Trip looked over as well, accidentally catching the eye of one of the Ensigns, who blushed and studied his drink.

"I guess," he said, turning back to his own drink. "It is something, to step on a planet that no other humans have ever been on before. I'm not too keen on the shuttles they used to go to the moon in the 20th century, but imagine being the first person to set foot on the moon." He certainly romanticised the unexplored himself.

"Doesn't this Enterprise explore new civilizations too?"