Shore Leave: Respite at DS9 (USS Octavia E Butler)
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Mission Start
Acting Captain’s Log Stardate… uh, let’s go with 240110-240112 or so.
Almost all our crew has returned from the future, many via other periods of time due to a shattering of the time crystal. The shards are now completely inert, and our science teams suggest there is no possibility of reenergizing it again. Still, the Department of Temporal Investigations (DTI) wants to install a “temporal anchor” on our ship, to prevent additional complications. We’ve been ordered to Deep Space Nine for that procedure. I’ve been in touch with Captain Rouiancet and she suggested that the crew be given shore leave once we get there. First, however, we have to pick her up at Deep Space 14 and begin what I am sure will be a long series of debriefings on this current mission.
Apparently, most of the crew went directly from 3201 to 2401 with the ship. Over the next few days, more of our crew appeared, but via the 2020s or the 2340s and so on. Myself and the ensigns who were with me in 2900 or so were the last to appear. I suppose I can appreciate the sequentialness of that, but I do not like that I was absent from my ship during my acting captaincy.
Furthermore, while I am satisfied that, despite the difficulties we encountered, we did not experience great casualties, I am concerned at the number of injured, both physically and mentally. Unfortunately, the doctors and counselors won’t get rest anytime soon.
It’s particularly worse for our counseling department as when I returned to our own time, I found that Karen Stendhal had requested a transfer. She will be missed and not only because our counseling department is, once again, understaffed.
There were a few additional irregularities. Some of my staff seem to have taken a more circuitous route back to the ship. I had a message waiting from Lieutenant Herrick that he would be waiting for us at DS9 and Lt Arlill docked in our shuttle bay in an ancient shuttle. I have a debriefing scheduled with him shortly and look forward to hearing the full story there.
Every other crew member appears to be accounted for—at least the numbers add up—but I can’t shake the feeling we’re missing someone. I thought it might have been Ensign Caras’s roommate, but evidently, he never had one.
Our trip through time appears to have severed the unique relationship between Lts Yinn and Loq and they may need some time to heal, ironically, now that they’ve been “restored” to their previous selves. I can’t imagine what it must be like. I’ve already released them from the active duty roster.
Our other majorly concerning injuries are with our Trill ensigns. Both served with distinction during this mission and I’ll be putting a commendation in their files later, but for now, I hope our proximity to Trill when we return to the Alpha Quadrant can help minister to them both, particularly Ensign Lahl.
In the earlier future I visited, it was suggested that our particular time travels were linked with family members. I don’t know exactly how that works, but it seems to have been born out so far in the reports I’ve read. An intriguing scientific mystery to ponder.
Finally, we have recovered a lost Starship, the USS Wyvern. We believe the unstable wormhole that we closed had multiple terminals across time and space. And speaking of family, on a personal note, their science officer is my brother. They have also been ordered to return to the Alpha Quadrant for evaluation and I look forward to getting to know him better during our transit time.
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Officers
- Commanding Officer, Captain Lia Rouiancet
- Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Avander Promontory
- Chief of Operations Officer, Lieutenant Toxin Arlill
- Assistant Chief of Operations Officer, Lieutenant Lhandon Nilsen
- Chief Engineering Officer, Lieutenant Josh Herrick
- Engineering Officer, Ensign Morro Caras
- Engineering Officer, Ensign Kimonzi Lahl
- Acting Chief Security Officer, Lieutenant Anton Richards
- Chief Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Jack Kessler
- Tactical Officer, Lieutenant JG Alex Forsyth
- Acting Chief Medical Officer, Lieutenant JG Toz
- Medical Officer, Ensign Jania Nis
- Counselor, Lieutenant Sevantha Saa
- Chief Science Officer, Lieutenant Commander Katsim Peri
- Science Officer, Lieutenant JG Yinn
- Marine Detachment Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Wes Greaves
- Marine Officer, Second Lieutenant Arturo Maxwell