Admiral Clarke summoned me to his office to inform me that, against his better judgement, I’ll be assuming command of the USS Stalwart. A Miranda-class ship of… considerable service record… we will be in stardock for a bit to execute repairs and possibly upgrades of this storied vessel.
Supplemental: With the cooperation of the crew, we’ve managed to execute a sizable roster of repairs and improvements, excepting the photon torpedo array, which we can repair while within Federation space on our journey to tIhoS pagh’lan, the Klingon name for the station for which we’ll be providing patrol duty.
Supplemental: It’s good that we got the photon tubes available, as we were pulled out of warp and confronted by Orion warships. Though it surprises me to say it, we owe thanks to the Gorn Captain, Sesseth, who appeared just as mysteriously to lend assistance. How did the Orions know to find us? Their device catching us should have been like threading a needle, with the thread moving faster than light. Somehow they knew…
Supplemental: Disaffected by war, Teryn Baral, a Bajoran youth had hoped to return to his world to fight in the war against Cardassian occupation. Passions aside, he tried to accomplish this by traveling in a mining shuttle which never could have made the journey. We directed the Stalwart to pursue him into the asteroid belt and narrowly managed to save him by placing the Stalwart between two colliding asteroids, and leaving it to our shields to protect both him and our own crew, to some success. He has been returned to the station, where the Klingons have diplomatically chosen to enroll him in warrior’s training rather than working him in a prison camp. We can only hope for the best and observe.