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Episode 5: Part 15

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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

7/21/25:
It's been awhile, so here's a refresher on the replicator scam Zack was pulling in Episode 1: Part 20.

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Transcript
Panel 1:
Mr. Dwayne Shrunt: Yes. Zachary Del Rio. Your falsified documentation was well crafted, but ultimately uncovered.
    Impersonating an entirely imagined Starfleet officer? Quite the attempt.R Zack Del Rio: Wow, you think I did that? Geez.
    I'm sure this is all a big misunderstanding.
    I mean... who would DO that? And then actually go to work at the job?
    You'd have to be crazy or--
Shrunt: Indicted by a grand jury for manufacture and distribuation of illicit replicator software designed to subvert the Federation credit system?
Zack: Crap.

Panel 2:
Shrunt: Consider yourself served. Attempt to flee and you will be arrested and held for contempt.
Zack: Hey, Bob... did you have something to do with this?
Captain Bob Jenkins: Zack, I didn't mean to get you arrested. But really? Impersonating a Starfleet officer? I can't believe you'd do that.

Panel 3:
Special Envoy Lorraine Hulyard: Of course he would, Captain. Perhaps you begin to understand the degree of depravity to which this ship has sunk.
    You. Security officer. Summon a team up here. Several of these "officers" need to be confined to quarters. Or the brig.
Security Officer: Ma'am... I... I answer to the Commodore. And the officers of the watch. Who are you again?
Hulyard: Don't make me arrest you as well. Captain Jenkins... I may require a security team from the Potemkin.
Jenkins: Hang on, now... we're all on the same side here. Can't we work this all out without resorting to force?
Hulyard: I didn't bring you along for my amusement, CAPTAIN. Do as you're told or I will report your insubordination to the higher authorities.

Panel 4:
Lieutenant Commander Natashia Starrat: Excuse me... you still haven't even identified yourself. If you're going to start issuing orders and expect us to obey them, I'll need to see some credentials.
Hulyard: I shouldn't have to explain myself to a ROMULAN. But here.
    Special order 87.C. Signed by Admiral Benson and the President two days ago.
    This creates and provides full autonomy to the Civilian Oversight Board, of which I was appointed the head.

Panel 5:
Commodore Jeffrey Bannister: Hello, everybody! I was in the middle of something and heard a bunch of arguing!
    Sounds like I got here just in the nick of time.
Hulyard: Finally, the commodore. I was beginning to think this ship was run by monkeys.
Strange noise: woo hoo! *clap* *clap* HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Jeff: Hey, who thought that was funny?

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