Gaeta relaxes an inch as he realizes Leon didn't pick up on anything. More and more, it's been a struggle for him to contain the small -- and sometimes not so small -- prickles of resentment he feels whenever he meets someone who proclaims they're from Earth. Seems like his world drew the shortest straw in the entire godsdamn multiverse some days.

"It doesn't, but that means you can make up whatever you want about the United States and I'll probably believe it," he says, more or less easily. As the next hand's dealt, he scoops up his cards. "Anyway -- yes, FTL means faster-than-light. The jump drives that allow for it are standard on military ships, but a little less common on civilian ones. I spent most of my career calculating Galactica's jumps."