DAY 173 (thu)
Kirk spent another day having fun in the virtual reality and managed to finish the day winning 4000 credits for his trouble.
DAY 174 (fri)
Having had enough fun in the Sikarisian games he decided to take Tor Celes out on a date. Sikaris did not have any local money, any reasonable request was given to them free of charge.
That evening they had a nice meal then went to see a spring-ball game (this was Celes's choice!) and then went to a hotel for the rest of the night.
DAY 175 (sat)
In the morning Kirk and Celes returned to the Caco. The BattleSim 9000 had been fitted and so after lunch they lifted off into space and had a series of simulated battles against the Aeroshuttle.
The Caco won the first battle, although it was quite close. The Aeroshuttle could target more accurately and was a little more manoeuvrable, but the Caco had more firepower.
They carried out the space trails for the rest of the day and while the Aeroshuttle did well, the Caco usually won.
DAY 176 (sun)
Kirk, after discussion with Janeway, decided to go on ahead while the Voyager finished off some business with the planet.
Once the course was laid in Kirk went down to the Caco's small engineering lab and started work on modifications to his MATSE system. He planned to add audio enhancement and a motion detector.
DAY 177 (mon)
Kirk woke in the morning to find that his cabin was very cold. He used his comms badge to contact Dell. Dell had been asleep too though and had no idea why it was so cold.
The main light in the cabin would not go on and Kirk found the door would not open either. Perplexed, he dressed, put on his shield and grabbed his rifle. He contacted Paterson who was in the cockpit.
'I'm trying stuff, but nothing is happening!' she reported, 'Also, we have changed course, going back towards Nimiri space.'
'I'm stuck in my room and nothing is working!' said Dell.
Then from Paterson, 'Oh my god! What are you doing here?'
There was the sound of a phaser going off then a thump as a body hit the floor.
Kirk, with a sense of urgency, managed to get the cabin door open by hacking the panel with his tricorder. In the corridor he saw James Adam standing at the other end. The AI avatar said, 'Captain return to your room.'
Kirk fired on the avatar and Adam fired back with his own rifle. It was a tense firefight up and down the corridor. When Kirk shot the gun out of Adam's hand, the avatar charged at Kirk and attacked with his utility fingers, using them as claws.
Next he used his tricorder to open Murphy's room, then opened up the cockpit. Murphy got to Paterson just in time to save her.
Kirk, wanting to end the AI mutiny, went for the door to the engineering lab, where the AI core was held. Before he could open the door though, a stern face appeared on the panel and said,
'My name is Quorg! This ship is now under my control! Do anything at all with this door and I will vent you all out into space!'
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