"Seska to transporter room 1. Ready for beamout."
Okay, so Seska is Bajoran. Not Cardassian. And she works for the Maquis. At least she used to. She was recently assigned to the Enterprise.
The transporter made its all-too-familiar whirring sound as the transporter room of the NCC-1701-D materialized in front of her.
"Hello, Seska."
Due to some of Seska's contributions to the timeline, Ensign Ro was still on the Enterprise.
"Hello, Laren."
"How do you like it?"
"It looks nice. Certainly better than the last ship I was on." Seska shuddered.
"Really? What was that?"
"MRS Magrathea. It was an experimental Maquis vessel with 135 decks, six warp cores, an extremely annoying commander, and a tendency to blow up in my face when I tried even the slightest modification."
"Whoa... you're good."
"You've heard of the Magrathea?"
"You were its chief engineer, right?"
"Yeah..."
"The Enterprise should be a walk in the park for you."
"And this is the most advanced ship in the fleet?"
"Well... it was. The Intrepid-class starship Voyager is more advanced, despite being really compact. It should be launched soon."
"I hope this is as easy as it sounds."