This is the last chapter of this episode...
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STAR DREK: the Final Degeneration 1.01
Episode 1.05: The crap ends now! ...or does it?"Commander's log, Stardate whatever. The team that was sent to get the dry-shitium crystals, now has a new problem. They need a password to get--"
Hades: "Um, Commander Hiker, just what do you think you're doing? I mean, we have no equipment to record whatever it is that you would like to have recorded. Before we do anything else though, we should find away to get in this ship!"
Hiker: "Well... it's not unusual for me to recite things like that when I don't have the slightest clue as to what we should do. Right now, I've run out of ideas and I thought that doing this would give me some time to think about the problem at hand."
Hades: "Hmm... well it doesn't seem logical to me, but then you Terrans are only human, I guess. I suppose it might be logical for you to recite a log-entry, but I would rather sit in silence to think about the problem."
Georgie: "Well Hades, we humans tend to have strange habits to get some things done. I would have thought that you knew about such things, though."
Hades: "I thought that it might be different away from the Academy, but now it looks like I'm constantly seeing signs of idiocity among you Terrans. However, your species is not the only one that has its idiocities."
H'Rorf: "Are you perhaps referring to me, Hades? If I might remind you that if it wasn't for me all of you would most likely still be prisoners! Think about that the next time you start talking about other species!"
Hades: "I was just saying that in general, H'Rorf, but now that you mention it, your species--"
Doctor Flush: "Gentlemen, gentlemen! Let's all calm down and focus on our next step. We can argue about this when we get back to the Traumatized! Once we have a solution for this problem, we can figure out how to get back to our ship."
Hiker: "Yes, that is the most reasonable course of action, the question is how are we going to get by that password. Does anyone have an idea of how we might accomplish this? I don't see anyway around this, but maybe one of you might think of something."
H'Rorf: "Well now that I think of it, there is maybe a solution to this problem. I'm not sure if you want to try it though since it might prove difficult to do, but it just might work!"
Georgie: "You have found away in, H'Rorf? Then I'm very curious as to how you think we'll be able to get into this ship. Please tell us your ideas."
H'Rorf: "Well... do you remember that noise we heard a little while after we were imprisoned? I thought it was a very strange yet familiar sound at first, but then forgot about it as our first thoughts were of escaping from our cell. I think that it was the sound of our shuttle lifting off, but that doesn't make sense since it wouldn't have made that much noise."
Hades: "Yes, I think I'm getting your point... there would have to be more than one shuttle to have made that kind of racket! You're saying that they left the surface of this planet with their own shuttles too. That must mean, that there's a shuttle bay that we can enter."
Hiker: "Yes, that might be our best chance at getting to where we have to go! Does anyone have a better idea? No? Then let's do as H'Rorf suggested! Now let's go!"
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"These are the misadventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Traumatized."
The captain was still on the bridge as this was occuring on the surface and with no reliable communications device, he didn't know that his crewmembers were safe. Well... safe? That's a matter of perception. Captain du Merde therefore was quite concerned about them, but he knew that he shouldn't give in to Leander. What he did next was perhaps the next best thing.
Captain: "Well... could you give me some time to consider your offer, Leander? I could call you in an hour, then I'll give you my response. How does that sound to you?"
Leander: "Hmm... since it is a heavy decision that you have to make, I think that it's a reasonable time to think about it, captain. Only I will call you back, then you'll let me know if I can come aboard or that I give the order to kill your crewmembers."
Captain: "Ok, then. You'll have my response in an hour, see you then, Leander. Captain out!"
The renegade Leander knew that by giving the captain time to reconsider, his people would be able to seize the ship from the inside and the captain would then have to surrender his command of the Traumatized and give it to him.
Captain du Merde had other things to keep him busy, though. It was quite hectic on the bridge. it was a good thing that he already had made up his mind about the crew on the surface of the planet below them. He was going to abandon them until he had dealt with these intruders. They were his primary concern, so he focused on that problem first.
The ensign that had alerted the captain to the intruders before said: "Captain, 5 of the 6 shuttles are on their way to the shuttle bay!"
Captain: "Oh crap! I should have realized that he had given in too easy to my request! He was planning this from before he stated his demands! Oh well, is there anyone there to stop them from entering the ship, ensign?"
Ensign: "No, there's only a skeleton crew there at the moment, captain! They won't be able to do much against them, besides they thought that the only ones to enter would be the crew you sent to the surface."
Captain: "Oh crap! When is it going to go right for a change? Well alright! If that's theway he wants it he's going to get it! We can still fire the ships main cannons at them can't we? I mean, they aren't out of range, are they?"
Ensign: "Yes, we can fire the cannons at them, but we must do it soon or they'll be out of range, captain!"
Captain: "Fire all cannons at the enemy! If one of them escapes, it might be the end of our brave crewmembers! I repeat fire all cannons at the enemy! This is our last chance at saving our people, so let's make every shot count!"
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Back to the crew on the planet again:
Georgie: "I don't believe it! They left their back door open! It's stupid of them! I thought that they were supposed to be some kind of superhumans!"
Hades: "Well, I think that they wanted to leave this ship here since it was a ship with a malfunctioning warp-drive. The question that we have to ask is: where are they going?"
Hiker: "People, let's get to the engine room, so that we can get what we came for and then go back to the Traumatized! As Doctor Flush said a short time ago, we can worry about the other stuff later!"
As the 5 crew members were making their way to where the crystals were, they heard a loud noise outside the ship. It wasn't a deafening sound since it was a bit farther than they had landed the shuttle, but it still was loud enough for them. They also heard similar sound, but they sounded as if they were even farther away.
H'Rorf: "I wonder what that was all about? Oh well, I guess we'll find out later."
Doctor Flush: "Come on, we should be near the crystals since I can smell them from here."
Hades, pointing to a large container: "Yes, there they are! Now we can take them with us and go--"
Georgie: "Wait a minute, Hades, we have to find some way to alert the captain, before we can return. Let's search for a communications board first!"
Hiker: "I have it here, Georgie! Now to see if they're ready to receive them. Captain! Can you hear us? We are near the crystals, so standby to stream them up!"
Hades: "I start the engines, that will give them some time and make it easier for them to get them aboard the U.S.S. Traumatized. Then all we have to do is find away to get back to the ship."
Captain: "You're alive? And you have the crystals? Well done, crew! I'll get a fix on your position in just a moment. Then we'll stream the crystals up, but you'll have to wait for a few more moments before we can stream you up! Get comfortable and sit back for awhile."
Captain du Merde did this while a luitenant flew the ship over the surface of the planet. When they were all back on board of the ship, the crew had a few questions for him.
Georgie: "Sir, how did you get close to us that quickly? I thought that it would take longer than that to get to the surface of the planet."
Captain: "Well we were coming to get you anyway since we thought that maybe you had been killed by the enemies here. I thought it might be best to land on the planet, before getting the dry-shitium crystals myself. Before we landed however, we got the commander's message, so we were nearer than you thought."
Hades: "Well captain, I'm glad you were nearby so that we had a way to return to the ship and now the crew has a few arguments to finish!"
Hiker: "I think that we had better be on our way because unless you have forgotten, we still have a mission to complete!"
Captain: "Hiker's right! We're two days too late as it is, so we had better get on with it! The Admiralty will think that we're tardy if we don't! Everyone to their stations! Ensign, plot a course to our rendevous point!"
This was done immediately, they finally had what they needed and left this system! However, just a few minutes after leaving it they had another thing to deal with.
Ensign: "Captain, there's some kind of alien ship that's headed our way!"
End of part 6 and the end of Episode 1.