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Episode 5: Part 24

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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

9/21/25:
It's so tricky to find a consistent galaxy map for Star Trek. Whenever I search for one, there's like five or six competing versions. There's one we used for the basis of the comic, but now I can't find it.
Of course... I think the official shows very rarely worry about such things...

Oh, and I almost forgot... the 27th is my wife's and my 10th wedding anniversary, so no comic this next weekend! Normal updates will resume the following week :)

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Transcript
Panel 1:
Narrative Text: Meanwhile...
Commander Vedrix: I have concerns regarding this plan.

Panel 2:
Colonel Hank Reynolds: Well, so do I. But I don't really have a better one. Do you?
Vedrix: Not as such. But asking the Gorn for asylum? Does that not entail some risk?
Hank: We can't go back to Federation space yet without facing arrest.
    And Romulus is even more risky. Wouldn't you say?
Vedrix: Fair.
Ezzok: My people are straight-forward. with their intent. They don't believe in subterfuge.
    And I am expected. I think it can work.
Hank: See? That's two votes.

Panel 3:
Vedrix: But the testimony we have obtained... is it not what you sought to bring to your public eye?
    Is hiding your best option?
Hank: It is for now. We have the witnesses and the only data copy of the information.
    There are covert ops within the Federation... I should know.... I worked for one of them.
    And right now? I guarantee someone is looking for us. It's best to go where they least suspect.

Panel 4:
Narrative Text: Also meanwhile...
    Romulan/Federation Neutral Zone. Class 3 Freightter - Civilian registration. Designation: CSS Starhopper
Alien Bounty Hunter: Hold on... we have new tracking data.

Panel 5:
Alien Bounty Hunter: Target has changed course. Awaay from the Neutral Zone and toward the Klingon Imperial border.
    Possible destinations include Q'o'nos, Gornar, the Tholian Assembly, the First Federation, Kzinti space--
Human Bounty Hunter: Gornar. They're headed for Gornar.
Alien Bounty Hunter: In the Gorn Hegemony?? Why?
Human Bounty Hunter: Easy enough. They have a Gorn on board.
Alien Bounty Hunter: But isn't he the Romulan's prisoner?

Panel 6:
Human Bounty Hunter: Sure he is. And a tree might grow out of my forehead.
Unknown signal: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Human Bounty Hunter: Finally one gets you!! Here I was starting to think your species didn't have a sense of humor.
Alien Bounty Hunter: That wasn't me. It came from the comms systems.
Human Bounty Hunter: Huh. Weird.

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