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Rutherford and Tendi trudge through the snow and wind of the holodeck, struggling to resist the cold long long enough for it to freeze Badgey. Seeing that Tendi is starting to become disoriented from hypothermia, Rutherford turns around face the abomination he created. They trade blows, but Badgey's slippery frame keeps him out of Rutherford's clutches. Grabbing a shard of ice from the ground, Badgey manages to gain the upper hand, pinning Rutherford to the ground and driving the makeshift knife deep into his shoulder. Rutherford fights back with all his strength, but Badgey's arms lock tight around his throat. Electricity arcs from the damaged holoemitters, adding more violence to the raging blizzard swirling around them. Rutherford chokes out an apology to his creation for mistreating him, but Badgey's bloodthirst remains unabated. But before he can finish the job, Badgey freezes in place as the cold finally gets to him. Rutherford rises and holds the now-defenseless psychopathic hologram in his arms. With one final farewell, Rutherford twists Badgey's "neck", killing him once and for all.
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Rutherford and Tendi trudge through the snow and wind of the holodeck, struggling to resist the cold long long enough for it to freeze Badgey. Seeing that Tendi is starting to become disoriented from hypothermia, Rutherford turns around to face the abomination he created. They trade blows, but Badgey's slippery frame keeps him out of Rutherford's clutches. Grabbing a shard of ice from the ground, Badgey manages to gain the upper hand, pinning Rutherford to the ground and driving the makeshift knife deep into his shoulder. Rutherford fights back with all his strength, but Badgey's arms lock tight around his throat. Electricity arcs from the damaged holoemitters, adding more violence to the raging blizzard swirling around them. Rutherford chokes out an apology to his creation for mistreating him, but Badgey's bloodthirst remains unabated. But before he can finish the job, Badgey freezes in place as the cold finally gets to him. Rutherford rises and holds the now-defenseless psychopathic hologram in his arms. With one final farewell, Rutherford twists Badgey's "neck", killing him once and for all.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Technically, the Drookmani do have the principle of "salvage rights" on their side.
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The crisis over, Mariner and Boimler return to untie Ensign Fletcher. A moment later, Commander Ransom appears, demanding an explanation for what happened during the Drookmani engagement. But rather than rat him out, Mariner tries a different approach... she gives him all the credit for saving the ship. It earns him a party and a promotion to the ''Titan''. Boimler is bitter, to say the least, to see a selfish coward like Fletcher getting his dream assignment, but consoles himself with the hope that maybe this opportunity is what Fletcher needs to finally realize his potential as an officer.
Instead, Fletcher finds out what happens when his slacker attitude comes under the scrutiny of the fleet's finest. He makes an angry call to his former friends than a week later, complaining that he's been kicked out of Starfleet entirely! Boimler and Mariner hang up on him, content to let him be someone else's problem now. Boimler turns to Mariner and acknowledges that, while she might also be a rule-breaker, she's ten times the officer Fletcher was. Mariner thanks him for his praise... then pulls out the keys to the captain's yacht, which she checked out in his name, and runs off to take it for a joyride before Boimler can stop her.
Instead, Fletcher finds out what happens when his slacker attitude comes under the scrutiny of the fleet's finest. He makes an angry call to his former friends than a week later, complaining that he's been kicked out of Starfleet entirely! Boimler and Mariner hang up on him, content to let him be someone else's problem now. Boimler turns to Mariner and acknowledges that, while she might also be a rule-breaker, she's ten times the officer Fletcher was. Mariner thanks him for his praise... then pulls out the keys to the captain's yacht, which she checked out in his name, and runs off to take it for a joyride before Boimler can stop her.
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The crisis over, Mariner and Boimler return to untie Ensign Fletcher. A moment later, Commander Ransom appears, demanding an explanation for what happened during the Drookmani engagement. But rather than rat him out, Mariner tries a different approach... she gives him all the credit for saving the ship. It earns him a party and a promotion to the ''Titan''. Boimler is bitter, to say the least, to see his dream assignment going to a selfish coward like Fletcher getting his dream assignment, Fletcher, but consoles himself with the hope that maybe this opportunity is what Fletcher needs to finally realize his potential as an officer.
Instead, Fletcher finds out what happens when his slacker attitude comes under the scrutiny of the fleet's finest. He makes an angry call to his former friends less than a week later, complaining that he's been kicked out of Starfleet entirely! Boimler and Mariner hang up on him, content to let him be someone else's problem now. Boimler turns to Mariner and acknowledges that, while she might also be a rule-breaker, she's ten times the officer Fletcher was. Mariner thanks him for his praise... then pulls out the keys to the captain's yacht, which she checked out in his name, and runs off to take it for a joyride before Boimler can stop her.
Instead, Fletcher finds out what happens when his slacker attitude comes under the scrutiny of the fleet's finest. He makes an angry call to his former friends less than a week later, complaining that he's been kicked out of Starfleet entirely! Boimler and Mariner hang up on him, content to let him be someone else's problem now. Boimler turns to Mariner and acknowledges that, while she might also be a rule-breaker, she's ten times the officer Fletcher was. Mariner thanks him for his praise... then pulls out the keys to the captain's yacht, which she checked out in his name, and runs off to take it for a joyride before Boimler can stop her.
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While Captain Freeman tries to peacefully resolve a dispute with some Drookmani scavengers, Mariner, Boimler, and Fletcher search for a saboteur. Meanwhile, Tendi and Rutherford become trapped in a holodeck program gone rogue.
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-->--'''Lieutenant Shaxs'''
The ''Cerritos'' stares down the opposing ship, both of them attempting to lay claim to the century-old Starfleet debris field that surrounds them. The Drookmani claim salvage rights, but Freeman doesn't want them acquiring Starfleet technology. So far, the only violence has been a petty tractor beam tug-of-war over the first piece, but Freeman trusts her crew will be ready if things turn ugly.
Though she might reconsider if she knew what was going on in the mess hall at that moment. The lower decks cheer as Ensign Fletcher attempts to imbibe a record-breaking stream of cantalope puree directly from the replicator. In the commotion, Mariner accidentally pushes Dr. T'Ana into her plate of nachos. The doctor doesn't take kindly to having cheese sauce stuck in her fur, but Fletcher rushes in to soothe her choler with a warm towel and a fresh plate of food. Mariner is impressed by his quick thinking, and Boimler explains that Fletcher has always had a knack for conflict resolution.
Tendi and Rutherford, meanwhile, are just sitting down to eat, speculating on what they might find in the debris once the Drookmani situation is over. Tendi suddenly turns anxious when Rutherford suggests that they'll have to go out in EV suits to work on the pieces too big for a cargo bay. She confesses that she never learned how to spacewalk at the Academy; through some kind of error she was given a passing grade and was too nervous to mention it to anyone. She is understandably afraid of facing the dangers of space without the proper training, but Rutherford has a solution. He's been working on a holodeck training program of his own that should have no problem teaching her something as standardized as EVA protocol.
As for Boimler and Mariner, they are engaged in some tedious maintenance on the ship's isolinear cores. They're worried they won't finish in time to go to the Chu Chu dance they've been so excited for, but Fletcher does them a solid and volunteers to finish the assignment on his own. The lower decks always look out for each other.
Rutherford takes Tendi to the holodeck and introduces her to his virtual tutor, Badgey, a cute anthropomorphic [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftOfficeAssistant papercl]]-- er, combadge who cheerfully offers to teach them a lesson. Tendi asks for a lesson on spacewalking. After a brief [[LoadingScreen loading bar]] (Rutherford adding sheepishly that Badgey can be a bit slow sometimes), the holodeck throws them into a microgravity environment. After a few clumsy moments while they adjust, Badgey returns to load the next stage of the exercise. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading He takes a bit longer this time.]] Feeling embarrassed, Rutherford tries to give him some... [[SuddenlyShouting verbal encouragement]], but it takes a kick to the stomach to get Badgey unstuck again. They continue on, and the camera zooms in ominously on Badgey's [[StepfordSmiler frozen, uncanny smile]]...
Boimler and Mariner are returning from their concert, still riding high at seeing the Zebulon Sisters perform, until they notice Fletcher prone and dazed in the middle of the hallway. They rush over to ask what happened. Fletcher says he was working on the core, as usual, when an unknown figure stunned him with a phaser from behind. And one of the cores he was working on is missing! It's only a semi-critical component, responsible for deflector shield auto-regulation, which leads them to suspect it was someone from Delta Shift looking to get them into trouble without actually compromising the ship.
But there's a problem: those smarmy assholes already have a rock-solid alibi. When confronted, the Delta Shifters remind Mariner and Boimler that they were at the Chu Chu Dance with everyone else. Fletcher is still going crazy with anxiety over the situation, having to be restrained from starting a fight several times by his friends.
Freeman's patience with the Drookmani is starting to wear thin. Though unarmed, they start using their tractor beam to toss pieces of debris at the ''Cerritos''. Shaxs advises they return fire after noticing that the shields are draining faster than they should against such a mild assault, but the Captain is still determined to find a peaceful solution.
Unfortunately for Rutherford and Tendi, damage from the debris strikes causes a failure in the holodeck safety protocols ([[FailsafeFailure like always]]). The computer stops responding to their commands. Rutherford tells Badgey to run a diagnostic, which he happily acknowledges, but then he "accidentally" clips Rutherford on the shoulder while floating past him. He turns back towards them, eyes dark with malice, voice glitchy and distorted.
->'''Badgey:''' Sorry about that. I didn't mean to... ''hurt you''.
Apparently, the talking combadge [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal took his creator's kick to the loading bar a bit personally]]. He lashes out violently at the ensigns, and they take flight through the holographic cargo field. Rutherford changes the program to a Bajoran marketplace, hoping it will easier to lose their pursuer there. They spot Badgey gorily tearing through a crowd of bystanders and take off in the opposite direction towards a long stairway leading to a temple-peaked mountain.
Ensign Fletcher is beside himself with panic as the debris strikes continue to drain the shields. If they drop too far, it will become obvious to the bridge that a crucial core component is missing. He suggests that maybe the Drookmani stole it as a means of sabotage. Boimler and Mariner exchange an incredulous glance, but with no other leads, they decide they might as well do a search for intruders. That is, until they go to retrieve their tricoders and notice the missing core in Fletcher's bunk, poorly concealed by a bedsheet. Fletcher tries to come up with an excuse before immediately collapsing in a fit of guilty sobs. He had the brilliant idea of hooking his brain up to the core -- with the expectation that it would make him smarter and make the maintenance easier -- but all he succeeded in doing was to break it. Or so he thought...
As angry as Boimer and Mariner are Fletcher's irresponsibility, they decide to cut him a break and just fix the core without reporting him. His relief at this is short-lived. The core suddenly comes to life, glowing purple and flailing its ribbon cables everywhere in search of stuff to consume. Mariner realizes it must have been corrupted by Fletcher's brain waves. She and Boimler want to call for help, but Fletcher goes back into ass-covering mode and threatens to pin this whole mess on them if they don't help him deal with it quietly.
Meanwhile, Rutherford and Tendi are still on the holodeck, panting and sweating under the holographic Bajoran sun as they struggle to stay ahead of their would-be murderer. Rutherford apologizes for getting them into this mess; he knew Badgey wasn't ready, but was blinded by his eagerness to impress Tendi. But then, as he looks down at the stairs below, he notices something peculiar: Badgey seems to be struggling with the heat as much as they are. He's not supposed to be susceptible to environmental factors like that. Rutherford realizes this presents an opportunity and switches the program over to a freezing cold planet.
The other ensigns continue to stalk the ravenous computer core, looking for a way to subdue it. Fletcher suddenly says he has an idea! Boimler and Mariner look at him hopefully, but it turns out it's just another convoluted scheme to lie his way out of taking accountability for his stupid mistake. They tie him up and leave him to deal with later before turning their attention back to the more immediate threat. The core continues to grow as it grabs every scrap of technology in reach. In desperation, Boimler and Mariner attempt to direct it into a nearby airlock, which succeeds after Mariner tosses her tricorder in as bait. Ejecting it into space, they breathe a sigh of relief to finally be rid of their problem... before they notice the core is drifting directly towards the Drookmani ship.
->'''Boimler:''' We are so getting fired for this.
Though as it turns out, this is exactly the break ''Cerritos'' needs. The shields have failed, and Captain Freeman
Rutherford and Tendi trudge through the snow and wind of the holodeck, struggling to resist the cold long long enough for it to freeze Badgey. Seeing that Tendi is starting to become
Barely a moment later, the ship's systems are restored. The holodeck
->'''Badgey:''' If you need me, Badgey's here! ...''I'm always here''.
The crisis over, Mariner and Boimler return to untie Ensign Fletcher. A moment later, Commander Ransom appears, demanding an explanation for what happened during the Drookmani engagement. But rather than rat him out, Mariner tries a different approach... she gives him all the credit for saving the ship. It earns him a party and a promotion to the ''Titan''. Boimler is bitter, to say the least, to see a selfish coward like Fletcher getting his dream assignment, but consoles himself with the hope that maybe this opportunity is what Fletcher needs to finally realize his potential as an officer.
Instead, Fletcher finds out what happens when his slacker attitude comes under the scrutiny of the fleet's finest. He makes an angry call to his former friends than a week later, complaining that he's been kicked out of Starfleet entirely! Boimler and Mariner hang up on him, content to let him be someone else's problem now. Boimler turns to Mariner and acknowledges that, while she might also be a rule-breaker, she's ten times the officer Fletcher was. Mariner thanks him for his praise... then pulls out the keys to the captain's yacht, which she checked out in his name, and runs off to take it for a joyride before Boimler can stop her.
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* CuffsOffRubWrists: After Mariner unties the cable that was keeping Fletcher's hands bound, he complains about his wrists being chafed and rubs them.
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-->'''Badgey:''' ''[happy]'' If you need me, Badgey's here! ''[menacing]'' I'm ''ALWAYS'' here...
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-->'''Badgey:''' ''[happy]'' (''happy'') If you need me, Badgey's here! ''[menacing]'' (''menacing'') I'm ''ALWAYS'' here...
* OffingTheOffspring: Because Rutherford programmed Badgey, the latter addresses the former as "Father," and Rutherford acknowledges Badgey as his "son." This doesn't stop Rutherford from snapping his neck to protect himself and Tendi.
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* OffingTheOffspring: Because Rutherford programmed Badgey, the latter addresses the former as "Father," and Rutherford acknowledges Badgey as his "son." This doesn't stop Rutherford from snapping his neck to protect himself and Tendi.
