"Well, so long as we're being honest here, my job on board said starship consists mainly of paperwork, meetings, scheduling and other managerial tasks. Not that I'm complaining because I love my job and couldn't see myself doing anything else. But most days it's very routine."

It's when things go wrong or they discover something new that they get to have a bit of fun. Or danger. Both of those things happen, just not nearly as often as people like to make it out to be.

"What's on the moon to see, squirt?" Jim bends down again and scoops Theresa into his arms this time, holding her up against one of his hips so she's on equal ground as the adults talking. "My ship is very very far away from this planet right now. In a whole other solar system, even. I'm sorry."