Future Imperfect Line-by-Line

[Athena28]

Hello, Welcome!

We recently completed the One of Our Planets is Missing thread in the TAS forum!

For anyone unfamiliar with our "game," you are asked to post only a single line (defined as one character speaking without interruption by another character) per message. You can post as often as you like, but someone else must post a line in between your posts.

Our "rule" is that if the episode has a "To Be Continued..." on the end, it is done in a single thread, but if it's just an arc of related episodes (like the Dominion Occupation Arc on DS9 or the Xindi Arc on ENT), each episode is a separate thread.

Get ready for a story, here we go!

 

[Athena28]

Captain's Log, Stardate 44286.5. The Enterprise is conducting a security survey of the Onias Sector near the Neutral Zone. Despite our proximity to Romulan territory, the mission has been quiet and uneventful.

 

[Orac]

[In Ten Forward Riker is trying to play Misty for his friends, and getting it wrong]

LaForge: All right, Commander. You've got till your next birthday to get that right.

 

[mattman8907]

TROI: Some things improve with age. Maybe your trombone playing will be one of them.

 

[Oddish]

CRUSHER: "It's candle time, birthday boy."
(there are six candles on the blue frosted cake)

 

[mattman8907]

(Riker blows out the candles)
TROI: So, what did you wish for, Will?

 

[Athena28]

RIKER: Music lessons.

 

[Orac]

[Meanwhile on the Bridge]

Picard: Mister Data, we must hurry or we'll miss Commander Riker's party.

 

[Oddish]

DATA: "Sir, I find it interesting how much importance humans place on celebrating the day of their birth. A day they cannot possibly remember."

 

[mattman8907]

CREWMAN: Captain, I am detecting some unusual fluctuations in subspace frequencies.

 

[Oddish]

PICARD: "You'd better take a look at it, Mister Data."

 

[Orac]

Data: It appears we are being probed, sir.

 

[Oddish]

PICARD: "Source?"

 

[mattman8907]

DATA: The third planet of the Alpha Onias system. Our reports list it as presently uninhabited. Perhaps reports were incorrect, sir.

 

[Oddish]

PICARD: "Maybe the rumours of a secret Romulan base in this sector are true. Picard to Commander Riker."

 

[Orac]

Picard: I apologise for interrupting your celebration, but I'm going to need an away team. Could you report to the Bridge, please?

Data: Although Alpha Onias 3 is a class M planet, our survey teams have listed it as barren and inhospitable.

 

[CaptVader]

RIKER: Any life signs?

 

[Athena28]

DATA: No, sir, but we have traced residual energy readings to a cavern two kilometers beneath the surface.

 

[Oddish]

WORF: "Romulans?"

 

[CaptVader]

DATA: It is possible.