Clam Trek ( episode two )

[Raven]

Confirming the Captain #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s Hunch...

that the Clammer hid something there....
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beneath the sand beside the first statue John Luke

uncovers the "book of Clam"

otherwise known to be the origional

manuscript for the Clammer code.

and they quickly take off back to the enterprise..........

[Raven]

with the "Book of Clam" in their possesion
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Captain Picard informs mr Data of the Gravity of the situation

and that the ability to decipher the code book is crucial to the

survival of mankind. Data is Dubious because the last time he

he tried it, he almost shorted out his positronic brain trying

to decipher it.

[Raven]

Since The Captain #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
knew the Clammer as well as anyone

and the fact that he had mind melded with commander Spock

he suggests that Data and Spock mind meld and combine

their brain power ...repeating the old earth saying...

"two brains are better than one"

but warns mr Data about "Spot burning "
and it could be hazardous

[Raven]

Besides the Book of Clam...

Captain Picard finds a mysterious mini pirates chest

and gives it to Data for further analysis indicating

he can't figure out how to open it.

he further sugests.....that it may have a clue to how

to unravel the clammer code. There has to be a clue.

[Raven]

Data announces that he has finally opened the mini chest

but all he found was this artifact..... a plug...

he is obsessing over it, turning it round and round

marveling about it's design and coloration.

then.... he starts listing plug descriptions:

darters ,swimmers, needles,poppers,dannies,

plugage captain... made on a carpentry tool

called a lathe for fishing captain ....called a lure.

Finally.....hearing enough, captain picard yells:

" Get to the point Data ! "

[Raven]

Data having some time off...adjourns to the Holodeck

and assumes the identity of Sherlock Holmes to ponder

the lack of clues as to where the Borg may have taken the

clammer and as to why he left no clues behind which

by any reasonable deduction is an absolute impossibilty.

[Raven]

Data remembers something:

Eliminate all other factors,
and the one which remains
must be the truth.

So Data un-builds the blue plug and discovers an
old scroll inside rapped around the thru wire.

un rolling it ...he finds this riddle.

[Swimmer]

Thats great