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.~THE RE ARE INTERMIXED LIFE SIGNS, MECHANICAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC READINGS COMING FRO M ALL DIRECTIONS.~A NARROW TUNNEL~THIS I S A NARROW, DIMLY-LIT TUNNEL THAT RUNS E AST-WEST. THE UBIQUITOUS BLUE STRIATIONS ARE VISIBLE IN THE WALLS. HERE AND THER E THE TUNNEL WALLS ARE POWDERED WITH LOO SE ALKALI.~THERE ARE LIFE-READINGS COMIN G FROM SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE TUNNEL. THE READING IS FAINT AND EQUIVOCAL IN QUALIT Y.~THE TUNNEL WALL~THE CAVE WALL~AN IMPR ESSIVE NORTH-SOUTH MOUNTAIN RANGE~YOU HA VE THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF BEAMING INTO THE HEART OF A MOUNTAIN.~THE TALL NORTH ERN PEAKS~YOU ARE VERY SURPRISED TO FIND YOURSELF MATERIALIZING INSIDE THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN. YOUR TRANSPORTER TECHN ICIAN IS VERY SURPRISED TOO.~THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE~THIS IS A MOUNTAIN...AND WITH ASTONISHING LACK OF CAUTION, YOU H AVE JUST MATERIALIZED INSIDE IT.~A BARRE N VALLEY ENCIRCLED BY MOUNTAINS~THIS IS A BARREN VALLEY ENCIRCLED BY HUGE MOUNTA INS. THE MANY BLUE STRIATIONS OF THE STO NE ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY LANDSLIDES HERE RECENTLY; HUGE BOUL DERS LIE SCATTERED AROUND IN BEDS OF SCR EE AND GRAVEL.~THOUSANDS OF LIFE READING S AND THE PRESENCE OF ADVANCED MACHINERY ARE COMING FROM THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS N EAR 7600.8000.~A VAST, VIOLENT OCEAN~YOU HAVE FALLEN INTO A VIOLENT OCEAN. THERE IS NO TIME TO BEAM YOU UP. A HUGE WAVE HITS YOU SO HARD THAT YOU INVOLUNTARILY GASP, INHALING BITTER TASTING WATER. YOU R LUNGS, TRY TO WORK, THEN SEIZE UP; YOU R BODY GOES INTO SHOCK, AND YOU SINK INT O DARKNESS.~AN IMMENSE DESERT OF BLOWING SKY-BLUE SAND~AN IMMENSE ROCKY DESERT W ITH SKY-BLUE SAND, BROKEN BY MESAS AND O UTCROPPINGS OF SANDSTONE STRIPED IN A TH OUSAND SHADES OF BLUE. THERE IS A SHARP TASTE TO THE AIR. THE SKY IS A HARD, BRI LLIANT BLUE. THERE IS NO SIGN OF MOTION OR LIFE ANYWHERE.~THE TRICORDER SHOWS A FAINT, CONFUSED LIFE READING NEAR 7000.8 000. THE SAND IS SILICA WITH A COMPLETE ABSENCE OF SURFACE WATER.~A DEEP CRATER~ YOU FALL ABRUPTLY OVER THE EDGE OF ONE O F THE DEEPEST CRATERS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. YOU FALL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BEFORE YOU HIT THE SIDE AND BOUNCE, HARD, FIVE OR SIX TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST.~A DEEP CRATER~YOU TOPPLE HEADFIRST INTO A VERY LARGE CRATER. YOU SCRABBLE AT THE SIDES TO TRY TO SAVE YOURSELF, BUT YOU SUCCEED ONLY IN PULLING AN EVER-INCREASING SHOW ER OF STONES AND GRAVEL DOWN ON YOU. YOU ARE BURIED AND CRUSHED UNDER THE LANDSL IDE.~A ROCKY AREA, WITH A LARGE AMOUNT O F DEBRIS~THIS IS A DARK CRATER WITH A LA RGE HEAP OF DEBRIS AT ITS CENTER. A LOW RANGE OF HILLS STANDS OFF TO THE NORTHWA RD. THERE ARE A FEW PATCHES OF WATER ICE ON THE GROUND. NUMEROUS HUGE BOULDERS A PPEAR TO HAVE OLD SCORCHMARKS ON THEM.~P ITCHBLENDE AND HEAVY-METAL ORE IN THE CR UST INTERFERE WITH SCAN AND COMMUNICATIO NS BUT THERE IS A LARGE MASS OF METAL NE ARBY.~A DEEP CRATER~A SHADOW CONCEALS TH E OPENING OF A VERY DEEP CRATER -- INTO WHICH YOU FALL BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE DO NE. YOU DIE QUICKLY AS YOU HIT THE BOTTO M OF THE CRATER LIKE A FALLING STONE.~A DEEP CRATER~WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE GROU ND GOES FROM UNDER YOUR FEET. YOU HAVE S TEPPED ON A CRATER-EDGE SO WEAKENED BY E XTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD THAT IT CRUMBLE S UNDER YOUR WEIGHT AND DUMPS YOU INTO T HE THOUSANDS OF FEET OF NOTHINGNESS.~A B ROAD PLAIN SCATTERED WITH VOLCANIC CRATE RS~A BROAD PLAIN SCATTERED WITH CRATERS AND THE CONES OF EXTINCT VOLCANOES. THE AREA SHOWS EVIDENCE OF A VIOLENT GEOLOGI CAL HISTORY. METEORIC DEBRIS LIES ABOUT THE AREA AND IS STREAKED WITH ONCE-MOLTE N "EJECTA" MATERIAL.~THERE IS A LOT OF P ITCHBLENDE AND HEAVY-METAL ORE IN THE CR UST HERE THAT INTERFERES WITH SCAN AND C OMMUNICATIONS.~THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN~AN I RREGULARLY SHAPED MOUNTAIN PEAK "CAPPED" WITH HELIUM SNOW AND SLICKED ELSEWHERE WITH SILVERY SLUSH. THERE ARE SEVERAL MI NOR PEAKS JUTTING FROM SPURS OF THE LARG ER ONE, ALL RUGGED AND SEEMINGLY INACCES SIBLE.~THE MOUNTAIN IS ABOUT A THOUSAND METERS HIGH AND IS UNCLIMBABLE.~A MOUNTA IN RANGE THAT EXTENDS EAST-WEST~THERE IS A LOW RANGE OF HILLS NOT FAR AWAY FROM YOU. NONE OF THEM IS MORE THAN ABOUT A H UNDRED FEET HIGH. THEY ARE COVERED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF HELIUM SLUSH. VARIOUS BO ULDERS AND HUMMOCKS OF STONE APPEAR AROU ND THEM.~THE HILLS ARE IRREGULAR AND JAG GED WITH DEEP CRATERS THAT MAY BE CAVE E NTRANCES. THICK HELIUM SLUSH COVERS THE HILLS.~THE LARGEST ISLAND~YOU ARE ON A F LOATING ISLAND SO LARGE THAT ITS MOTION IN THE HELIUM SEA IS MINIMAL. IT IS SEVE RAL MILES LONG AND ABOUT A MILE AND A HA LF WIDE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS LARGE BOULDE RS AND SMALL HUMMOCKS OF STONE SCATTERED ABOUT IN THE SLUSH.~THIS ISLAND IS MADE OF POROUS STONE. IT HAS SOME PROMINENT HILLS AND VALLEYS, AND TOWARD ITS INTERI OR, A SMALL MOUNTAIN.~A SMALL, SLIPPERY ISLAND~YOU ARE STANDING ON AN ISLAND ABO UT A HUNDRED METERS IN DIAMETER, COVERED WITH SILVERY HELIUM SLUSH. IT RISES AND FALLS IN THE "SEA" A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY AND GENTLY THAN THE SMALLER ISLANDS ARO UND IT.~THIS ISLAND IS RISING AND FALLIN G SLOWLY IN THE HELIUM OCEAN. EXPOSURE T O THE LIQUID WILL CAUSE EQUIPMENT AND OR GANIC MATTER TO FREEZE.~A TINY ISLAND~TH IS A TINY ISLAND FLOATING ON A HELIUM "O CEAN".~ MOST OF THE ISLAND'S MASS IS UND ER THE SURFACE. THERE ARE FAINT SIGNALS COMING FROM THE WEST AND FROM THE NORTH. ~A SEA OF LIQUID HELIUM~YOU HAVE FALLEN INTO A SILVER-GREY OCEAN OF LIQUID HELIU M. THE WAVES MOVE MORE QUICKLY THAN WATE R DESPITE THE HIGH GRAVITY. THE ATMOSPHE RE IS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THE "OCEAN", AND SO THE SURFACE OF THE LIQUID HELIUM SMOKES A LITTLE.~AN EXTREMELY GLOOMY DUN GEON~A GLOOMY MAZE OF CORRIDORS WALLED W ITH STONE, LIT BY AN OCCASIONAL TORCH. U NHEALTHY-LOOKING FUNGI GROW ON THE WALLS . THE SMELL OF DAMP ROT IS OVERWHELMING. SOUNDS OF WATER DRIPPING THE CLANKING O F CHAINS AND NONHUMAN VOICES ARE FAINTLY HEARD.~SEVERAL SMALL FIRES AND NUMEROUS WEAK LIFE FORMS ARE DETECTED. THERE ARE NONHOMINID LIFE READINGS THAT ARE NOT N ATIVE TO HASTORANG.~A "FAIRY TALE" CASTL E~THIS IS A CLASSIC CASTLE OF THE "FAIRY TALE" VARIETY, WITH SPIRES, ARROW SHOT WINDOWS, FLYING BUTTRESSES, A DRAWBRIDGE AND MOAT. THERE IS A TILTING FIELD IN F RONT OF THE CASTLE AND PAVILIONS WITH BA NNERS FLYING IN FRONT OF THEM.~MANY LIFE FORMS ARE DETECTED, SOME WITH NON-HASTO RANG PHYSIOLOGY. THE CASTLE WALLS ARE TH IRTY FEET THICK AND THERE IS ARE TUNNELS UNDERNEATH.~A WOODEN DRAWBRIDGE~THIS IS THE DRAWBRIDGE, A CREAKY ASSEMBLAGE OF RUSTY IRON AND WOOD FAR PAST ITS PRIME. THE ARCHWAY TO WHICH THE DRAWBRIDGE LEAD S IS A LONG LOW TUNNEL WITH MANY HOLES I N ITS CEILING, USEFUL FOR DROPPING ROCKS OR MOLTEN LEAD ON PEOPLE.~MANY LIFE REA DINGS EMANATE FROM THE CASTLE. THERE IS A PARTICULARLY STRONG READING FROM THE M OAT; ALSO A PARTICULARLY STRONG SMELL.~T HE CASTLE WALL~YOU HAVE JUST BEAMED INTO THE CASTLE WALL. WERE YOU ASLEEP DURING THE TRANSPORTER COORDINATE COURSE AT ST ARFLEET ACADEMY, OR WERE YOU OFF JIMMYIN G THE KOBAYASHI MARU DATA FILES THAT WEE K? TSK, TSK.~A MURKY MOAT~YOU ARE IN THE CASTLE MOAT. A MURKY FORM SLIDES TOWARD YOU. JUST BEFORE IT GRABS YOU, YOU THIN K HOW EMBARRASSING IT WOULD BE TO EXPLAI N THAT YOU WERE EATEN BY SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN AN OCTOPUS AN D A LABRADOR RETRIEVER.~A LARGE DARK CAV E~THIS IS A HUGE DARK, DAMP CAVERN WITH AN ODD, BURNED SMELL ABOUT IT. PASSAGES LEAD OFF INTO THE DARKNESS. A FAINT HISS ING COMES FROM ONE OF THE TUNNELS. YOU C AN HEAR THE SQUEAKING AS OF SMALL CREATU RES NEARBY AND THE SOUND OF MOANING AND SCREAMS.~THERE IS MOVEMENT AND GOLD AND IRON READINGS FROM DEEPER IN THE CAVES. LIFE FORM READINGS ARE TOO WEAK TO LOCAT E ACCURATELY.~THE CAVE WALL~YOU BEAM STR AIGHT INTO THE CAVE WALL. SINCE THE STRU CTURES OF HUMAN FLESH AND STONE ARE NOT MUTUALLY COMPATIBLE, THE RESULTS ARE RAT HER MESSY.~A STONE WALL~THIS IS A SOLID STONE WALL, AND YOU'VE BEAMED RIGHT INTO IT. UNFORTUNATE. ALSO ICKY.~A FOREST OF BIZARRE TREES AND STRANGE SOUNDS~YOU AR E IN A FOREST FULL OF BIZARRE TREES AND CREEPY NOISES, HOOTS AND HOWLS AND SOUND S THAT ARE REMINISCENT OF LAUGHTER. THE FOREST IS VERY DARK, AND UNTRAVELED. YOU SENSE THAT YOU'RE BEING WATCHED BY SOME THING UNSEEN WITH A NASTY SENSE OF HUMOR .~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE O F OTHER LIFE FORMS, THOUGH IT IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM SPECIFICALLY.~THE SOUTH ERN LANDMASS~YOU ARE ON AN ALMOST-PERFEC T TYPE M PLANET. THE PLANET HAS TWO MAJO R LANDMASSES: THIS THE LARGEST INCLUDES THE PLANET'S SOUTH POLE. LARGE AREAS OF VEGETATION ARE VISIBLE, AND A VERY LARGE FOREST IN THE NORTHEAST MARGIN OF THE C ONTINENT.~TRICORDER REVEALS AN INHABITED TYPE M PLANET ABOUT HALF AGAIN THE SIZE OF THE EARTH WITH OXYGEN-NITROGEN ATMOS PHERE AND SALTY SEAS.~THE NORTHERN LANDM ASS~YOU ARE ON A PLANET ABOUT HALF AGAIN THE SIZE OF EARTH, AND AN ALMOST-PERFEC T TYPE M, A GORGEOUS BLUE JEWEL. THIS IS THE SMALLER OF TWO CONTINENTS ON THIS P LANET.~TRICORDER REVEALS SIGNALS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTINENT.~A BEAUTIFUL BLUE OCEAN~YOU AR E SUDDENLY SWIMMING IN A CALM BLUE OCEAN . THE WATER IS QUITE WARM: IT'S A PITY Y OU DIDN'T JUMP IN IN YOUR BATHING SUIT I NSTEAD OF FULL STARFLEET KIT.~THE TRICOR DER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF NUMEROUS A QUATIC LIFE FORMS.~THE "MASTER DOME" OF THE DYSON SPHERE~YOU ARE STANDING UNDER A DOME TWO MILES HIGH, IN A CRYSTAL CITY FULL OF SMALL ANTIGRAV-CRAFT OCCUPIED B Y THREE TYPES OF BEINGS: TALL, SLENDER B LUE HOMINIDS, HEADLESS TORTOISES WITH EN AMELED SHELLS AND TALL THIN HOLLY BUSHES WITH BERRY EYES.~READINGS INDICATE USE OF MATTER-ANTIMATTER TECHNOLOGY THROUGHO UT THE CITY. GRAVITY READINGS ARE SLIGHT LY LESS THAN ONE-SEVENTH THAT OF EARTH.~ A SMALL DOMED CITY WITH METHANE ATMOSPHE RE~THIS IS A SMALL PLANETOID WITH A SOLI D DOME, ON THE SIDE OF THE DYSON SPHERE. THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE DOME IS METHA NE, AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW DIM LIGHTS HERE AND THERE. THE DOME CONTAINS A SMAL L CITY OF LOW, WINDOWLESS BUILDINGS.~THE TRICORDER REVEALS METHANE-BREATHING LIF E FORMS GEARED TO EXTREME COLD (THE TEMP ERATURE IS -70 F.) AND ADVANCED MACHINER Y.~AN UNDOMED HABITAT ON THE DYSON SPHER E~THIS IS A DOMELESS HABITAT EXPOSED TO OPEN SPACE. IT CONTAINS SMALL IGLOO-SHAP ED BUILDINGS, ALL WITH OPEN WINDOWS.~THE TRICORDER REVEALS SILICON BASED LIFE RE ADINGS. THERE APPEAR TO BE NO MACHINES O R OTHER ARTIFACTS.~A HIGH BARBED-WIRE BA RRICADE~YOU BEAMED INTO A TALL BARRICADE OF BARBED WIRE. YOU'RE DEAD. TWO OBJECT S CAN'T OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAM E TIME. DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER TELL YOU TO B E CAREFUL WHEN YOU GO OUT WALKING IN VAC UUM.~A SQUAT TOWER, BARELY VISIBLE IN TH E DIM LIGHT~YOU ARE SUCKED INTO A VORTEX OF PURPLISH LIGHT, AND ARE EJECTED INTO A VERY DARK POWDERY DESERT.~A TALL TOWE R MADE UP OF INTERSECTING RODS~YOU ARE S UCKED INTO A VORTEX OF PURPLISH LIGHT, A ND ARE EJECTED ONTO A BRILLIANT POWDERY WHITE DESERT THAT DAZZLES YOUR EYES UNTI L THEY ADJUST THEMSELVES TO THE LIGHT.~T HE "SUNNY" SIDE~A VAST WHITE POWDERY DES ERT SURROUNDS YOU. GLISTENING SILICATE S AND TWINKLES IN THE DAZZLING SUNLIGHT. S TRANGE BURROWS IN THE LANDSCAPE AND PILE S OF CRUSHED ROCK SHOW EVIDENCE OF HEAVY MINING.~THE TRICORDER REVEALS LARGE AMO UNTS OF WHITE POWDERY SAND.~THE DARK SID E~YOU ARE STANDING IN A DARK DESERT OF B ROWN POWDER.~THE TRICORDER REVEALS LARGE AMOUNTS OF BROWN SAND.~THE PLANET ACHIR ~A LARGE SET OF ROOMS CONTAINING CEREMON IAL OBJECTS~YOU ARE STANDING IN THE "MUS EUM WARREN" OF THE NIAUHIT DEN CITY, A V ERY LARGE SET OF ROOMS CONTAINING VARIOU S CEREMONIAL OBJECTS, INCLUDING HUGE SWO RDS, AND RICH CLOTHING OF PECULIAR HIDES AND FABRICS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME SKELET ONS OF ODD ANIMALS. THE OVERALL EFFECT I S OF A VERY ANCIENT AND LITTLE-USED MUSE UM AREA.~TRICORDER SHOWS ARTIFACTS OF GR EAT ANTIQUITY CONTAINING PRECIOUS METALS , STEEL AND ORGANIC MATERIAL. SOME OF TH E ORGANIC MATERIAL IS QUITE NEW.~A "DEN CITY"~A "DEN CITY" ON NIAU, ABOUT FOUR K ILOMETERS SQUARE, CAREFULLY LANDSCAPED I NTO A WILD PARK. NATIVE WILDLIFE RUNS FR EE. BUT UNDERNEATH THE "PARK" APPEARS TO BE AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF TUNNELS, HONE YCOMBING THE AREA AND HOLDING HOMES, SHO PS AND BUSINESSES.~THE TRICORDER INDICAT ES THAT THIS PARK OVERLIES A TREMENDOUS CITY, WITH SOPHISTICATED POWER, INCLUDIN G ELECTRICITY AND FUSION.~A SANDSTONE RA MP~YOU ARE STANDING ON A RAMP OF SANDSTO NE BLOCKS, LAID SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT Y OU COULDN'T GET SO MUCH AS A KNIFE BLADE BETWEEN THEM. THE RAMP LEADS UP TO A CI TY TO THE NORTH.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THAT THIS RAMP WAS CONSTRUCTED APPROXIM ATELY THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. IT IS TIL TED AT A SEVEN-DEGREE ANGLE.~AN IMPENETR ABLE WALL, 500 FEET HIGH~YOU HAVE JUST B EAMED INTO A WALL. LUCKILY YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO CLEAN THE MESS UP, BEING DEAD.~A LARGE SANDSTONE PLATFORM~YOU ARE SURROU NDED ON ALL SIDES BY VERY HIGH WALLS OF NATIVE SANDSTONE. SOME OF THEM HAVE WHAT SEEM TO BE CLAW MARKS ON THEM.~THE TRIC ORDER INDICATES THAT THE STONE OF THESE WALLS WAS QUARRIED ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED YE ARS AGO.~A SANDSTONE RAMP~THIS IS A SAND STONE RAMP THAT LEADS UPWARDS TOWARD A P LATFORM TO THE SOUTH.~THE TRICORDER INDI CATES THAT THE STONE WAS QUARRIED ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THE RAMP IS TILT ED AT A SEVEN-DEGREE ANGLE.~AN IMPENETRA BLE WALL, 500 FEET HIGH~YOU HAVE JUST BE AMED INTO A WALL. WHAT A WASTE OF GOOD C OMMAND TALENT.~A GRASSY KNOLL~YOU ARE ON A GRASSY KNOLL IN A STRETCH OF WILD PAR KLAND. EXTREMELY LOUD WILD-ANIMAL NOSES CAN BE HEARD NOT FAR AWAY. THERE IS LUSH VEGETATION MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF SMALL COPPICES AND SPINNEYS OF ALIEN TREES.~TH E TRICORDER INDICATES CONSIDERABLE ACTIV ITY IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF THE PARK. NUMEROUS LIFE READINGS ARE CONCENTRATED THERE.~AN ISLAND COVERED WITH WILD UNDE RGROWTH~YOU ARE ON A WILD, LUSH, JUNGLE ISLAND -- A THICKLY FORESTED, SEMITROPIC AL AREA ON THE TOP OF A MESA REACHING UP FROM THE NIAUHIT OCEAN.~THE TRICORDER I NDICATES THAT THIS ISLAND IS A FORMER VO LCANIC PLUG. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE ACTIV ITY IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF THE IS LAND.~THE PLANET NIAU~YOU ARE SWIMMING I N A WARM YELLOW-GREEN OCEAN...AND IN UNI FORM, TOO. WHAT WOULD STARFLEET SAY?!.~T HE TRICORDER INDICATES CONSIDERABLE ACTI VITY IN THE WATER AROUND YOU.~A BARREN A REA~THIS IS AN AREA SEVERAL KILOMETERS I N DIAMETER IN WHICH EXTENSIVE STRIP MINI NG, HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. LARGE SECTIONS OF THE CLAYBEARING SOIL HAVE BEEN STRIP PED AWAY THROUGH NUMEROUS STRATA, REVEAL ING A BASE LAYER OF REDDISH STONE.~THIS AREA HAS BEEN STRIP MINED BY MEANS OF AD VANCED ENERGY TOOLS. UNDECIPHERABLE ENER GY READINGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLAY STRATA.~AN IMPRESSIVE CANYON~YOU FIND Y OURSELF STANDING IN THIN AIR OVER A CANY ON TWO THOUSAND METERS DEEP. YOU HAVE A SHORT FLIGHT STRAIGHT DOWN. NOTHING HAPP ENS TO YOU...AT LEAST, NOTHING HAPPENS U NTIL YOU HIT THE GROUND....~A HEAVILY-TR AVELLED ROAD LEADING NORTH-SOUTH~THIS IS A DIRT ROAD. THE ROADBED IS NOTHING BUT PACKED CLAY, AND IS SEVERELY RUTTED BY THE WHEELS OF HEAVY MACHINERY.~THE TRICO RDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF RADIOACTI VE RESIDUES IN THE ROADBED, OF THE SORT LEFT BY HEAVY EARTHMOVING MACHINERY.~A H EAVILY-TRAVELLED ROAD LEADING EAST-WEST~ THIS IS A DIRT ROAD LEADING EASTWARD AND WESTWARD. IT IS SEVERELY RUTTED, AS IF THERE HAS BEEN MUCH HEAVY TRAFFIC HERE.~ THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF RADIATION RESIDUES IN THE ROAD OF THE SO RT LEFT BY THE ENGINES OF EARTHMOVING EQ UIPMENT.~A LARGE PIT FULL OF LIQUID~YOU ARE IN A LARGE HORRIBLE SMELLING PIT FUL L OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS. YOU REALIZE WIT H DISGUST (AND GREAT ANNOYANCE) THAT THI S IS A TOXIC WASTE DUMP, AND YOU ARE SHO RTLY GOING TO DISSOLVE. OH WELL...SOME D AYS ARE LIKE THAT.~JAUZAH, A BROWN CLAY COVERED WORLD~THIS IS THE PLANET WHICH S TARFLEET HAS DESIGNATED AS "JAUZAH", A B ROWN WORLD COVERED WITH CLAY LIKE SOILS AND OUTCROPPINGS OF STONE, BUT VERY LITT LE ELSE.~TRICORDER READINGS INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF MANY TYPES OF CLAY. THERE A RE NO LIFE READINGS, BUT THERE ARE PECUL IAR LOW-LEVEL ENERGY READINGS.~A SMALL P RISON CELL~YOU ARE IN JAIL..A SMALL, CON FINING AREA THAT BEARS AN UNNERVING RESE MBLANCE TO ALL THE OTHER JAILS YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES A LIFEFORM NEARBY, MOVING TOWARD YOU AT CO NSIDERABLE SPEED.~PRISON BARS~YOU HAVE B EAMED RIGHT INTO THE WALL OF A JAIL. NOT THAT THE KIND OF WALL MAKES MUCH DIFFER ENCE, SINCE YOUR BODY'S ATTEMPT TO COEXI ST WITH IT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL. IN OTHER W ORDS...YOU'RE DEAD, JIM.~A HUGE DOMED BU ILDING WITH PENTAGONAL ARCHWAYS~YOU ARE STANDING UNDER A VAST, GLASSY, BUBBLE TY PE STRUCTURE. THE CENTER IS DOMINATED BY A HUGE CENTRAL DOME, THE SEAT OF GOVERN MENT.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES NUMEROUS L IFE FORMS AND MACHINERY ALL AROUND YOU.~ A GLASS CITY~THE MAIN CITY ON KLUSOS HAS MOSTLY LONG, LOW STRUCTURES. THERE ARE A FEW HIGH-RISES, TYPICALLY BROADER AT T HE BASE AND TAPERING TOWARD THE TOP, TO RESIST THE FIERCE WIND. THE BUILDINGS AR E ALL MADE OF AN IRIDESCENT GLASSY SUBST ANCE.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES NUMEROUS L IFESIGNS IN THE AREA, AND MUCH SOPHISTIC ATED USE OF ENERGY, INCLUDING ANTIMATTER TECHNOLOGY.~A CLEAR LONG HIGHWAY~YOU AR E STANDING IN A LONG TUNNEL MADE UP OF C LEAR CUBES STRETCHING EAST-WEST.~THE TRI CORDER INDICATES THAT THE TUNNEL AND THE ROADWAY INSIDE IT ARE MADE OF THE SAME GLASS LIKE SUBSTANCE.~A HIGH-CLASS CITY DWELLING~YOU ARE STANDING NEXT TO A BUNC H OF TALL, WELL-BUILT STRUCTURES, DENSEL Y PACKED ON ALL SIDES, WITH VEHICLES PAR KED BENEATH THEM.~TRICORDER READINGS IND ICATE THE PRESENCE OF MANY LIFE FORMS IN THIS AREA, WITH MUCH SOPHISTICATED USE OF ENERGY.~A LOW-CLASS CITY DWELLING~YOU ARE STANDING NEAR A BAND OF LOW, POORLY BUILT GLASS BUILDINGS~THE TRICORDER IND ICATES NUMEROUS LIFE FORMS IN THIS AREA, BUT RELATIVELY LITTLE ENERGY USE.~A WID E TUNNEL OF CLEAR CUBES LEADING NORTH-SO UTH~YOU ARE IN A MAJOR TRANSPORT HIGHWAY MADE UP OF CUBES LINKED TOGETHER INTO A HIGHWAY THAT IS FIVE STORIES HIGH. THE ROAD RUNS IN A NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION.~TR ICORDER READINGS INDICATE THE PRESENCE O F MANY VEHICLES, USING MATTER/ANTIMATTER TECHNOLOGY, TRAVERSING THE HIGHWAY AT G REAT SPEED.~A HUGE COMPLEX OF TOWERS AND HANGARS~YOU ARE STANDING NEXT IN AN ARE A COVERED WITH HUGE AND POWERFUL MACHINE RY, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND SPACECRAFT I N VARIOUS STAGES OF ASSEMBLY. FUEL REFIN ING TOWERS DOT THE LANDSCAPE.~TRICORDER READINGS INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF NUMERO US FUSION REACTORS AND MATTER/ANTIMATTER BREEDER-CONVERTER ASSEMBLIES.~A WELL-TR AVELLED ROAD LEADING TO THE NORTHERN MIN ES~YOU ARE ON A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH TRANSP ORT HIGHWAY MADE OF FIVE STORY HIGH CUBE S LINKED TOGETHER.~TRICORDER INDICATES M ANY HEAVY VEHICLES USING MATTER-ANTIMATT ER CONVERTERS AND MOVING AT GREAT SPEED. ENERGY READINGS COME FROM THE NORTH.~A MINING PIT~YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY CLIFFS OF PURE SILICONE SAND, DUG OUT BY LARGE SCOOPING MACHINES. CONVEYER CHUTES CRISS CROSS TO LOW FLAT MINING PLANTS AT THE B ASE OF THE HILLS. VEHICLES ARE EVERYWHER E. EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY TO PAY ANY ATTEN TION TO YOU.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF SOME LOW-LEVEL RADIATION FR OM THE LARGE EARTHMOVING MACHINERY.~KLUS OS, A WORLD WITH AN ACID ATMOSPHERE~UNFO RTUNATELY THE HUMAN BODY IS NOT DESIGNED TO COPE WITH A PLANET WHOSE ATMOSPHERE IS 96% CORROSIVE ACIDS. YOU ARE CORRODED TO DEATH ALMOST BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT HA PPENED.~THIS IS A RUINED BUILDING. SCATT ERED AROUND ARE WORKS OF ART, BROKEN AND HIDDEN UNDER DUST. THE ONLY INTACT OBJE CT IS A HUGE COLOSSUS WITH HUMANOID CHAR ACTERISTICS. AN ANCIENT MONK MEDITATES IN THE CORNER.~YOU ARE IN AN ANCIENT RUI NED BUILDING.~HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLE BOMBA RDMENT OCCURRED HERE 700 YEARS AGO. THER E IS NO TRACE OF EQUIPMENT. THERE ARE LO W LEVEL HUMANOID LIFE READINGS.~THE TEMP LE WALL~YOU HAVE BEAMED INTO THE WALL OF AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. EVEN THE GODS CAN NO T HELP YOU HERE.~A SMALL ISLAND~YOU ARE ON A SMALL ISLAND COVERED WITH VARIOUS K INDS OF LOW SCRUB LIKE VEGETATION. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF MOTION, AS IF A GREA T MANY SOMETHINGS WERE MOVING ABOUT IN T HE BRUSH.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PR ESENCE OF SMALL ANIMALS AND FAINT INDICA TIONS OF A POWER SOURCE SOUTH OF THE ISL AND.~A SMALL LAKE~YOU ARE IN A LITTLE LA KE...AND GETTING SOGGY.~THE TRICORDER RE PORTS THAT THIS LAKE IS FULL OF WATER.~A SMALL TRAIL~THIS IS A SMALL DIRT TRAIL, APPARENTLY USED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF PE OPLE ON A REGULAR BASIS.~THE TRICORDER I NDICATES THAT TEN OR FIFTEEN PEOPLE HAVE PASSED THIS WAY WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.~A NARROW PATH~YOU ARE ON A NARRO W PATH WHICH SEEMS ONLY TO HAVE BEEN USE D BY A FEW PEOPLE RECENTLY.~TRICORDER RE ADINGS INDICATE THAT SOMEONE CARRYING A LOW-LEVEL RADIATION SOURCE HAS BEEN DOWN THIS PATH WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.~AN IMPENETRABLE JUNGLE~YOU HAVE BEAMED INT O A JUNGLE SO DENSE AND INTERTWINED THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR ANYTHING TO LIVE THERE...INCLUDING YOU.~A CLEAR, PINK LAK E~THIS IS A SMALL LAKE WHOSE WATERS APPE AR CLEAR PINK IN COLOR.~THE TRICORDER IN DICATES THAT THE PINK COLOR IS DUE TO IR ON OXIDES IN THE SANDS, AND REFRACTION D UE TO HIGH NITROGEN CONTENT OF THE ATMOS PHERE.~A SMALL ROAD~THIS IS A PAVED ROAD , APPARENTLY USED ON A REGULAR BASIS.~TH E TRICORDER INDICATES THAT THIS IS A BUS Y ROAD. THERE ARE MARKINGS THAT INDICATE HEAVY USE IN THE EAST-WEST DIRECTION.~A TOWN OF ABOUT FORTY HOUSES~THIS IS A TO WN OF ABOUT FORTY HOUSES, SOME QUITE MOD ERN-LOOKING, SOME THATCHED AND HAVING WA LLS OF WATTLE AND DAUB -- OR OF REINFORC ED CONCRETE.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THA T THIS VILLAGE USES BOTH MODERN AND ANCI ENT BUILDING MATERIALS. THERE ARE LIFE S IGNS OF HUMANOID CREATURES IN THE AREA.~ A SMALL TOWN WITH A DIRT ROAD~THIS IS A SMALL TOWN WITH BUILDINGS OF DIFFERENT S IZES, RANGING FROM TINY ONE-ROOM COTTAGE S TO A TEMPLE OF SOME KIND BUILT PARTLY OF HEWN STONE AND PARTLY OF CONCRETE. T HE TOWN HAS ONE SMALL UNPAVED ROAD WHICH STOPS AT THE TEMPLE.~THE TRICORDER INDI CATES AN UNUSUAL MIXTURE OF MODERN AND A RCHAIC BUILDING MATERIALS -- CONCRETE AN D THATCH, HEWN STONE AND STEEL I-BEAMS.~ A LARGE PLANET COVERED WITH IMPASSABLE F ORESTS~THIS IS THE PLANET TSHIO, A LARGE PLANET COVERED WITH NEARLY IMPASSABLE F ORESTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL OCEANS AND NUMEROUS LARGISH LAKES.~THE TRICORDE R INDICATES HIGH-ENERGY SOURCES, SUCH AS PARTICLE ACCELERATORS OR MATTER/ANTIMAT TER CONVERTERS; BUT IS UNABLE LOCATE THE M.~A CITY~THIS IS A CITY BUILT OF A PECU LIAR COMBINATION OF PLASTICS AND GLASSY SUBSTANCES. THE BUILDINGS COME IN A WID E VARIETY OF BIZARRE, ORGANIC-LOOKING SH APES.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THAT THE C ITY'S BUILDINGS ARE MOSTLY OF LONG-CHAIN PLASTICS THAT WERE SPUN OR GROWN TO ORD ER ON THE SPOT.~A ROAD LEADING EAST-WEST ~THIS IS A LONG, EAST-WEST RUNNING ROAD OF SOME WHITE SUBSTANCE.~THE TRICORDER I NDICATES THAT THIS ROAD IS MADE OF A TAI LORED PLASTIC OF GREAT TOUGHNESS.~THE MA IN LANDMASS~THE DULL VIOLET-RED GROUND A ROUND YOU HAS A SLICK, SOAPY FEELING. YO U SEE PLANT LIFE IN A MAD PROFUSION OF C OLORS AND SHAPES. SOME NEARBY BUILDINGS ARE APPARENTLY THE SUBURBS OF A CITY AND THERE IS A ROAD OF SOME WHITE METALLIC- LOOKING SUBSTANCE.~THE TRICORDER INDICAT ES THAT THESE PLANTS ARE LIVING PLASTIC FORMED OF A DNA ANALOGUE THAT WORKS WITH LONG-CHAIN MOLECULES LIKE PLASTICS.~A R OAD LEADING FROM THE CITY TO THE BEACH~T HIS IS A ROAD OF SOME WHITE SUBSTANCE, W HICH LEADS FROM THE CITY TO THE NEARBY B EACH. THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF VEHICUL AR TRAFFIC ON IT.~THE TRICORDER INDICATE S THAT THIS ROAD IS BUILT OF A PLASTIC. IT WAS EXTRUDED RATHER THAN APPLIED LIKE AN ASPHALT OR METALLED ROAD.~A BEACH NE AR A MAIN CITY~YOU ARE ON A "BEACH" STRE WN WITH A BIZARRE COMBINATION OF STONES, PLASTIC SLUSH AND A THICK REDDISH SOUP. IN THE DISTANCE IS A SPACEPORT, WITH NU MEROUS LOW BUILDINGS. FARTHER OFF IS A L ARGE CITY, WITH MANY ODDLY CURVED TALL B UILDINGS.~TRICORDER READINGS INDICATE TH AT THE BEACH CONTAINS HYDROCARBON COMPOU NDS UNDERGOING COMPLEX BIOCHEMICAL CHANG ES IN CONTACT WITH THE LAND.~THE SOUTHER N "BEACH"~YOU ARE ON THE SOUTHERN "BEACH ". THE BEACH IS STREWN WITH A BIZARRE CO MBINATION OF STONES AND PLASTIC SLUSH: T HE OCEAN WASHING UP AND DOWN IT IS A THI CK REDDISH SOUP.~THE TRICORDER IS PICKIN G UP ELEMENTARY LIFE READINGS FROM THE S UBSTRATA OF THE BEACH. A SIMPLE, PLASTIC BASED LIFE FORM IS EVOLVING IN THE SAND .~A ROAD LEADING FROM THE BEACH TO A SPA CEPORT~THIS IS A SHORT ROAD LEADING FROM A BEACH AREA TO THE NEARBY SPACEPORT. THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR TRAF FIC IN TRANSIT.~THE ROAD IS MADE OF EXTR UDED PLASTIC. SOME OF THE VEHICLES PASSI NG BY ARE USING MATTER/ANTIMATTER CONVER SION POWER.~A SPACEPORT~A SPACEPORT OF L ONG, LOW BUILDINGS BUILT OF VARIOUS KIND S OF PLASTICS AND PLASTIC COMPOUNDS, WIT H NUMEROUS HANGAR FACILITIES, OFFICE COM POUNDS, LABS, SHOPS, AND RECREATIONAL FA CILITIES.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PR ESENCE OF NUMEROUS LIFE FORMS, AND HIGH- ENERGY READINGS THAT INDICATE MATTER/ANT IMATTER CONVERSION.~THE MOUNTAINS~YOU HA VE BEAMED INTO THE MIDDLE OF A MOUNTAIN MADE OF PLASTIC. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN' T GET AWAY WITH IT ANY MORE THAN YOU COU LD GET AWAY WITH BEAMING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A STONE MOUNTAIN.~THE PLANET KHUT~YO U ARE IN A SEA OF BENZENE ON AN R-TYPE P LANET WITH A HYDROCARBON-BASED ECOLOGY A ND AN EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND RECLUSIV E SPECIES IN RESIDENCE. THE PLANET HAS M ANY SEAS OF BENZENE AND OTHER SUCH HYDRO CARBON COMPOUNDS.~THE TRICORDER INDICATE S THAT THE OCEAN IS A SOLUTION OF BENZEN E AND LIQUID PLASTICS. THE ATMOSPHERE CO NTAINS BENZENE COMPOUNDS.~A SHIP IN FLAM ES~LOOK OUT! YOU CAME TOO CLOSE TO THE S HIP! YOU ARE BURNED ALIVE ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOUR CREW, WHO FOLLOWED YOU FAI THFULLY.~THE CRASH SITE~A WIDE BARREN AR EA OF ROCKS, SAND AND SALT PANS. AN ALIE N SPACECRAFT HAS CRASHED HERE; SMOKE AND FLAMES ARE RISING FROM ITS SHATTERED HU LL. THE CRAFT SHIMMERS ODDLY, AND SOMETI MES IT ALMOST SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR.~THE TR ICORDER REVEALS A CRASHED ALIEN SHIP WIT H SOME COMPUTER ACTIVITY. FAINT NONHOMIN ID LIFE SIGNS COME FROM INSIDE THE SHIP. ~A RIRD ENGINEERING FACILITY~THIS IS A R IRD ENGINEERING FACILITY. IT IS A SERIES OF LONG LOW BUILDINGS BUILT OF "CHAMELE ON" MATERIALS THAT BLEND IN WITH THE YEL LOW-BROWN DESERT AROUND THEM. SOME OF TH E BUILDINGS ARE HUGE HANGARS HOUSING RIR D SPACECRAFT OF VARIOUS SIZES.~THE TRICO RDER REVEALS ADVANCED ENERGY SOURCES AT WORK USING MATTER-ANTIMATTER CONVERSION. MANY NONHOMINID LIFE-FORM READINGS ARE PRESENT.~A VAST DESERT~THIS IS A WIDE BA RREN AREA OF ROCKS, SAND AND SALT PANS, POSSIBLY A FORMER SEA BOTTOM. THE LARGE BOULDERS LITTERING THE AREA SEEM TO BE ARRANGED IN SOME KIND OF PATTERN.~THE TR ICORDER REVEALS THE LANDSCAPE TO BE UNRE MARKABLE.~THE CHIEF'S HUT~YOU ARE IN THE HUT OF THE CHIEF OF THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. IT IS LITTERED WITH BITS OF BONE, STONE AND WOOD TIED TOGETHER IN BIZARRE CONFI GURATIONS. THERE ARE WOVEN MATS ON THE F LOOR, AND A WINDOW WITH ANOTHER WOVEN MA T HUNG IN FRONT OF IT.~THE TRICORDER IND ICATES A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF NATIVE MA NUFACTURE AND A SPOT ON THE FLOOR WHERE SOMEONE BUILT A FIRE INSIDE THE HOUSE.~A WITCH DOCTOR'S HUT~YOU ARE IN THE HUT B ELONGING TO THE HWOUNT WITCH DOCTOR. IT IS VERY CLEAN AND CONTAINS NUMEROUS POT S, BASKETS, BOWLS, PANS, BOTTLES, BOXES AND OTHER UNCLASSIFIABLE CRUDELY MADE CO NTAINERS, AND CONTAINING UNIDENTIFIABLE SUBSTANCES. ~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF DRUG LIKE SUBSTANCES IN POT S, BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS. THE TRICORDER CANNOT ASCERTAIN THEIR USES.~THE WOMEN' S HUT~YOU ARE IN THE HUT OF THE WOMEN OF THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. IT IS FULL OF EVERY KIND OF TOOL FOR HEAVY WORK IMAGINABLE: PICKS, SHOVELS, POST-HOLE DIGGERS, HUGE PANNIERS, CROWBARS, STONE AXES AND CRUD E SAWS, TO NAME JUST A FEW. THE PLACE IS A MESS.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THAT TH E LEVEL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE TOOLS IS SURPRISINGLY HIGH, ALTHOUGH THEY LOOK I NCREDIBLY CRUDE.~THE MEN'S HUT~YOU ARE I N A HUT BELONGING TO SOME OF THE MEN OF THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. THE PLACE IS FULL O F BRIGHT-COLORED CLOTHES, MUCH UNIDENTIF IABLE JUNK, AND THE DISHES FROM SEVERAL YEARS' WORTH OF MEALS.~THE TRICORDER IND ICATES THAT THE DISHES HAVE NOT BEEN DON E FOR APPROXIMATELY A DECADE.~THE CHILDR EN'S HUT~YOU ARE IN A HUT BELONGING TO S OME OF THE HWOUNT VILLAGE'S CHILDREN. I T IS LITTERED WITH CLOTHES, CRUDE TOYS, AND NUMEROUS PETS, MOST OF WHICH ARE SLE EPING, AND ONE OF WHICH IS ATTEMPTING (U NSUCCESSFULLY) TO EAT THE RUG.~THE RUG I S MADE OF WOVEN STRAW, AS ARE MOST OF TH E TOYS. IT ALSO INDICATES THAT ONE OF T HE PETS HAVING PUPPIES (OR SOMETHING).~T HE GRASS AND MUD HUT WALL~YOU HAVE JUST BEAMED INTO THE WALL OF A MUD HUT. IT IS JUST DENSE ENOUGH TO KILL YOU. SORRY A BOUT THAT.~A GRASS AND MUD HUT WALL~YOU HAVE BEAMED INTO THE WALL OF THE HUT BEL ONGING TO THE WITCH DOCTOR OF THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S SOLID ENO UGH THAT NOT EVEN HE CAN SAVE YOU. SORR Y.~THE GRASS AND MUD HUT WALL~YOU HAVE B EAMED INTO THE WALL OF THE WOMEN'S HUT I N THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. THEY ARE VERY ANN OYED, SINCE AS YOU DO SO (AND EXPLODE) Y OU ALSO RUIN ONE OF THEIR BEST SHOVELS.~ A GRASS AND MUD HUT WALL~YOU HAVE JUST B EAMED INTO THE WALL OF THE MEN'S HUT IN THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. THE SPLATTERING RUI NS MOST OF THEIR BEST CLOTHES.~A MUD AND GRASS HUT WALL~YOU HAVE JUST BEAMED INT O THE WALL OF THE CHILDREN'S HUT IN THE HWOUNT VILLAGE. THEY ARE FASCINATED, AN D APPLAUD WILDLY AS YOU EXPLODE.~A VILLA GE OF CRUDE HUTS~YOU ARE IN A PRIMITIVE- LOOKING VILLAGE WITH ONE MUDDY STREET. T HE STREET IS LINED WITH CRUDE MUD-BRICK HOUSES WITH THATCHED ROOFS.~THE TRICORDE R INDICATES THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL COOKING FIRES BURNING... BUT THERE'S NO THING ELSE OF INTEREST.~A MOUNTAIN RANGE HIGH ABOVE THE VALLEY~THIS IS A RANGE O F MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE HWOUNT VALLEY. THE Y ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO HAVE SNOW ON TH EM AND ARE COVERED WITH TALL TREES FOR A BOUT TWO THIRDS THEIR HEIGHT. THEN THE T REES DWINDLE INTO SCRUB.~THE TRICORDER I NDICATES THAT THE MOUNTAIN RANGE IS GEOL OGICALLY RATHER OLD AND WORN DOWN.~AN RA PID RIVER WHICH FLOWS NORTH-SOUTH~THIS I S A FAST-FLOWING RIVER WITH RAPIDS, FLOW ING ALONG A NORTH-SOUTH LINE. IN PLACES IT IS EXTREMELY TURBULENT AND LOOKS PER FECT FOR WHITE-WATER RAFTING.~THE TRICOR DER INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT IS MOVING AT 60 KILOMETERS/HOUR. THE WATER TEMPE RATURE IS ABOUT 25 DEGREES C.~A BEND IN THE RAPID RIVER~THIS IS A BEND IN THE RI VER, WHERE THE RAPIDS BECOME PARTICULARL Y LIVELY. HERE THE NUMEROUS ROCKS AND B OULDERS HAVE PILED UP QUITE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THAT T HE WATER HERE IS MOVING AT NEARLY 70 KIL OMETERS PER HOUR.~AN RAPID RIVER WHICH E MPTIES INTO A SWAMP~THIS IS A NORTH-SOUT H RUNNING RIVER, WITH RAPIDS, WHICH DIMI NISH UNTIL THE WATER EMPTIES INTO A LARG E SWAMPY AREA.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES T HAT THERE IS A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF WILD LIFE LIVING IN AND AROUND THIS PART OF T HE RIVER.~A SWAMP~THIS IS A LARGE SWAMPY AREA FULL OF AQUATIC AND SEMI-AQUATIC P LANTS. THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT VISIB LE (OR PARTIALLY VISIBLE) AMID THE PLANT LIFE.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THAT THER E IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ALIEN ANIM AL LIFE LIVING IN THE SWAMP AREA.~A MUDD Y PLANET~THERE IS NOTHING AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE BUT MUD, A LOT OF IT...AND Y OU ARE SINKING IN IT.~THE TRICORDER INDI CATES MUD...LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF MU D.~A HOLOGRAM LIBRARY~THIS IS A CENTER F OR THE TEMPORARY ACQUISITION OF HOLOGRAP HIC MEDIA.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES A HUG E DATA STORAGE AREA, USING BOTH PRIMITIV E PHYSICAL HOLOGRAMS, AND ADVANCED STORA GE-GENERATED HOLOGRAM ANALOGUES.~A PLAZA OF MINIATURE GAME SHOW PRIZES~THIS IS A SMALL PLAZA LITTERED WITH ARCHAIC MERCH ANDISE: LOUNGE FURNITURE, 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES, TE LEVISION RECEIVERS, HOUSEWARES, CROCKERY , AND APPLIANCES THAT CLEAN CLOTHES OR D ISHES WITH WATER.~THE TRICORDER IDENTIFI ES THE PRESENCE OF CARS, WASHING MACHINE S, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, AND VARIOUS HO USEWARES: THEN THREATENS TO OVERLOAD.~A SCIENCE FICTION BOOKSTORE AREA~A WELL-ST OCKED BOOKSTORE, WITH BOOKSHELVES FEATUR ING SIGNS LIKE "THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO "THE WHITE DRAGON STRIKES BACK'!", AN D "FINALLY BANNED IN BOSTON: "THE DOOR I NTO TUPPERWARE'!!" AND PROJECTION TV'S S HOWING OLD WESTERNS AND APE MOVIES.~MANY EXAMPLES OF PREDICTIVE-ANALYTICAL LITER ATURE (REFERRED TO AS "SCI-FI," AS IN, " IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, YOU'LL LOVE SCIFFY") ARE PRESENT.~AN ENTERTAINMENT PARK.~AN AREA FULL OF VISION SCREENS ALL SHOWING ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTATIONS OF A REPETITIVE (AND PRESUMABLY HUMOROUS) N ATURE (SINCE THE SOUND OF PEOPLE LAUGHIN G EMANATES CONSTANTLY FROM THE VIEWING S CREENS).~THE TRICORDER IS UNABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THE SEMANTIC CONTENT OF THE EN TERTAINMENTS, ESPECIALLY "GET BACK IN TH E BOTTLE, JEANNIE!".~A HISTORICAL MOVIE LIBRARY~THIS IS AN AREA FULL OF TRANSPAR ENT PROJECTION MEDIA (MOVIES), BEING SHO WN ON VIDEO AND PROJECTION SCREENS. SOM E OF THEM ARE SO ANCIENT THAT THE COLOR SEEMS TO HAVE LEACHED OUT OF THEM ENTIRE LY AND LEFT THEM BLACK AND WHITE.~THE TR ICORDER REFUSES TO ANALYZE ANY MOVIE EXC EPT ONE. THEN, IT BEGINS SAYING, OVER AN D OVER, "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID."~AN ELECTRONIC ANTIQUE EXHIBITION~THIS IS A LARGE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT PRE-DUOTRON IC EQUIPMENT. THERE ARE MANY CRUDE MACH INES WHOSE PURPOSE SEEMS TO BE THE PLAYB ACK OF MAGNETIC IMAGE TAPE ONTO VIDEO MO NITORS. ~THE TRICORDER ATTEMPTS TO ANALY ZE THE ONE MACHINE SHOWING PEOPLE WEARIN G BLACK LEATHER HAVING RICE THROWN AT TH EM. IT THEN MALFUNCTIONS BRIEFLY.~A FANT ASY CARTOON WORLD~A BIZARRE COLLECTION O F PROJECTED MORALITY PLAYS, MOSTLY INVOL VING THE INTRINSICALLY EVIL NATURE OF CA TS AND THE BASIC GOODNESS AND INNOCENCE OF MICE AND A STORY CONCERNING A FLIGHTL ESS BIRD AND THE UNFORTUNATE PREDATOR WH O KEEPS TRYING TO CATCH IT.~THE TRICORDE R SPENDS SEVERAL FRUITLESS MINUTES EXAMI NING THE CRYPTIC STATEMENT "BEEP BEEP!" FOR HIDDEN SEMANTIC CONTENT.~THE TV MALL ~YOU ARE IN AN OPEN MALL ON THE OUTSKIRT S OF A CITY OF ALIEN ARCHITECTURE. THE M ALL IS SURROUNDED BY CRAZED-LOOKING SKYS CRAPERS LEANING AT RIDICULOUS ANGLES.~TH E TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF HU NDREDS OF LIFE-FORMS AND MANY SOPHISTICA TED POWER SOURCES IN THE SURROUNDING ARE A.~A LARGE ALIEN CITY~THIS IS A STREET I N A LARGE, BUSY ALIEN CITY. BHRF CITIZE NS ARE HURRYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS, APPAR ENTLY WITHOUT PURPOSE; SOME OF THEM STO P IN MID-CAREER AND RUSH BACK THE WAY TH EY HAVE JUST COME - THEN TURN AROUND AND REPEAT THE PROCESS.~THE TRICORDER DETEC TS MANY ADVANCED ENERGY SOURCES, AND THE MUCH-REPEATED STATEMENT, "HURRY UP, WE' LL BE LATE FOR THE SOAPS!"~A SPACEPORT~A SPACEPORT DESIGNED BY AN ARCHITECT WITH A TASTE FOR SAURIAN BRANDY. ITS BUILDIN GS LEAN CRAZILY IN EVERY DIRECTION, JUST MISSING THE SPACECRAFT PARKED BETWEEN T HEM. MANY VEHICLES, WHIZZ MADLY AROUND T HE AREA.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES THE PRE SENCE OF MATTER/ANTIMATTER TECHNOLOGY, U SE OF ATOMIC FUELS, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND POOR QUALITY PACKAGED MEALS.~DETENTION CENTER~THIS IS A LARGE BUILDING SURROUND ED BY PRETTILY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS AND GA RDENS. FROM THE BUILDING COME VARIOUS HO OTS, SQUEALS, AND OTHER LOUD AND INTERES TING NOISES INDICATING BHRFS HAVING A VE RY GOOD TIME.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES MA NY BHRFS WITH SLIGHTLY SKEWED INTERIOR C HEMISTRY AND A SIGN THAT READS, "BHRF MU NICIPAL BIN FOR THE TUBED-OUT".~THE PLAN ET BHRF~THIS IS A LARGE OPEN AREA WITH A BRIGHT PINK GRASSLIKE GROWTH COVERING I T. NOTHING CAN BE SEEN IN ANY DIRECTION. THE AIR IS FILLED WITH NUMEROUS INSECTS , BUZZING AROUND NOISILY.~THE TRICORDER INDICATES MULTITUDINOUS FLYING INSECTS, AND MANY SMALL BURROWING LIFE FORMS. SOM E HAVE UNUSUALLY HIGH LIFE READINGS.~A S MALL ROCKY ISLAND~YOU ARE ON A SMALL ROC KY ISLAND COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WATER . THE SKY IS GREEN; THE SEA IS TURQUOISE . A QUARTER MILE AWAY IS A GROUP OF MAGE NTA-COLORED CREATURES. YOU CAN'T SEE WHA T THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO FAR AWAY.~THE TRICORDER REVEALS NOTHING BUT AN ISLAND OF IGNEOUS STONE, WITH NUMEROU S SMALL LIFE-FORMS ON IT.~A SMALL ROCKY ISLAND~YOU ARE ON A SMALL ROCKY ISLAND C OMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WATER. THE SKY I S GREEN; THE SEA IS TURQUOISE. NOTHING I S TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE BUT ROCKS AND LICH EN.~TRICORDER ANALYSIS REVEALS AN STONE ISLAND WITH LICHEN AND ALGAE ON THE ROCK S. THERE ARE PECULIAR READINGS OUT IN TH E WATER.~AN EARTH-TYPE OCEAN~YOU ARE IN AN EARTH-TYPE OCEAN FULL OF AQUATIC LIFE FORMS, MOSTLY VEGETABLE. THE TEMPERATUR E IS APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES C AND THER E IS A SLIGHT CURRENT PULLING YOU TOWARD S THE WEST.~READINGS INDICATE A COMPLEX INTERRELATED ECOLOGY, NOT UNLIKE THAT OF EARTH'S OCEANS.~A WARM BLUE OCEAN~THIS IS A BLUE, MEDITERRANEAN-LOOKING OCEAN. THE WATER IS QUITE WARM.~THIS OCEAN'S S ALINITY IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT OF A N EQUIVALENT OCEAN ON EARTH. THE WATER T EMPERATURE IS 78 DEGREES F.~THE ATMOSPHE RE OF A GREEN-BANDED GAS GIANT~YOU HAVE BEAMED INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF A GR EEN-BANDED GAS GIANT. THERE IS NOTHING H ERE BUT METHANE AND HELIUM. AS YOU ARE P ULLED DOWNWARD INTO THE EYE OF A METHANE STORM THE PRESSURE CRUSHES YOU INTO PEA -SIZED MASS OF ORGANIC MATTER.~A BARE PL ANET~THIS IS A PATCH OF DRY-LOOKING, SOF T GROUND.~THE TRICORDER PICKS UP NOTHING WHATEVER OF INTEREST.~A BARREN PLAIN~TH IS IS A BARREN PLAIN DEVOID OF VEGETATIO N.~TRICORDER READINGS INDICATE ONLY ORDI NARY ROCK FORMATIONS.~A DEAD PLANET WITH MANY VOLCANOS~THIS IS A DEAD PLANET WIT H MANY ACTIVE VOLCANOS. YOU SEE THE SMOK E AND ASH FROM ERUPTIONS ABOUT YOU. THER E ARE NO SIGNS OF LIFE.~READINGS INDICAT E VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, SULFUR AND ASH, BUT NO LIFE OR OTHER ENERGY READINGS.~A VER Y BIG CRYSTALLINE MOON~THIS IS A HUGE MO ON LARGELY COMPOSED OF QUARTZ AND OTHER CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS. THE MOON SEEMS T O HAVE HAD A VIOLENT GEOLOGICAL HISTORY AND IS COVERED WITH CRATERS AND HUGE SPI KES ... OF CRYSTALLINE ELEMENTS. ~READIN GS INDICATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF QUARTZ AND VARIOUS OTHER SILICON-BASED COMPOUNDS.~A DEADLY MOON~THE SURFACE OF THIS MOON IS COVERED WITH A YET UNKNOWN ACID THAT DI SSOLVES YOUR SUIT AND YOU ALONG WITH IT. ~A DEADLY MOON~THE SURFACE OF THIS MOON IS COMPOSED OF A DEADLY RADIOACTIVE GAS. YOU BEGIN TO GLOW BEFORE THE MOLECULES IN YOUR BODY TURN TO LIQUID.~A DEAD MOON COVERED IN DUST~THIS IS A DEAD MOON WHO SE SURFACE IS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF DU ST. THERE IS ONLY A POWDERY POCKMARKED S URFACE AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.~TRICORDER INDICATES A FINE DUST FORMATION COVERING THE ENTIRE MOON. NO SIGNS OF LIFE AND N O ENERGY SOURCES.~A DEAD MOON WITH EMPTY OCEAN~A MOON WHOSE SURFACE IS COVERED W ITH AN EMPTY OCEAN. THERE ARE NO SIGNS O F LIFE.~READINGS INDICATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO LIFE PRESENT ON THE SURFACE OF THIS MOON FOR MORE THAN THREE BILLION YE ARS.~THE RIRD CAPTAIN SAYS, "WE ARE IN Y OUR DEBT AND WISH TO HELP. WE OFFER YOU OUR DEVICE THAT MAKES SHIPS APPEAR LIKE KLINGON VESSELS." AN ODD-LOOKING OBJECT APPEARS IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM AS THE R IRD CAPTAIN MAKES HIS FAREWELLS.~THERE I S A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION...AND WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, THE ALIEN SHIP IS NOTHING BUT SCATTERED TWISTED METAL AND MUCH SMO KE, BILLOWING UPWARD AND DRIFTING AWAY. NO MEMBER OF THE SHIP'S CREW SURVIVES.~A SMALL GROUP OF ORNAE, BEARING TOOLS, BO ARD YOUR SHIP. THEN, TO YOUR ASTONISHMEN T, THEY RETURN TO YOU. YOU LOOK AT THEM, SLIGHTLY CONFUSED. "COULDN'T YOU FIX IT ?" YOU SAY. THEY LOOK AT YOU WITH SMUG S ATISFACTION.~"ASPASIA," CRIES THE WIZARD , "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" THE PRINCESS SH OUTS, "WHERE YOU LOCKED ME UP AND FORGOT ME." THE WIZARD SIGHS, "I MIGHT AS WELL FORGIVE YOU, YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU LIKE AN YWAY. AND YOU, THANK YOU FOR GETTING HER OUT OF THE STOREROOM."~"YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE US," SAYS THE WIZARD, "WE HAVEN'T HAD LUNCH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW." AND T HEY VANISH." "THANK YOU," SAYS THE PRINC ESS FLINGING HER ARMS AROUND YOU BEFORE SHE VANISHES, ALSO. YOU STAND THERE RUBB ING YOUR FACE THOUGHTFULLY.~YOU SLIP AND FALL DOWN A LONG, NARROW CHUTE. SUDDENL Y YOU HIT SOMETHING SOLID AND FALL THROU GH A DOOR ONTO THE DUNGEON FLOOR. GETTIN G UP, YOU BRUSH YOURSELF OFF AND LOOK AR OUND. THEN YOU HEAR CRIES LIKE THOSE OF A YOUNG WOMAN CALLING FOR HELP.~AS THE S MOKE CLEARS YOU NOTICE A SMALL SHAPE LYI NG ON THE GROUND WHERE THE DRAGON HAD BE EN. LOOKING CLOSELY, YOU SEE IT IS A YOU NG HASTORANGIT MAN, APPARENTLY DEAD. HIS ILLUSION, BROKEN NOW...FOR GOOD.~SLOWLY , TALL CATLIKE ALIENS APPEAR FROM THE WO ODED GROUND OF THE PARKLAND. THEY GATHER IN GREAT NUMBERS AROUND YOU. ONE OF THE M, A PARTICULARLY TALL LION-MANED ALIEN, APPEARS TO BE THEIR LEADER. IT LOOKS AT YOU OBLIQUELY OUT OF SLIT-PUPILLED EYES .~MORE AND MORE NIAU ARE SLIPPING IN TO JOIN THE CROWD SURROUNDING YOU. THE LOOK S OF THE CLOSEST NIAU ARE MORE THAN THRE ATENING: THEY ARE POSITIVELY HUNGRY.~SPO CK PUTS HIS HANDS ON THE LEADER'S FACE. SOON, THE TSHIHIN LOOKS UP IN SORROW. "W E HOPED YOU WERE ONE OF THE OLD GODS. BU T YOU ARE NOT. GO NOW, AND PARDON OUR IN TRUSION." YOU ARE ESCORTED INTO THE OPEN , THEY BOW MOST FORMALLY, AND DEPART.~"N AY THEN," SAYS THE NIAU, "HERE'S POOR PR EY, THAT WON'T RUN NOR FIGHT NOR MAKE AU GHT FOR MIND'S TEETH NOR MOUTH'S TEETH T O SINK INTO. FAIR FRIENDS, LET'S AWAY AN D HUNT BRISKER GAME."AND AS SILENTLY AS THEY CAME, THEY ALL MELT INTO THE WOODLA ND.~A GREAT NUMBER OF KLUSIDS COME OUT T O MEET YOU. "THE COVERED ARE IMPROPER," SAYS THEIR LEADER. "ONLY CRIMINALS HIDE FROM THE WORLD. SEIZE THEM." YOU ARE ESC ORTED TO A SMALL, GLASSY CELL AND LEFT U NDER THE CARE OF AN ANNOYED-LOOKING KLUS ID GUARD.~THE KLUSID PEERS AT NARAHT. "A T LAST A BEING WHO IS NOT COVERED. WELCO ME." "MY PEOPLE," SAYS NARAHT, "CAN'T SU RVIVE YOUR AIR. WON'T YOU LET THEM MOVE FREELY, EVEN IF THEY MUST BE COVERED?" " AS LONG AS YOU ARE WITH THEM, LET THEM W ALK HERE."~NARAHT TASTES THE SUBSTANCE. "IT'S A KLINGON SHIPBUILDING ALLOY. THER E'S NO MISTAKING THE NASTY FLAVOR." THE KLUSID ADDS, "THEY CAME FROM 6400,27000, 27300 AND MET OUR SHIPS WITH PRESSURE WE APONS MADE FROM THE LITTLE RAY THAT PUSH ES.~THE GUARD LOOKS AT YOU WITH AN EXPRE SSION OF UTTER LOATHING, SHOUTS IN YOUR FACE, AND THEN TURNS AWAY.~YOU GO FLYING THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND, WITH ASTONISHIN G ABRUPTNESS, APPEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE O F THE PLANET.~MCCOY TAKES A TRICORDER RE ADING. "DAMMIT, I'M A DOCTOR, NOT A LAND SCAPE CONTRACTOR." THEN, HE GETS A PECUL IAR LOOK ON HIS FACE. "THIS STUFF IS ALI VE. ITS SICK BUT IT CAN BE MENDED WITH S OME HELP. BY GOD, I'M GOING TO CURE THIS HILLSIDE." MCCOY BEAMS THE CLAY MOUND UP....DAYS LATER YOU STAND IN THE SAME S POT. "WE'VE DONE IT, JIM. I GUESS I HAVE A GREEN THUMB AFTER ALL. LET'S GET GOIN G, WE HAVE OTHER WORK TO DO."~SOMEWHAT T O YOUR SURPRISE, A BHRF APPROACHES, APPA RENTLY VERY INTERESTED IN YOU. IT INSIST S ON FOLLOWING YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO ARO UND THE PLANET.~A BHRF GRABS THE TAPE FR OM YOU. "MY WORD," IT CRIES! "A FIRST-GE NERATION VIDEOTAPE! YOU'RE SO KIND, ONE OF OUR PEOPLE WILL GO WITH YOU. KEEP HIM CLOSE. HE MIGHT BE USEFUL." AND THE BHR F SCURRY OFF DOING HUMPHREY BOGART IMITA TIONS.~A LARGE GROUP OF ALIENS APPROACH, AND LOOK AT YOU WITH WHAT YOU CAN TELL (DESPITE THEIR LACK OF FACES) IS A RATHE R UPSET EXPRESSION.~A GREAT NUMBER EARTH -HUMANS DRESSED LIKE OLD JAPANESE APPROA CH YOU. THEY LOOK AT SPOCK CURIOUSLY. "H IS MIND IS LIKE OURS," SAYS THEIR LEADER . WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD, THE MOB RUSHES F ORWARD, GRABS SPOCK, AND HUSTLES HIM AWA Y.~EXCERPTS FROM SFC SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE KOBAYASHI ALTERNATIVE. <THE P RIME DIRECTIVE OF NONINTERFERENCE> NO FE DERATION PERSONNEL SHALL INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF NON-FEDERATION LIFE OR SOCIETIES UNLESS SUCH INTERFERE NCE IS VITAL TO THE SAFETY AND INTERESTS OF THE FEDERATION AS A WHOLE. <0324.5 2> COMMAND PERSONNEL SHALL BECOME FAMILI AR WITH ALL PRINTED MATERIALS AND COMPUT ER DATA PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH ANY MIS SION. <4034.67> IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY N AME TO ALL ALIEN BEINGS. <4036.22> INF ORM ALL BEINGS THAT YOU COME IN PEACE. <4036.23> ASCERTAIN THE IDENTITY AND/OR SPECIES OF ALL ALIEN ENTITIES. <4044. 03> CAUTION IS ADVISED IN THE USE OF TEL EPATHY. <8023.88> PERSONNEL MAY "FAN O UT," ON A PLANET'S SURFACE, BUT MUST REM AIN IN RADIO CONTACT AT ALL TIMES.~THE I NTENSE HEAT HITS YOU SO FAST AND SO HARD THAT YOU BARELY HAVE TIME TO REALIZE WH AT'S HAPPENING BEFORE YOU DIE. AND BY TH EN, REALIZING WHAT'S HAPPENED DOES YOU N O GOOD; YOUR ASHES ARE ALREADY SCATTERIN G.~YOU SINK IN THE VIOLENT WATER. BEFORE YOU CAN HOLD YOUR BREATH HALF A GALLON OF LIQUID IS IN YOUR LUNGS. YOU GO INTO SHOCK ALMOST INSTANTLY. THERE'S NO SECON D BREATH. TRY WEARING A SPACESUIT NEXT T IME.~THE COLD, SO INTENSE IT BURNS, HITS YOU AND THROWS YOU STRAIGHT INTO MASSIV E SYSTEMIC SHOCK. THE LAST THING YOU ARE AWARE OF IS YOUR EYEBALLS FROSTING OVER . WITHIN A FEW MINUTES YOU ARE A STATUE. NEXT TIME, REMEMBER YOUR COLDGEAR.~THE MASSIVE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD GRABS YOU, P ULLS YOU DOWN AND SMASHES YOU FLATTER TH AN A PAN PIZZA. THE BURIAL DETAIL WILL H AVE TO SCRAPE YOU UP WITH PUTTY KNIVES A ND MAIL YOU HOME IN AN ENVELOPE. NEXT TI ME WEAR SPACESUIT.~A SECURITY DETACHMENT ARRIVES AND TAKES YOU INTO CUSTODY. YOU STRUGGLE, BUT THEY HOLD YOU FIRMLY, LOO KING AT YOU WITH GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. Y OU'RE TAKEN TO SICKBAY, WHERE MCCOY IS W AITING. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD AS THEY STRAP YOU DOWN. "DAMN," HE SAYS.~YOU MATERIAL IZE IN THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER OBJ ECT. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE OTHER O BJECT, AND VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR YOU. REP EAT AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY: "NO TWO OBJEC TS CAN OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME." AND CHECK YOUR COORDINATES.~YOU SEE THE BLINDING FLASH AS THE MAGNETIC A NTIMATTER BOTTLE EXPIRES AND THE VAST PO WER IS FORCED INWARD, TOWARD ITS OWN HEA RT. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HYPERPRESSOR BEAMS, FUSION HAPPENS THOUSANDS OF TIMES FASTER THAN USUAL. A STAR IS BEING BORN . SO IS SOMETHING ELSE. ACROSS THE BRIDG E FROM YOU, SPOCK FALLS BACK IN HIS SEAT WITH A CRY. THEN YOU FEEL IT TOO. THIS IS THE BIRTH OF MORE THAN A STAR, AND YO UR MIND IS FULL OF THAT BEING'S KNOWLEDG E. QUICKLY, THE UNION FALLS AWAY. YOU AR E JAMES T. KIRK AGAIN. SOMEONE SHOUTS, A ND POINTS AT THE SCREEN. A LINE OF FIRE REACHES OUT FROM THE NEWBORN STAR AND A KLINGON VESSEL VANISHES. "EVEN NORMAL ST ARS LASE, CAPTAIN," SAYS SPOCK. "IT IS N OT ILLOGICAL TO THEORIZE THAT A SENTIENT STAR MIGHT DO SO AT WILL. "WITHOUT WARN ING, THE STAR BURSTS OUT IN HUNDREDS OF BEAMS OF BLINDING FIRE. A SECOND LATER T HE DEADLY WEB WORK IS GONE. SO ARE THE K LINGONS...EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. YOU LO OK AT YOUR BRIDGE CREW IN SHOCK AS SOMEO NE SPEAKS IN YOUR HEAD. <MY NAME IS ELIA KE.>, SHE SAYS. "IT WAS THE SAME TECHNIQ UE SO ELLIPTICALLY DESCRIBED BY THE HWOU NT," SPOCK SAYS TO YOU, SULU AND MCCOY, SOME NIGHTS AFTER ENTERPRISE IS WELL ON HER WAY BACK. "STARFLEET WILL BE SENDING A TEAM TO SUPPORT HER," YOU SAY. "I WIS H I KNEW HOW SHE FIGURED OUT WHICH WAS T HE RIGHT SIDE, US OR THEM." SPOCK PUTS H IS EYEBROW UP AT YOU. "EVEN IN MINDMELD, SHE COULD HARDLY TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG IN THE FIRST THREE SECONDS OF HER LIFE," HE SAID. "BUT SHE COULD TELL LIFE FROM NOT-LIFE, AND DISCERN WHO WAS PROMOTING WHICH OF THEM. IT IS NOT THE WORST PLACE TO START ONE'S CHOICES." SULU ADDS, "TR UE. I JUST HOPE THE KLINGONS DON'T START BUILDING ANOTHER OF THOSE STARBIRTH SET UPS SOMEWHERE ELSE." SPOCK LOOKS VERY TH OUGHTFUL. "I DOUBT THAT THE KLINGONS WIL L CONTINUE THE RESEARCH THAT COST THEM H ALF THEIR BATTLE FLEET." MEANWHILE, YOU WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT JOB, YOU THINK. B UT NOT RIGHT THIS MINUTE... YOUR SCORE A ND CHOICE OF OPTIONS DURING YOUR COMMAND OF THE ENTERPRISE INDICATE THAT YOUR PE RFORMANCE HAS FALLEN INSIDE THE "NOMINAL SOLUTION WINDOW" FOR THE HEINLEIN RECOV ERY SCENARIO. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE PAS SED! CONGRATULATIONS. MAY YOU DO AS WELL IN FUTURE SIMULATIONS...AND OF COURSE I N LIFE. (SIGNED) JAMES T. KIRK (ADM.) AD VISER TO THE COMMANDANT, STAR FLEET ACAD EMY.~THE HULL OF THE ENTERPRISE SCREAMS AROUND YOU, THE SOUND THAT'S HAUNTED YOU R NIGHTMARES FOR MOST OF YOUR LIFE...NOW COMES TERRIBLY TRUE. THERE ISN'T EVEN T IME FOR EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION, OR FIRE , OR A FINAL SCREAM. THERE'S NOTHING BUT THE BLINDING WHITE VIOLENCE OF THE ANTI MATTER RUPTURING ITS CONTAINERS AND INST ANTLY ANNIHILATING THE MATTER OF THE SHI P THAT CONTAINED IT...THEN, AFTERWARDS, NOTHING AT ALL.~YOUR RETURN HOME IS HAIL ED UNTIL THEY FIND OUT THAT YOU CAME HOM E WITHOUT ACCOMPLISHING YOUR MISSION. AS YOU AWAIT COURT-MARTIAL, YOU WISH YOU H AD FLOWN THE ENTERPRISE INTO A SUPERNOVA . NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT, DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU'RE DONE.~THE VULCANS ARE PLEAS ED TO SEE YOU. SPOCK VISITS HIS FAMILY W HERE HIS FATHER ASKS REPEATEDLY WHY HE F AILED TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. HE GIVES UP HIS COMMISSION IN DISGRACE AND GOES I NTO THE HIGHLANDS OF GOL TO TAKE UP A LI FE OF MEDITATION.~A BLINDING FLASH OF MA TTER-ANTIMATTER. IN THE AWFUL PRESSURE, FUSION HAPPENS THOUSANDS OF TIMES FASTER . YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD, SULU IS LOST FOREVER. WORST OF ALL, YOU FAILED Y OUR MISSION. THEN THE NOVA FIRE REACHES ENTERPRISE'S HULL...~WITH A TERRIBLE GRI NDING ROAR THE ROOF FALLS IN AND BURIES EVERYTHING...INCLUDING YOU. IT'S A GOOD THING YOU WON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS TO STARFLEET....~THE DRAGON LOOKS AT YOU IM MENSELY AMUSED. "DIDN'T BELIEVE IN DRAGO NS, DID YOU? IT SAYS. "WHAT DID YOU THIN K THIS WAS -- A GAME?" BEFORE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, IT OPENS ITS MOUTH AND BLOWS FIRE AT YOU WITH TERRIBLE FORCE BURNING YOU TO A CRISP."~YOU HAVE JUST DONE ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ANY STARFLEET COMMAN DER CAN DO. BY BEING CARELESS, OR WILLFU L, OR CAPRICIOUS, OR OTHERWISE NEGLIGENT , YOU HAVE CAUSED THE NEEDLESS DEATH OF ONE OF YOUR CREW. STARFLEET RECALLS YOU IMMEDIATELY.~THE PEOPLE OF ACHIR DON'T T AKE KINDLY TO HAVING THEIR CITIZENS MURD ERED BY BACKWARD VISITORS FROM UNCIVILIZ ED PLANETS. THEY IMPOUND YOUR VEHICLE AN D THROW YOU INTO A DARK, SECURE DOME ... FOREVER~THE HEAD NIAU LOOKS AT YOU HUNGR ILY. "YE'RE NOTHIN' CANNY, THAT'S SURE," HE SAYS, "FOR ALL SAW HOW YOU CAME OUT OF THE AIR. BUT 'TIS A SHAME TO WASTE GO OD MEAT. SO AT THEM, AND PICK THE BONES! " BEFORE YOU CAN REACT, THE MOB LEAPS AT YOU, YOWLING.~YOU HAVE JUST CEASED TO I NHABIT THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE. OR TO PU T IT AS SUCCINCTLY AS POSSIBLE:YOU'RE DE AD, JIM. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.~YOU HAVE JUST DIED. THE ENSUING MEMORIAL SERVICE IS VERY TOUCHING, BUT THINK OF THE HUGE INVESTMENT STARFLEET MADE IN YOUR TRAIN ING, ALL WASTED NOW. TRY IT AGAIN, AND B E MORE CAREFUL THIS TIME. A STARSHIP CAP TAIN IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.~YOU A RE DEAD. NOW MCCOY AND SPOCK ARE GOING T O HAVE TO READ YOUR WILL AGAIN...AND THE Y'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANY HAPPIER ABOUT I T THAN THEY WERE THE LAST TIME. TRY IT A GAIN. AND THIS TIME, THINK BEFORE YOU DO WHATEVER YOU DID THAT GOT YOU KILLED.~U NFORTUNATELY, THIS MISSION DID NOT ALLOW THE LUXURY OF DYING ON THE JOB: TOO MAN Y TRILLIONS OF LIVES DEPENDED UPON IT. Y OU CAN ALWAYS TRY IT AGAIN. DO SO...AND BE CAREFUL THE NEXT TIME. A COMMANDER'S LIFE IS NOT HERS OR HIS TO THROW AWAY.~.
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