"You got this, Jim," Bones told her before he kissed her cheek and went to sit in the audience. She couldn't believe that it's been over a year since Marcus tried to kill them. Everything happened so fast, it was unreal.

As soon as Phlox gave the all clear to workout, she did. At first, she took it easy but she got back into her hand to hand with Sulu. Jamie was lucky, she bounced back pretty quick. Bones went back to work before she did, mostly because she eased back into it. Some days she even took baby David with her, though Pike would usually take his grandson and leave her office. Bones would laugh at her when she comm'ed him about it, "If mama was here all the time, she'd do it too." It was true, Mama Ella, Donna and Fred were in town for a while and they took turns taking her son. Toss in all their friends popping up to see the baby and Jamie had to almost set a schedule for the kid. Joanna got a kick out of it and would come home from school asking who had her brother.

All the work that they had all been doing was for this day and Jamie was 'asked' to speak, in other words, she knew it was an order from Barnett; she wasn't thrilled about it but she did as she was told to do. Contrary to popular belief, she didn't like being the center of attention. She looked out at her husband and their friends as she took the podium.

"There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves. Our first instinct is to seek revenge when those we love are taken from us. But that's not who we are. War is instinctive, but the instinct can be fought. We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes, knowing that we're not going to kill, today. We're going to stumble, make mistakes. I'm sure more than a few along the way but we must learn from those mistakes. That's what life is all about. We are here today to rechristen the USS Enterprise and to honor those who lost their lives one year ago. When Christopher Pike first gave me his ship he had me recite the Captain's oath. I didn't appreciate those words at the time but now I see them as a call for us to remember who we once were and who we must be again. To remember that the Federation wasn't started to wage war but as an idea of fostering unity between different beings across the universe. That oath... Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Starship Enterprise. Her mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before."

Jamie took a breath and looked at all the assembled officers, she could see some sit up taller and others with tears in their eyes. After a beat, the place erupted into applause. Jamie stepped back and looked at Archer, who put his hand on her shoulder. He took the podium again and everyone calmed down, he spoke.

"Mark my words, that woman is gonna change the universe… again." Everyone chuckled as he went into his speech. Jamie looked at her friends and smiled at Gaila, who gave her a thumbs up. That girl has spent way too much time around humans.

Jamie tried to make a clean get away after the speeches were done but she got pulled into holos and conversations with people. She really just wanted to get to Bones and their friends and leave.

"Captain Kirk." She turned and found herself face to face with Sarek.

"Ambassador, it's good to see you," Jamie told him. It was the truth; after the whole Babel thing, she found herself just as worried about the Vulcan as his son was.

"It is pleasing to see you as well. My son sent me a holo of himself with your child, I believe it is customary to offer congratulations."

She smiled, "Yes, thank you. David has captured everyone's attention, including Spock's. Your son will make an excellent father, I can't wait to see his children." Spock and Uhura needed to quit stalling; everyone who knew them, knew they were getting married one of these days. Life was too short to waste it. Sarek looked at her with amusement –at least that's what she thought it was- and agreed.

"I too am curious about my future grandchildren," the Vulcan told her. She continued to talk with him before she got dragged into a conversation about politics. Luckily, Archer pulled her away and practically pushed her outside.

"I caught your speech," Jamie rolled her eyes at Trip.

"I thought that they were telling people that you aren't dead?"

He chuckled, "Just on the paperwork. I'm not broadcasting my presence to the universe, might need to go off the grid for something. Besides, I hate these things as much as you do." She could understand where he was coming from, Trip was always thinking three steps ahead of everybody. They both looked out at the city, "You ready, J.T.?"

She smiled, "Yea, I'm ready, Trip. I'm gonna miss you."

He smiled as he pulled her into a hug, "I'll be around."

"Captain on the bridge," Chekov called from his chair.

She chuckled, "How do you always do that?"

He shrugged, "No clue."

Jamie walked over to the command chair, "Having fun, Mister Sulu?"

Hikaru smiled, "Captain does have a nice ring to it. The chair's all yours, ma'am."

She sat down and hit the comm, "Mister Scott, how's our core?"

"She's excellent, like her chief engineering officer, if I do say so myself," he told her.

Jamie chuckled, "God, I love ya, Scotty."

She heard him chuckle, "I love you too, lass. Seriously, we're ready for a long journey."

Jamie smiled, "Glad to hear it." She closed the connection and looked at her husband, "Are you gonna be a grouch the whole time? We haven't left yet, we could still stay."

Bones looked at her, "I can't believe that I agreed to this."

She hopped up and stood in front of him, "Come on, Bones. It's gonna be fun. And you've got me, Jo and David. What's better than that?"

He rolled his eyes, "I agreed to five years in space." To say that Jamie was shocked that he wanted to stay on the ship was a massive understatement. Getting the fleet to approve it was actually easier than getting Bones to. They wouldn't have the only children on the ship, there was a total of seven. Joanna was the oldest having just turned twelve and David was the youngest at six months.

Carol looked at Bones, "Doctor McCoy, you should be glad, it's nice to have a family." Jamie nodded at the Weapon's Officer.

Uhura looked at Bones, "She's right, nothing beats family, Leonard."

He looked around the bridge, "Are you all gonna team up on me?"

Jamie shrugged, "Just be glad that Gaila and Chapel aren't on the bridge." He chuckled as she touched his shoulder before she walked over to Spock, "Commander."

"Captain."

She looked at him, "Where should we go, Spock?"

He looked out the viewscreen, "As a mission of this duration has never been attempted, I defer to your good judgment, my friend."

Jamie sat in the command chair and looked at Sulu, "Helm, take us out."

He nodded, "Aye, Captain."

The end... and the beginning...