Star Trek Continues: Lolani (S1E2)

He’s Dead, Jim (Death/injury count): red shirt threatened with knife. Orion neck pinched.

KIRK IS READING and needs glasses.

We are supposed to save life if possible.

“that was strange” yes, good.

I can’t wait for the Mudd episode.  Assuming they have one.

Good advice.

“Weaponry often complicates negotiations.” –Spock

“Why does anyone have to be a slave to anyone?” –Bones

“I’m sorry if I hurt anyone” uh actually you killed some people. And yes, they were bad people, and didn’t, perhaps, deserve life, but you don’t go ‘oops, my bad’, you go with self-defense and run with it.

Freedom is huge for Kirk.  Also why the blank are you kneeling??

Does this crew ship spock and kirk?  Because that’s a decidedly jealous look from spock there.

Thank goodness for Vulcans.

WOMEN IN IMPORTANT THINGS!  (I don’t recognize the braiding offhand, but that might be an admiral??)

Okay, here’s a point where the Federation’s cultural relativism runs into issues.  “We have to respect other cultures, even when they have slaves that they rape and murder” I’ll also point out, here, that Tellarites are, I’m 90% certain, a Federation race.  They can’t even punish them for engaging in slavery?  (Of course, I’m also pretty sure Lolani is up to no good.  She’s like the terrifying part of ultra-feminists or whatever the term is.  The ones who’ve been under the heel so long they think all men deserve to be discriminated against, if not tortured and/or killed.  It’s still a criticism of the system—without it as it currently stands, it would never have hurt people to the point they, too, become monsters.  Like the Faunis and the White Fang.)

All right, then prove it.

I’m going to guess the random Blue Shirt on bridge, given that he isn’t Spock, is Bones, because if there’s one person who’s there when he’s not supposed to be, it’s Bones.

“Usually, everyone is working”  Yes, good, thank you :)

I’m going to guess this is why there was something about hormone suppressors for Gaila.

(Cambion!Jim’s similar, but he can turn it on or off.)

Oh, come on, you’re charmed too.

Oh, hey, this is a point where Kirk isn’t telling the others “this is work, flirt on your own time” but maybe that’s because they’re not in the middle of a crisis rn?

Have you met Kirk?  He’ll figure out some brilliant scheme to make it work, even if—

….

Uhh.

Is he going to buy her and free her?  Cambion!Jim feels that’s a perfectly logical strategy, right Spock?

“You’re new to this ship, so I’ll excuse you for not understanding that when I say I’ll do everything I can, I’ll do everything I can.” –Kirk (uh, yeah, what I said above about the ‘brilliant scheme’.)

Prreeeety much.  It’s a prereq for working aboard this ship.  We all do it.

…not just males and females, darlin’.

Flirting, occasionally, but it’s also not a 100% thing.

She is a smart female, so she’s his type, but she’s also not blond.

It’s also not 100%.  What you wear is what you wear.  If you like wearing that, keep doing it.  Personally, I think Starfleet uniforms are cool, but.

Kirk, keep your cool.  You have more self-control than anybody aside from Spock.  Use it.

(that book looks old.  Cool.)

(also what is he referring to?  War and Peace?  I haven’t actually read it, so…honestly, if that’s not true, it sounds more like the fall of Rome, but I don’t know any specific books that deal with the subject…)

In your nature?  No.  You were taught, presumably part of your ‘make you a good slave’ program.

Smiles with intent.  Man, your Kirk is growing on me.

“that story isn’t consistent with the facts” here we go with the ace attorney again.  Bet you figured that out from Lieutenant Shaw.  Also, I have to dig out the Ace Attorney music again.  (confess the truth, maybe?)

If we can prove, you know, important things…I don’t know what the threshold is, but if we can prove them, maybe, maybe we can get you off free.  Like this?  Nuh-uh.  Phoenix Wright couldn’t do it.  Mr. Cogley couldn’t do it.

He’s clenching his fists so hard.

This has shades of…whatever that one with the…Elaan of Troiylus, that’s the one.  I might’ve misspelled it.

You really should trust Kirk.  Then again, you might not be able to trust any men, so.

RIP Kenway.

That is a ridiculously good version of the Galileo.

“I’ll deal with you in a minute.”  Yes, you were under alien influence, but also, no.  Bad Red Shirt.

Female red shirt!  She looks interesting.

NONE OF THIS IS HELPING MY JOB BE ANY EASIER.  If I can show she was innocent in those deaths, if I can show she didn’t try to seduce me, if I can show she didn’t seduce one of my crewmen and try to get off the ship, I might have a better chance at all of this.

Inoculations are probably used when you can’t count on the Orion female to cooperate with suppressors (and not seduce the medic trying to give the shot out of giving one).

…

Headcanon: Dr. McKennah is having an affair with her behind the scenes of this one.

Spock hanging out behind Kirk as a support.

…you don’t know that I read this stuff in my spare time, what laughably little there is of it, and know that, do you?

MIND MELD

The ‘more emotions with a mind meld’ thing was played perfectly.  Before that, you’d been an adequate Spock.  Then again, perhaps it simply needed some time for you to get into the role.

Not likely.

….okay.  there is a plan.  Kirk just came up with a plan.

Bones’ face.

…your voice sounds like Andre the Giant.

HE’S BOUNCING.  ALERT THE…UH.  PRESSES?  I DON’T KNOW.

Getting the mannerisms down is a good start.

There’s a red shirt who knows her duty.  I like her.  She’s cool.  She better show up again.

GUYS.  THERE IS A PLAN.  Her, I can understand, but TRUST YOUR CAPTAIN YOU NINCOMPOOP. (is that spelled correctly?  Blah.)

Nope. He’s not.  Not if he can help it, and he’s pulled off longer odds before.

Accurate, but he’s not doing nothing.

Red shirt lady outside.  Why aren’t you doing anything about the obvious non-messagy stuff going on?

Matthew Kenway, what even is.

Scotty says as he’s drinking Scotch.

McKennah just “I need more alcohol for this”.

Everyone’s expressions.

Bones just stares at Kirk going “really?”

Is that really your big gambit?  (not that it’s not…I don’t know, I’ll wait and see.)

Slaps table.  Also yes, good kirk-like speech.

Cambion!Jim has an idea!  Come on, really?  No?

Kirk fighting style, yes, good.  Perfect.

From our point of view, right now, you’re all animals.

“Civilized people do not treat people as property” accurate  (and not only true of slavery…some people like to treat their wives or girlfriends as just property, too)

You…got to it.  A bit late, though.

What about over an entire slave system?  Because it’s never about just one slave.

Those are tears.

Uhura, why of all people are you upset by this?

…She blew them up rather than go back.

Note that most of his crew would follow him even against Starfleet.

Oh, it was the roman empire.  With their slaves, right.

Kirk, sending Kenway off to do great things.

Wait did that really just say someone’s last name was vroom.?  LOLANI’S ACTOR’S LAST NAME IS VROOM.  THAT IS AMAZING.