"Yeah, that's kinda open, isn't it?" he agrees. "I'm talking space phenomena we've never seen before, mostly. Weird stars or whatever that defy physics as we know it. Things that get the science department super excited."

Jim looks down at the table in mild surprise, having partly forgotten the datapad was there. "Oh. Onboard, yeah, I do. Not right now though. Enterprise is going to be in for repairs for a while so Command asked me to teach at the Academy in the meantime. Tactics. I was grading papers. And getting messages. No chance at going off radar when you're in Starfleet," he adds wryly, aware that the centuries-old idiom is probably ahead of her time. But she seems like a smart cookie, and context helps, so he's not too worried she'll miss his meaning.