"Look at it, ordering from the bar like it thinks it's people."
"Hmph. I bet the mangy beast has fleas."
"I can't believe they let an animal like that loose on the station."
"Someone ought to throw the thing back in its cage."
"...What, like us?"
"No! I, ah... I mean, I'm sure security will see to it."
"R-right. Security. Heh. Let the grunts earn their keep."
"Besides, I wouldn't want to dirty my hands dealing with that mangy cat."
"Of course. We have better things to do."
"Say, why don't you get us a refill?"
"Hm? Oh, uhm... I'm alright for now. Maybe in a few minutes."
"Sure, a few minutes."
Rumors coming from the ISS Paganini are the the CO and XO are spending extended periods of time in a room that is sealed off from the rest of the crew and has extensive security measures. No one has dared to approach the room bar one and shortly afterwards there was an airlock malfunction when he was fixing something within the lock.
A few people speculate about what is the room from some sort of secret weapon, a prisoner they have captured (This one isn't widely believed) or that they have something of utmost importance to them that they want nothing to happen to sealed inside.
Rumors abound regarding the "gift" that Lennox has brought for Admiral Perim from his latest round of raids and interdictions using the ISS Windrunner. Among the most discussed items are bricks of gold-pressed latinum, precious gems, or valuable resources such as Radiogenic Particles or Craylon Gas. Other possibilities are banners of enemy nations and heads of the Empire's most wanted.
Rumor has it that Dallas Burns executed his chief engineer for 'Incompetence' while repairing the minor damage inflicted in a minor fleet action against Alliance vessels. Needless to say, I.S.S. Yorktown does have a billet open for one Chief Engineer!
Rumor has it that the exceptionally broad-shouldered skeleton of a Bajoran female hanging in Captain Desimone's ready room isn't actually there for medical reference at all, but rather as a means by which to intimidate her crew by displaying the remains of someone who got on her nerves.
"Get us the hell out of here, Maxwell! Maximum warp!" "Sir, we're down a nacelle! I need to recalibrate our warp field!" "Damn it! Kelso, dump emegency power into aft shields!" "No good, Sir, that last volley fused our aft emitters." "God damnit! Does anything on this ship still work?!" "YOU WILL BE ADAPTED TO SERVE US." "Maxwell! Double time on that warp field!" "Sir, they're charging weapons!" "YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED." "Brace for impact! All hands, brace for impa-"
>>ERR: Signal LOST
Rumor has it that Captain Zaldo has moved her belongings to her new ship the I.S.S. Inquistion, after serving as the XO of the I.S.S. Discord for the past two years.
Rumor also has it that the crew of the I.S.S. Discord are hold a little party/support group this afternoon.
Rumor also also has it the Discord's Captain Scott Forde is feeling remarkably less ill, but seems to think it's still 2414, and that the Discord is in the Sol Sector about to pick up his new XO, Commander Zaldo.