[The conversation is interrupted by the sound of spluttering, the remnants of Jim's mouthful of coffee escaping back into his mug. Damn it Spock, he had not been expecting that.]

Yeah, I'm sure he's a real comedian..

[The sarcasm is just oozing off of that statement, as Jim sets the mug down and picks up part of an old circuit board a couple of inches in diameter.]

We've been working on collecting secondhand tech to try and put together a scanner. We need to know more about this planet and its people, anything that can give us an angle on how they brought us here.