Hey there, Improvised Star Trek listeners. This is Chris Ratchin. Please enjoy this bonus scene and then stick around for a few bits of news.

Between acting Captain Rips Tipley and Captain Baxter called Acting Captain Rips Tifley.

What are your orders, Captain?

Give me a hug.

First of all, I'm going to need a lot of support on this one. Thank you, man.

I got you.

I couldn't have done this without you.

I have a good...

Oh, yes.

Oh, this is God.

It hurts me.

All right. All right. What are your orders, Captain orders got All right Now give me a nice big hug All right You lug I'm gonna yell You lug I'm gonna go Oh my head Ow Ow, ow ow Ow, ow Oh boy But really it's Red Lurt What do your orders got to do? All right, let's see. All right. I guess, um, hail them, but not before you give me... Come on in here, you all you.

I got you.

I love you, man.

Oh, this has been a great week.

Yeah, and next week when we go back to the future, it's, uh, and scene.

Here's a concept. It's not coming together. And scene.

That was acting captain, Rip Stippley, which we improvised as a warm-up on January 8th from suggestion by Rob Coffin via Twitter,

and it is a very good example of how some mornings we need to warm up more than others before our episodes.

We've got just two small announcements for you here for the news. First of all,

happy 2017. This is the first time we've had news since the new year. We'd like to first of all

thank everyone who voted for us in the Audioverse Awards, both the semifinals and the finals.

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