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Episode 5: Part 3

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Episode 5: Planet of the Laugh Track!
Original Characters and Concept: Travers, Kenyon, & Rioux Jordan; Alex & Natasha Gorely; Sam Barnett
Original Story (Trapped on the Planet of the Laugh Track!): Kenyon Jordan
Adapted to Comic Form by: Travers, Rioux, & Kenyon Jordan
Photos: Travers & Rioux Jordan
Background Photos: Search Engine Image Sources & personal photos
Art/SFX/Photo Editing: Travers Jordan
Editing: Kenyon Jordan, Therese Jordan
Social Media Coordinator: Danielle Jordan

4/14/25:
Klingon translation: Klingon 1: That restaurant has great gagh!
Klingon 2: We are on Earth. Let us consume the ground muscle of an Earth cow.

So... I don't know if any of our fans speak Klingon. If so, this translation may be completely wrong. I'm not sure... I ran the sentences in a translator first. But then, when I translated back to English, it was complete nonsense. So I translated each word individually instead. (I thought Klingon used the same basic grammar as English? Maybe not. Anyway!)
(Gagh, by the way, is a popular Klingon food.)

Comments from the Tagboard:

04/15/25 12:54 AM
Freezer: So how do they plan on avoiding handing the Supreme Advisor over to the Romulans?
04/14/25 01:33 AM
BrickVoid: Looks good so far! I decided to just wait for the email, didn't know if you would actually be back on time or not! 3 comics in is good enough, at any rate! :D

Transcript
Panel 1:
Admiral Benson: This is absurd. Do you have any idea how busy I am?
Senator Dreyer: Too busy to save your own neck? We have a serious situation here.
    The Romulan Supreme Advisor AND Grayson Talbot are in custody. If they talk...
    The President himself called us in. We have to deal with this NOW.
Benson: I already ordered the Intrepid back to Earth and sent an escort to recover the prisoners.
    Sending Bannister to Spoogie was YOUR idea. And political fallout is supposed to be YOUR department.
Dreyer: All our necks on the line here. What the hell could be more important?
Benson: Well, for one thing... We received a distress call from the New Providence Colony on Jouret IV. I've sent the Enterprise to investigate.
Dreyer: So? That's what fleet ships are for.

Panel 2:
Benson: You don't understand. We've been tracking a Borg Cube in that sector. They've been harvesting raw materials from uninhabited planets.
    No overtly hostile actions until now. I've been quashing rumors to avoid a panic.
    I've also sent Vice Admiral Hanson and his anti-Borg special envoy to rendezvous with Enterprise just in case.
    But still... I have concerns about our military capability to--
Dreyer: *ahem* We're here. Let's not discuss such things in front of the... foreign delegations.
    We still have to go through security.
Benson: Why?
Dreyer: The President is paranoid after these incidents. He's enhanced it again.
Klingon 1 (aside): net Qe' qaStaHvIS wejpuH gagh!
Klingon 2 (aside): maH qel Daq tera'. Jaj che natlh lI yav Somraw lI 'oy' tera' ghu'.


Panel 3:
Security Guard 1: Stop right there. Hands out. Do not move.
Security Guard 2: Names, identification. Submit yourselves for scan.
Benson: *grunt* Admiral Grant Benson. This is humiliating.
Dreyer: Senator Tom Dreyer. Just deal with it.

Panel 4:
Guard 2: They're clear. Appointment is preregistered.
Guard 1: Come with me, gentlemen.

Panel 5:
Benson: There's a Tajaran diplomat here? Without an escort?
Dreyer: I wasn't told about Tajarans here.
Guard 1: He was cleared. He's a regular visitor.

Panel 6:
Dreyer: That doesn't answer my question.
Guard 1: For any details regarding that, sir... you'll have to ask the President.

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