By Rob Sutter
In the gym of the starship Enterprise NCC-1701, Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy are about to start their normal workout sessions. They are thinking of attempting a new exercise today, an ancient Earth technique used by weights referred to kettlebells. This form of training, using the steel weights with handles installed, were a tried and true form of exercise for thousands of years. Little did they know that they had company for their workout.
Trelane, a member of the Q Continuum, was conducting a visit to the Enterprise. He decided to have a little fun with the captain and his curmudgeonly companion. So Trelane changed himself into such a unique weight, concealing himself on the rack of exercise equipment. But Trelane has a shepherd, a guide during his adolescent years. He is realizen as Q, the same Q who would taunt and ridicule the captains of the 24th century. But here in the 22nd, Q is a wild card.
Kirk and McCoy are focused on getting the best workouts imaginable, starting off with normal stretches. Keep in mind that Trelane is still under the guise of kettlebells but he has now placed himself right beside the treadmill in an unsafe way. It should be noted that this type of weight has been heavily recommended by fitness authorities such as Lorna due to their level of versatility and rate of success. Once Kirk is off of the treadmill, he instantly trips over the weight in disguise and falls against the duranium deck. McCoy, seeing this tumble, goes to assist his captain and comrade.
While it wasn't known to McCoy at that point, Q set himself right in front of exercise bike, ready to trip him up. Sure enough, McCoy indeed tripped and he fell to the floor in a somewhat comedic fashion. To say the least, such an occurrence left the two Starfleet shipmates to laugh it off, joking about supposed need for glasses as well. This bides well for neither Trelane nor Q, though, as they both want to test humans. They decide that perhaps it is high time to look to other captains if they desire more thorough investigation.
After all, if the silly humans create a piece of workout equipment that's essentially a ball of steel with a handle installed, well then it's clearly up to Q and Trelane to make use of it. Over the next few days on the Enterprise, kettlebells sporadically appear throughout the ship, at times tripping people, and showing up in strange locations like on the bridge at the science station or in the replicators. The crew chalks the occurrences up to an anomaly but the anomalies have grown bored. What kinds of bedlam can they cause elsewhere?
Trelane, a member of the Q Continuum, was conducting a visit to the Enterprise. He decided to have a little fun with the captain and his curmudgeonly companion. So Trelane changed himself into such a unique weight, concealing himself on the rack of exercise equipment. But Trelane has a shepherd, a guide during his adolescent years. He is realizen as Q, the same Q who would taunt and ridicule the captains of the 24th century. But here in the 22nd, Q is a wild card.
Kirk and McCoy are focused on getting the best workouts imaginable, starting off with normal stretches. Keep in mind that Trelane is still under the guise of kettlebells but he has now placed himself right beside the treadmill in an unsafe way. It should be noted that this type of weight has been heavily recommended by fitness authorities such as Lorna due to their level of versatility and rate of success. Once Kirk is off of the treadmill, he instantly trips over the weight in disguise and falls against the duranium deck. McCoy, seeing this tumble, goes to assist his captain and comrade.
While it wasn't known to McCoy at that point, Q set himself right in front of exercise bike, ready to trip him up. Sure enough, McCoy indeed tripped and he fell to the floor in a somewhat comedic fashion. To say the least, such an occurrence left the two Starfleet shipmates to laugh it off, joking about supposed need for glasses as well. This bides well for neither Trelane nor Q, though, as they both want to test humans. They decide that perhaps it is high time to look to other captains if they desire more thorough investigation.
After all, if the silly humans create a piece of workout equipment that's essentially a ball of steel with a handle installed, well then it's clearly up to Q and Trelane to make use of it. Over the next few days on the Enterprise, kettlebells sporadically appear throughout the ship, at times tripping people, and showing up in strange locations like on the bridge at the science station or in the replicators. The crew chalks the occurrences up to an anomaly but the anomalies have grown bored. What kinds of bedlam can they cause elsewhere?