Troi in the background smiling in the bottom panel just makes it so much better.
Unrelated Sidenote: The music from Subspace Rhapsody is on Spotify. Just saying.
Well. Gotta wait a month before I get paid again but I know what i'll be buying. I look forward to it. Thank you very much for this. I know very little about the Trek books/comics.
Apparently it's no Paramount 'canon' and it only got written because Majel Barrett demanded it.
This is beautiful. I feel silly it took me a couple reads. Then in a flash I saw Picard elbowing Data out of the way to mash the fire button like a kid playing Tekken for the first time. Desperate shots go wide, there's a heavy sigh as realization sets in...he stands up straight, smooths his uniform, "Onscreen."
Here I am just singing along to the Subspace Rhapsody soundtrack and I have to pause it due to laughing so hard at your comment. A very vivid picture of what you described popped into my head and I love it.
Majel Barrett is without a doubt my favorite trek actress. Just so damned good.
