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To: Les H who wrote (219456)	9/9/2009 11:05:17 AM
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The Enterprise enters orbit around Triskelion, and Spock locates the missing team on the surface. Spock and McCoy attempt to beam down, but the ship is taken over by a power beam activated by the Providers. Realizing his ship and crew are at stake, and that the Providers are "all-hearing and all-seeing", Kirk announces that he will make a wager that the Providers can not refuse. He is suddenly transported below ground to a chamber "1000 meters below the earth" filled with odd machinery. He finds a domed table in the center of the room; inside are three disembodied brains (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley) that glow from within. The brains speak, identifying themselves as the Providers, ancient beings of pure intellect that pass their time gambling between one another, wagering sums of "quatloos" over the outcomes of the contests. They demand to hear Kirk's own wager. He tells the brains that he and his team can defeat the drill thralls. If Kirk's crew are victorious, the brains must free the Enterprise and let the team, including all thralls, go. The Providers must in turn end their death games and use their knowledge to teach the thralls how to start a free society. If Kirk loses, he promises a lifetime of entertainment in further competitions with the entire ship's crew. The Providers express their desire to see Kirk dead, since he has been so troublesome, and they delightedly accept the bet—but only if Kirk takes on the thralls, alone. With no choice, Kirk agrees, and the brains send him back to the arena. The combat begins, with the Enterprise crew watching the battle on the bridge viewscreen. Kirk manages to kill two of the thralls and injure a third, but the Providers replace the injured warrior with Shahna. Kirk is tired but manages to overpower Shahna, who then surrenders. Kirk insists the fight is over and the Providers accept the outcome and allow Kirk and the others to go free. en.wikipedia.org