1 Spanners: Let’s recap. We need to replace the hyperdrive. We can’t perform any physical functions while in cyberspace.
2 Spanners: The nanogoo that could do the job, albeit perhaps dangerously, needs a software update that we can’t afford.
3 Spanners: And the mass spectrometer that we could have manipulated electrically to do the job is just a cardboard box.
4 Spanners: Ideas?
4 Serron: We perform an illegal hack on the nanogoo!

Every so often a long-running comic (or TV show) needs a recap.

Mostly to remind the writers what's happened so they don't mess up the continuity.