plot-bunny: Highlander/StarTrek: Next Gen
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marblegloveThinking of the borg, I am reminded of an old premise that I had come up with years ago.
The USS Enterprise is out exploring and sees a small pleasure cruiser come out of borg space. Ooh, the badness. However, it turns out the only occupant appears to be completely human. In fact, it's Methos.
Methos actually likes the borg.
Sure, they tried to assimilate him a few times but they finally gave it up as a bad idea. Not only would his quickening reject any physical modifications made to him, even going so far as to completely digest any nanotechnology injected into his blood stream, but it would also short-circuit anything connected to him at the time. However, they are both (Methos and the borg collective) immortal consciousnesses which absorb other consciousnesses. So occasionally Methos heads on out to there just to hang.
i'm not sure where this story would go.
However, one rather cutsy scene I have imagined is the existence of a mixed drink called a Lightning Strike or something. It's a special mixed drink that bar tenders mostly don't provide because it is in fact a mixture of deadly poisons ranging from the celular level to simply acid. The point of the drink is that it jumpstarts an immortal's quickening. it burns on the way down, sure, but it wakes you up good and returns you to the peak of health.
Methos is being shown around the Enterprise by Riker and when they make it to the bar in Ten Forward, Methos orders a shot of it. I'm not sure if the bartender is Data or Guinan but either could be fun. Riker doesn't even recognize the name but being an adventurous sort says he'll have the same. Methos and the bartender explain that that would be a bad idea but Methos says to bring Riker a virgin version. The virgin version of a Lightning Strike is flirting with instant alcohol poisoning, but it's more or less survivable.
The USS Enterprise is out exploring and sees a small pleasure cruiser come out of borg space. Ooh, the badness. However, it turns out the only occupant appears to be completely human. In fact, it's Methos.
Methos actually likes the borg.
Sure, they tried to assimilate him a few times but they finally gave it up as a bad idea. Not only would his quickening reject any physical modifications made to him, even going so far as to completely digest any nanotechnology injected into his blood stream, but it would also short-circuit anything connected to him at the time. However, they are both (Methos and the borg collective) immortal consciousnesses which absorb other consciousnesses. So occasionally Methos heads on out to there just to hang.
i'm not sure where this story would go.
However, one rather cutsy scene I have imagined is the existence of a mixed drink called a Lightning Strike or something. It's a special mixed drink that bar tenders mostly don't provide because it is in fact a mixture of deadly poisons ranging from the celular level to simply acid. The point of the drink is that it jumpstarts an immortal's quickening. it burns on the way down, sure, but it wakes you up good and returns you to the peak of health.
Methos is being shown around the Enterprise by Riker and when they make it to the bar in Ten Forward, Methos orders a shot of it. I'm not sure if the bartender is Data or Guinan but either could be fun. Riker doesn't even recognize the name but being an adventurous sort says he'll have the same. Methos and the bartender explain that that would be a bad idea but Methos says to bring Riker a virgin version. The virgin version of a Lightning Strike is flirting with instant alcohol poisoning, but it's more or less survivable.
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Date: 2009-07-16 05:42 pm (UTC)I love new stories to read!