The Way We Were
| Star Traks: Waystation | |
| Episode name | The Way We Were |
|---|---|
| Season | |
| Episode number | |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2375 |
| Stardate | 52772 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Something They Ate |
| Next in series | A Deadly Shade Of Blue |
| Previous in timeline | Friendly Wagers [VEX] |
| Next in timeline | It's A Dawg's Life [VEX] |
A visit from Commander Jaroch of the USS Secondprize and the discovery of a new species create all kinds of problems for Commander Lisa Beck and the Waystation crew. And believe me, the Multeks aren't too happy about the newcomers either. Along the way, there's some mind control, time travel, and a dance number. Just a normal day at the office.
Summary
Commander Jaroch of the USS Secondprize arrives on Waystation for a science conference at Bradley Dillon's Starfleet Suites Hotel. Several sectors away, a D'Ceti exploratory vessel is heading toward the Multek Enclave and is intercepted by a Multek patrol ship while scanning an unpopulated Class M world. The Multeks blast the D'Ceti ship, causing it to get caught in the gravity well of the planet and crash on its surface. Back on Waystation, Jaroch is horrified to discover that Dr. Derrick Azar, who was invited personally by Bradley Dillon, is attending the science conference with a new and improved version of his time pod. Jaroch protests his presence and is crushed under the time pod after one of the anti-gravity units holding it up is damaged and shuts down.
Lieutenant Craig Porter, Lieutenant Sean Russell, and Colonel Martin Lazlo, who are on a scouting mission in the Runabout USS Cumberland, find the distress sphere launched by the D'Ceti ship and follow the sphere's course back to the crashed ship. On Multos, Admiral Wuddle informs Frequoq Juletz of the alien ship. Juletz refuses to accept Wuddle's belief that other beings are real. Jaroch wakes up in the Infirmary, but the Carl Jaroch past life is now in control, and he's convinced that he's married to Commander Lisa Beck.
Porter, Russel, and Lazlo reach the D'Ceti ship and beam aboard. Unsure whether or not the newcomers are hostile, the D'Ceti hide. They scan Lazlo's brain and find that he is definitely hostile. In respose, they hypnotize him and order him to kill his companions. Wuddle decides he's going to the crash site. He and another believer in aliens, Hypple, steal a yacht and head out. Jaroch slips away from Beck and gets to the Dillon Enterprises lab where the time pod is being stored. The Carl personality is able to access Jaroch's knowledge and activates the time pod, causing a power drain in the station. The Ops crew localizes the source, and Beck, Dr. Amedon Nelson, and Lieutenant Commander Walter Morales race to the science lab. They arrive just as two figures step out of the pod: the 20th Century Versions of Alex Rydell and Travis Dillon. A moment later, the time pod explodes. Excited to have his friends with him, Carl again gives the Waystation crew the slip, and he, Alex, and Travis steal Waystation's new runabout, the USS Roanoke, and unknowingly head straight into Multek space.
Lazlo finds Russell and tries to kill him. Russell is able to escape. With both runabouts off the station, Beck has no choice but to chase after the Roanoke in the USS Wayward, the untested but heavily armed scout ship that Waystation just received. Morales races to get the Wayward space-ready and goes with Beck, since he's the better pilot. A Multek ship disables the Roanoke and takes it on board. Alex and Travis foolishly decide to take on the Multeks and race out of the runabout into the Multek docking, phasers blasting. Jaroch wrests control of his body back from Carl just in time to see Alex and Travis vaporized by multiple Multek weapons. With no other options, Jaroch hides. Wuddle and Hypple arrive at the crashed D'Ceti ship and find Russell, Porter, and the insane Lazlo. Lazlo turns on the Multeks, giving Russell a chance to stun him. With Lazlo out of commission, the D'Ceti make contact with Porter and realize that they were wrong about the humans' intentions. Porter is able to open a dialog.
Upon finding out that a Multek ship is on its way to Multos with an alien vessel in its hold, Frequoq Juletz orders the ship to deliver the alien craft to his personal docking bay onto of the Multek Central Administration building. Once that is complete, he has the entire crew of the Multek ship sent to a Rehabilitation Ranch to have the idea that aliens might actually exist purged from their minds. On Waystation, Yeoman Jones finds a very upset Bradley Dillon sitting in the rubble of the time pod. He reveals to her that he was going to use the pod to save Leximas before she was blown up by the Starshine Kids. The Wayward detects the Roanoke on Multos. Beck has Morales perform a near-warp transport to get her to the surface. Unable to stop himself since he may never see Beck again, Morales kisses her before she beams out. She materializes inside the Frequoq's private docking bay, where she is captured by Juletz.
When they receive word that Beck is on Multos, Russell, Lazlo and Wuddle head there in the stolen yacht while Porter takes Hypple and the D'Ceti back to Waystation in the Runabout USS Cumberland.
Featuring
- Commander Lisa Beck
- Lieutenant Commander Walter Morales
- Lieutenant Craig Porter
- Lieutenant Sean Russell
- Dr. Amedon Nelson
- Colonel Martin Lazlo
- Bradley Dillon
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