Holding his food tray, Nick spotted Izi sitting alone at a corner table.  Moving through the busy lunch hour, he slid into the chair across from the Andorian security officer.  He moved a PADD off the tray and set it on the table.

Izi glared at him.

“What’s the matter, Izi?  You don’t like someone sitting uninvited at your table?” said Nick.

“What do you want?”  Izi’s antennae leaned forward.

“Fair is fair.  You do it to us,” said Nick, chuckling.

“Hmph,” scoffed Izi.

“Anyway, I’ll get right to it.  Ever since you got back from Ferenginar and Hok left, you’ve been grumpy.  At least more than usual.”  Nick took a bite of the casserole he ordered.

“I’m not a grumpy person and you know it,” scoffed Izi.

“Yeah, I’m just messing with you, but you really have been different the last few days.”

“So again, what do you want?” said Izi.

“You and I have accumulated a lot of leave time,” said Nick.  “I talked with the XO and suggested we could both take some now.”

“You talked to Commander Allen without checking with me first?”  Izi scowled.

“I guess I’m not explaining it right,” said Nick, taking another bite of food.  “I was talking with the commander about some diagnostics we did in engineering and the topic of leave time came up.”

“Just came up.  Imagine that,” said Izi.

Nick smiled.  “Have you heard of Delvis IV?”

“No.  What is it,” said Izi.

“It’s a low-tech, back-to-nature world.  People go there to live the old ways or to test themselves.  A real Klingony planet.”

“I grew up on an ice world.  Why would I want to go to a place like that?”

“They’re having a huge martial arts tournament,” said Nick.

“Oh?”

Nick could see that piqued Izi’s interest.  “We’re going to rendezvous with a freighter taking supplies to a nearby system.  We can charter them to take us to Delvis while the Eagle does more humanitarian aid.  It’s a chance to get away and do something other than being a delivery service.”

“It does sound like something I’d be interested in doing,” said Izi, “but you don’t seem the type to rough it for awhile.”

It was Nick’s turn to scowl.  “You might be surprised what I can do.”

“I suppose I would,” said Izi.  “Tell me more.”

“Delvis is in Federation space, but it’s not a member or a protectorate,” said Nick.  “The Fed leaves them alone as long as they abide by some rules.”

“Like what?” said Izi.

“The main one is no killing each other in their tests or tournaments.”  Nick slid his PADD across the table.  “It’s all here.  Read it and let me know.  Commander Allen already approved us going, if you want.”

Izi looked at the PADD.  “I don’t like that you did this without asking me, but getting the chance to pummel a few opponents is appealing.  All right, I’ll let you know.”

“Excellent!” said Nick.  “This is going to be fun.”