History Recap / JudgmentRites

The ''Enterprise'' receives a Code One DistressSignal - a planetary catastrophe - from the planet Atabis III deep inside the Klingon Neutral Zone. It appears that a massive spaceship of unknown origin is [[ColonyDrop about to land right on top of a Federation colony]] on that planet. Upon arrival, the ''Enterprise'' encounters a Klingon ship already on the scene. Its captain, Klarr, [[FriendlyRivalry assures Kirk that he means no harm]] to the ''Enterprise'' nor the colonists below, and is only interested in exploring the alien ship itself. Kirk agrees to stay out of the Klingons' way during the mission, so long as mutual respect is observed by both teams.\\

Kirk, Spock, [=McCoy=] and Uhura arrive on the alien ship, and quickly determine that all of the passengers on board are mentally-damaged in some way - most of them refusing to interact at all, and others entirely unaware of what their ship is doing. Many seem to be [[AmbiguousDisorder developmentally-challenged or insane to varying degrees]], though none are outright violent. At one point, the team finds the ship's sleeping area, where Spock speculates that the ship is a [[SleeperStarship sleeper-ship]] designed to carry passengers in stasis for a long voyage of some sort. After that, the team discovers what looks like a kindergarten-style "play room" that was taken over by an [[TheParanoiac exceptionally paranoid passenger]] called Tuskin and his two burly (but mentally challenged) bodyguards Gormagon and Rackaback, who threaten Kirk with violence if he tries to get in. When Spock pulls out a tricorder, Tuskin becomes extremely agitated, believing that the scan will "alter his mind". Nevertheless, the scan reveals that the playroom is hiding some sort of spatial anomaly that Spock is very intrigued by.\\

In the same room, the team finds an old woman lying on the floor in a catatonic state next to a destroyed computer terminal. Spock mind-melds with the woman to try and determine what happened, revealing that she was [[SuperOCD obsessed with learning all of the information from the computer]] to try and make sense of the situation. When Tuskin came in one day and destroyed the terminal in a fit of rage, the woman [[DespairEventHorizon went into a state of shock]] from which she will never recover. As this is going on, two Klingons finally beam aboard the ship: Captain Klarr and his aide. [[HateSink The aide is furious]] and accuses Kirk of [[DoesntTrustThoseGuys trying to extract information about Klingon territory]] (through which the alien ship passed on its journey) from the woman's mind, but Klarr displays uncharacteristic patience and allows the mind-meld to proceed.\\

After scrounging up some spare parts littering the facility, Spock manages to repair a console that shuts down the final force-field and allows access to a large computer and the facility's power generator. Examining the computer, Spock realizes that it contains an incredible database of information on how to project three-dimensional {{hologram}}s - technology that the Federation would find absolutely invaluable. However, he also determines that retrieving this information would trigger the pheromone storage tanks, releasing massive quantities of the pheromones into the planet's atmosphere [[MoralDilemma and thus dooming the Balkosi to a perpetual aggressive state]]. While [=McCoy=] protests vehemently, Spock suggests that perhaps the ultimate purpose of the pheromone is [[UpliftedAnimal to drive the Balkosi forward on the evolutionary scale]], and that the information in the computer database is some sort of reward for releasing it. This further strengthens Kirk's suspicion that the facility is some sort of meta-experiment, and that the away-team is the ''actual'' subject of that experiment. Nevertheless, he is reluctant to follow Spock's reasoning.\\

The Phays takes a few seconds to think, and then announces that Kirk and his team [[OnlySmartPeopleMayPass have passed the final test]], and that they are now ready to meet the Brassica. It opens a [[PortalDoor dimensional portal]] inside the room, but says that anyone may refuse to enter the portal and just go return to their ships if they so desire. Klarr's aide flies into a rage, claiming that it is all a Federation trick, prompting Klarr to finally get fed up and punch him unconscious. Klarr has his aide beamed back to his ship, and tells Kirk that [[RivalsTeamUp he will be coming along with the Starfleet team to complete the mission]]. Everyone steps into the portal and disappears.

The recaps below tell the story as it transpires when achieving a 100% score (or [[LastLousyPoint as close to it as possible]]). However, note that unlike ''VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary'' there are sometimes multiple ways to solve a puzzle that will still lead to 100% score but are not described below, in the interest of presenting a coherent storyline.

Finally, the team breaks into Breddell's quarters only to find him waiting with a phaser drawn. He refuses to surrender, brushing off Kirk's appeals for morality by stating that [[VirtueIsWeakness morality is an excuse for the meek]] to pretend that they are superior. Kirk is forced to stun Breddell before he can fire. However, Spock quickly determines that Breddell had already armed his apocalyptic weapon, and that [[TickingClock it will soon fire]] at Sector 001 - Earth.\\

Scotty manages to pull up a schematic of the museum, and figures out that the terrorists will be attempting to tunnel out of the museum and [[TickingClock would take about two hours to do so]]. The team searches the curator's office and finds a passcode hidden behind an ancient decanter of cognac, allowing them to leave the office into the museum itself.\\

On the ''Enterprise'', Uhura says the Brassica offered her the position of Ambassador, but she turned it down (partly for fear of this being just another Brassican test). Starfleet calls to congratulate Kirk on his success in opening relations with this new advanced alien race, and promising the ''Enterprise'' crew some shore-leave... [[VideoGame/JudgmentRites sometime in the future]].

On the ''Enterprise'', Uhura says the Brassica offered her the position of Ambassador, but she turned it down (partly for fear of this being just another Brassican test). Starfleet calls to congratulate Kirk on his success in opening relations with this new advanced alien race, and promising the ''Enterprise'' crew some shore-leave... sometime in the future.