I have been rereading the Star Trek "Lost Years" book series, set between the end of TOS and the beginning of ST:TMP when Admiral Kirk is head of Starfleet Operations. This story takes place between the "Lost Years" and "Traitor Winds" books.
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Two visitors entered the outer office where they were greeted by Lieutenant Commander Kevin Riley.
"Commander Scott, good to see you again, it has been a while."
"Aye it's good to see you again Riley, this is Captain Decker of the Enterprise."
"Pleased to see you Sir, congratulations of becoming the Captain."
"Riley used to be on the Enterprise serving under Captain Kirk a few years ago."
"Pleased to meet you Commander."
"Now you gentlemen are here to see Admiral Kirk."
"Aye, we need to brief him on the Enterprise refit before we all go to meet Fleet Admiral Nogura so he will get a progress report from us all."
"You are a few minutes early for the meeting but I think the Admiral will not object to a chance to see people from the Enterprise."
Riley pressed the intercom "Admiral, Captain Decker and Commander Scott here to see you."
"Send them in Kevin."
Decker and Scott entered the inner office where Admiral Kirk stood up to greet his visitors.
"Scotty, great to see you again, I have not seen you since we brought the Enterprise back home."
"Aye it's good to see you again Captain, I mean Admiral"
"Good to see you again Captain."
"Thank you Admiral, you will want to know what is happening to your old starship?"
"Yes, I was off planet when they brought the Enterprise saucer section down to Earth. It was quite a shock to see half my starship on the ground a few miles from Starfleet Command HQ. I have seen all the technical reports but I want to get your impressions of what is happening before we go upstairs to see Nogura. How are things in the saucer section Captain?"
"We have done a complete refurbishment of the computer system, everything is much faster with a lot more backup systems. We have several backup bridges on the Enterprise if the main bridge is out of action. There is also going to be a backup sickbay in the Engineering section."
"How are things in Engineering Scotty?"
"It's will be a wee bit different from how it was before. We had the new warp core installed last week but it still needs to be connected to the warp nacelles. There is a lot of cables that need to be connected, access to Engineering is very restricted until we get things connected up. There are only about 20 people working on the Enterprise up in space dock."
"In six months time the saucer section will lift off and go into orbit to be connected to the rest of the ship."
Decker said "that is right Admiral, then another six months in space dock to get everything in order. In one year we take out the refurbished Enterprise out for a shakedown cruise."
"I envy what you have to do Captain, I wish I could come along and help. Make sure everything fits together properly Scotty."
"Aye, she will be ready to go as good as new next year."
Then the intercom sounded "Fleet Admiral Nogura is ready for you Sir."
"Thank you Kevin. Gentlemen, let's go upstairs…"
