Seven Words in TNG

Electromagnetic pulses were beginning to be noticed

 

around Beverly. Wesley jumped up surprised, "I

 

may have done something that's going to

 

destroy the ship."

"Oh, Wesley." sighed engineering.

 

"La Forge to Bridge. We may have

 

a problem. The Warp core has begun

 

to overheat but we can't tell what

 

the source is because Wesley-"

"You mean

 

the boy has been in engineering again?!"

 

"I go where I want."

"Reset the

 

entire system and flog the boy!!" Picard

 

ordered. After the ship was reset, Beverly

 

said to Wesley, "You know this'll hurt

 

but you need it." Beverly gave Wesley

 

a hypo of pain relief to help

 

reduce the swells on his backside. "Engineering

 

section gets the first chance to inflict

 

retribution. Communication malfunctions misinterpreted blog as flog."

 

Picard hated malfunctions aboard the Enterprise. He

 

got after Geordi about making backups but