[ Kirk mouths the name to himself as he steps outside the Station. Systems Alliance Space Vessel. He's never even heard of that before. Still, Space Vessel. That means they have gone into space--sent people there. Hell, probably made First Contact with someone. Except Shepard so far is the only person that seems to be in the space traveling business. ]
You said surrounding planets. How far has this place gone with space travel? Are we talking people on the moon, or are we talking farther out? [ He tries to pass it off as just sounding as someone who is very interested in space. ]