The ship's makeshift bar was filled to the brim this evening. This would be unusual on any other night, but given the circumstances it seemed appropriate.

Two men sat at the bar, not really interacting much. One kept eyeing the other, though. Clearly something's on his mind. "You're one of Baltar's lab guys, right?," he asked. It seemed like this was small talk compared to what he'd rather discuss.
"Yep. The lab coat gave it away, I assume?" They laughed and took sips from their glasses.
"So Baltar's machine. It does actually work, right?" It seemed like the man was finally getting to the point.
The lab technician looked ahead for a second, took another gulp of his drink, and finally turned to the other man. "Yeah, flawlessly." He turned back to the bar and continued to drink.
"I haven't seen you around this bar before. Actually I don't ever see many of you science guys here, but I guess tonight is special." He smiled at the man in the lab coat, but got no response. Before going back to his drink, he noticed a beautiful woman enter the bar area, someone else he'd never seen before. "What do you think about her?"
The lab technician looked at the woman and then back to his inquisitor. "She looks deadly. At least an 8."

...

The woman walked up to an occupied table and stood there for a few seconds waiting for the occupant to notice her. When he finally did, he immediately had to stop everything he was doing. She was too gorgeous to ignore.
"This seat taken?," she coyly asked. She was met with no response as the man couldn't figure out what to say. "How about you and I go back to my cabin, 780, and I'll keep you up all night."
Nothing could counter her charm. She took his hand and quickly led him out of the bar.

...

"Can you believe that crap? That dork leaves with a woman like that? What the frak is the world coming to?" The voyeur seemed to be completely trashed in the corner of the bar, and had been blurting out his thoughts without having an audience. He signalled to the bartender to bring him another drink.
"How many have you had so far?," NudeRaider asked from a nearby table, somewhat annoyed.
"Perhaps more than I should." He laughed. "I'm really not looking forward to the trial thing tomorrow. You get selected for it?" The drunk was suspiciously inquisitive. NudeRaider just nodded. "That's good, man, real good. I like that regular guys like us can take part. I mean, we gotta have a say in this stuff, too, right? None of the elites telling us what to do." NudeRaider kept quiet and didn't bother responding. "Alright, man, I can take a hint. I'll leave you alone. Gotta get up early for the thing anyway." The drunk struggled to stand, and hobbled up to his new-found friend. He quickly covered NudeRaider's mouth and slid a knife into his side. The cacophony in the bar seemed to prevent anyone from hearing his muffled screams. All anyone could see was the drunk accidentally falling on the guy he had been talking to.
NudeRaider's dead body was finally noticed long after the drunk left.

...

Dr. Cottle was talking to a few of his assistants when the call came in regarding the dead body at the bar. "I'll take this one myself. I could use a drink," he decided.
Moments after Cottle was out the door, a man walked into the medical bay. He scanned the room and finally found the person he was looking for.
"Sir, would you mind coming with me?," he asked.
The man he was asking chuckled to himself. "That's really interesting," he finally responded while picking up his personal effects.
"Would you mind if I tag along?," asked one of the man's colleagues. He was clearly going to follow one of them regardless of the response.

...

Voyager7456 had nothing to do this evening, but assumed he would have his work cut out for him tomorrow. After packing up for the night, he began walking down the hall to his room.
"Hey, you got a second?," asked a man briskly walking up behind him. As Voyager7456 turned around, he was met with a gun pressing up to his chest. "It's nothing personal."

A crewmember down the hall was startled by the sound of gunshots. When he arrived at the scene, he only found Voyager7456's dead body on the ground.