I am a member of a t4 Fleet, that is always taking in new members, you can look at the site at http://tfd.guildlaunch.com/index.php?gid=112099. I like them so far only been with them for about a week so far.
Not really, if you are just leaving from the promenade, then most likely you are using your ship's Transporter, if you left from the transporter pad then yes use a Cardassian animation....