He nodded. "That would be right. We have a science division on my ship, security, command, engineering, medical - all sorts of people with all sorts of disciplines and other skills not necessarily taught through the Academy. As for missions - in known space, rotations are usually a few months to a year long before coming in before coming in for debriefing and restocking. The one I was about to go on? It would five years out in unexplored space."

He had no problem answering her questions - curiosity was a welcome thing to him, and he had long ago come to terms with his presence here and the Prime Directive and how much he could say.