One thing I like about this page is the recognition that every member of a landing party was clearly marked for death unless they happened to be one of the ship's senior officers. The term "Red Shirt" has, of course, since become synonymous with "expendable" but it makes me feel warm inside to know that I was there first!

And no, I'm not going to try to speculate why I introduced some kind of relationship between Spok and Quirk. Instead, I'm going to draw a veil over that and hurriedly draw your attention to the sound effect in Panel 1.

Thwigigigigiging! I challenge anyone to come up with a better sound effect for a star-ship's transporter!