"Let's." It's time like this that Jim would kill for a phaser (so to speak).
A phaser could actually be set to knock the goons and not breach the hull.

Then again, it's not like he has any kind of weapon. "And stooges will do. Though 'goon' and 'thug' were...are popular terms as well.

"This admiral...do you know anything about him?" Jim likes to talk sometimes, to relieve the tension.