Forced On Your Own Adventure: Star Trek Edition

by ExasperatedOctopus

Essentially, the crew of the Enterprise finds its way onto a planet where nobody knows what is happening. Not even I, the author, know what is happening because I am a fool. A fool who explains the situation a little better in the foreword, but be assured a Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is involved. Abandon all hope ye who enter here.

2. Obsolesence

Obsolesence- noun- the process of becoming obsolete or the condition of being nearly obselete

Near Useless, huh? I can roll with that. Briefly.

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Sulu was nearly beside himself. Whether or not the tree actually had a nervous system, it was bizarre and he wanted nothing more than to add it to his botanical collection onboard.

Unfortunately, no one else seemed to share his enthusiasm. McCoy in particular wanted to know where in the world that thing was keeping its brain. "It's unnatural, is what it is. All those electrical impulses and not a single place for them to go."

"According to these scans," Spock peered at the more finely tuned tricorder with muted interest, "the root system seems to interconnect with the other trees. I hypothesize they collaborate in such a way that a rudementary brain is formed."

"Oh, is that all?"

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, doctor. The more pressing issue is that the alleged flora is mechanical in nature."

There was a moment of silence, in which the declaration of the existence of vaguely psionic metal brain trees was thoroughly contemplated. Kirk eventually broke that silence. "What possible purpose could that serve?"

A round of shrugs and a head-tilt of consideration followed.