pennswoods | How To Make Uhura More Awesome

I was so inspired by watching the Trek movie for the second time and by the discussion taking place over on

kerryblaze's LJ, that I actually WROTE something. Consider these suggestions for modifying the movie script to make Uhura more awesome by letting her show off her mad xenolinguistic skillz.

Making Uhura More Awesome Part I

Sulu: *releases hand break*

Enterprise: *jumps to warp*

Pike: *demands review of most recent communication from near Vulcan*

Uhura: *happens to be passing through*

Lame Comm Guy: *plays single message*

Uhura: *overhears message*

Lame Comm Guy: *claims it’s just a distress call from Vulcan*

Uhura: * whips around so fast, her ponytail takes out random red shirt*

Spock: *raises eyebrow*

Uhura: *repeats message for bridge, demonstrating awesome xenolinguistic skillz*

Spock: *speaks fluent Vulcan and has no idea what she just said*

Uhura: *translates from Romulan to English the order to destroy all ships*

Pike: *sends lame comm. guy out to get him a sandwich*

Uhura: *is promoted*

Spock: *finds this logical*

Uhura: *gets busy translating*

Enterprise: *is saved!*

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Making Uhura More Awesome Part II

Vulcan: *implodes fantabulously*

Spock: *is emotionally compromised but won't admit it*

Everyone: *is gobsmacked*

Spock: *gives command to join fleet in the Laurentian System*

Kirk: *gets in Spock's face*

Spock: *is logical*

Kirk: *chews some scenery*

Spock: *is still logical*

Uhura: *is frantically monitoring comm*

Kirk: *makes crack about Spock's mom*

Spock: *goes in for the ~~kiss~~ neck pinch*

Uhura: *interrupts slashy moment*

Kirk: *pouts*

Uhura: *reports on possible weaknesses of Romulan ship uncovered during Klingon engagement*

Spock: *is skeptical*

Uhura: *iz srs bzns*

Spock: *is convinced*

Spock Prime: *will have to be worked into the story some other way*