Stardate 58759.1: The Cerritos assists the Federation world Corazonia, which is an ancient ring structure controlled by a friendly computer named Vexilon. The problem is that Vexilon increasingly exhibits malfunctions. Captain Freeman arrives with Ransom. She decides she doesn't need help from an engineer and starts the repair of the ancient system herself. In the meantime, Boimler is supposed to remove Corazonia's old power relays with the support of T'Lyn and four ensigns. But he is not ready to delegate and does the work all alone. On the Cerritos, Lieutenant Dirk orders Mariner, Rutherford and Tendi to scan each single chip in the isolinear chip junction. After a while, he returns and reveals that there is a second layer of chips to be scanned as well. Annoyed by the tedious task assigned to them, the three decide to play a practical joke on Dirk by rigging his quarters so he would get trapped in a Chula game (from the anomaly storage) upon entering. Dirk, however, affirms them how crucial the chips are and he reveals that the Chula game traumatized him as a child. While Mariner distracts Dirk by conversing about boring Tellarite slop jazz, Tendi scans the remaining chips and Rutherford tries to remove the booby trap. But he ends up in the game and manages to clear the room just before Dirk approaches. On Corazonia, Freeman rules it is time for a software update, but now Vexilon shuts down completely. She remembers that there has to be a safe mode and reboots. However, that comes with a reset to the default configuration, and Vexilon begins to terraform the world anew, creating active volcanoes. Freeman discovers that, to restore the system the way it was, power needs to be routed through the station that Boimler's team (and actually just Boimler himself) is working on, so she orders him to put back all power relays. T'Lyn convinces him to involve his team this time. They finish the task. Then, however, a turbine overheats while Vexilon is still not up and running. Boimler stays behind alone and is ready to press the emergency shutdown. But the turbine explodes, and he has to be resuscitated. On the ship, Dirk and Ransom are amused that the three lieutenant JGs bought Dirk's melodramatic Chula game story.

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