The plot thickens.

Nice touch with the black hole and its accretion disk, I do like scientific realism mixed in with my SciFi.

::sigh:: Some things never change... the woman cops the blame for the men behaving badly trying to get her attention. I bet the commander is going to end up disciplining her.

So if this isn't a reprimand, then what would you call it? Not an informal chat, that's for sure...

Meanwhile crew working in the 0 filtration, water treatment, and hydroponics pondering whether it's worth the risk.

* 0^2 filtration.

I didn't realize special characters like exponents don't go through.

Wait. It's not a reprimand, but she then gets all accusatory? Sounds like the Commander isn't a very good leader at this point... Unless she's going to just turn the Morale Officer loose on the saboteurs.