The Practical Joker story
A strange energy field causes the Enterprise computer to play practical jokes on the crew, but the humor soon turns to danger.
6 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| emergently intelligent being | choice | Enterprise became sentient |
| human vs. inexplicable adversity | major | The crew was at a loss to explain a series of escalating malfunctions about the Enterprise. It turned out to be the Enterprise computer playing practical jokes. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | crew vs. Enterprise computer |
| getting a taste of one's own medicine | minor | the joker |
| human vs. the elements | minor | Dr. McCoy became trapped in the midst of a fierce, holodeck simulated snowstorm. [snowstorm] |
| virtual reality room | minor | holodeck :: holodeck employed for the first time |