The captain responded to these warnings with "that's all right."

The captain didn't respond well to threats, even veiled ones.

The captain responded with a wry smile of his own.

"I would prefer they not be around, strong or weak," the captain responded.

"To a shuttle bay," the captain responded, though he need not have said a thing.

The captain responded with an acknowledging salute and went back inside.

"Of course," the captain responded, and led the way inside.

The captain responded to the sound by barking out orders to the crew.

Something in the way the captain responded made the bridge crew know that he had expected this.

For a long moment, the alien captain did not respond.