the night owls

"The engines are offline and I have no idea when we can get them running again."

"There's something obscuring the sensors. I can't tell what's down there."

"I think something is on board..."

"You can try to track this transmission, but don't bother. You won't be able to trace the signal."

"All we need to do is lay low for a while. Slip into a busy spaceport and no one will notice."

"I don't know what you think this ship is capable of, but it can't perform miracles."

"It was big and green; that's all I remember."

"I want the shields up and weapons online."

"We just wait here for a search party. We have enough rations for a week and there's just enough power to keep the temperature control systems functioning."

"I don't care what's out there. Grab a phaser and do your damn job."

"We're dead in space and if we don't get this boat moving, we are REALLY doing to be dead."

"I hope there's enough containment suits for all of us."

HULL INTEGRITY AT THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT. STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE EMINENT. ABANDON SHIP. REPEAT. ABANDON SHIP.

"The ambassador hates the accommodations."

"There's no damage to the exterior. No immediate reason why the power is shut off... This ship is just floating, abandoned."

"It's been quiet out here among the stars. Almost makes you miss running for your life."

"Hold on! Let me scan it before you touch the damn thing."

"Just because it's furry and cute, doesn't mean it isn't dangerous."

“I think your piloting license needs to be revoked.” 

“I wasn’t expecting to see you on this backwater planet!” 

“You’re not supposed to be here!” 

“I’m commander of this ship, not /you/.” 

“I’m (rank/title) ___, I’ll be part of your crew from now on.” 

“Great, what’s next? Space pirates?” 

“You’re wanted a star system over.” 

“First time off planet?” 

“I haven’t been on a planet in a long time…” 

“Don’t worry kid, you’ll get used to it.” 

“You work during the night cycle, right? No wonder I’ve never seen you before.” 

“Woah…” 

“What kind of alien are you?” 

“Don’t think I’ve seen your kind around these parts.” 

“I’m going to shoot you out of the airlock into the nearest star the first chance I get.” 

“Do not. Touch. Those controls.” 

“The stars are so beautiful here…” 

“That’s the weirdest plant I’ve ever seen.” 

“Is this what you do in engineering all the time?” 

“Please don’t accidentally blow up our ship.” 

“Hey, I’m a smuggler, not a killer!” 

“You criminals all look the same, crawling around in the darkest crevices of the galaxy like insects.” 

“…Well… you certainly aren’t part of the crew.” 

“Who…are you?” 

“Captain!” 

“Is my skin supposed to turn green?” 

“I think I need to go to medical…” 

“How come you get private quarters when I get to bunk with four other people?” 

“Sir the engines are down!” 

“Uh-oh, that didn’t sound good.” 

“Are the alarms supposed to be going off during a covert mission?” 

“We’ve intercepted a message.” 

1. “I think it’s glowing. Is that normal?” 

2. “I didn’t touch it, I swear! It just started up on its own.” 

3. “I could get the hang of this a lot quicker if the writing on the console was in a language I could read!” 

4. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s way more advanced than anything we’ve got.” 

5. “Why is this robot following me?” 

6. “Don’t touch that. We don’t know what it does.” 

7. “Do you think that aliens have bathrooms? Because I really need to pee.” 

8. “Oh boy. Alien AI. That’s certainly not going to turn evil and kill us all. No sir-ee.” 

9. “Are you sure you should be playing with that? It looks like some kind of weapon.” 

10. “Whoa! Glowy… something. Not sure what it is, but it’s cool.” 

11. “If this ship tries to kill us because you were pushing buttons at random, I will never forgive you.” 

12. “That’s an alien robot. This is either really awesome, or really really bad.” 

13. “Is this a force field? I think it’s a force field.” 

14. “Ow! That thing just zapped me!” 

15. “It’s sending out some sort of message. Either an SOS or a call to come invade the planet. Might be something else, but those two are the most likely.

16. “Augh! It grabbed me! It won’t let go!” 

17. “How come this thing worked for you but not me? Do I stink or something?” 

18. “Ugh. Transporters are not as much fun as they look on Star Trek. I think I’m gonna be sick.”

19. “Alien armor! This is awesome!” 

20. “Cool! This thing makes food. I told it to make me a BLT, and it worked.”

21. “You can fly an alien spacecraft by the seat of your pants with no prior training, right?” 

22. “This is either a complex piece of alien technology, or their version of a rubix cube. Can’t really tell which.” 

23. “I think I might have opened a portal, or wormhole, or whatever you call it.” 

24. “That thing is weird. I’m not touching it.” 

25. “That thing is weird. I’m gonna touch it.” 

26. “Hey, you know those dormant robots that we saw earlier? Yeah, I accidentally turned one on. It’s trying to kill me now.” 

27. “I think I just accidentally set it to autopilot!” 

28. “I’m not going in there. We don’t know how to use a transporter. We might never get put back together again, or end up in empty space, or stuck halfway into the floor!” 

29. “I think I might have alien technology fused to my body now.” 

Kimball cho 🔥

“I never got the impression you cared that much about humans.”

“You’re going to shoot a bug?”

“No, no, I’d like to stay and see what happens.”

“Remind me to stop trying to help people.”

“But whatever’s going on with you lately, I’ve had enough.”

“I’ve always been much better at avoiding farewells than giving them.”

“Seems like you were always finding something new to complain about.”

“You aren’t saying much tonight. Don’t tell me you’re still upset.”

“You have no idea how much I’m restraining myself from knocking you on your ass.”

“It goes without saying that you’re going to encounter the unexpected.”

“You’re good at building things. I’m good at blowing them up.”

“I’m getting real sick of being cut off.”

“Are you passing through or is there something I can help you with?”

“You’ve had too much to drink.”

“I’m not here to steal your secrets. It would hardly be worth the effort.”

“Am I sensing concern? Last I checked, that was considered an emotion.”

“Take your cynicism and bury it with your repressed emotions.”

“Are you implying that I’m attracted to you?”

“When you come up with a plan which doesn’t involve blowing ourselves up, I’ll be a little more enthusiastic.”

“Well, I don’t particularly like the way YOU smell, either.”

“I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable.”

“We should have heard something by now. What if they failed?”

“You know, your voice is tensing up. That’s a dead giveaway.”

“It’s ridiculous to assume that those events are going to happen.”

“What the hell am I supposed to do with those?”

it really was a pain in the ass, though. he either slept a lot or hardly at all, and he was still fatigued either way. maybe this was god's way of tormenting him since being half-alien wasn't enough.

Better that than him yelling at anyone, he figured. Going for coffee was an excuse he could use if the officer asked where he'd been.