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Transcript
Panel 1:
Ezzok: Hey... that holodeck of yours. You ever use it for hunting?
Colonel Hank Reynolds: Oh sure. You know... it can do almost anything, really.
You can make things as sporting as you want!
Grayson Talbot: Okay, ha-ha. But I'm not buying this. Starfleet would never let you get away with EATING me.
You overlplayed your hand, Reynolds.
Panel 2:
Hank: You're right. STARFLEET wouldn't. But I'm not official Starfleet, am I?
Talbot: Wait, you're not? Actually, come to think of it... I never got a file on you. Did I?
Hank: Yeah. My secon tends to scrub data like that.
Talbot: Your section?
Hank: Section 31. Not many have heard of us. I think you have, though.
Talbot: I, uh...
Panel 3:
Commander Vedrix: Oh, what? You're looking to me now for reassurance?
I thought you were familiar with my people.
Panel 4:
Ezzok: You know, there was an alpha predator on my world... half natural, half bio-weapon. Laid eggs in the prey it hunted in order to reproduce.
Incubation took less than a day. After they hatched... those hatchlings could reproduce in hours. And they laid their eggs simply by skin contact with their saliva.
Talbot: But that's not your race.
Ezzok: No... those predators were sent by another species to destroy our race. But we ate them all. Then we ate the aliens who sent them.
And now their planet is ours.
Panel 5:
Talbot; If... if I'm going to talk... I want some promises.
Hank: I can't promise you freedom, Talbot. But we can keep you alive.
I just want the names. Who orchestrated your deal? And why?
Talbot: I don't know all the whys. But they were paying me in favors. And real estate.
Do you know how hard it is to buy land or a house in a society with no money?
Hank: The NAME.
Talbot: Right. His name is...
Ship Intercom: Attention! USS Intrepid! This is USS Potemkin. Special Envoy Hulyard speaking. You are hereby ordered to stand down ALL activities and prepare for boarding. This ship is under official internal review. You will comply or be held in contempt.
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