h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Can we rig-up a motion detector so we can track the movements of the stowaways through the heating system. A quantum doppler squid hybrid device would probably be best. Ooh! Nice shorts!

I see no reason why not...

...but then wouldn't someone have to go in to scare them out...? I'm getting a bad feeling about this...

I would put them back on if they weren't red.

You are soooo BRAVE!
*Gushes admiringly at the gallant E.*
*Gush.*
Sorry about that. Do you need a hanky?

Joolsee those ain't a hanky they're my shorts.

*E swears silently under her breath*

OK, I'll do it...

...but I want a *really* big flamethrower OK...I've heard that stowaways don't like extreme temperatures...

...And if I don't come back... You'll all bloody well have to wait for me to come back... Because I *will* be back!

*Twiddles donut*
Hello, Direct Etherwave Insurance.......I'd like to arrange a policy for a friend....

*E is astonished at the amount of confidence that is put in her...*

*E takes a flamethrower*

Joolsee, you got that trackinging thingy...

Ah. Oh. Owwww! Owwwwwww!
Yes.

Huh, this sounds interesting. tell me more!

Oh E, try not to damage the Snowzar, please.

So I stay outside the ducts, right?
And you, you go into the ducts, right?
I stay OUTSIDE, right?
Me outside, you inside? Yes?

OK. *takes a deep breath* I can do this...

Give me one of those tracker things so I know where I'm going & you keep the other one so you can help if I get lost, OK...and yes...you get to stay outside...

*E takes a tracker thing, then wonders how you got access to the ventilation shafts on this ship*

Hey, did I just hear a stowaway speak?

Security! For goodness sake! Another person just appeared on the bridge! What kind of security system is this? Kuh! Pah!
Hello Mandarb. Who are you and what are your special skills?
*Starts to file nails and tries to look unimpressed and sulky.*
*Succeeds.*

*Cheers up.*
Yes Sir Ma'am Sir!

Nah! Can't be a stowaway... Not afraid of the *very big* flamethrower...

Probably just one of those engineer people who got knocked out...

You know how to get into the ventillation shaft?

I sort of just appeared here. sorry if i'm interrupting something. what's going on?

*Joolsee looks up and reads the thread for a few posts.*
Eomando is going into the ventilation ducts with a motion sensor to look for a stowaway who may be armed with a new weapon which could freeze her, so she's carrying a flamethrower and we're all really tense.

Now read on...

HUH!?!