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Transcript
Panel 1:
Zack Del Rio: You know what, Dale... I think Hulyard's got a thing for you.
Commander Dale Zurkett: Now cut that out.
Zack: "Oh, Lorraine, may I please have permission to turn up the ship's thermostat one degree?"
Panel 2:
Lieutenant Commander Natashia Starrat: No... I think it's the commodore she likes the best.
Panel 3:
Commodore Jeffrey Bannister: Excuse me?
Dale: Actually, it's you, Mr. Impersonating-an-Officer that needs to get on her good side.
Or maybe you already managed that? How DID you manage to stay out of the brig? Or confined to quarters?
Zack: Oh, um... There was an "unexpected" malfunction in the brig forcefield emitters.
At the same time, since the ship doesn't recognize a Zack Del Rio... I don't actually have quarters right now.
And, for some weird reason... the computer won't let anybody update that information.
Dale: You're digging yourself a really big hole, man.
Zack: Well, I figure... if I dig deep enough, I'll just come out the other side and everything will be peachy keen!
Panel 4:
Unknown transmission: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Zack: There it is again.
Natashia: So you still don't know--
Panel 5:
Ensign Hylia: One thing Zack and I figured out, before Ms. Hulyard showed up, was that some rogue code had gotten into the on-board comms system.
ALL our systems, as a matter of fact.
Andre Peters: Writing its own code, wasn't it?
Panel 6
Zack: But Hulyard shut us down. Said we don't have time to investigate "non-essential issues."
All that matters to her is reaching Earth.
Dale: Sounds like her.
Panel 7
Hylia: The one thing consistent about the laughter is that it only seems to happen when one of us makes some comment resembling a joke.
Dale: Comments resembling jokes? That's our specialty!
Unknown transmission: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Dale: Well. Case in point.
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