2/16/26:
I think this might be first time the bridge ceiling has appeared onscreen! I think it provided a nice tint for the emergency lighting situation in this installment.

Transcript
Panel 1:
Commander Dale Zurkett: Groan...

Panel 2:
Dale: Everyone...
    Is everyone okay?
Ensign Plozz: Alive... sir.
Helmsman Talia: Yes, no serious injuries, Commander. Just a little shaken up.
    I think that torpedo hit us near the warp core. But we're not dead, so...

Panel 3:
Dale: Natashia, I know we're on reserve power. Any damage reports?
Lieutenant Commander Natashia Staratt: All computers are down... unsure if that was from the torpedo or repair operations.
    Division chiefs are sending me status reports via our hardline comms channel.
    The torpedo breached the hull, sir. Bulkheads have sealed it off.
Dale: Casualties?
Natashia: Uncertain. Some men are missing. I don't know how many.
Dale: Dammit...

Panel 4:
Dale: What about Potemkin?
Ensign Hylia: Last reading I got, she was on a course for reentry.
    Sensors are all down. There's no way to know if she survived impact.
Plozz (aside): No response from tactical controls.
Talia (aside): Same here. Helm controls are offline.
Hylia: What do we do, sir? We're dead in the water up here.

Panel 5:
Dale: Seems to me that someone or something wanted us here really, REALLY badly.
    But that's their mistake.
    Talia: You have the conn. Get everything up here fixed as quickly as you can. Natashia, Hylia... you're with me.

Panel 6:
Dale: Somebody down there thinks this is all a big barrel of laughs.
    Well. It's high time we give them something to laugh about.
Unknown Transmission: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!