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ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 11
In which the experiment goes horribly wrong in the name of science. Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date 67920.35. Lieutenant LaFuentes’ instincts were right on target as usual. As it turned out, HuFleet had been receiving complaints about unusual replicator failures....
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 10
Need to catch up? Find episodes and installments here. In the meantime, to sum up: The replicator prankster is not just on the Impulsive; Enigo & Loreli are in a secret romance, and Enigo was just sexually assaulted by the main course at a party and is in Sickbay...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 9
Poor Enigo – attacked by a turkraken and shot by his own team. The least we can do is have his girlfriend comfort him in Sickbay. Loreli waltzed into Sickbay with her usual beautiful-and-caring-but-unattainable demeanor, but really, she was fighting the butterflies in...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 8
In which the turkraken attacks Enigo. When last we left, the combined crews of the Inconceivable and the Impulsive had tried to explain the human concept of scientific inquiry to the First Officer of the Logic ship Rational Plausibility, and only succeeded in...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 7
Last week, Captain Vizzini was trying to explain the human concept of science to a Logic. It’s been going quite well – for Vizzini, that is. Fle’ek is still befuddled. “Yes, you’re definitely on the right mission to learn about the genius of human scientific...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 6
On the differences between science and engineering As expected when any two HuFleet ships have a get-together, the party was both raucous and within protocol. The Inconceivable won the coin toss and chose a lively soundtrack of Logic/Human mashups. Jeb was not a fan...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 5
And on the heels of Valentine's Day, it's time for a romantic interlude… Loreli walked into her quarters singing to herself in the language of her people, which was more of a swaying of the thick aloe-like leaves that served as her hair and a motion of the skin that...
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ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 4
Need to catch up? Find episodes and installments here. Otherwise, as a refresher: The replicator practical joker is still at large, and the Impulsive is at the Pack Nebular, where it will join the Inconceivable and the Rational Plausibility in an experiment in stellar...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 3
In which the practical jokes get personal. Captains Log, Intergalactic Date 67918.7 The Impulsive is en route to the Pack Nebula, home of over a dozen Wolfe-Rayet stars, to join our sister-ship, the science vessel, HMB Inconceivable, in conducting an experiment in...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 2
In which we have the obligatory leaving spacedock scene. “Captain on the bridge!” Ensign Ellie Doall’s voice rang out across the bridge. Captain Jebediah Tiberius glanced at Lieutenant LaFuentes, who answered with a shrug. As long as his Chief of Security had been...
ST: HMB, Episode 6: The No-Brainer, Part 1
Welcome back after the long break. Captain’s Personal Log, Intergalactic Date 67916.56 After three months, it’s nice to be back on the Impulsive and in my office. I enjoyed my time on Earth seeing family and helping my kin on the Lone Star get acclimated to their new...