The comments came, interestingly enough, on a person-by-person - not photo-by-photo - basis:

* Jim Kirk in bikini trunks oiled up and comfortable in his own body dilated the two female officers' pupils and another opening or two. The hands that had tactilely kept him "interested" at the photo shoot created photos with pure eye candy appeal. Starfleet would have noooo problems increasing the number of recruits after this went on sale.

* McCoy, surprisingly, looked great. Despite spending 23 hours of every 24 in Sickbay, McCoy somehow found time to work out. Careful and expert application of makeup "younged" him up. In their periodic comms, Abby McCoy had hinted to Uhura that "Lenny" had nothing to be ashamed of and the truth of that was obvious without any stimulus.

* Sulu in skinny trunks turned into a lithe, tight martial arts god. Built like every swimmer or diver Carol had ever known back at Oxford, his casual confidence and lovely proportions made an interesting contrast with his fellow officers. A nice package didn't hurt either.

* While not exactly the most fit of the lot, there was something to be said for climbing up and down jeffries tubes and access conduits for 12 or 15 hours every day. Scotty presented the most serious appearance but it worked for the ensemble photo, given his position as the shortest of the group.

And then came Spock...

Every set of male eyes in the room watched for Uhura's reaction - except McCoy, who stared at Spock with malevolent anticipation. Kirk stepped back a second before his own package would have caught her chair dead center.

"Oh my GOD! WHO DID THIS?"

Uhura's reaction - both vocal and telepathic - shook Spock so badly he spoke her pet name aloud in a room full of people.

"K'diwa - "

"How did this happen!? Carol - did you see this-this-this... PROP when we were at the shoot!?"

"I promise you, I didn't. I would've lo- "

"CAROL! That's my HUSBAND!"

Furious, Uhura spun on Jim Kirk, who would take the blame for letting this picture see publication. A hail from the bridge interrupted the peer review of the photos.

"Captain," Hannity started, "there's a hail from Admiral Komack. For you and the group."

"Captain, may I suggest we adjourn to our quarters."

"Why not the bridge, Spock?" Kirk asked.

"There's no WAY those pictures of MY HUSBAND are going to be seen on the bridge of the ENTERPRISE!"

"Captain, I would agree with Nyota. Privacy might be best for communicating with the Admiral."

Spock explained this as he made a beeline for the corridor at maximum stride.

McCoy, absolutely jubilant at Spock's predicament, brought up the rear. Cradling three bottles of bourbon tenderly, he provided color commentary to the corridor.

"Just keeps gettin' better and better!"