Q, Time and Again
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| SWF episode | |
| "Q, Time and Again" | |
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| Season: | Two |
| Episode no. | Two |
| Prod. code: | SWF 16 |
| Writer(s): | Jrofeta |
| Original post date: | 2003-01-05 |
| Year: | 2374 |
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| Previous episode: | "No Rest for the Wicked" |
| Next episode: | "A Rough Time" |
Q, Time and Again is the second episode of the second season of Star Trek: Swiftfire.
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[edit] Summary
The USS Swiftfire-A is caught in a time loop where the USS Swiftfire is destroyed and Captain Jonathan Masters seems to be the only one to realise. As he struggles to break the cycle and save his ship he is visited by a very unwelcome guest who offers to help.
[edit] Memorable quotes
- "Then maybe things won’t follow the same path? You’ve already changed the events and Pavlo said that there is nothing even remotely wrong with either of the Warp cores and the chances of them both cascading at the same time is…how did he put it? ‘As likely as a Vulcan conquering the stand-up comedy circuit’, which is pretty low."
- — Doctor Murphy to Captain Masters.
- "Much better. You humans are too soon to point weapons at other beings. Maybe if you extended a cute little animal like this you’d get on better with other species…with the exception of the Rytla. Humans tend to get a bit touchy when others species eat something they consider a cute domesticated pet."
- — Q after turning Captain Masters' phaser into a kitten.
- "It’s not your time to die."
- — Q's explanation for saving Captain Masters' life.
[edit] Background information
- This is the second appearance of Q in the series, though it is Q's first appearance chronologically as the earlier written "The True" takes place several months after this story.
- The story involves a Temporal causality loop that is very similiar to the one in the movie Groundhog Day.
[edit] References
after action report; Alpha Quadrant; anti-time; Australia; Baines; Betazoid; Borg; Cardassian; Class 7 nebula; cloaking device; Daley, Rachel; damage report; USS Darling; Dix; Dominion; Douglas, Jennifer; Dyson, Paul; Davis; Dutch; Earth; engineering report; USS Enterprise-D; escape pod; Federation-Cardassian War; force field; Founder; gazelle; USS Gorkon; grenade; intelligence report; Irumodic Syndrome; Jefferies tube; Jem'Hadar; Jem'Hadar strike cruiser; Jigger; Kel'Tarna; Ketracel-white; kitten; Klingon; Laris; medical tricorder; Muir, John; Nairn, Jo; Normandy-class; Obsidian Order; Omarion Nebula, Battle of the; Omori; Peregrine-class; phased polaron beam; phaser; phaser rifle; photon torpedo; Picard, Jean-Luc; platoon; Q; quantum torpedo; Romulan; runabout; Rytla; saucer separation; science lab; shuttlebay; shuttlecraft; shroud; situation report; squad; Stark; Stevens, Rachel; Second Federation-Klingon War; Starfleet Intelligence; Starfleet Marine Corps; Tal Shiar; Task Force 59; Temporal causality loop; Temporal Prime Directive; Tholian; transporter; Typhon Expanse; Tzenkethi; USS Venture; Vorta; warp core ejection system
