January Challenge: Starfleet Officers Behaving Badly

[DavidFalkayn]

First off, thanks everyone. There were a lot of very good entries in last month's challenge, and, frankly speaking, I'm surprised mine won. I figure that, since the last few challenges have dealt with some rather heavy and dark themes, we'd start the New Year's off on a lighter note. So, I'm calling the January challenge "Starfleet Officers Behaving Badly". I'm looking for light tales here where your favorite Starfleet officers (or Romulan or Cardassian or Klingon), canon or from your own series, are put into comic situations where they're not necessarily at their best. You can do bedroom farces, slapstick, gentle humor or not-so-gentle satire, put them on scavenger hunts (looking for the Big W), anything--as long as the story fits the definition of comedy--and yes, that does include dark comedy.

Now for the mechanics: Word length is 3000 words or less. You can use any era of Trek and can use canon characters or characters from your own series. Contest will end midnight Pacific Time, January 31.

Good luck everyone and remember: "Tragedy tomorrow...but comedy tonight!"

 

[Starkers]

Sounds cool to me. Comedy is one of the trikiest things to pull off, so this really will be a challenge.

Nice one! :thumbsup:

 

[Kegek]

Phew. I intended to write a comedy anyway if I could get away with it.

 

[BrotherBenny]

I might enter this one, just need to pick the character

 

[TheLoneRedshirt]

A Ferengi, a Vulcan and a Borg walk in a bar . . .
(Stop me if you've heard this one.)

Seriously, I may have an idea for this one. Sounds like a fun contest.

 

[Mistral]

And I find myself back with the Flying Hortas that popped up on another thread....OK, light it is. Or dark. Or Ferengi. You know, the three faces of Comedy.

 

[captcalhoun]

oooooh, christ... i don't do comedy...

 

[Kegek]

^
Then make it serious. Consider the kind of problems that would happen if Starfleet officers started slacking off at a critical juncture. Or the problems with dealing with officers that have become insolently lazy. And so on.

 

[DavidFalkayn]

Remember, the story has to fit the definition of comedy--but that's a very wide range. Comedy can be everything from subtle irony to Three Stooges slapstick. You don't have to go for belly laughs. It can even be dark comedy.

 

[Kaziarl]

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don't really know what to do with this one...
I'm not very good at comedy, but I guess I can give it a try atleast...

Well, good luck to all.

 

[Goliath]

You guys are so emo.

C'mon--turn those frowns upside down, and show us how funny you can be.

They don't call them challenges for nothing!

 

[Kaziarl]

And a challenge it is indeed. And I shall do my best on it. I just hope my entry is done in time.

 

[Mistral]

Actually, I've got my opening scene-I just can't figure out where I'm going with it. Not enough sleep. maybe after I rest. Like the Packers, who have a bye. LOL And I got the "Big W" thing-Jimmy Durante, right?

 

[DavidFalkayn]

Right. It's from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, one of the best chase comedy movies ever made. All star cast; great sight gags--one of the best visual puns ever where, when Durante's character dies, he literally kicks the bucket , and Madelyn Rhue dancing in a bikini! They don't make movies like that anymore...

 

[Mistral]

Cra,,,Christ, dude, go to bed-only moronic insomniacs like me are awake right now! And, yeah, what a movie!

 

[trampledamage]

Humour... an illogical concept, Captain



Didn't manage last month's at all - didn't even get to voting (real life sucks!) - let's see how this month goes. I sense a Phlox story in the offing...

 

[Kaziarl]

Sleep is irrelevant, nourishment is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your culture will adapt, to insomnia.

 

[hellsgate]

Hmmmmm. Interesting.

"Star Trek: Hell's-Gate Station"
"Girls Behaving Badly"

Jonathan Alexander Morgan (to put it delicately) is having a bad hair day. The shipyard's on the fritz & his love-life's officially in the toilet. To make matters worse, Starfleet Command has decided (now of all times) to send the most recent ship of the line, the Legacy-Class U.S.S. Exeter headed up by Captain James T. Kirk, to make an inspection.

What he doesn't know is that it's all just a huge hoax put on by his paramour to keep him busy until his surprise birthday party.

 

[Scatta]

Aw, man. I missed all of the dark ones (both reading and writing). That's what I get for being gone from this section of the forum for so long. I don't think trying to catch up is a good idea at this point, either.

Okay, crazy people. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got.

 

[Mitty]

Oh my god... I have the perfect story for this, probably won't win but I've dug it out and will post it again shortly