One Track Mind
| Star Traks: Boldly Gone | |
| Episode name | One Track Mind |
|---|---|
| Season | 1 |
| Episode number | 2 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker, Anthony Butler |
| Year | 2500 |
| Stardate | 175019 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | If I Only Had a Brain [BG] |
| Next in series | Let's Get Physical [BG] |
| Previous in timeline | If I Only Had a Brain [BG] |
| Next in timeline | Let's Get Physical [BG] |
Starfleet is rushing the USS Anomaly into service, which means that the ship needs a permanent crew. Will Dr. Natalia Kasyov leave her lab of disembodied brains for Cabral? If she does, will one of her former test subjects decide to show her the error of her ways...even if he has to kill her to get his point across? Have we just given away too much of the plot? Find out the dangers of a "One Track Mind."
Summary
On the Neptune Research Station, Dr. Natalia Kasyov decides that she will join the crew of the USS Anomaly as science officer, so that she may study Cabral. This upsets one of her disembodied brain research subjects, Subject 241.
Meanwhile, the Anomaly is being repaired after its run-in with the Breen and prepped for a longer term space mission. Lieutenant Shelly Marsden, upset with the new name of her ship and that Bain took command away from her, goes to Admiral Kristen Larkin to request a transfer but is denied. Dr. Fred Nooney joins the ship as Chief Medical Officer, and the crew find his very thorough examinations to be more than a bit disconcerting.
Back at the Neptune Research Station, Ensign Paul Jeffers is packing up Kasyov's belongings to send to the Anomaly when Subject 241 tricks him into putting 241 into a transport backpack, which Jeffers then puts on. From there 242 is able to take control of Jeffers and use his body to get to the Anomaly just as the ship is leaving spacedock for its shakedown mission. Once there, 241 is able to disable Cabral and the ship's engines. He then grabs Kasyov, and, after a standoff with Marsden, Tovar, and Lieutenant Lara Randall, flees with her in the Raceabout USS Caspian. Kasyov is able to convince Subject 241 to release her just as the Anomaly catches up to the raceabout using it's anti-singularity drive. Subject 241 releases Jeffers and is returned to the Neptune Research Station as the Anomaly continues on its mission.
Featuring
- Captain Reginald Bain
- Commander Prosak
- Lieutenant Commander Tovar
- Lieutenant Shelly Marsden
- Dr. Natalia Kasyov
- Dr. Fred Nooney
- Ensign Hector Arroyo
- Cabral
- Subject 241