You’d know if you had compassion. A woman should have compassion, but I forget you’re not a woman. -Kirk to Sylvia Module BI-12T(b): Shapeshifters: Sylvia The salt suckerer had nothing on Sylvia. This shapeshifter changed forms without the need to observe the mental conventions of her current prey’s fantasies. Thus, being neither limited by the…
You could learn something from Mister Spock, Doctor. Stop thinking with your glands. -Kirk Module BI-12T(a): Shapeshifters: M-113 Creature Numerous shapeshifters have been reported throughout the galaxy, and the harm done by the worst of them has been staggering. Because of this, upcoming modules will focus on the exploits of these largely imperceptible and unflappable…
Spock, you’re going to love it here. They all talk just the way you do. – Mudd Module BI-04T: Androids, Synthetics And Other Artificial Lifeforms I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but remember this phrase: Where androids appear, humanoids kick-the-bucket. Sound extreme? I wish it were. In example after example, the hopeless and…
You’re married to your career, and you never look at another woman. Well, if she’s pretty enough, I’ll look. – Deela and Kirk Module BI-05V: Alien Tears And Other Romantic Hazards So let’s say you’ve been traveling a while and haven’t encountered any especially dire threats for some time. Feeling recklessly safe and secure, your…
The creation of perfection is no error. -Nomad Module BI-10V: The Pursuit Of Perfection Let’s begin with one strange astoundingly-myopic scientist whose quest for perfection drove him nearly insane. Still reeling from the well-deserved ridicule and derision of his colleagues, Dr. Richard Daystrom created the ultimate computer. A system that coolly controlled an entire starship…
Now this is how I prefer the Borg: in pieces. -Captain Janeway Module BI-08T: The Borg: Part 2 Before we can complete the discussion of the Borg Queen’s shenanigans, we have to begin with the adventures of Captain Kathryn Janeway whose numerous interactions with the Borg are well known. Even before Janeway realized who ruled the…
Reports of my assimilation are greatly exaggerated. -Captain Jean-Luc Picard Module BI-08T: The Borg: Part 1 Some enemy threats deserve their own discussion and the Borg is, unfortunately, among them. When that fiend, Q, introduced us to this disturbing menace, we were comfortable in our technological complacency with most aliens we engaged, but the Borg…
I am curious. Have the Q always had an absence of manners, or is it the result of some natural evolutionary process that comes with omnipotence? -Tuvok Module BI-01T: Immortals The focus of this module is the number one threat to humanoid existence in the universe. The immortals. Encounters with these lifeforms aren’t as comfortably rare…
Now you try one more illusion, try anything at all, and I’ll break your neck. -Captain Christopher Pike Module BI-07T: Telepaths, Empaths And Illusionists Before we start this discussion you need to know that I have a strong bias against telepaths. Although, I usually don’t mind Vulcans. Since they have to touch you in order…
My love has wings. Slender, feathered things … -Mitchell, reciting “The Nightingale Woman” by Phineas Tarbolde Module BI-47T: Those Darn Transformations If it weren’t for those eyes it may have only been half bad. What am I talking about? Well, those darn transformations, of course. Eyes, notwithstanding, metamorphosis wasn’t the only immoral thing about turning…
