Deanna Troi Brainwashed (Part One)

Guest Poster: Deanna Troi

The trip back from the Counselor's Conference is a long one by shuttlecraft, especially when all I have to entertain me is the computer. It doesn't serve much purpose and offers some pretty useless suggestions. It's like being trapped in a shop with muzak constanly playing, except on this occasion, I can't walk out of the shop.

Not that the conference itself was much of a laugh. When one goes to those,  I get the impression that every delegate is analysing the other. I must have been given fifteen pieces of advice about what to do! giggle!

Beep! Beep! Beep!

What's that the computer is hollering? I was just about to go into a peaceful slumber. It's telling me there is another shuttle on the sensors, one human lifesign, who is not responding to routrine hails sent by the computer.

Suddenly, there is a flash of light in my shuttle and a woman appears.



"Katherine Pulaski!" I gasp, "I thought you were in a Federation Penal Colony?"

"So I was, Deanna." Kate replies, "But you'll be surprised how easily it is to bribe the guards into releasing me and not saying anything about it."

"What do you want?" I ask, putting on my aggressive voice, "I'll be turning you in as soon as I can."

"No you won't." the former doctor answers firmly, "When you'll be working for me, you won't want to say a word."

I laugh. "Doing what you say? Not likely!"

"Don't be too sure, Deanna." Kate answers, and produces a small machine, "I purchased this off the Ferengi at some cost. It works just once. I can put it on your head and manipulate your mind into doing just what I want."

I sense big trouble her, and rush forward, but Kate stuns me with a plaser. I feel myself tumbling to the floor.

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"How are you, Deanna?" Kate asks, as I wake up.

I gather my thoughts.



"Better than I've ever felt in my life., Kate." I tell her, "Those tiresome Federation rules are out of my head at last. I'm refreshed and feeling great."

"That's good to know, Deanna," Kate tells me, "For a little while, though you'll have to pretend you're that person you used to be until you gain access to the Bridge in your role as Commander, and program the Enterprise on the course we agreed on."

"Are they gonna get a surprise!" I laugh out loud.

"They sure are." replies Kate, "Good luck, Deanna. I'm beaming back to my shuttle and heading away. I'll be monitoring how things go."

With that, Katherine beams off.

Now for some fun on the Enterprise!

To be continued...

Picard Replaced (Part Nine)

Editor's Note:

Section 31, the subversive organisation hatched a plot to replace all the senior staff of the Enterprise with their Agents. Admiral Nagamura, who was secretly a member and fired Picard. He installed another member, Kate Pulaski, who promptly fired many of them. The remaining ones have been in the brig. however, the plot has been foiled, and Picard has requested not to reveal this fact for the moment.




Guest Poster: Jadzia Dax

I'm still in the brig, along with Worfie, Data, Geordi, Will Riker and Deanna.

While Worfie is carving the number of days we have been here on the wall, some of us contemplate what we will do when back on Earth.



"Perhaps Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher would welcome some help at the fast food restaurant where they work?" suggests Data.

"I can't see you tossing burgers, Data." Geordi laughs, "Altough you wouldn't get burnt while doing it."

"I shall seek a career in law enforcement." Worfie declares, "Miscreants shall feel the weight of my authority."

"You sound more like a traffic warden, Worf." Riker tells him, "I think I'll start a jazz band."

"I'll be a top dollar psychiatrist." Deanna tells us, "As an empath, I'll make a lot of money."

I roll my eyes.

"Instead of furthering your careers." I tell them, "Have you figured out how to get us out of this?"

We then hear the sound of someone approaching. I recognise the stiletto. It's the Wicked Witch.



"I'll be well rid of you all." Pulaski says, "Once you've gone, the Enterprise can start operating properly. I'll have the holographic Doctor reprogrammed and Vic Fontaine deleted. Instead of being peaceful to everybody, we can threaten a few who don't like us. The security shuttle is here to take you away. Good riddance."

Some Section 31 minions take us to the Shuttle Bay, escorted by Pulaski. We wait to be taken away.

The door opens, and out steps Capain Picard, beverly Crusher and fall the others that had been fired. Also with them are the heftiest security people I've ever seen.



"All right, ex-Captain Pulaski." Picard says firmly, "It's all over. Nagamura has been arrested, and you are now. I'm running the ship now, with the say-so of the Starfleet President."

Pulaski and her henchmen are dragged off to the shuttle. Bev sticks her tongue out at her, and Pulaski gives her a venemous look.

We all hug each other, glad that it's over at last.

"Take the Bridge, Number One." says Picard, "Doctor Crusher and I have got an appointment with some Earl Grey in my Ready Room."

Picard Replaced (Part Five)

Editor's Note:

As Luthor Sloan, the Head of Section 31, the sunversive unit that operates within Starfleet has managed to get one of their Agents promoted to Admiral, who fired Captain Picard and Beverly Crusher and placed another Agent, the former Chief Medical Officer Kate Pulaski as Captain. She has now fired Britney, T'Pol, Jennifer Baxter, Seven and Ro Laren. Those have just caught up with Picard and Bev, who are working in a fast food restarant.

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Guest Poster: Deanna Troi

"We really have to be careful with these meetings." Will whispers quietly, as we all gather, "We can't afford to get caught in case the Wicked Witch of the West finds us."

"You are referring to Captain Pulaski?" Data enquires.

"Yes, Data I am!" Will sighs irritatingly, "I'm surprised she doesn't fly around the Enterprise on a broomstick."

"Such a measure would be contrary to Starfleet Health and Safety Protocols." Data reminds him.

"Data!" I almost shout, "Switch your emotion chip on. This is an important meeting. With so many of the senior staff fired by Pulaski, we've got to be careful."

With Data, Will and myself are Geordi, Worf, and Jadzia Dax. We are having this quiet meeting in the dead of night while Pulaski is sleeping away. We've got the Doctor and Vic Fontaine on the bridge.



"So, has anybody spotted anything about Pulaski." Jadzia asks, "She seems the very secretive sort."

"I agree." Worf replies, "She seems to spend a lot of time on her monitor, using the Secure Channel."

"Is there some way we can UN-secure it?" Will asks.

"Affirmative." Data reveals, in a very matter-of-fact way, "I have actually managed to decode them using my positronic brain, which I linked to the computer's central core. I then..."

"Never mind that, Data!" Geordi says, "What were the messages about?"

"Most of them were to Admiral Nagamura." he informs us.

The Admiral who gave the Cappy and Bev the push.

"What did they contain!" Will says with growing frustration. So much so that he can hardly eat the last of the donuts he's bought along.



"One notable message said "Our plan is almost complete, Admiral. I will arrest and remove the rest of the senior staff as soon as you send the Agents from Section 31 from Earth to replace them.""

"So that's it!" Riker says to himself, "Nagamura and Pulaski are Section 31 Agents."

"Why didn't you tell us this before, Data." I ask.

"I could not, Counselor." he replies, "I had only just found out the information before this meeting."

"Well now we have it, we can take it to Starfleet." Worf snorts.



"They'll never believe you." laughs a familiar voice, as the door opens. "They'll think it's just the word of a few officers loyal to Picard."

Pulaski.

Her Security minions drag us away to the brig, as she reminds us that we'll all be removed from the ship for Conspiracy against the Captain.

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We sit in the brig, looking fed up, as if we have been selected for an Away Mission and are all wearing red shirts.

"Well that's done it." Riker says, "The entire Enterprise senior staff will be Section 31 Agents. Who knows what damage that will bring?"

"There may be hope, Commander." Data tells us, as we eat our bread and water, "Before I came to the meeting, I took the libety of passing on the information to Ensign Crusher and his wife Karena on the USS Rhode Island."

We all laugh.

"Well done, Data." I say, "There may be hope for us yet."

To be continued...

Picard Replaced (Part Three)

Editor's Note:

Luthor Sloan, Head of Section 31, the covert organisation that operates within Starfleet has an Admiral now in it's ranks, Nagamura, who has placed fellow Section 31 Agent Katheline Pulaski, the former Enterprise doctor as Captain, replacing Picard, who has been demoted and taken off the ship, along with Beverly.

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Guest Poster: Will Riker

It's been a real pain with Kate Pulaski as Captain of the Enterprise!

She has even stopped me eating donuts as part of a healthy eating campaign. That definately did not go down well in my book.

"I've talked with Starfleet." Deanna tells me, "As he was an Admiral, there was no way I could get him to change his mind. I've also learnt that Captain Picard and Beverly have both quit Starfleet in disgust. Apparently, they did not like the jobs they were assigned."

"What were they?"

"Sweeping out the washrooms of the Cadets at the Academy."

We get a call on our Com telling us of a meeting of the senior staff in the Captain's Ready Room.



"Now then, staff." starts Pulaski, "I think Picard let things get way out of hand on this ship. Discipline was weak. From now on there will be strong leadership, right, Commander Riker."

"Err..yes, Captain." I say, waking up slightly.

"Now there are certain individuals on the ship whose behaviour in particular I will not tolerate." Pulaski continues, "Their time on the Enterprise is running out."

We all look at each other, as we wonder who she is talking about.

"Ensign Ro Laren." she starts, "Your loyalty is questionable because of your Bajoran background and possible Maquis links. You can't be allowed to stay here. You shall be reassigned."

Ro stands up and shouts, "No one questions my loyalty!" and walks out.

Oh dear. It seems we might have a few of these.

"Jennifer Baxter." Pulaski continues, you have not been seen as a good Ensign, and will be removed from the ship."

Both she and Data protest, but Jennifer tells her to stay where he is and fight the wicked witch. She too walks out.

"Now we seem to be getting the dead wood out of the ship." Pulaski triumphantly remaks, "Now as for you two, Ensign Britney and T'Pol, you are the most badly behaved people on Starfleet. Why you are still on the Enterprise is beyond me. You both fired from the Fleet. both of are repugnant."

Ouch. That's tough.



"Are you sure you're a Captain, Pulaski?" Britney asks, "You seem a sinister sort to me. C'mon sistah, you and me are offa this place."

As Britney puts some chewing gum in her mouth, she and T'Pol walk away from the table.

"What goes around comes around, Pulaski." Britney reminds her.

Pulaski takes no notice, and looks firmly at Seven.

"Why do we have a Borg drone on board?" she asks, "She is a member of the enemy and should be exterminated."



"The Borg Queen placed me here to study human life." Seven reminds me, "Locutus has treated me well. It prevents the Borg from assimil...."

"Captain Picard is no longer here." Pulaski tells her, "I will give you ten minutes to get off the ship with the others, otherwise you will be destroyed."

"Captain Pulaski." I say, "I really think you ought to reconsider."

"Do YOU want to go as well, Commander?" she asks.

As the Cap told me to stay and watch her before he left, I say no.

With half the Senior Staff gone, things are getting touchy here. I don't think anyone dare crack some Pulaski jokes in case anywhere is bugged.

To be continued...

Picard Replaced (Part Two)

Editor's Note:

Luthor Sloan, leader of Section 31, the covert division that operates within Starfleet, and answers to nobody has told his Agents J and K that the influence of the secret section is spreading. Carefully placed operatives, including a new Admiral working for them, plus a Commander will ensure that Captain Picard, plus some responsible for the earlier infiltration failure are removed.

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"I haven't heard of this Admiral Nagamura, Number One." I tell Riker, as he, Bev and I go along to the Transporter Room to greet him.

"Apprarent he's just been promoted." Riker replies, "I suppose he wants to look at the Enterprise to get used to his new role."

"Yes, start with the best!" I say, preening slightly, "I always like to show the ship off to these Admirals that come. In another life I might have been a tour guide."

A figure beams in, slightly shoter than the average Admiral.



"Hello Admiral Nagamura." I start, giving my usual welcoming speech, "I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise, and this is..."

"I know who you are!" he interrupts sharply, "I am here to deliver a formal declaration. As of now, you are relieved as Captain of the Enterprise, and will be replaced."

Suddenly there is a deathly silence from me, Bev and Riker, as if someone has told a blue joke in front of a priest.

"What!" Bev says angrily, "What justification is there for that?"

"It has been noted." Nagamura states officially, "That Captain Picard has not enforced his position correctly, let the ship become lax, has associated with the Borg..."

"Only to protect ourselves." I tell the Admiral.

"Nonetheless." Nakamura says, "You will be demoted and reassigned."



"I don't want to be Captain in these circumstances, Admiral." Riker protests.

"You're being rather presumptious, Commander." Nakamura grins with a smirk, "The new Captain of the Enterprise is beaming in now."

The three of us turn round as the Transporter Room beams in another person.



"Greetings." says Katherine Pulaski, who was former Chief Medical Officer on the Enterprise before she went on a deep-space mission.

Beverly's jaw hits the floor.

"Yes." Pulaski comments with a smile, looking at Bev with a glare, "I've returned to Captain the Enterprise. I so wanted to return here after SOME PERSON sent me on a long mission into the outer reaches of the galaxy on the New Horizon ship."

"Err..." Bev stutters.

"Are you still here, Doctor Crusher?" Pulaski sneers, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that you've been demoted as well. I don't want you two on my ship."

"We're going." I tell her.

"Number One." I tell Riker, "Keep an eye on what she does. Let me know what happens."

As the two of us leave, I hear Pulaski speaking, "There are going to be a few changes on this ship now!"

To be continued...