STTNGeez! 20: Arsenal of Freedom

On a mission to find the missing USS Drake, the Enterprise ends up on Minos, a planet known for its proficiency in manufacturing arms and selling them to whoever has the credits. The crew discovers the planet is devoid of life, and before they can process that information, they receive a spam call from the planet featuring a salesman touting the planet’s wares. An away team of Yar, Data and Riker beams down to investigate, and soon finds themselves under siege from a series of robot drones that grow harder to beat with each encounter. When Riker is placed in a force field, Picard beams down with Dr. Crusher, leaving LaForge in command of the Enterprise. Another drone attack ends with Picard and a now-wounded Crusher trapped in an underground cave while Yar, Data, and Riker are left to fend for themselves on the planet’s surface. If that weren’t enough, the Enterprise is under attack by another drone too fast and too wiley to be tracked, and some jerk from Engineering begins giving Geordi the business and demanding he cede command. Can Picard keep Bev alive long enough for them to be rescued? Can the Away Team manage to keep themselves alive? Can Geordi silence the haters and save the Enterprise? Can someone tell us why that root tastes so bittah? Even more available at: https://tngeez.com