Date: 02-03-2021
Last night I dreamt I was in some kind of Star Trek reality, with a few species from that fictive universe. I do not recall where this story picked up, but I recall I was with my dad at some point. We were on the streets. I had something with me, which was packaged in a carton box or something. The moment I opened the box, the thing inside started beeping. I immediately understood what this thing was, what its purpose was, why it started beeping now, and what that had set in motion. I realised it all the second I saw the thing and heard the beeping sound. I picked the thing up from the package immediately, and when I did it emitting a red light that flickered on and off, rapidly. This thing looked like a red crystal, or jewel, sharp edges, polished surfaces, elongated in shape, and it was attached to a small circuit board like you find in computer parts. The beeping and flickering were in sync.
The things I had realised were that ‘the enemy’ was looking for this thing. They needed it as part of some kind of super drone they were constructing. This thing was the one thing missing from an otherwise completed drone. Were the enemy to get their hands on this thing and put it into that super drone, that drone would become operational. That was something we had to prevent at all times, as the drone was created to kill people. It was in fact so dangerous that were it to become operational it might become unstoppable. In the dream I had a mental image of how that drone looked like. It was army green, and looked like a flipped over speedboat with all kinds of tech sticking out of the bottom, like weapons, engines, exhausts, etc.
As the thing had started beeping the enemy knew the thing was found and even where it was, though with a small degree of uncertainty. It was also known to me somehow that at that exact moment the enemy had sent 4 drones – two of one kind, and two of another kind – out to our location to retrieve it. I possessed a tricorder (a device from the Star Trek universe). When my dad saw the thing he had advised to create a ‘dampening field’ with the tricorder, which would shield off the signal this crystal was emitting. I apparently understood how to rig my tricorder do that. I had to flip a few switches on the back of the tricorder, much like the ‘silence mode switch’ on an iPhone. Many different switches like that had to be set and switched in a particular order for the tricorder to be generating the dampening field.
Mind you, we are now still in the first minute or two of the dream. It was a bit of a hassle but I succeeded and the crystal stopped beeping and flickering. Now a Romulan (one of the species in Star Trek) approached us. He was a general. I had noticed him before he could see anything, and in a moment of quick improvised thinking I had put the tricorder and crystal in the nearest mailbox, to hide it. The Romulan had not seen this. He was part of the enemy. But I think he suspected something was going on, and he had stopped to ask us if we had seen anything suspicious. My dad played a fantastic nonchalant version of himself and it worked. The general was convinced that whatever was going on, we had nothing to do with it. We walked away. The situation was so that we couldn’t just stay there and maintain our innocence.
But I was really worried leaving the crystal behind in that mailbox. I was worried the general would look for and find the crystal for their drone. We walked a good distance as to make sure we didn’t look suspicious again if we suddenly stopped walking should the general still keep his eyes on us. At one point we went behind some bushes and hid there. We found more of our side (the good guys) and we planned what our best next move was. Retrieving the crystal and keeping it with me would be unwise. I did not have the means to protect it against the Romulan Star Empire. If they found out I had it, it was a matter of time before it would fall into their hands. It was of the utmost importance we prevented that.
We brainstormed what would be the best approach now. The Cardassians (another species from Star Trek) possessed a considerable military force. My dad suggested we’d bring the crystal to them. I was firmly against this. The Cardassians were known for their corrupt nature. We had to bring the crystal to a species we were sure would not use the crystal to forge their own super weapon. I suggested to bring the crystal to the Vulcans (yes, another species from Star Trek, mostly enlightened and benevolent). But their military capabilities were unknown. Perhaps even non-existent.
But then I recalled an episode from the series where the Enterprise with Captain Archer. In this dream the series was not fictive but a documentary series about Earth. In that documentary episode the Vulcans were shown to have an entire fleet of heavily armed vessels. We had to bring the crystal to them, for sure. They would still have their fleet, but were just secretive about their military as they were not the kind of species to show off military might. A quite convoluted plan was designed to retrieve the crystal, and we also performed it, but I am so sad to say the details of it have completely escaped me. There was something about the 4 drones and how we used the crystal to defeat them, and we eventually succeeded.
I truly regret not having written down this dream any time sooner. I dreamt this on a Tuesday, and only found time to type it out in the weekend, because other dreams I had needed to be typed out too. It was put on queue, and once I finally found the time I forgot so much of it. There was also a scene where one of my house mates (a young but tough girl, I called Furby) fought along side me. She was a true warrior in the dream. She aided us in retrieving the crystal and it was a race against the clock to bring the crystal to the Vulcans because the tricorder’s battery was almost depleted. With the help of the Vulcans the crystal was destroyed.
Analysis:
This dream contained many parallels with ‘the Lord of the Rings’ story by Tolkien. The crystal obviously being an allegory for the one ring. Interestingly enough, in ‘the Lord of the Rings’ the Elves were a sort of pure and serene race. A heavenly race, one could say. The Orcs are servants of evil in that universe, and their origin was found in corrupted Elves. In Star Trek, the Vulcans are the benevolent species. The Romulans, are depicted most often as the malevolent species. The Vulcans and Romulans share a common ancestor. In Star Trek, the Vulcans and Romulans have pointy ears. In the film adaptation of ‘the Lord of the Rings’ the Elves and Orcs both have pointy ears too.
I wonder what the relation of this dream is to our reality. I am sure we are fighting against a mighty evil force. What is the allegory for the crystal from the dream in this reality? What should the evil we face not get their hands on? And who are the Vulcans who aid us? Who the Romulans are, I think I know. Specifically I can guess, but in general they are those who serve the evil in this world.
