"The Deterioration" was the sixty-seventh episode of Star Trek: Phoenix-X. It was the seventeenth episode of the third season.
Summary
The Phoenix-X systems begin to malfunction, requiring the ship to undergo a much needed refit. Unfortunately, due to the Phoenix-X's secretive nature, bringing the ship to standard Starfleet refit locations is not applicable. Meanwhile, Amp's program being tied into the ship begins to be affected by the degradations: disrupting his holoimaging systems. It isn't long before he is taken on a journey throughout the ship, being transferred to all his previously visited locations.
Memorable quotes
- "I was cooking live targ when a surge blew my barbeque. Now there’s targ all over the kitchen!"
- — Kortos
Appendices
Background information
- At the end of the episode, the crew return to the station the Phoenix-X was built at: Teketekon Station. This is the same station seen in the fan fiction "The Recruited".
- This is the Phoenix-X's first encounter with the Obsidian Order.
- The giant bug attack at the beginning of the episode was based on Starship Troopers.