madimpossibledreamer | Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon (First Watch: E23)

Death count: The grey man with the Ambassador? People ordered to report to the death chambers.

Clenches jaw. I hate it when they pull rank like jerks. It’d be one thing if it was arrived at after a discussion or something, but. Just preemptively??

What you mean by treated correctly?

Okay, he has an attraction to…Maya 3?

Morally incorrect, huh.

McCoys and Hatfields? (that’s it, right?)

I…I can’t say I underst—oh, okay, thanks for actually explaining, also that is highly barbaric, why are you walking into disintegration machines, how does that help anyone ever.

“I do not approve. I understand.” –Spock

Why are you going to kill the ship? Or the people on it? Already dead? Going with the Omae wa mou shindeiru?

I don’t see, no, and I still don’t fully understand what is going on. This is confusing.

They’re like “this is obviously not Kirk; it doesn’t sound like the way he talks”. That is awesome. And I’m pretty sure there’s probably code words and stuff if you don’t hear from them in long enough.

Is this the first time we’ve seen Vulcan telepathy?

Descended upon by red shirts. Nice. (I like the Asian Red shirt. I hope she’ll be okay.)

Do those weapons even have a stun setting?

Don’t you even get that if you all negotiated peace there’d be no need for all of this?

“Sir, there’s a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder.” –Spock (best! Distraction! Ever!)

I’m half convinced that this is a one-way war perpetrated to keep people in line.

“…we’d be totally disrupted by now,” –DePaul (just. That sentence, though.)

There’s also the issue that you can’t beam anybody up with shields up.

Fox, you’re an idiot. Where have you been for this whole time. And where are you going now.

Seriously, if you negotiate a ceasefire, you don’t have to fight. Or an end to the war.

I called it. Two lines ago.

I only take orders from people who love this ship as much as I do, and that’s that. –Scotty

(It’s secretly admiration, Scotty.)

Don’t get that close with a weapon. It’s easy to knock it out of your hand.

“I had no idea you were so formidable.” –Councilman “You seem to think I’m joking.” –Kirk

Also I will point out that the disintegration chambers are uncomfortably like Nazi gas chambers.

How’d he get on the planet? Did they actually take down the shields, and if so, did they shoot? How did he manage that? Did he bully the transporter room people into it, but…wait, how’d he get the shield down? So many questions.

That face when he realizes he was utterly wrong, though.

Peace in our time.

Spock is just like “why don’t people ever think these things through logically?”

“Yeoman Tamura, you stay here and prevent this young woman from immolating herself. Knock her down and sit on her, if necessary.” –Spock (suicide is most illogical)

“Ladies and gentlemen, please move away from the chamber or you may be injured.” –Spock

“Practicing a peculiar variety of diplomacy, sir.” –Spock

(also why can’t the Captain stop being taken captive? >:( -Spock)

“My people are not responsible for your agreements” –Kirk

He has too much fun during interrogations. That’s why. He likes ticking them off.

I like not-perfect-Kirk-hair.

We didn’t start the fire. Or something.

You were a bit late for the rescue, but you can help me with the hostages.

Good point. No reason to stop war if you don’t see it as a thing to be avoided.

Or. You could, you know, declare peace.

There’s no reason to rise above your worst instincts.

Also, I’m glad you didn’t kill Fox, and you might be too. Being a jerk to these guys too. Diplomacy the normal way.

Do they keep those weird hats as souvenirs?

I wonder if Spock ever is like “sometimes I just need to talk with a computer to deal with the trauma of trying to have a normal conversation with humans. They’re so illogical”