"Reed" explains that it could get worse, though, so Phlox administers him with a mild analgesic. Phlox returns and scans "Reed", determining that the headache is not serious. "Reed" is interested in the computer displays of Sato and Tucker's blood. He claims he has a headache, so the doctor tries to find some relevant medication. In sickbay, Phlox is analyzing Sato's and Tucker's blood samples when "Reed" enters. Trip gradually gets annoyed by the entity's questions and eventually closes the hatch that allowed "Mayweather" to observe. "Mayweather" continues to question them, asking if they've ever faced serious illness before and how their present condition compares with any other illness they may have experienced. Trip explains that Phlox has been unable to make a diagnosis. "Mayweather" arrives at decontamination and asks what's in the hypospray. Trip reminds her that Phlox issued the medication, which he feels is an adequate reason to take them. She thinks that could be because they're slowly recovering. There is also a cough suppressant but Sato comments that they aren't coughing any more. In decon, Tucker looks over the temporary medication which the doctor has provided, to be used for muscle pain and nausea. Their protocol dictates that they should question the infected crew, which "Reed" tells "Mayweather" to do, and says that he will go to sickbay to speak to Phlox. Although "Mayweather" seems hopeful that the Humans may overcome the virus, "Reed" answers that he's been observing aliens for eight hundred years and hasn't been surprised yet. However, "Reed"'s response is that the Cardassians eventually killed the infected members of their crew, as did the Klingons, if not quite so rapidly. "Mayweather" remembers that, like the humans, the Cardassians were also concerned for each other. He claims that it doesn't matter if a member of the landing party returns to their vessel and that the aliens learned everything they can from humans. In response, "Reed" explains that both courses of action were extremely similar – the areas of the ship that Tucker and Sato have visited since their return, the launch bay and the decon chamber, are completely isolated from the rest of the starship. "Mayweather" argues that the Klingon commander didn't allow his landing party to beam back on to their ship, although Archer did. When "Mayweather" comments that he believes Archer and the Klingon commander acted differently, "Reed" disagrees. In another corridor, "Mayweather" mentions that he studied "Reed"'s report on how the Klingons dealt with the infection, to which "Reed" answers that they responded typically for a species at their level of development. As he and the captain walk through a corridor that leads away from decon, he informs Archer that he's having difficulty determining the cause of their infection using standard scans. Phlox tells his two patients to get him their blood samples as soon as possible and leaves with Archer. Sato starts to cough and recalls that Tucker started coughing shortly before he lost consciousness. He requires samples of their blood which he can then begin to analyze. Phlox tells Sato that three landing parties have returned to Enterprise with no ill effects and passes medkits to them through an opening in the bulkhead. Archer says that the shuttlepod will have to be inspected to check whether any of its environmental systems were the cause of Tucker's condition. "Mayweather" and "Reed" watch as Archer asks Sato to pilot the shuttlepod into the launch bay and requests that T'Pol notifies Doctor Phlox to be ready.Īrcher and Phlox watch Tucker and Sato from outside the decontamination chamber. Sato informs the senior officers of Tucker's condition. Suddenly, Tucker starts coughing uncontrollably and eventually collapses. All they found was an old power cell, some empty ration packs and a latrine. He tells the captain that their search was unsuccessful. Tucker hails the starship and speaks with Captain Archer. In a shuttlepod, Commander Trip Tucker and Ensign Hoshi Sato are returning to Enterprise from the M-class planet, where they were excavating a Klingon garbage site. He also mentions that some species have lost an entire crew. When " Mayweather" asks " Reed" how the Humans will react to what they find on the planet's surface, "Reed" answers that, in his experience, at least one member of every species that has come here has died as a result. They talk about the game in technical terms and discuss the Humans they are observing on Enterprise. In reality, however, they are under the control of two non-physical lifeforms. Controlled by aliens, Reed and Mayweather play chessĪs Enterprise orbits a nearby planet, it seems that Travis Mayweather and Malcolm Reed are rapidly playing chess on board the ship in the mess hall.
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