The Phloobian's don't like competition and have "friends" in high places. Baakar and Drolos thought they could get an earth creature by the of name Howard Tayler to undermine the Phloobian lock on zeneliax initializers.

Little did they realize that Tayler spelled backwards is Relyat....the archnemisis of the Phloobs.

Relyat's don't like competition either. Especially from two little worms like these who thought they'd corner the Mentos market.

Actually John, those are neat caricatures of Pelosi and Reid. HeeHee!!

After the read in, we see the two as bad guys...now try:

SUD (standard universe date) 376384.1. It was freekin' cold outside, at least -375 C. Yet a warm breeze was coming in from the pole; we'd be breathin' sulfur fumes by high sun. We were workin' the bunko detail out of robbery division. The head inquistor is Capt. Lypotian, my stubby partner's name is Bvcaack, my names Gork. Yeah, I carry a badge.

Now we see 'em as heros.

It's ironic really, since it's believed that Baakar and Drolos were once agents of the Synod. Their gruesome sub-atomic wedgie spree crisscrossed the galaxies with no end in sight. Of course, they are not really on trial for those abominable acts but rather for the crimes of leaving Synod Books in the chamber pots of comfort stations along the way. Suffice it to say, the water was not pristine.

By the way, acid flensing doesn't work on Sherples due to the Silicinium in their skin, so Baakar will be flensed with lasers. Even so, it is believed that he will most likely survive the punishment. This has led to the "Die Baakar, Die" bill currently under consideration in the Phloobian-controlled Senate.

"It was freekin' cold outside, at least -375 C. Yet a warm breeze was coming in from the pole" Call me a nerd, but I found that funny. :)

Kelvin

Sorry Kevin, Al Gore hasn't gotten to Eruta II yet.

GarandFan, really? I'd have thought that the gullible Erutian IIs would've attracted him, coupled with the searing sulphur fumes during the day and the scientifically dubious sub-zero Kelvin temperatures at night. Ask Captain Lypotian -- I think he has a file on him. Maybe he's using an alias?

FYI John, the italics close tag after the caption is "?i" instead of the proper "/i", which results in extending the italics and no white background in my apparently hypersensitive Opera browser.

I have nothing to add.
(The fat one with the beak looks nifty. And decidedly villainous...)

Wedgies and books in the loo aside, everyone agreed that those two could bring down a party faster than any other known life form in this or any other system. The fact that there was no law against party-pooping meant nothing to the synod.

Baakar's orginal downfall was getting involved in selling "carbon credits" to the Gorm during the Yewestial Uprising. The Synod had degreed that this new war would be fought "green". Baakar got Drolos to pitch a plan to the Synod to take over Kromos by saying that the planet was so fertile a broken twig would spring into an ecological carbon dump with little or no work. Drolos could sell ploki (a vegetable) to the Emoks (inverterate meat eaters) and make them think it was corgi (their favorite meat).
Unfortunately their plans went awry when the Synod found out that the only thing that 'grew' on Kromos was sand.