SCENE 4
(Crew and guests gather on bridge of Star Quest J-316; kids look
around in awe)
SEBASTIAN:
(walking around in awe) Wow! A real spaceship!
MIA:
What does this button do? (pushes something on console)
( SFX 5–Self-Destruct Sequence Initiated/Terminated)
("SELF-DESTRUCT INITIATED. COUNTING DOWN . . . 10 . . . 9
. . . 8 . . . 7 . . . 6 . . . 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . .")
COMMANDER:
(rushing over, spoken over self-destruct) Augh! Let me just push
this.
(Computer: "SELF-DESTRUCT TERMINATED")
COMMANDER: (visibly relieved) Whew! No harm done.
ZITA:
(turning to address guests) We are honored to have you aboard
Star Quest J-3-1-6.
MIA:
(candidly) You talk funny.
ZITA:
I am a droidbot. I was assembled in the year twenty sixty-five
(2065). My incredibly sophisticated internal processor can
calculate up to two thousand petabytes of data per second.
SEBASTIAN:
WOAH. A real robot!
ZITA: Droidbot. And I'm (suddenly laughing diabolically) Muah ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha!
LT. NOVA:
(walking over to Zita, puzzled) Zita? Did you just . . . do an evil
villain laugh?
ZITA:
(looking confused) Why, I suppose I did. I apologize, Lieutenant.
LT. NOVA:
Captain, I've managed to reprogram Romans 12:1-2 back into
the Intergalactic Bible Database! So we've got two verses now.
KIDS:
Yay!
ZITA: Only 31,100 verses to go.
KIDS: (disappointed) Oh.
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