"Whisperings from Below"

[Guest TParek]

"So the new security officer is a slave?"

 

"That's what I heard the Andorian say. It must be some part of the Caitian exchange program. A slave exchange, I guess."

 

"But I thought the Caitians were the cats themselves! Or are the Caitians just the slaveowners?"

 

"I think the Orion Syndicate is involved, and it's a conspiracy the Andorians are engineering. That's why the blueskin knew about it and we didn't."

 

"Did you see that bottlebrush tail she had when she came in? She seemed pretty angry."

 

"I thought I heard her hissing."

 

"Who ever signed a cat aboard?"

 

"If Larry's right, probably the Orions. No-good, promiscuous..."

 

"Keep your voice down. Someone might take offense to racial slurring."

 

"Hey, I'm just the messenger on these things..."

 

The three ensigns sipped their coffees, crowded into an access tube above Main Engineering. What a strange ship they were on. So very odd.