Star Trek Hunter
Episode 7: The Great Mushroom
Scene 2: Foregone Conclusion
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Foregone Conclusion
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"You have to send us someone else. Justice Irons has already made up her mind. We know she will rule against us." Pillo Planetary Administrator John Westinghall was adamant. After hours on the line with Star Fleet, he had finally managed to get Fleet Admiral Stewart on the line. He could already tell it was not working - he had already seen this skeptical expression and knew the moment the admiral appeared on the screen that this appeal was going nowhere.
"Mr. Westinghall," Fleet Admiral Miriam Stewart replied, "I understand your concern, but Star Fleet does not assign justices. Even though Captain Irons is a Star Fleet officer, she is coming to you under the authority of her civilian office. Captain Irons' judicial assignments come from the Tribunal. You must appeal to them. Now I'm really very sorry, but I am required elsewhere, if there is nothing else…"
Westinghall had to admit there was nothing else the admiral could do for him. He felt somewhat embarrassed he had wasted the time of the third highest officer in Star Fleet.
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At that same moment, Sally Chesticut, the Mayor of Porte Abello, Pillo's capital (and only) city, had managed to get through to Tribunal Justice Cisl Mreek. And was having even less luck pleading her case. "But the justice has already made up her mind. I've seen it."
"I thought as much, Mayor," snapped the irritated looking tellarite. Of course all tellarites tended to look and sound irritated, but in this case, the Tribunal Justice was clearly outraged. "This trial is all about using premonitions to cheat, and here you are trying to use premonitions to cheat! You think you know the outcome, so you try to switch judges. You deserve what you get - I have no more time for you!"
The screen instantly going blank as the Tribunal Justice cut the transmission off was a mercy after her short, but pointed tirade.
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