Captain's Log - Stardate 2262.562

Once back on the station, Bones requested to see Pike and Boyce. He explained the situation to them and, at first, I didn't understand the smiles that formed. Then it dawned on me that, as an Imperial Starfleet Admiral, Pike could assign another doctor as CMO of the Essex.

After a short conference with Commander Paris, Doctor Boyce was assigned and, as soon as the shipboard computer had acknowledged the doctor's position, Boyce entered in the code for full ship-wide decontamination. Nothing will be left onboard but the machinery and skeletons.