Transcript
On the bridge of a starship, the alien Commander Shmog is up on the view screen wearing a sly smile. Counselor Helen sits in a chair next to the ship’s captain.
Commander Shmog: What am I doing here? I think the real question is what you’re doing here.
Helen: Captain, my empathic powers tell me he’s hiding something.
Captain: Uh, yes. Thank you, Counselor.
Commander Shmog steeples his fingers.
Captain: Commander Shmog, this is one of our outposts.
Commander Shmog: For now.
Helen: Captain, I sense he’s planning something.
The captain rubs their temples.
Captain: Counselor Helen, we have dozens of refugees on board that could use a kind ear. Could you please –
Helen: Of course.
A refugee sits across from Counselor Helen, bawling their eyes out.
Refugee: I’ll never see my home again!
Helen: I sense a deep grief within you.
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I am slightly suspicious of that commander, but I couldn’t tell why… LOL!
Good one again, Bunny and Chris!
I sense that this strip may be aimed more specifically at a particular character than is usual.
Yes, it must be about that oft neglected crewmember, who never gets anything interesting to do and whose entire job is made completely redundant multiple times over.
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Tasha Yar, of course!
:P
Hehe.
Lol! I’m still waiting for Yar to be the secret badguy in Picard.
Oooo alternate timeline Yar or OG?
Love the strip, Bunny & Chris!
Yes, it seems like certain show’s writers treated having an empathic ship’s counsellor as a method to either tell the audience what was obvious or to spoil potential mysteries.
On a very much unrelated note, I do feel like Deanna Troi is a good character that is buoyed by a talented performance and being a vital part of several great stories, though such positive qualities are rather divorced from her empathic abilities.
Telepathy, empathy, and many other mental powers are very cool and interesting but can utterly disrupt most stories if limitations are not consistently included.
Helen, parody of Troi. Clever. ; )
Well.. they pay her to be empathetic.
Don’t worry, Helen, i feel you.