The Search for Skrag

*"The quicker we can get into trouble here, the quicker we can get kicked off Risa, and I can get back to my sensors."*
—**LTJG Lakat**

**The Search for Skrag** is a special crossover episode between *Clear Skies* and *Blood of the Void*.

## **Plot Synopsis**

### **Brief Overview**

Omeq, e'Daj, and Ra'amyan arrive on Risa with Woth in tow. They are looking for Skrag, a Ferengi trader who acted as a middle-man between Woth and a Romulan. Lakat, M'Qrell, and Olyn arrive with Sprak. They are looking for Skrag in order to arrest him and get Sprak his ship back (though Sprak doesn't know it yet).

The two groups check-in to the hotel. Lakat and Sprak head for the bar, where Lakat thinks she gets a glimpse of Skrag. She heads for where she saw him, but cannot see him, anymore. She and Sprak return to the bar. Meanwhile, Omeq scans for Ferengi life-signs and sees exactly one; it is at the bar. The Klingons move quickly and e'Daj grabs Sprak. Lakat stops her just as M'Qrell and Olyn arrive. There is a tense stand-off before Olyn and M'Qrell calm the situation, and the two groups move to the Klingons' hotel room to discuss further.

Everything gets explained, and the crew of USS *Ross* discovers that the Klingons were aware of a cloaked Romulan ship moving around the Shackleton Expanse. They discuss a plan. Woth brings a communicator out of his pocket, and explains that it is supposed to be a way for him to contact Skrag to get his payment. Lakat and Omeq scan the device, and discover that it has been on for the last 10 minutes; the person on the other end has been listening to them. Lakat talks to Skrag through it, but he taunts Sprak and then says he's leaving.

Lakat and Omeq scan the area again, and find there is a spot emitting a dampening field. They pinpoint it, and the group moves out. Olyn, Sprak, and Woth stay behind. When the others confront Skrag outside a gift shop, four Nausicaan bodyguards attack. Omeq and e'Daj dispatch one easily, and Lakat takes down another. M'Qrell charges at Skrag and takes him down. The remaining Nausicaans scatter.

In the aftermath, the two groups explain to Risian security that they were present to arrest a criminal. The Klingons departs with Skrag, and Sprak reacquires his old ship, Liquidator. Olyn, Lakat, M'Qrell, and Sprak stay on Risa a few days to actually have a vacation.

### **Details**

The episode opens on Risa, a vacation planet. In the lobby of one of the main hotels, CDR e'Daj, LT Omeq, and  LT Ra'amyan materialize wearing full battle armor. They are soon followed by Woth. The Klingons are put off by all of the comfort and softness. Woth is delighted and begins to ramble; e'Daj slaps him and tells him to focus. They are quickly approached by a scantily clad staff member named Marian. He asks if they have appointments, and e'Daj says that they do not. He says he will find them a room. E'Daj leans into Marian and smells him deeply (a Klingon form of flirting); he returns the gesture. He leads them to the registration desk. He says he will have to take their disruptors and *d'k tahg*. E'Daj agrees, mumbling something about keeping "the operation" secret. Marian asks "what operation?" E'Daj quickly corrects herself, saying she meant "sexual operation".

   Meanwhile, AMB Olyn, LTJG Lakat, and LTCDR M'Qrell arrive outside the hotel. Lakat is wearing mostly black (with a white billowy shirt borrowed from her "gal pal" Azzmi Shanto); Orwell is with her. M'Qrell is in casual blue robes; her fur gets increasingly puffy from the humidity. Olyn is in full vacation attire: short shorts, loose top, and sunglasses. They also have Patience with them. Patience is very excited. Orwell runs off to terrorize some guests.

   Sprak arrives, dressed to impress. He is completely unaware that they are on the planet to search for his brother, Skrag; he thinks it's just a vacation. He is clearly pleased, but comments to Lakat that she looks miserable. Lakat says that she has no desire to be on vacation. She says she intends to commit as much trouble and crime as she can so they can get kicked off of the planet. Olyn turns to Lakat and tells her that there are lots of things to do on Risa other than lay on a beach. They suggest going on hikes, or collecting plants. Sprak agrees, and Lakat gets a small smile as she looks at Olyn.

M'Qrell reminds Lakat that she is a Federation Officer, and shouldn't commit crimes. Sprak says that he isn't Federation, and will handle all necessary illegal activities Lakat needs. This sparks something in Lakat's inner chaos-childe, and she and Sprak run off to the bar. The others are approached by an Orion woman who introduces herself as Nialla. She welcomes them, and says that they are expected. She apologizes for a small malfunction in the environmental systems, and she leads them toward the front desk.

Olyn and M'Qrell enter the lobby just as the Klingons leave. Lakat and Sprak are already drinking at the bar. They toast to "revenge and chaos" and take a shot of Kanar. Lakat looks around the bar, and catches a brief glimpse of Skrag and two tall guards. She grabs her shot glass, tells Sprak that she saw something interesting, and takes off after him. However, when she gets to where she saw Skrag, no one is there. Lakat calls Olyn and M'Qrell to tell them that she saw "the target". Sprak asks who that is, but Lakat doesn't say. Currently in their room, Olyn tries to reach out with their empathy to sense tension or aggression in the area. Olyn feels awash in all of the relaxation and contentment around them, and it drowns out most other sensations. They do feel Lakat's frustration, and also a slight bit of anger from M'Qrell. In her room, M'Qrell realizes she forgot to bring her tea leaves.

Meanwhile, the Klingons and Woth are all piled into one room. It was all the hotel could do on short notice. Woth asks if they are bunkmates, now. E'Daj takes it the wrong way, and angrily tells him that they will *not* be sharing a bed. Omeq informs him that he will sleep in the bathroom. Woth suggests they scan for things. Omeq uses his scanner and detects a single Ferengi life-sign, near the bar. E'Daj breaks a bowl onto the ground and picks up a shard to use as a weapon. Woth is surprisingly enthusiastic about going into battle beside his new Klingon compatriots. E'Daj headbutts him to prepare him for battle.

In the bar, Sprak is continuing to grill Lakat about who "the target" is. Lakat lets him build himself up, and is about to finally answer when the Klingons and Woth stride into the bar. E'Daj runs up to Sprak, roughly grabs him by the ear lobes, and screams at him "are you Skra!?" Sprak howls in pain. Lakat calls Olyn and M'Qrell to inform them about the Klingon. She then picks up a butter knife and threatens e'Daj. She also says that Sprak isn't Skrag. Woth butts in, saying that Sprak looks like Skrag. E'daj drops Sprak and puts an arm around him, holding the shard at his face. As most of the other guests run out of the bar, M'Qrell and Olyn arrive. Sprak demands that e'Daj tell him everything she knows about his brother, Skrag. Olyn takes the chance to confess to Sprak that the whole purpose of them being on Risa was to find Skrag.

Sprak tells e'Daj that Skrag is his brother. E'Daj angrily calls out Woth for misidentifying him. Olyn tries to calm the situation and M'Qrell backs them up. E'Daj is skeptical, and she doesn't let go of Sprak. Ra'amyan backs down a little. Omeq is mostly curious about the situation. M'Qrell raises her hand and suggests they go to a more private place to discuss it. That does the trick. E'Daj drops Sprak. He tells e'Daj that he would like to kill Skrag before she kills him. Olyn points out that bringing back the wrong Ferengi would be dishonorable. E'Daj relents and agrees to move to a private room. A large Caitian security officer asks if there is a a problem. E'Daj screams "no" and drags Sprak off to their room. Lakat follows; she brings the butter knife.

The scene moves to the Klingon's room. Each side explains what is happening. Olyn, Lakat, M'Qrell, and Sprak are on Risa to help Sprak get his ship back. Omeq, e'Daj, Ra'amyan, and Woth are on Risa because Skrag was the middle-ma in a deal between Woth and a Romulan admiral trying to acquire trellium-D. E'Daj is very interested to hear that Olyn, Lakat, and M'Qrell are crewmembers of USS *Ross*, which is the ship that she had heard was being followed by the Romulan.

E'Daj releases Sprak and lightly rubs his ears where she grabbed them; she apologizes for hurting him. M'Qrell inspects his ears for injury. Sprak says that this is the best and worst trip to Risa he's ever had. He repeats that he still wants to kill Skrag; Lakat says it's a bad idea. Sprak agrees to disagree. Woth suggests to the group that he pretend to do the deal with Skrag to lure him out. He pulls out a communicator and says that it is supposed to be a direct link to Skrag. M'Qrell says the two teams should work together; they should set up a trap for Skrag. Ra'amyan says that, by Klingon law, they are obligated to give Woth a chance for revenge, and then Sprak. E'Daj orders Omeq to scan the special communicator. M'Qrell orders Lakat to help. Lakat is not happy about it, but complies. They successfully detect that the communicator is only able to make connections with one other device. They also realize that it's currently connected, and the person on the other end has been listening to them for the last 10 minutes.

   Lakat looks to Olyn and tries to communicate the situation with hand gestures. Omeq just tells e'Daj what is going on in Klingon. Woth asks the room what is happening and Lakat throws the butter knife at him. Lakat realizes that the damage is done, and speaks to the communicator. She tells Skrag to just come talk to them. When Sprak makes the connection that Skrag is probably on the other end, he dives at the communicator, spewing a flood of Ferengi obscenities. Skrag replies, taunting his brother, and then says that he is leaving. The line goes dead.

Olyn asks Sprak what kind of people that Skrag used to run with. Woth mentions Nausicaans. Olyn tries again to empathically search for out-of-place emotions. They are able to detect that Skrag is probably nearby. M'Qrell asks Lakat to scan for them. She starts seeing odd holes in the scan; there are areas where the scan is dampened. With Omeq's help, she coordinates the source of the dampening. Olyn catches Sprak trying to pick up the butter knife, and declares that he will stay in the room with them. Woth says that he will also stay. The others dash out of the room.

Three Klingons, a Cardassian, and a Caitian sprint through the halls and rooms of the hotel. They take the most direct route, and crash through several different areas. When they pass through a massage room, e'Daj grabs a bottle of massage oil. They plow through a gift shop consisting of nothing except various styles of *horga'hn*. As they emerge, they see two Nausicaans arguing with an unseen figure. Omeq grabs a *horga'hn* from a nearby Andorian lounging by the pool. Lakat grabs one off of a Bolian. The crowed parts due to the commotion and the group sees Skrag.

Skrag shouts at the Nausicaans, who each grab a *horga'hn* of their own and charge forward. Skrag stands back; he frantically taps on something on his arm. Two more Nausicaans emerge from around the sides of the crowd. E'Daj pours the massage oil all over the floor in between the group and the Nausicaans. The first Nausicaan charges and takes a swing at her, but he slips on the oil and e'Daj takes him down. His forward momentum causes him to slide into the middle of the group. Omeq breaks his *horga'hn* in half and brings the shards down onto the Nausicaans face, knocking him unconscious. One of the other Nausicaans tries to move around the oil and attack Lakat, but he misjudges and slips forward. Lakat swings her *horga'hn* and takes him down. E'Daj charges at the remaining Nausicaans to distract them for M'Qrell M'Qrell runs forward, slides across the ground on the oil, and leaps towards Skrag. She collides with him and they slam into the counter of the gift shop. The remaining Nausicaans scatter. Skrag looks up at M'Qrell and surrenders.

In the episode wrap-up, the groups explain to Risian security that they were there to apprehend a criminal of both the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The two groups discuss who should get Skrag. A deal is struck: the Klingons will get Skrag, and Sprak will get Liquidator. The Klingons leave with Skrag. Sprak, Olyn, Lakat, and M'Qrell spend a couple of days on Risa, actually having a vacation.

## **Cast**

* Eric Campbell - Game Master
* Revati Dhomse - Jane Lakat
* Aki - Olyn Madzhin-Nil
* Bonnie Gordon - M'Qrell
* Jade Law - e'Daj
* Quincy Surasmith - Ra'amyan
* Phillip Jeanmarie - Omeq

## **Non-Player Characters**

* Woth
* Marian
* Sprak
* Nialla
* Skrag

## **Notable Lines**

*"The quicker we can get into trouble here, the quicker we can get kicked off Risa, and I can get back to my sensors."*
—**LTJG Lakat**

*"Don't you like mud and grass? Isn't that your thing?"*
—**Sprak** to LTJG Lakat

*"You know, you can approach pretty much anyone here and ask for *oo-mox*."*
—**Sprak**

*"If this is the one we are looking for, then we are looking for this one."*
—**LT Ra'amyan**

*"You're not going to grab my ears again, are you?"*
*"Hmm, not in a hurtful way."*
—**Sprak** and **CDR e'Daj**

*"Sit down, Sprak. Killing brothers is overrated."*
—**LTJG Lakat**

*"Let's go find this hole."*
—**LTCDR M'Qrell**

*"You and me, Lakat, you and me. We see each other."*
—**Sprak**

## Notes and Trivia

* This crossover episode aired on YouTube as part of GenCon Online 2020, and didn't air on QueueTimes' twitch stream. The events of the episode are canon, but are recapped in "Who We Are pt. 3".
* The title of the episode on the GenCon YouTube page is "The Search for Skag". However, the character is most often referred to as "Skrag".