[color=#000000:post_uid0]Two new Next Gen fivers today. New writer Nic Corelli brings us Five-Minute "Symbiosis" all the way from Croatia, and saxamaphone turns out another fiver with Five-Minute "Masks."[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Picard: I can't imagine what it must be like to depend on a chemical substance. Computer -- tea, Earl Grey, hot.

Captain's Log: Ha! Take that, CSI, NYPD Blue and Law & Order! You and your addicts-of-the-week! We have an entire civilization addicted to drugs! Beat that!

Picard: Sorry, but the Prime Directive forbids us from interfering with the natural course of your ineptitude.[/quote:post_uid0]
Excellent, Nic. Good debut.

[quote:post_uid0]Data: It is a 26-sided polyhedron, composed of hexagons, octagons and --

Riker: Look what we found inside the comet, sir -- a giant alien archive in the shape of a giant horse.

Worf: "How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth!"
Picard: Worf, we're not playing the "List the Episodes or Movies that the Current Events Duplicate" game.[/quote:post_uid0]
Great fiver, sax. And thanks for the reference. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Captain's Log: We're studying a star whose massive flares are making our computer go all flashy-blue and nuts. What a beautiful opportunity for Reckless Endangerment of the Ship [TM]. Janeway would be so proud.[/quote:post_uid0]

When I read that, I was sure this was going to be a classic. :lol:

[quote:post_uid0]Data: Captain, a distress call is coming from the ship orbiting the fourth planet. It's being sent to the third planet.
Picard: Well, I'm pretty sure we're not the third planet. Turn it off.
Data: Captain, need I remind you that distress calls are an important source of plots? Even good ones, on occasion?
Picard: Oh, in that case, don't turn it off. We certainly need a good plot after that Klingon death-howling episode.[/quote:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0]Captain's Log: Ha! Take that, CSI, NYPD Blue and Law & Order! You and your addicts-of-the-week! We have an entire civilization addicted to drugs! Beat that![/quote:post_uid0]

And I was proven right! :lol:

"Masks" was really funny too.

[quote:post_uid0]Riker: Look what we found inside the comet, sir -- a giant alien archive in the shape of a giant horse.[/quote:post_uid0]

:D[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]La Forge:[/b:post_uid0] Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?
:lol: :D :lol:
[b:post_uid0]BRILLIANT![/b:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Picard[/b:post_uid0]: Who are you?
[b:post_uid0]Data/Ihat[/b:post_uid0]: I am Ihat, and I need to hide from the wrath of Masaka.
[b:post_uid0]Picard[/b:post_uid0]: And who is she? Khan's sister?
[b:post_uid0]Data/Ihat[/b:post_uid0]: Nah -- we're talking [i:post_uid0]heavy-duty[/i:post_uid0] wrath here.[/quote:post_uid0]

*snarf*

Hoo boy, rather liked 'em. :) Good work, guys!

Nan[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Great debut Nic! I'm looking forward to more fivers from you!

And as always, great job Sax!

This is gonna keep me laughin' for a while...and has inspired me to start writing my first fiver...5MV "Message in a Bottle".

I'll have it done "soon"
:D[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]In order not to sound redundant: I second Wonko's opinion, to simply quote the most recent. Nice going, both! :D --and as for my reaction to both fivers: :lol:[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Awesome Fivers. I have been looking forward to seeing a fiver for "Masks" for awhile now. It is one weird episode.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]...but it's an episode that does show some of the versatility of Brent Spiner. And weird or not, that makes it interesting to me.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Plus Placard..[i:post_uid0]Picard[/i:post_uid0], sorry, gets to do some of that archelogical stuff that he likes so much.

Good stuff, guys.[/color:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0="Wonko The Sane"][color=#000000:post_uid0]This is gonna keep me laughin' for a while...and has inspired me to start writing my first fiver...5MV "Message in a Bottle".[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Uhh, you might want to check before starting that. Unless I'm mistaken, "Message in a Bottle" is one of the episodes with Zeke's name carved on it in stone.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Kira"]Uhh, you might want to check before starting that. Unless I'm mistaken, "Message in a Bottle" is one of the episodes with Zeke's name carved on it in stone.[/quote:post_uid0]
Hmm...in which case maybe I'll stop.

I've always been wondering why that episode has never been fived, since it's a huge fan favorite.

Oh well. :eyeroll:

EDIT: On second thought, it could always be made into a fiver by committee. Just a thought.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'm pretty sure it's one of Zeke's personal favorites, so I seriously doubt that will happen. :bigsmile:[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]:::Sigh:::

Guess I should stop watching my tape of that episode now (on about the 3rd time through...taking notes).

I havn't met a trek fan that DOESN'T like "Message in a Bottle", which is why I was so shocked to find out that it wasn't already fived. I've actually been playing around with the idea of fiving it for months now, good thing I never started it.

Thanks for the warning, Kira![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Nic - that was hilarious :smile:, excellent job and a magnifacant debut :D

Wonko - "Message in a Bottle" is one of my fav. episodes man :) I mean, how can you beat that multi-vector attack mode? Plus Andy Dick as an EMH? I don't know how :bigsmile:

And thanks for the kind words everyone :)[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Saxamaphone"]I mean, how can you beat that multi-vector attack mode?[/quote:post_uid0]
Oh, I had some good plans for that one!

I'm sure Zeke's got some better jokes up his sleeve though, so I'll wait for his version.

:D[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]I havn't met a trek fan that DOESN'T like "Message in a Bottle", [/quote:post_uid0]

I have no idea what you're talking about.[/color:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]I havn't met a trek fan that DOESN'T like "Message in a Bottle", [/quote:post_uid0]

I have no idea what you're talking about.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I was just saying that everybody I've talked to seems to love that episode.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I highly suspect there will be another update tomorrow. Why, no reason...

On another note entirly, just out of curiousity, is "The Arsenal of Freedom" taken?[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]I was just saying that everybody I've talked to seems to love that episode.[/quote:post_uid0]

No, I mean that I have no idea what the episode is about, or what series it's from.[/color:post_uid0]