Captain’s log, star date 523123.9.
“Captain, are they coming?”
“Yeah… I see her… she’s cloaked. All men battle positions! Prepare photon torpedoes!”
“Armed photon torpedoes 1 through 4!”
“Open hailing frequencies! On screen! Show us their main deck.”
The screen lights up and shows the stars. The captain continues:
“A-ha, invisible suits for the crew of the invisible ship. They sent a first class spy ship. Open audio.”
“Audio channel already open sir.”
“A-ha, soundproof helmets for the invisible crew of the invisible ship. Nice combo. They really invested in this one. Send them a text message. Say greetings and may you go many parsecs.”
The officer types something then says:
“Sir, we got no confirmation receipt.”
“A-ha, ACK protocol disabled. OK. This is getting interesting. Psychic officer, tune in to their brain waves. Send ‘em this message telepathically: greetings and may many parsecs pass you by.”
Telepath says:
“Sir I detect nothing.”
“A-ha, psychic shields up. OK. That about sums it up. Good. Ensign, contact the Federation by subspace. Send this message: Alien spy hostile unidentified undetectable cloaked ship encountered. We were refused any contact and were unable to ascertain their true intentions. As per security protocol, we will open fire.”
The first officer looks puzzled. So does the entire crew. He says:
“Sir, are you sure this is necessary? Are you sure the spy ship is really there? We can’t see it, our sensors detect nothing… We’re wasting our torpedoes.”
“Quiet, number one. Just trust me, I see it with my special abilities. Ensign, set the photon torpedoes automatic discharge on coordinates 135, 200 mark 3. This should hit her straight in the heart. Engine room that is.”
“Sir I must speak up,” continues the first officer. “I think you are just trying to get ahead in your career, blasting inexistent spy ships and whatnot. Special abilities my ass. Enough with this charade. I must speak up. I think I can safely say that I speak for the entire crew. We have other important business to do on behalf of the Federation, instead of chasing fantasies and wasting a perfectly good five million feddolars torpedo.”
The captain stamps his foot and ignores him:
“Shut up, you know nothing. Ensign, on three, fire!”
“Belay that order! Enough!” said the first officer, smiling with satisfaction.
Why was the first officer smiling?
Note: Official riddle answer: Enigmatic Smile Mystery Revealed
3 comments ↓
He was a spy from the cloaked ship so he managed to get the attention of the crew in his favor, being able to save the enemy ship from the torpedoes and his brothers in arms from sudden death.
Well that comes close but it’s not the correct answer.
no official answer for this one?