You know the drill, I don't own any of Star trek, it all belongs to Paramount and other people, none of whom are me. This work is for purely entertainment purposes, I make no profit from it.

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A man in his early forties sat behind a desk cluttered in pads, he had brown, unruly hair and a stern face, his demeanour suggested that if approached you risked his temper. Captain Dreason sat behind a desk reviewing all the applications he had received for first officer, suddenly he stopped dead as he read one of the records, it was an application from Elizabeth Trent. At the academy he and Elizabeth had been best friends, he hadn't been in touch with her for years, he'd watched her career from afar as she disappeared into a covert operation involving the Borg a few years ago but hadn't heard any more since then. He'd just found his new first officer.

A woman in her early forties with light brown hair and a pleasant face that suggested kindness however Commander Trent had suffered enough in the last few months to know that sometimes kindness went out the window. At the moment she was sat in her apartment, only a few days ago she had sent off her application for the job of first officer under Captain Dreason. It was a remarkable opportunity to be on the USS Stargazer-A. It was Starfleet's first transwarp capable starship. Only ten minutes ago had she received notification from command that her application had been accepted, she was going to be the first officer of the most modern ship in the fleet.

Hannah Rollin was by no stretch new to the job. She had been in Starfleet for years and her face portrayed every day of it. She was first officer on the USS Turna she had applied for the position of first officer on the new Stargazer and had just received word that she hadn't got the position but she had been offered the position of Second officer if she wanted it. Although it would be a lower position, the chance to be on this ship was worth it, Commander Rollin accepted the position.

A dignified commander walked through the busy space port in San Francisco towards her transport to the Stargazer suddenly an older commander appeared in front of her she didn't have time to stop and crashed straight into the other woman, nearly sending both of them flying.

"Commander Trent." The woman addressed the dignified commander in a cool voice, which was almost Vulcan.

"I'm sorry, I don't know…" began Elizabeth in a pleasant voice overlooking the woman's coolness

"Commander Rollin, second officer USS Stargazer-A ma'am." Reported Commander Rollin, this is the woman that was chosen ahead of me, thought Rollin, what is the rest of our crew going to be like?

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