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The Professor often makes passing references to the brutal deaths of previous employees; the crew prior to Fry's arrival was said to have been devoured by a space [[wasp]] (modified in a later episode to stung to death by a swarm of gigantic space bees instead).
===Planet Express Ship===
The Planet Express ship is usually captained by Leela, with Bender serving as cook and Fry as delivery boy. Amy, Farnsworth, Hermes, and Dr. Zoidberg accompany/supplement the crew as needed. Sometimes Scruffy the Janitor wanders on board as well. The ship is equipped with an [[autopilot]] (seen and heard in "[[Bendless Love]]", mentioned in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]". It is often described as drunk and incompetent), a huge cargo [[winch]] (first used in "[[Episode Two: The Series Has Landed ]]"), a shipboard [[artificial intelligence]] (featured and subsequently shut down in the episode "[[Love and Rocket]]"), and is powered by [[dark matter]] engines (first seen in "[[Love's Labours Lost in Space]]"). In addition, the ship is armed with a single turret-mounted laser cannon first utilized in "[[When Aliens Attack]]", and two torpedo launchers first utilized in "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]" and also used in later episodes.▼
Planet Express Ship shows the overbite of a Groenig character, and the ship in many episodes appears a personification of its usual pilot Leela. This includes large booted landing feet, and a cyclopian wrap-around windscreen, without a center-divider.
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Nearly every mission that the Professor assigns his crew is unusually dangerous. However, the ship's hull plating serves as suitable armor to protect the crew, an example of its effectiveness seen in the episode "[[Love and Rocket]]", where the ship is able to withstand the full impact of several [[Omicron Persei VIII|Omicronian]] concussion missiles whilst fleeing from the Omicronians, only suffering relatively minor physical damage as a result.
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