"Uhura, here. Captain Kirk has just left the com. Want to go grab some lunch?" Lt. Uhura speaks into the microphone. Across the room Scotty picks up the message and nods. When they're both relieved from their stations, they take the elevator down to the cafeteria.
Even on a ship as big as this, the cafeteria was planned with several theme areas. The crew members sit in the Jungle area. among the tropical plants while birds flit around hologram banana trees.
Uhura eats her burger created in the food-o-matic. She spots something on the ground need the holo-trees. "Scotty, what is that?" She points at a little fuzzy thing on the floor."
"Ya got me Missy." Scotty barely looked up from his steak to see what it was.
The fuzzball moved closer. Uhura peeped a tiny scream and lifted her feet under the table. "Scotty, I think it's alive."
That got Scotty's attention. "Aye, it looks to be some sort of rat."
"RAT?" Uhura was fully up on the chair now. "Rat?"
"Oh lassie, it's a tiny scrrrap of a thing. Nothing to worry your head about." He patted her hand.
The fuzz moved to Scotty and made a little purring noise. Uhura stepped down and examined it closer. "Oh I know what this is. We've had these on the ship before." She tossed it a scrap of food. "It's a Tribble."
"Great Scot woman! Not those blasted things! It took all of my reserve power to eradicate those. Catch it!"
Uhura and Scotty scramble between the chairs and tables trying to catch the elusive Tribble. They're finally forced to give up the chase as it disappears down an air vent.
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