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             STAR TREK:  THE NEXT GENERATION

               A Twenty Minute STTNG Short:

                 "The Stupidity Snare"

Scene:      Standard shot of Enterprise in orbit.

Picard:     Captain's Log, stardate, et cetera, et cetera. During a
            mapping mission of the Omicron Kappa system, we came
            across the wreckage of a Pakled ship.  Commander LaForge
            assisted in the decoding of information recovered from
            the ship's black box.

FADE IN:

INT. PAKLED ENGINEERING SECTION

GERARLD is standing in front of a burned-out console.  Faint trails of smoke are
drifing up out of several large holes in the front. Behind him stand ALFREYD,
MORTIMERD and BENUTI.  Each takes a turn to point at the console and deliver a
line.


GERARLD:    It is broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is broken.

GERARLD:    It must be fixed.

MORTIMERD:  It is broken.

GERARLD:    (points at BENUTI) You are smart.  You will make it go.

BENUTI:     It is broken.

GERARLD:    It must be fixed.

BENUTI:     (points at ALFREYD) You are smart.

ALFREYD:    I am not smart.  (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You
            will make it go.

GERARLD:    What is it?  I am not smart.  (points at ALFREYD)  You
            are smart.  What is wrong with it?

ALFREYD:    It is broken.

GERARLD:    It must be fixed.

            (fade up Horns of Doom, cut to main title sequence)


(Space, Blah Blah Blah)


INT. PAKLED ENGINEERING SECTION

GERARLD, ALFREYD, MORTIMERD and BENUTI are still standing in front of the
burned-out console.

ALFREYD:    It is broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

            (fade up Horns of Doom, cut to commercial)


INT. PAKLED ENGINEERING SECTION

GERARLD, ALFREYD, MORTIMERD and BENUTI are still standing in front of the
burned-out console.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     (points at GERARLD) You are smart.  You will make it go.

            (fade up Horns of Doom, cut to commercial)


INT. PAKLED ENGINEERING SECTION

GERARLD, ALFREYD, MORTIMERD and BENUTI are still standing in front of the
burned-out console.


MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

GERARLD:    I am not smart. (points at MORTIMERD)  You are smart.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    It must be fixed.

MORTIMERD:  It is Broken.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

ALFREYD:    (nods) It is Broken.

MORTIMERD:  (points at BENUTI) You are not smart.

BENUTI:     It is Broken.

GERARLD:    We look for things.

GERARLD:    It is Broken.

FX:         loud explosion.  Ship depressurises; GERARLD, BENUTI,
            ALFREYD and MORTIMERD are blown out into space.


THE END.  Roll credits.
