Denizens, I’m sure you’ve noticed that posting once again has become a little…sporadic.
KORRIOTH:  Naw!
K’HADIBAK’H:  Y’think?
MERLIN:  As opposed to what?
LSIK&T:  (sigh) Give’m all raises and they all go out and buy smart mouths.
Anyway, posting may become even moreso – the lease is up on this place, and I’m getting my stuff in boxes in preparation for the movers.
KORRIOTH:  You mean, we’re  getting it packed up.
OZY MCCOOL:  Yeah, m’Liege – how about you help out a bit?
LSIK&T:  That’s what I have you for, isn’t it?  And why aren’t you enlisting the cadets to help out?
T-BONE MCMANX:  You said we couldn’t.
LSIK&T:  I said, McManx, that you couldn’t hire  them.  As in, for money.
[The collective light comes on above the crew’s heads.]
MERLIN:  But you didn’t say anything…about…
LSIK&T:  …about conscripting  them.
[The crew collectively heaves a sigh of relief and smiles begin to pop up about the bridge of Pegasus.]
MERLIN:  Captain Korrioth, would you care to accompany me in some…ah…reconnaissance?
KORRIOTH:  Why, I’d be delighted, Mr. Merlin.
LSIK&T:  Off with you, then.  Get some strapping youngsters.  And bring their girlfriends, too – it’s been too long since we had a concubine around here.
MERLIN & KORRIOTH:  AYE, AYE!!!!!
[They set a land-speed record for getting to the turbolift.]
K’HADIBAK’H:  How could we have ever doubted you, m’Lord?
LSIK&T:  Eh.  I just know what buttons of yours to push, is all.