Star Trek: Short Treks (2018) s02e05 Episode Script
Ephraim and Dot
NARRATOR: Space the final frontier.
Filled with a galaxy of flora and fauna, some deadly and some docile.
Like this Tardigrade here.
Using the mycelial network as a kind of super-warp highway, she travels the vast reaches of the galaxy, searching for a place to lay her most precious cargo, her eggs.
As Tardigrade eggs have been known to lay dormant for years before hatching, Mother must find a warm, protected environment to ensure their survival.
[SNIFFS.]
She senses something.
Could it be a predator? Oh! [CHATTERING.]
- my people? - 72 of your life-support canisters are still functioning.
KHAN: You will revive them.
KIRK: As soon as we reach Starbase 12.
And now? Khan is my name.
DOT: Intruder.
[CHATTERING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[BOTH SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMS.]
[CLANKING.]
Ah.
[SNIFFING.]
[CHATTERING.]
[SNIFFING.]
[SNORES.]
[POPPING.]
[EXCLAIMS.]
[SCREAMS.]
[TRIBBLES CHITTERING.]
SULU: No farther.
[SULU CHUCKLES.]
No escape for you.
You either leave this bois bloodied or with my blood on your swords.
[GASPS.]
[SCREAMS.]
Live long and prosper.
[SCREAMS.]
[SNIFFING.]
[BEEPING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[SCREAMS.]
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[CHATTERING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[GASPS.]
[SCREAMING.]
Searching.
IDENTIFIED: Tardigrade eggs.
COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence completed and engaged.
[ALARM BLARING.]
[WARBLES.]
[SQUEALS.]
[WARBLES.]
[WHOOSHING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[PUZZLED GRUNT.]
[YELLS.]
[WHIRS.]
[CHITTERING.]
NARRATOR: At last, peace returns to the world of our mother Tardigrade.
We can't help but wonder what adventures await as our new family goes boldly where no one has gone before.
Filled with a galaxy of flora and fauna, some deadly and some docile.
Like this Tardigrade here.
Using the mycelial network as a kind of super-warp highway, she travels the vast reaches of the galaxy, searching for a place to lay her most precious cargo, her eggs.
As Tardigrade eggs have been known to lay dormant for years before hatching, Mother must find a warm, protected environment to ensure their survival.
[SNIFFS.]
She senses something.
Could it be a predator? Oh! [CHATTERING.]
- my people? - 72 of your life-support canisters are still functioning.
KHAN: You will revive them.
KIRK: As soon as we reach Starbase 12.
And now? Khan is my name.
DOT: Intruder.
[CHATTERING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[BOTH SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMS.]
[CLANKING.]
Ah.
[SNIFFING.]
[CHATTERING.]
[SNIFFING.]
[SNORES.]
[POPPING.]
[EXCLAIMS.]
[SCREAMS.]
[TRIBBLES CHITTERING.]
SULU: No farther.
[SULU CHUCKLES.]
No escape for you.
You either leave this bois bloodied or with my blood on your swords.
[GASPS.]
[SCREAMS.]
Live long and prosper.
[SCREAMS.]
[SNIFFING.]
[BEEPING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[SCREAMS.]
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[CHATTERING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[GASPS.]
[SCREAMING.]
Searching.
IDENTIFIED: Tardigrade eggs.
COMPUTER: Self-destruct sequence completed and engaged.
[ALARM BLARING.]
[WARBLES.]
[SQUEALS.]
[WARBLES.]
[WHOOSHING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[PUZZLED GRUNT.]
[YELLS.]
[WHIRS.]
[CHITTERING.]
NARRATOR: At last, peace returns to the world of our mother Tardigrade.
We can't help but wonder what adventures await as our new family goes boldly where no one has gone before.