Observer Effect fake Mayweather and Reed playing chess Reed ship's chess champion Tucker and Sato on planet; Klingon garbage dump SP 1 power cell and empty ration packs; and latrine Tucker starts coughing uncontrollably, passed out Sato can dock SP 3 other landing parties return to ship okay blood samples whatever afflicted by doesn't show up in standard scan Klingons afflicted not allowed back on ship launch bay and decon chamber isolated from rest of ship Cardassians killed afflicted crew observing aliens for 800 years observers acting weird analgesic for headache Andromeda Strain movie Starfleet training, dorm room STC Sato got kicked out of Starfleet training, 2nd month broke commanders arm, running Poker floating game on weekends; black belt Aikido Sato bad conduct discharge, let back in on probation because needed linguists M class planet all life should be carbon based silicon virus nothing like it in Denobulan database less than 5 hours to live; silicon based virus A: Tucker too stubborn to be talked out of anything exobiology 101 carbon based can't fight silicon based virus searching for rational intelligence observers did interfere Sato good at picking up patterns in languages duct tape still exists Tucker really good at taking things apart when kid, not good at putting back together Thanksgiving still exists testing species for 10,000 years virus sensitive to ionizing radiation; at level would kill humans Sato escapes decon; breaks security codes decon on D-deck Sato speaks Spanish, Russian virus incompatible with carbon based organisms sedate Sato and Tucker Admiral Gardner take over from Forrest Archer needs to look after Tucker Archer very touchy with Tucker; hand caressing chest Organian non-corporeal species; don't interfere with natural development of other species virus cured but memories removed