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- VAX Trek VI The Book, The Film, The Video:
- "The Search For Spock"
- ------------------------------------------
- Episode 1:
- ----------
-
- Jim: "....Where's Spock?"
-
- Sulu: "I'm sorry Captain, I don't know"
-
- Jim: "Looks like we'll have to go and search for him again.."
-
- [He gets up from his seat and makes for the turbolift..]
-
- Spock: "Wait Jim...I'm over here!" [Suddenly appearing from behind a computer
- cabinet]
-
- Jim: "Ah! it's ok...we've found him."
-
-
- VAX Trek VII, The Movie: "The Interesting Bit"
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- Episode 1
- ---------
-
- Captain's Log, Stardate 11/780.1234
- -----------------------------------
- For the past five days Spock has been inside the ship's computer. His exact
- purpose is as yet unknown, but it sure as hell better be a good excuse because
- by opening the cabinet he has annulled our maintenance warranty.
-
- Spock: "Don't worry Jim, I've made a few modifications and I think you'll
- agree they improve the overall usefulness and userfriendliness of the
- system."
-
- Jim: "Yes but it was already about as user friendly as a computer can get!
- It talks in English, it can solve ANY problem you name, AND it even
- beats you at 3D chess..."
-
- Spock: "...that was one of the reasons I undertook my modifications"
-
- Sulu: "....You vulcans always were sore losers..."
-
- Spock: "..It's not that I'm a sore loser...I just think it's unnatural for a
- computer to beat a Vulcan at chess."
-
- Jim: "So what DID you do then?"
-
- Spock: "Here look...I'll re-boot it"
-
- [He types RUN and presses RETURN]
-
-
- %SYSTEM-F-PHLOCK, phasers locked, unable to fire error at PC=00000617,
- PSL=03C00022
- %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
- module name routine name line rel PC abs PC
- INVADERS BOMB 9 00000017 00000617
- MOVEALIENS 53 00000078 00000800
- MAINLOOP 20 00000100 00000400
-
- Spock: "..........ah....."
-
- Jim: [Drumming his fingers impatiently on the arms of his seat....and
- accidentally hitting a few important switches in the process..]
- "well?"
-
- Spock: "Just a moment...I see the problem..I think I put the wrong system
- disk in.....right..it's fixed now:"
-
- MSDOS Version 42.0
- A>
-
- Jim: "???"
-
- Spock: "Now you can run a whole host of industry standard packages, from
- word processors to spreadsheets. It's the perfect solution to your
- business needs......"
-
- Scotty: "He sounds just like a damn computer salesman..."
-
- Spock: "....The most demanding applications are easily catered for, and should
- your needs grow, the PC640000 has ample expansion capabilities. For
- extra memory, just install the ..."
-
- Jim: [Pointing his phaser at Spock] "...I want it put back the way it was
- before...NOW!"
-
- [Spock disappears inside the cabinet again and the door slams shut]
-
- Jim: "What is up with Spock these days?"
-
- Bones: "I don't think we're taxing his brain enough. I'll give him a going over
- with my twirly thing when he comes back out."
-
- Jim: "You do that Bones. ...Now...where was I ?.."
-
- [Suddenly three globular entities begin to materialise in the centre of the
- bridge...]
-
- 1st Being: "Greetings,... we are the Nurbs of Morris Minor, Guardians of the
- Floating Point Exception, Supreme Nobless of the Sheep Squeezers of
- Splatigan Five, and utter Overlords of the Univ...."
-
- Jim: "Yes yes..we know.....You're LATE!"
-
- 2nd Being: "We got held up ...we were creating a new galaxy and clever trousers
- here put in too many carbon atoms, and we had to start all over again."
-
- 3rd Being: "It wasn't my fault....there was a misprint in the instructions"
-
- 1st Being: "..anyway...down to business....Right Kirk, we understand your
- Vulcan has been acting up a bit recently? Fortunately your
- Federation has a full parts and maintenance warranty with us for
- upkeep of your shipboard Vulcans.."
-
- Jim: "ah!...good! But I didn't know about any such contract?"
-
- 1st Being: "Yes well at the start of the series the Federation felt a bit
- guilty about sending you off on such a dangerous mission "to boldly
- go where no man has gone before", so they contacted us and paid
- quite a hefty sum for our top of the range "Hardly Credible Amount of
- Luck and Good Fortune" contract. This contract includes a free Vulcan,
- plus lifetime parts and maintenance guarantee.......so here we are.."
-
- Jim: "Yes we've been having a bit of trouble with Spock recently. He's just
- not been his former self. Do you think you can do anything with him?"
-
- 1st Being: "We'll give him a complete going over with our sophisticated test
- equipment back at the service centre, so we'll need to take him away
- for a while.."
-
- Jim: "Be my guest.....he's in the cabinet."
-
- [The three beings appear to concentrate for a moment, then Spock materialises
- before them holding a soldering iron, and with a very bewildered look on
- his face]
-
- 1st Being: "Right, if you just sign here Captain Kirk?......thank you...
- now we'll be off. He should be ready next Thursday"
-
- 2nd Being: "Have a nice day"
-
- Jim: "..ah thank you..bye"
-
- [The three beings fade away, taking Spock with them...]
-
- Jim: "What nice people."
-
- Scotty: "yes....and they seem to be coming back already..look"
-
- [Three globular entities begin to materialise in the centre of the
- bridge...]
- [ I bet you're thinking we filmed this special effect only once and just keep
- showing the same bit again....we're not THAT cheap you know]
-
- 1st Being: "Greetings,... we are the Nurbs of Morris Minor, Guardians of the
- Floating Point Exception, Supreme Nobless of the Sheep Squeezers of
- Splatigan Five, and utter Overlords of the Univ...."
-
- Jim: "Yes yes we know all that....what are you back for already?"
-
- 1st Being: "Back?..Already? You said 'come back next Wednesday at 2 o'clock'.
- Admittedly we're a bit late, but we do eventually keep all our
- appointments...though you can't imagine how busy it is being
- utter overlords of the Universe"
-
- Jim: "But you were here just five minutes ago"
-
- 2nd Being: "Nope, that's impossible. Five minutes ago we were at a meeting
- with our subcontractors in a new black hole building project out
- at Tau Cetus III."
-
- Jim: "But you were HERE!..You came and took Spock away...our Vulcan crew
- member. You know...all to do with the "Hardly Credible Amount of
- Luck and Good Fortune" contract we have with you"
-
- 3rd Being: "No..that can't be right. Our records show that the contract
- you mention ran out 2 and a half years ago. I distinctly remember
- the representative from your Federation saying ''I'll be damned if
- if I'm going to fork out THAT amount of cash to help out Kirk for
- a whole five year mission''...."
-
- 1st Being: "...So we damned him anyway for a laugh.."
-
- Jim: "....But if it wasn't YOU that took Spock away...WHO WAS IT!!!"
-
- [They all freeze in various dramatic poses]
- *************** TO BE CONTINUED ***************
-
- Yes I know....it's stopped at a really interesting bit, but isn't that
- what always happens with "To Be Continued" thingies.....You'll just have
- to tune in next week to find out:
-
- Who were those strange beings?
- Is Carl Sagan a co-writer?
- What will Dr.McCoy do with his twirly thing now that Spock has gone?
-
- ******************************************************************************
-
- Credits:
- Storyline: (Is there one?) DJY
- Stunt Coordinator: Darth H. Vader
- Fight Arranger: "Iron" Mike Tyson
- Ringside Seats: At Exorbitant Prices
- Computer System Run By: Wonderful Comp.Centre Peeps.
- Special Thanks to: The Ops,CCA244,CNBP01,CRAA15,CADU34,CLIP07
- and many others for their undying support
- for the author through his most troubled
- times, and for chipping in to pay for the
- psychiatric help.
-
- Any characters depicted in this series are fictional and any resemblance
- to characters living or dead is purely unintentional. In fact it'd be
- bloody remarkable to tell the truth.
-
- David J. Young <CNBR10@vaxc.strathclyde.ac.uk>
-