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| All stations report nominal for warp travel,
sir. |
Very well. Helm, maintain ordered course. |
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| That's a roger ten four, captain buddy. |
You been talking to The Nimrods, Eurayle? |
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| Um, could be.
Could be. Nyuck? |
Great. Okay,
put me on All Call. |
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| "Crew, this
is the Captain. Our first mission takes us to the Risa system." |
"One of their
facilities, an extreme-environment resort moon in orbit around an outer planet,
is at risk." |
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| "Our job is
to evacuate the staff and tourists before a small comet either hits or grazes
the moon." |
"So, the urgency
prevents the normal shakedown cruise. Keep alert for any emerging problems,
and start thinking about how to get the most people on each trip." |
A little bit later... |
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| Vrooom! I win! My command's the fastest! |
Well MY command's the sneakiest! |
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| Well, MY command is- KLUNK! |
My command is... KLUNK! |
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| Lousy, stinking,
unstreamlined... |
...at least
it rolls. |
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| Hey! MY
command has a BAR! |
And a casino.
Dabo girls. In traditional Dabo girl costumes...or lack thereof. Guys? |
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Consarn
it, I always have to be the space station. |
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| Hey, Spock, station again? |
Yeah. Wanna play Dabo? |
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| Nah, working right now. Sorry. |
Okay, the 1000-man capacity is for long-term embarkation.
What can we do to maximize? We can triple-pack most of the
Marine staterooms for the 4-hour flight. |
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| We can reconfigure some of the cargo bays, and some tanks.
Adds maybe a thousand 'Steerage' seats. |
What about the shuttle bays? |
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| Well, they're...they're full of shuttlecraft, sir? |
What if we do a 'Battlestar Galactica?' |
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| Um...your son is going to fly a shuttle? |
No, we launch the shuttles, have people ride them, and have
others hang out in the bays. |
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| We don't have enough pilots! |
We identify every qualified pilot at the resort, Starfleet
officers'd be favorite, divide them between the shuttles, and put the rest
in Follow the Leader mode. |
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| It's so crazy...it just might work. |
What?
Oh, you have to say that every so often.
Outrageous Odds always work. |
