Starwind stood on Deep Space Nine's promenade, soon joined by VonBach.
"Captain, I'll be to the point." VonBach began.
Starwind laughed slightly, "Mr. VonBach, when are you not?"
"Security and tactical is a lot of work. During our whole time in… during our classified mission, I did none of the normal duties of your first officer. And as such, I think First Officer is a post I do not wish to hold on the new ship." VonBach explained.
Janeway approached, "No problem with that, Joseph, we can get someone else to fill your shoes, won't be that hard. As for the crew, I have a few old faces bringing her up to the station now. Your new assistant security/tactical officer Lieutenant Commander Sarah Winters and your counselor, Commander Amy West, who is now a certified Bridge Officer suitable for command, just in case, Vic. I'll have a new Executive officer and a new Chief Medical Officer for you before your next mission."
"What's wrong with Doctor Shepard?" Starwind asked.
Janeway stared out the window of the Prominade, as if waiting on something, "Mister Shepard has been reassigned to Starfleet Medical, on a team with your brother Doctor Lloyd Starwind."
Starwind sighed, "Great. Well, tell me about this ship?"
"It's a new type, the Cosmos Class. We backwards-engineered it from a ship we found adrift. We know very little from it's database, the language was rather advanced. But we did almost perfectly replicate the ship's design. It has regenerative hull made from alloys we have never seed which we only were able to replicate by combining Borg technology and alloys we already have. It is equipped with a full compliment of all Starfleet weaponry as well as a weapon we got from the Original Cosmos itself, something called a Multiphasic Plasma Cannon, which fires high-energy plasma charged with quantum energy that can phase through adaptive hull plating. Also, your ship, Hyperion, is equipped with a 'Full Armory Launch' command and also, specific to Hyperion, a Fusion Catalyst launch bay. Though F.C.'s are illegal, Starfleet never enforces a law it can't bend. There was a piece of equipment from Original Cosmos that we could not specify the purpose of or replicate. If we can backwards-engineer this device, we will add it to Hyperion." Janeway paused, still looking out the window. "Just to let you know, Captain, Hyperion isn't even ready for her shakedown cruse, her trip to DS9 is partly to finish construction here. A secret ship shouldn't be built at McKinley Station, and at DS9 we can say it's a Bajoran project. Anyway, I'm granting your crew about three months leave. You've earned it. Just be back here in three months, Captain Starwind."
Starwind nodded, "Aye, ma'am."
"Here she comes." Janeway smiled.
The light from the Bajoran sun reflected off the hull of the Hyperion. The sleek design and neatly painted hull glistened against the blackness of space.
Starwind nodded, "See you in three months, Admiral."