New Assignment

Posted on Wed Jul 30th, 2025 @ 1:20pm by Lieutenant Commander Rachel Williams

386 words; about a 2 minute read

"Lieutenant Commander Rachel Williams' personal log. Stardate 239507.30. After a lengthy period of duty on Earth, I have been assigned to the newly commissioned USS Monroe, a Nova Class Starship that has undergone modifications."

She paused...

"From my Security briefing, I was surprised to find out that there will be a maximum of fourteen Marines stationed on her. Considering my last ship was a heavily modified Miranda class, this modern ship will be different. I have this feeling it will. I have read over some of the Bios of the crew and was surprised to see a species called Kryptonian. I have never met one of those, so that should be interesting."

Pause...

"Returning to security duties will be a little strange after being Chief Engineer on my last ship; however, I think this may be a benefit in an emergency. Apart from the limited information I have been given about the ship, I am both eager and nervous about this posting, and I look forward to meeting my new Commanding Officer."

"What was unusual was that this time, my parents were less eager to let me go. I have never known my papa to be so emotional, and my mother was less consolable. It was disturbing to see Papa so upset. I assume it is due to rising tensions out on the frontier. I know the Federation is still recovering from the Dominion War and probably will be for some years yet, but I sense adventure out there. The only thing that calmed my Papa was the fact that I am a Starfleet Officer; he is a retired one, so he understood duty."

She paused as she looked out of the transport shuttle's window and saw the Nova Class Monroe docked. She sighed and gathered her things.

"Well, I have arrived. Now I get to see what fate awaits me out in the stars. Computer, end personal log, encrypt it, send to my personal data storage, and wipe all references to it from the shuttle's systems," she said. A moment later, the computer system bleeped, indicating that the tasks had been completed.

She waited until the shuttle had docked, then stood. Picking up her belongings, she headed into the ship and walked to a wall interface. She tapped in her destination and made her way there.

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