"You said it, Ensign!" Taylor feels a clap on his back as one of the enlisted ranks in his department sits down next to him. Jake is a reasonably good pilot, probably the best in the department after Taylor himself. But the man (two years younger than Taylor himself) was very loud, and lived his life as if every moment were the last, perhaps "the ONLY" moment of it.
"At least they let you officers bend the rules sometimes," Padilla says gesturing toward the alcohol. "I haven't had a drop since the new crew welcome party." Young was pretty sure this was a lie, but maybe if you added "in public" it would stick.