[Lina nodded at that, and then turned toward the screen.]

- Very interesting! Have you thought of the risks inherent in such an endevor, though?

[She chuckled, then - To think that she was now in a position of telling somebody else that what they were thinking of might be too risky...]

[And that was when a handsome man in a uniform smiled at all of them.]

...I sure wouldn't mind having a prototype or three of those things on my ship, though, ha ha ha -

- Thank you, Captain Kirk.

[The AIs nodded at that, and made of point of making one of their avatars make a note of that fact in a virtual notebook.]

Please do raise your hand before speaking out the next time, though...

...Yeah, sorry, sorry.

[Captain Kirk said, and then gave Kotomi a bright shiny grin, while some of the other people there facepalmed.]

- Please do carry on, young lady - You're doing swimmingly!