--I suppose they wouldn't. I just hate to think what they might be like if their food supplies are limited. But that might have been insensitive of me, I guess they can't help what their dietary needs are. [Franz is well-versed with dealing with alien life, after all: it's unfair to judge someone based on their biological requirements, but on the other hand, no one wants to be trapped on a ship with something that could see them as a food source, really.]

I read about the pirates. That happened not long ago?