"In a sense. My ships don't sail through water, but through space, like I said, so the way we do it is... quite different," he hedged, because he wasn't sure how to explain things like dilithium crystal and nuclear power sources and warp drives. "And yes, we do have many of the same ranks as you would in a navy. I'm the captain of my ship, and I have a Lieutenant Commander, navigations officer, a communications offer, a CMO, and so on down the list."

Eventually they would hit a bottom and have to try and come back up, right?