Scifi scene

"BATTLE SEQEUNCE ENGAGE!"

"DAMAGE TO HULL"

a panel explodes and kills the captain

"fuuuck"
he dies

The weapons officer yells to the navigator
"you have to take command, what are your orders?"

"Fire the guns!"

"Aye"

"Shoot the other things"

"Other things away"

"Now spin the ship aruond!"

"Whee!"

"Give em the finger!"

"FUCK YOU"

the enemy explodes

"target destroyed, sir"

""we've got to get back to the front lines and help the fleet,
ensign, lay in a reciprocal course to mangus 5 at full laserspeed, on my mark...

Engage."

-Cut!

"what?

dont say on my mark, ok, let's take it from target destroiyed..

"why cant i say on my mark, im in the chair!"

a second tier character in a scifi show wihinges that he wants to say "on my mark" superfluously because its the only time hes going to get to sit in the chair, he already got to say "reciprov\cal course" when telling someone to take them back to the battle, and he wants to have his moment

"but its not necessary, the intention of the on my mark command is to ready the officer to engage a time-sensitive action in any given strategic scenario, its not just that he wouldnt want to DELAY the order, if anything, that he would simply 'and engage' after designating the course!"

"well if you were in the business of delaying orders, my colon wouldnt be full of man-junk!"

the crew stiffens in shock at the outburst. wee see their expressions hold for an uncomfortable moment.

"on my mark then-"

the director turns and escapes the room

"yeah, thats right!"

"...gonna fly this motherfucker into a STAR next season!"

he bellows as YODA
"beeeiiiiitch!"


the lights flash and we leave the scene