Robotech Blooper Reels

[taalismn]

Pan shot of the SDF-1 Bridge...Claudia's wearing a gold lame evening dress, Kim's wearing a grass skirt, coconut shell bra, warpaint, and a shell nose piercing piece, Sammie's dressed in a brewmeister fraulein outfit, Vanessa's in a kimono with hair done up geisha-style, and Gloval looks like he shares closet space with Jaffar from Alladin...
Lisa(blinking): "I'm dreaming again, ain't I?"

[drewkitty ~..~]

"Okay, so maybe Casual Day got a little out of hand..."

"Casual Day?! What happens on Nude Beach Day ?! Wait...no...don't answer that."
~Gen. Maistrof, after reviewing the archival tapes of bridge security cameras.

the video from the tapes cut out as the tape ejects
Maistrof turns to find Roy in there with him
"sorry general but admiral's orders"*as he KOs Maistrof*
"hopefully you won't remember a thing"*takes all the surveillance tapes of lisa's walk to and from the bridge*

[taalismn]

"Okay, so maybe Casual Day got a little out of hand..."

"Casual Day?! What happens on Nude Beach Day ?! Wait...no...don't answer that."
~Gen. Maistrof, after reviewing the archival tapes of bridge security cameras.

the video from the tapes cut out as the tape ejects
Maistrof turns to find Roy in there with him
"sorry general but admiral's orders"*as he KOs Maistrof*
"hopefully you won't remember a thing"*takes all the surveillance tapes of lisa's walk to and from the bridge*

"Just like always."
*SMACK*
*POW*
*KRAK*
Various scene cuts of Maistroff getting cold-cocked
*QWUNCH*
*SLAM*
*KA-POWIE*
Sometimes it's Fokker's fist, sometimes it's another male's, sometimes it's female hands...
*TZANG*
...once it's a monkeywrench...
*POP*
*ZA-POW!*
*SLAP*
...Once Maistroff does a half-spin, his cap counter-rotating, before he face-firsts into a bulkhead...
*WHAM*
*THUNK*
*CHUNKA*
"Works every time..."
...We see an unconscious Maistroff being dragged off feet first down the hall, his head bouncing off the floor grate and partitions...

[batlchip]

Scene:On the bridge of the SDF 3 just before her space fold.
A young Lt falls through the bridge door,followed by a LT Commander.
Lt Commander:Captain Hays I want you to meet your new helmsman LT.Wrongway.

[Alpha 11]

Scene:On the bridge of the SDF 3 just before her space fold.
A young Lt falls through the bridge door,followed by a LT Commander.
Lt Commander:Captain Hays I want you to meet your new helmsman LT.Wrongway.

[drewkitty ~..~]

So that is where Rioga went after they finished filming Ranma 1/2.

[taalismn]

Maistroff strides into the Engineering section where Lang is.
“What’s keeping the repairs to our engines, Lang? You haven’t submitted a progress re----Is that a STILL between those engines?!”(points at a device of tubing and tanks, in plain sight, from which several techs are watching a steady drip of liquid into several bottles and a martini glass) “What is that thing do---*CLANK*--ngggg---”
“How’d you do that, sir?” (looking to where Doctor Lang has just applied a small electromagnet to Maistroff’s head, whereupon the latter now has a zombied look to him.)
“Iz neat, no? I found out he has a metal plate in his head...Apply a little electromagnetism and he’s out like a light...Doesn’t remember a thing afterwards, either, iz that not convenient? And if I modulate the current a little, I can make him dance! Vhant to zee?” (Maistroff’s legs start kicking like a Russian dancer’s)

[taalismn]

So that is where Rioga went after they finished filming Ranma 1/2.

"MInmei! I thought we were still eating fish head stew. Wher did you find PORK?"
"Oh, a little bit wandered in from somewhere...."
"Nice scarf, by the way."
"Came with the groceries."

"Rick Hunter?"
"Ack! It's the old sourpuss from bef*POW*GAHDANG
Claudia: (looking between the cadet now embedded in the bulkhead wall and the giant mallet in Lisa's hands) "Where did you get THAT?!"
"Oh, my last shoreleave in Japan..."

[batlchip]

Lisa Hays:Captain I'm worried about are new head of security.
Glovel:why?
Hays:He seems to be a little weird.
Glovel:How so?
Hays:He wears a mask with black eye circles and says some oddball stuff.He also seems to always carry two swords on his back even when he's off duty.
Glovel:Oh,him Thats just my long lost nephew.Don't worry about him.

[taalismn]

SDF-1 Bridge...all stations manned, all consoles lit, everything in order, as it should be.
Then Lisa Hayes steps from behind her console, undoes her uniform, and it slips to the floor, revealing the one piece swimsuit she’s wearing under it. She steps out of her shoes, steps to the front of the bridge balcony, climbs up on its front. She poses there for a moment, then gracefully leaps off...
Somersaults three times before straightening out and cleanly knifes into the Olympic-sized swimming pool three stories below the bridge balcony. As she swims to the sides, the techs there hold up scorecards; 8.5, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 9.
A moment later, Clauda appears on the bridge balcony above, also wearing a one-piece. She, too, dives into the pool below, executing a flawless backflip to earn straight 9s.
In rapid succession, the Bridge Bunnies appear, also in swimsuits, and dive into the pool, performing various in-air tumbles, twirls, flips, and glides, to average scores.
Then Gloval appears, in a black Speedo(don’t worry, folks, he’s a submariner, and he’s in great shape) and dives off. He does Greg Lougennis proud, with a triple axle triple somersault, before slicing into the water to applause and straight 10s....

“...YYYaggghhh!!!...” Rick Hunter bolts awake in his quarters, before realizing where he is.. “Man....that’s the last time I have ‘Uncle Cho’s Spicy Instant Ramen Plus’ instead of a real meal after a long shift...”

[Aramanthus]

ROFLMAO!!! Now during those little things that occur around the SDF-1 and other various altercations the new UEEF NCIS teams carry out any arrest that are needed.

[drewkitty ~..~]

rick, max and ben in blood splattered uniforms are taken into the lab after yet another fight with civilians stirred up by the rabble rouser.
*walks in a chick with dual pony tails, and a highly modified uniform that would put the best goth/lolita chik to shame with it's expression and simplicity*
"alright boys we gotta swab you down, to see who was fighting you, remove your clothes so we can collect from them too"
*she just stands there while the guys look at each other dumbly*
"come on snap to it!"* waits some more, the looks turn embarrassed*
"okay I get it"*walks to a cabinet and pulls out a paper smock and throws it at ben*"that is the last one."
"I wondered why Commander hays and miria ran in here so suddenly and took all but one."*gets a professional 'God I just love my job sometimes' smirk*

[taalismn]

CSI Miami...It's a sweltering day , and untimely death is in the air...The scene's been roped off, the police are holding back the tourists, and the CSI team is on the scene...

Horatio Cane: (looking down) (drawls that low-piched drawl he has even when describing the melted cheese he had for lunch) "Most peculiar...."
Delko:"How we going to solve this one?"
Horatio: (with that same drawling 'well, duh, Watson...')"The same way we always do...we follow the evidence..."
(Camera POV shot from above showing some squashed unfortunate at the bottom of a giant Zentraedi-sized foot print...as the screaming music starts and the camera pans up, we see a succession of giant footprints leading off towards the Miami skyline....)

[Alpha 11]

CSI Miami...It's a sweltering day , and untimely death is in the air...The scene's been roped off, the police are holding back the tourists, and the CSI team is on the scene...

Horatio Cane: (looking down) (drawls that low-piched drawl he has even when describing the melted cheese he had for lunch) "Most peculiar...."
Delko:"How we going to solve this one?"
Horatio: (with that same drawling 'well, duh, Watson...')"The same way we always do...we follow the evidence..."
(Camera POV shot from above showing some squashed unfortunate at the bottom of a giant Zentraedi-sized foot print...as the screaming music starts and the camera pans up, we see a succession of giant footprints leading off towards the Miami skyline....)

*Sakes head*

[taalismn]

(shortly after Rick's 'diving' dream)
"Hey, Lisa!"
"Hello, Rick."
"...what's that smell?"
"Oh, you smell it too? Chlorine...I just can't get the smell of it out of my hair after a bridge shift....why are you looking at me like that for , Rick?"

[green.nova343]

CSI Miami...It's a sweltering day , and untimely death is in the air...The scene's been roped off, the police are holding back the tourists, and the CSI team is on the scene...

Horatio Cane: (looking down) (drawls that low-piched drawl he has even when describing the melted cheese he had for lunch) "Most peculiar...."
Delko:"How we going to solve this one?"
Horatio: (with that same drawling 'well, duh, Watson...')"The same way we always do...we follow the evidence..."
(Camera POV shot from above showing some squashed unfortunate at the bottom of a giant Zentraedi-sized foot print...as the screaming music starts and the camera pans up, we see a succession of giant footprints leading off towards the Miami skyline....)

*Sakes head*

Hey, you're not sharing the sake with us...

[green.nova343]

“Oh man....I’m back on duty? I thought I just finished three straight shifts!” Lisa looked down at her console.
Instead of the expected jape from her companion, or some comment from the back, there was silence.
Lisa looked around, saw Claudia in her accustomed place, but staring at her. Looked around, saw Vanessa, Sammie, and Kim staring at her...Looked a little further and saw Gloval sitting there, also staring at her....Glanced back at the overhead screen, and saw a flight helmeted Rick Hunter also staring back at her, jaw swaying in the breeze...
Speaking of breezes...
“Oh...I appear to be completely naked.” Lisa observed. “...Oh, I must REALLY be tired if I’m having one of those damn ‘naked in school’ dreams. That's what this must be!”
“ah-uh....” Claudia helpfully supplied.
“Lisa? Go back to your quarters?” Gloval meekly intoned.
“Okay! I think I’ll do that...” She walked back to the end of the bridge. Just before she stepped out of earshot; “Though maybe , while I’m at it, I’ll try some of that lucid dreaming I’ve heard about...Maybe try dancing across Macross City for the fun of it...or maybe flyng OVER it..yeah that would be neat!...” With things again making sense to her, she fairly skipped out of sight.
There was a moment of silence on the bridge.
“CLAUDIA!” Gloval barked.
“I’m on it!” As Claudia bolted from the bridge to try to intercept her friend, and the Bridge Bunnies frantically tried to alert Bridge Tower security to lock off the access ways leading off the bridge area....
“I take it that WASN’T a communications malfunction or my air supply going wonky?” Lieutenant Hunter dazedly supplied, finally coming to his senses...
“Total blackout, Lieutenant...you saw nothing, you say nothing, or you ARE nothing, understand?”
“Yessir! Absolutely!”


(Meanwhile, an eavesdropping Zentraedi ELINT craft goes swerving out of control as its crew suffers convulsions at the controls)

Oh man that was funny!!!!!

Funny, yes, that's the word I would have picked...

*desperately wishes he had the artistic genius to make that fanboy scene come to animated life...*

[Aramanthus]

Some more funny ones guys! How about mixing that old favorite "The Man From Uncle!"

[taalismn]

Maiistroff bursts in on the 'pool scene'..."What in TARNATIO---No, wait, I'm not supposed to be seeing this, am I?!"
With that he promptly punches his OWN lights out, and collapses senseless to the deck.

[Alpha 11]

Maiistroff bursts in on the 'pool scene'..."What in TARNATIO---No, wait, I'm not supposed to be seeing this, am I?!"
With that he promptly punches his OWN lights out, and collapses senseless to the deck.

[taalismn]

Maistroff's too easy...in the OA, he actually seems to shape up, but in the McKInney and fanfiction subsequently books he's thoroughly demonized...

[Aramanthus]

There is nothing wrong with demonizing him. He deserves it. So please go ahead and demonize away!

[drewkitty ~..~]

demonizing a martinet? can't do that. they do it to themselves.

[taalismn]

demonizing a martinet? can't do that. they do it to themselves.

Maistroff: (reading the above comments)"...You really don't like me do you?....Well, I'll have you know, I don't have to work this stupid gig! I was first choice for 'Paul Blart, Mall Cop'! Yeah, I don't need you pimple-head otakus! I have my dignity! I..."
(The Fourth Wall advances in suddenly, squashing him like a bug on a microscope slide...)
ewerrrkkk!nghhhh!!!guuuooorrrwaakkkk!!"

[batlchip]

Lynn Kyle from the side."Better him then me. I'm tired of being killed."

[taalismn]

Lynn Kyle from the side."Better him then me. I'm tired of being killed."

"You can't see Lynn Kyle in this scene because he's trying not to be seen. He could be behind the bench, beyond that shrub, or in that tool shed...But we know where he is..."
(the Petit Cola machine suddenly explodes)

[Alpha 11]

Lynn Kyle from the side."Better him then me. I'm tired of being killed."

"You can't see Lynn Kyle in this scene because he's trying not to be seen. He could be behind the bench, beyond that shrub, or in that tool shed...But we know where he is..."
(the Petit Cola machine suddenly explodes)

[taalismn]

Captain Gloval and Lisa Hayes are walking along one of the corridors of the SDF-1 after a battle, walking past various damage control crews...
"How are the repairs going?"
"Proceeding apace, sir....power to the civilian sectors is back up, and restoration of services is on track..."
Gloval nods and opens a door...
*SPPLLLOOOOSSSHHHHHH*
Next scene, Gloval and Lisa are back down the hall, sopping wet, covered in strands of duckweed and marine vegetation, while all around them, the damage crews are running around in renewed frnzy...down at the end of the hall, another crew is belatedly sealing the door Gloval opened, and putting up a 'DO NOT ENTER' sign.
Gloval whale-blows water out of his pipe, while Lisa struggles to remove a carp from inside her uniform.
"I take it the fishfarms haven't been repaired, yet?"
"No, sir...obviously not..."

[Alpha 11]

Captain Gloval and Lisa Hayes are walking along one of the corridors of the SDF-1 after a battle, walking past various damage control crews...
"How are the repairs going?"
"Proceeding apace, sir....power to the civilian sectors is back up, and restoration of services is on track..."
Gloval nods and opens a door...
*SPPLLLOOOOSSSHHHHHH*
Next scene, Gloval and Lisa are back down the hall, sopping wet, covered in strands of duckweed and marine vegetation, while all around them, the damage crews are running around in renewed frnzy...down at the end of the hall, another crew is belatedly sealing the door Gloval opened, and putting up a 'DO NOT ENTER' sign.
Gloval whale-blows water out of his pipe, while Lisa struggles to remove a carp from inside her uniform.
"I take it the fishfarms haven't been repaired, yet?"
"No, sir...obviously not..."

Another good one!

[taalismn]

Practical Jokes played on the Robotech sets:

Lisa in Rick's apartment, straightening it out...she does the bed, goes over to the closet, opens it up.
"ARGH!"
There's Khyron's face, filling the entire door.
"EEEKKK!!!"
Lisa's fanning herself at the other end of the room, making the heart attack gesture as the crew laugh it up, Khyron standing up grinning from where he was crouched behind the set.

Bioroids come screaming in at the 15th, which proceeds to blast away at them...The red one's dodging Dana's fire, when it gets hit by a total gimme shot, and everybody knows it..whereupon the Bioroid starts going through a whole long extended death montage, hamming it up, staggering across the set, before collapsing in 'dead cockroach' position at the feet of Dana's Spartas....Dana cracks up...

Scott Bernard runs up to his Alpha, jumps in...then the seat ejection mechanism fires him out of the still open canopy and into the nearby lake...

The Regis appears to the Bernard group...she's wearing mirrorshades, with a cigarette holder in one hand and nursing a martini in the other...Scott buries his head in his hands, as the whole group cracks up...

Pan-shot...Musica on the Cosmic Harp....Octavia on keyboard.....Allegra in a leather jacket, spiked hairdo, and with an electric guitar...

[Aramanthus]

ROFLMAO!!! Those were some great ones! Please keep them coming. Especially more practical jokes!

[taalismn]

Yellow Dancer concert....Lunk, done up in amazing 'Tootsie'-style drag, ambles onto the stage...goes to the mike:"Sorry, Yellow couldn't make it...I'm 'Purple Bouncer', and I'm here to entertain you!"
(watching from a distance, Scott shakes his head: "I said I wanted a distraction for our protoculture heist, and you give me a riot? No, make that a BLOODBATH...I can't look...")

[drewkitty ~..~]

from high earth orbit you can hear a "NnNNNOOOOOOooooooooo"

then you see purple bouncer flying past you

[Alpha 11]

Practical Jokes played on the Robotech sets:

Lisa in Rick's apartment, straightening it out...she does the bed, goes over to the closet, opens it up.
"ARGH!"
There's Khyron's face, filling the entire door.
"EEEKKK!!!"
Lisa's fanning herself at the other end of the room, making the heart attack gesture as the crew laugh it up, Khyron standing up grinning from where he was crouched behind the set.

Bioroids come screaming in at the 15th, which proceeds to blast away at them...The red one's dodging Dana's fire, when it gets hit by a total gimme shot, and everybody knows it..whereupon the Bioroid starts going through a whole long extended death montage, hamming it up, staggering across the set, before collapsing in 'dead cockroach' position at the feet of Dana's Spartas....Dana cracks up...

Scott Bernard runs up to his Alpha, jumps in...then the seat ejection mechanism fires him out of the still open canopy and into the nearby lake...

The Regis appears to the Bernard group...she's wearing mirrorshades, with a cigarette holder in one hand and nursing a martini in the other...Scott buries his head in his hands, as the whole group cracks up...

Pan-shot...Musica on the Cosmic Harp....Octavia on keyboard.....Allegra in a leather jacket, spiked hairdo, and with an electric guitar...

That one had me going!!!!

[batlchip]

Rook watching next to Scott."So that's what happened to my spare undies."

[taalismn]

Scott lets Annie out of the back of the truck prior to the Yellow Dancer concert; "You sure you can do this?"
"Sure! Where'd you think I got my reputation as a pest?"
Rand: (from off-camera) "Because you make people want to hit you with a rolled up newspaper?"
"CUT! No comments from the peanut gallery!"


Rand's getting ready to ride at the dam when he hears something....
*SWISH* *CRACK*
"He's out cold. Now for the next part of the plan! Tie him up...uh-oh, I think....I think you broke his neck, Macgruder...Okay, change in plan...we go across the dam...and we keep going, got it? We don't stop until we reach Antarctica!"

[Alpha 11]

Scott lets Annie out of the back of the truck prior to the Yellow Dancer concert; "You sure you can do this?"
"Sure! Where'd you think I got my reputation as a pest?"
Rand: (from off-camera) "Because you make people want to hit you with a rolled up newspaper?"
"CUT! No comments from the peanut gallery!"


Rand's getting ready to ride at the dam when he hears something....
*SWISH* *CRACK*
"He's out cold. Now for the next part of the plan! Tie him up...uh-oh, I think....I think you broke his neck, Macgruder...Okay, change in plan...we go across the dam...and we keep going, got it? We don't stop until we reach Antarctica!"

[Aramanthus]

ROFLMAO!!!! Excellent one! Please keep these types coming in. Good thing for Rand they had Clones'RUS on hand for that replacement!

[taalismn]

ROFLMAO!!!! Excellent one! Please keep these types coming in. Good thing for Rand they had Clones'RUS on hand for that replacement!

"We've been bleached!"
"I thought this WASN'T the crossover thread."
"No, I mean there was a problem with somebody putting bleach in the clone tanks...We're having problems with the Rand clones!"
"You mean we don't have any?"
"No, not that...just his colors look a little faded...Well, to be honest, he looks like Kaworu Nagisa..."
"Well, get him to make-up a little early, then, and dye his hair back! We got a shoot going!"

[DhAkael]

ROFLMAO!!!! Excellent one! Please keep these types coming in. Good thing for Rand they had Clones'RUS on hand for that replacement!

"We've been bleached!"
"I thought this WASN'T the crossover thread."
"No, I mean there was a problem with somebody putting bleach in the clone tanks...We're having problems with the Rand clones!"
"You mean we don't have any?"
"No, not that...just his colors look a little faded...Well, to be honest, he looks like Kaworu Nagisa..."
"Well, get him to make-up a little early, then, and dye his hair back! We got a shoot going!"

Damn! No wonder Rand was so out of it in that desert / halucination / dreamtime walkabout episode.

[taalismn]

ROFLMAO!!!! Excellent one! Please keep these types coming in. Good thing for Rand they had Clones'RUS on hand for that replacement!

"We've been bleached!"
"I thought this WASN'T the crossover thread."
"No, I mean there was a problem with somebody putting bleach in the clone tanks...We're having problems with the Rand clones!"
"You mean we don't have any?"
"No, not that...just his colors look a little faded...Well, to be honest, he looks like Kaworu Nagisa..."
"Well, get him to make-up a little early, then, and dye his hair back! We got a shoot going!"

Damn! No wonder Rand was so out of it in that desert / halucination / dreamtime walkabout episode.

Chlorox on the Brain...

"Good god, you mean he's been BRAINWASHED?!"
"Lancer, if it wasn't for the Invid outside picking up protoculture emissions, I'd shoot you with my Galant H-90 for that pun...as it is, I'll settle for pistol-whipping you."
"Who'd do such a thing!? The Invid?"
"No,Rook, those folks over there."
"Annie, it's not polite to break the Fourth Wall. Or even point it out."
"Sorry, Lunk."
"S'right."

[Alpha 11]

ROFLMAO!!!! Excellent one! Please keep these types coming in. Good thing for Rand they had Clones'RUS on hand for that replacement!

"We've been bleached!"
"I thought this WASN'T the crossover thread."
"No, I mean there was a problem with somebody putting bleach in the clone tanks...We're having problems with the Rand clones!"
"You mean we don't have any?"
"No, not that...just his colors look a little faded...Well, to be honest, he looks like Kaworu Nagisa..."
"Well, get him to make-up a little early, then, and dye his hair back! We got a shoot going!"

Damn! No wonder Rand was so out of it in that desert / halucination / dreamtime walkabout episode.

Chlorox on the Brain...

"Good god, you mean he's been BRAINWASHED?!"
"Lancer, if it wasn't for the Invid outside picking up protoculture emissions, I'd shoot you with my Galant H-90 for that pun...as it is, I'll settle for pistol-whipping you."
"Who'd do such a thing!? The Invid?"
"No,Rook, those folks over there."
"Annie, it's not polite to break the Fourth Wall. Or even point it out."
"Sorry, Lunk."
"S'right."

*Shacks head*

[drewkitty ~..~]

*shakes head & groans cause is to tired to LOL*

[Aramanthus]

LOL Cute! Very funny. Hopefully you get recharged during your brother's visit!

[taalismn]

Nah, I'd need three months of sleep in a sleepy little New England coastal community on paid vacation during the summer to accomplish that...


"Send out the Bioroids! Destroy the impudent humans!"
"Milord, we can't!"
"Remove all defective clones and confine them! Gather the remaining reserves for the attack!"
"IT's not that, milord!"
"Then what -is- it?!"
"IT's the Bioroid Pilots' Union...Their contract lapsed a day ago! They're refusing to do anything until their contract is re-negotiated! They're officially on strike!"
"On STRIKE?! WE're in the middle of a war for survival here! They can't go on strike!"
"THey can, they did, and they are. They aren't budging until we're answered their demands!"
"Call out the Guard Triumvirates! Put them in their place!"
"The Guard Triumvirates' LOcal Number One has declared 'workers' solidarity'!"
"And this affects how much of our fleet?"
"Over sixty percent of our workforce, and virtually all of our military."
"Shaizan, I told you not to neglect the contract deadline!"
"Shut up, Bowkaz! It was YOUR ancestor's idea when the Masters were overthrowing the Republic to bring the Teamsters onboard as part of the New Order, and allow them to write their union into the New Society!"

[drewkitty ~..~]

[taalismn]

"Well, Professor Cochrane...what have you learned from studying the bioroid pilot we brought you?"
"They're mass-production clones."
"Eh? You did a genetic analysis?"
"No...I found 'Made in Tiresia' stamped on his tongue, and 'Certified by Inspector #3470' stamped in his armpit..."

[Alpha 11]

"Well, Professor Cochrane...what have you learned from studying the bioroid pilot we brought you?"
"They're mass-production clones."
"Eh? You did a genetic analysis?"
"No...I found 'Made in Tiresia' stamped on his tongue, and 'Certified by Inspector #3470' stamped in his armpit..."

[taalismn]

"Milord, we report that the MIcronians are massing at the---why are you looking at me like that?"
*AHEM!*
"Forget something?"
"Something important?"
"NO, milord, we're taken all intelligence into consideration ncluding their own communicatio---what?!"
(One of the Masters is gesturing at his throat)
"What?! Oh...Oh! Right! Just a moment..."
(a moment later after making an adjustment to his collar)
(Back in the raspy clone-voice he'd dropped out of..)
"As I was saying, milord, the micronians are massing---"
"Better."

[Alpha 11]

"Milord, we report that the MIcronians are massing at the---why are you looking at me like that?"
*AHEM!*
"Forget something?"
"Something important?"
"NO, milord, we're taken all intelligence into consideration ncluding their own communicatio---what?!"
(One of the Masters is gesturing at his throat)
"What?! Oh...Oh! Right! Just a moment..."
(a moment later after making an adjustment to his collar)
(Back in the raspy clone-voice he'd dropped out of..)
"As I was saying, milord, the micronians are massing---"
"Better."