Captain's log - Stardate 2261.455

The homing beacon is in place and the information is in route to Imperial Starfleet Headquarters. I called my core group in for another briefing and almost laughed when they'd seated themselves at the round table. Deliberately or not, they'd seated themselves in color group pairs of blue, red and gold. I didn't bother explaining the reason I was amused.

We talked about the future station. Both Scotty and Spock agreed that, if the Empire makes it a priority, it could be completed by the time we return from our mission.