"WE'RE ALL
GOING TO DIE!!!"
A little while ago back on the ~Quilca~...
"What's white and black and red all over?" asked Katrina from the
number 3 seat. She was leaning as far back as the seat allowed,
propping her feet up on the seat next to her, a pensive look on her
face as she stared up at the shuttle's ceiling.
"It could be an innumerable number of things," returned Venor as he
jerkily piloted the shuttle. By F'Ter, he wasn't used to driving a
vehicle that moved in three dimensions! "Perhaps it is the Orion
Nebula, or a bleeding L'matian, or Warp Field schematics for the
Reliant."
"Nope, nope, nope," repeated Kat as she looked to the back of the
~Quilca~, where Lieutenant Maldrill was studiously ignoring the cadets
that he had to shepherd to Aldos. Kat sighed, "what about you,
beanstalk? Any guesses?"
John was manning the Ops station. "I don't know shortstuff. Why don't
you go do something more constructive like going outside and washing
the windows?"
"Ha ha, very funny. It's a zebra with a sunburn!"
"What is a zee-brah?"
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"Oy Venor, you
have to learn more about Earth culture. After all, we *are* the Masters
of the Galaxy."
"Betelgeusans had developed space travel long before your ancestors
crawled out of the primordial muck you call Earth."
"Listen you big stupid oaf! I've had it up to here with your
trash-talking of my race and the cradle of all that's Good and Holy!
Stand up so I can belt you one!"
"As the great warrior ***** used to say, 'you may bring it on!'"
John interrupted the impending fight: "Quiet guys, I'm getting another
starship coming around Aldos."
"What the?!?" Katrina turned to the console next to her. "What is it?"
"It's a Cardassian cruiser. The ~Gulliver~ is trying to hail it."
"It's firing on the ~Gulliver~! Direct hit! She looks bad!"
"Let's take her in and try to draw fire away from the others."
Venor deftly maneuvered the ~Quilca~ around the Cardassian ship. "Why
aren't utility shuttles armed with phasers!"
"Maybe it would help if I opened the door and took pot shots at it with
my hand phaser?"
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