AN: I don't know why these omakes wouldn't leave me alone, but now that they're done, hopefully I can actually FINISH the next chapter! So to tide you over, here you go!

Rule XX14: Do not give out untested weaponry to destroyers. ESPECIALLY if they came from the SCIENCE! girls!

An explosion of energy ripped apart the night in a torrent of neon blue light, accompanied by a tower of swirling globules of energy that danced in the air, cascading around the base in a display that would awe and humble any who viewed it... unless you happened to live at Yokosuka. Then it was a Tuesday.

Growling as she threw her blanket off and marched over to the window to look out at the fading glow, Leviathan glowered at the light, letting her eyes adjust until she spotted the culprit at fault. Grumbling dark and foul oaths beneath her breath, the cruiser quickly threw on some PT gear and stomped her way out of the barracks over to the docks, where a certain destroyer was lifting an archaic looking weapon up in both hands with a near demonic grin of glee on her face. The object began to glow again as the smaller ship-girl looked out over the open ocean and breathed in.

"Ex... CALIBU-"

"UNSC LANCELOT! WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT TESTING EXPERIMENTAL WEAPONS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION!?"

The destroyer in question let out an 'Eep!' and nearly dropped her new faerie-made sword in surprise, clutching it to her chest after catching it before turning to her flagship. Bright blue eyes shone beneath curled blonde bangs that were the only part of her hair not held back in a ponytail. "Oh, uh... Hi Levi. Umm... Well you see..."

"Bad enough that the Admirals are going to have our heads for borrowing their faeries for new projects, but you decide to test it in the middle of the goddamn night off the main docks?! Seriously Lance, this is too much..."

"I'm sorry... I just... I get a little excited with them, you know? I don't get asked to do much other than patrols, so when Yuubari and the others asked..."

"Wait wait wait wait... Yuubari was in on this too?" Levi asked, to which Lancelot nodded. "Please tell me she didn't try to power it with those pinched-fusion drives that she was testing... And that THAT'S why the blast off that thing was blue instead of gold?"

"...Okay," Lancelot said with a small smile, which did NOTHING to convince her flagship of her innocence.

"Lancelot..."

"I can't lie if don't answer."

"God damn it..." the cruiser said, palming her forehead to try and mitigate the headache that she knew was going to form. "Fine, get the hell out of here before the MPs arrive. I'll make sure to tell them it was another of Yuubari's experiments. They're used to that by now..."

The little destroyer's smile grew wider as she hefted her gold-and-blue decorated sword over her shoulder and began skipping down the docks back towards the labs, pleased that her new sword not only worked as requested, but didn't even explode once! It was a new record for one of Yuubari's experiments, and Lancelot was happy that it was this one that it happened with.

"And for God's sake Lancelot, if you start dressing in Lolita outfits and making comments about how 'Hunger is the Enemy', I will wrap that thing around your neck and feed you to the submarines!"

Rule XX15: Make sure you know what your fellow ship-peoples' words MEAN before you go assuming things!

Large, bulbous eyes stared forward, seemingly magnified by the glass of the fish bowl into comical size as the creature who owned them opened and closed its mouth rhythmically, seemingly gulping at nothing at the creature across from it. From within the fish bowl, a goldfish did the same, unable to really do anything else as its tiny brain could not fathom what the giant in front of it was trying to do...

"Inquisitor, what the hell are you doing?"

...Or for that matter, the giant's compatriot. "Huh? Oh, just watching the fishy Fin! I didn't know they came in such shiny colors!"

"Well, could you stop trying to imitate it at least? You're drawing enough stares as it is..."

The ship-girl pulled away from the counter and waddled over to the larger of the two where their guide, a local submarine named Iku was waiting. UNSC Infinity was an amazon of a woman, constantly having to duck anytime she got near a doorway, and not always succeeding, with a well-defined figure and curves that practically fell out of a magazine cover. Her hair color was a combination of red and white that was only just dark enough not to be immediately pegged as pink, while her pale skin bore a handful of freckles dusting the cheeks. The super-carrier's honey colored eyes normally sparkled, but right now they were half-lidded in muted exasperation at her companion's antics while their swimsuit-clad guide merely gawked.

As for the former CCS-class Battlecruiser Pious Inquisitor, her appearance was not nearly so... picturesque... At least, not from a human standpoint. The girl's squat stature, thick stumpy legs, and gorilla like arms were enough to mark her as an alien, but the iridescent purple and green armor with a disk-like hull rigging on her back reminiscent of a methane tank solidified it. To anyone who'd seen Levi's files, they would have immediately thought that she was an Unngoy, the race of short aliens that were often used as cannon fodder by the Covenant. The only thing that seemed any different was the mark of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration, which had been scratched and then replaced multiple times from the looks of it, and now sported a hand-made and rather crude representation of the UNSC's eagle and globe symbol.

Trundling up to the human-based ships, Inquisitor's innocent seeming eyes looked up at the two with bright curiosity. "So! Finny says you're going to show us around? I'll admit, it's my first time on a human world! Well, any world at all really... But that just means this'll be more fun! So, where we going first?"

Iku, who'd been drafted into guiding the two around by dint of being next in line on Goto's shit-list for one too many indecent exposures, gulped a bit as she realized just what she might be getting into... She'd already seen a couple of space-ship girls running around, but this was the first time that she'd ever seen an honest-to-kami alien! On the one hand, this was DEFINITELY something she could now cross off her bucket list. On the other though, she was kind of disappointed. I mean, they didn't even have any tentacles! "Well, first I'll take you on a bit of a tour round the barracks, then we'll head to the PX and the main thoroughfare. If you'll follow me?" she said, plastering on what she hoped was a welcoming smile as she led the two away.

A few hours later Iku admitted to herself that if she ever came across another reactor-powered ship-girl, she would get someone else to back her up. Infinity was fairly professional for a newbie, but Inquisitor was like a destroyer on a sugar rush with how she kept on asking questions and running around to investigate anything that caught her googly eyed gaze. Nothing seemed to slow her down! For a moment, the lewdmarine wondered if she could pawn the job off on someone else if she asked reeeeeaaaally nice, but thankfully both of the spaceship-girls' stomachs started rumbling, giving Iku the excuse she was looking for to take a break. As the blue and pink-haired submarine pushed open the doors to the officer's cafeteria, she smiled at the scent of hot chow and coffee. The place was packed with sailors, ship-girls, ship-boys, and the occasional marine, but most of them were too engrossed in their food or their own conversations to stare too much... "And here we have our home away from home! Everything you could ever want for convenient and good tasting food at any hour. Mamiya changes the menu every now and then to keep things interesting, and even has dishes for special events!"

Looking back at her pair of tag-alongs, Iku knew she'd hit paydirt as Infinity's eyes focused on the buffet line, licking her lips at the trays of meat, vegetables, rice, soups, and more. "Everything you say?" the super-carrier asked, a hint of hope in her voice.

"Everything and anything you'd like! All you have to do is ask!" Iku said with a grin that quickly turned lascivious. "And if you ask nicely, I might even be able to arrange a specialty or two of my own, if you're ever interested..." she said flirtatiously with a wink.

"Ohhhhh... So you can show us the nipples then?" Inquisitor asked.

The ENTIIRE cafeteria froze at that, like a record player scratching off to a stop. All eyes turned to the trio of ship-girls, with Iku gawking at the blatant breach of conduct while Infinity's eyes had gone wide. For a solid five seconds there was total silence, and then a slow clapping came from one of the tables. "Wow Iku... Not even a DAY and your reputation's already gone interplanetary," said the incarnation of USS Harder, the sub-boy giving a shit-eating grin at his compatriot's situation. "I'd call that a record, but I'm pretty sure that Goto's going to call it an infraction..."

Iku turned back to Inquisitor while Infinity covered her eyes with her hand, trying to pretend this wasn't happening. To her dismay, the alien cruiser looked flabbergasted at everyone's response, before looking up at the sub-girl with wide-eyed innocence. "What are they talking about?" Iku's eyes widened at the same time Infinity's did, and the two locked eyes on each other with a knowing fear in their gaze. The larger of the two went to speak, but I-19 beat her to it.

"Nagato's forbidden me from answering those questions anymore... You're on your own!"