As evidenced by properties like Quark, Red Dwarf, Galaxy Quest, and John Scalzi’s Redshirts, there is a long tradition of skewering various aspects of Star Trek universe. The worst of these satiric takes focus solely on the surface level aspects of Roddenberry’s creation—the space age architecture, funny sounding alien names, and unwieldy props. The best reveal the satirists’ familiarity and love of the series, while still poking holes in its many plot contrivances and cliche-driven stories. The latest entry into this sub-genre is Cracked’s Starship Icarus, a four-part series of shorts that follows the maintenance support crew of a large intergalactic spaceship. And while there are some of those easy shots at “funky aliens“ and numerous dick jokes, Icarus shows an affinity for these types of space exploration stories while musing on the realistic implications of having replicators, going into deep space, or dealing with the IT support tickets of the crew of a spacefaring vessel.