"Captain I was wondering what will happen to Ensign Delgado and I seeing as how the Texas is gone"
"Lt. Junior Grade Delgado is being stationed on Voyager for his actions in the line of duty while you have been assigned to me here on the Enterprise, there was a huge debate on whether or not we should split the two of you up all things considered but eventually it was decided that the time for Delgado to spread his wings and take what he's learned from you into practice is now, and for you it was decided that you needed to really start spreading your own wings as well"
"But sir, wouldn't that mean being transferred to another ship seeing as how I have essentially served under you since you picked us up after the war started?"
"Normally yes, however I need you here so that some Jedi are able to cope with their surroundings"
"Training session?"
"Exactly, considering they also fought for freedom they're going to be very jumpy and having another Jedi will help in the long run I believe, though we can't do that for everyone we've done our best to make sure those that are the worst off are put with you"
"Thank you Captain Picard, once that's over I will be assigned some where's else then?"
"Yes, I already have your orders waiting for you once you complete this temporary assignment"
"Does my real captain know about this?"
"Yes, and they are actually glad because they're going to be a bit busy as well in another area and could use some prep time in regards to getting things ready for a Jedi to come aboard"
"Bacta tank giving them issues?"
"Among other things yes"
"Then I will obey orders and buy my new crewmates whatever time I can in allowing them to prepare for my tour of duty with them"
She would stay with the Enterprise for three months, one month longer than originally planned but due to an emergency situation during the training session it was understandable
"And all Starfleet Captains are learning to adjust to Jedi coming on board their ships?"
"Yes, there will never truly be enough Jedi to serve on all the ships and stations, yet we are but the first wave of Jedi to join, there will be others over the years. Some will come in groups while others will come individually, and there will yet be years where there are no new recruits or even Jedi in Starfleet but they will always be ready to train them because I have given them the mandate and shown them the way to train Jedi after having never trained one before"
"Wait you can't give Admirals an order"
"Oh if it's a Jedi matter we can, I told them to make sure they were always ready to train Jedi in the future after one of my meditation sessions during the three month mandated meditation meetings"
"But that is just one path the future can go"
"Yes but it is better for them to be ready for the possibility of periods of time where there are no Jedi and then suddenly there are Jedi again then for them to suddenly have no Jedi and think that none are joining again only to suddenly have Jedi asking once more to join Starfleet. It helps that Jedi and Starfleet can work together at times without the Jedi actually joining Starfleet and that the alliance will continue to flourish for what I hope is years to come"
"Well it's almost time for us to rejoin the academy, we've been gone three months now"
"Yes but Captain Picard already informed the academy of the reason behind your delay in returning on time and they are ready to begin teaching you guys again"
"See you again sometime I hope"
"Same here, same here"
Finally she went to the Captain's ready room for her new orders
"The Yoshimaru? I've never heard of that ship before"
"It's a newer ship I'll admit, but she's as every bit a good ship as the Enterprise the ship's Captain is a good Captain too which helps"
"When will I join her then?"
"In two days, we have a rendezvous with them because they have some supplies we need to get from them and we have a crew member they need to get"
"Very well, until then I will execute my duties on the Enterprise faithfully"
"I know you will"
Two mundane days later Ashland officially transferred over to the Yoshimaru where she is met by her new Commander
"Welcome to the Yoshimaru Lt. I am Commander Torres and will lead you on a brief tour through the ship for later"
"Commander, I appreciate the tour but could you please call me by my correct designation of Sentinel? I would have thought you knew that about me"
"Sorry Sentinel I have been reading so many different reports I might have read one about you and totally forgot about it"
"Understood Commander, you were saying something about a quick tour?"
"Yes but first I am going to take you to your new quarters, oh and the main reason behind the tour is because while the Yoshimaru is the same class as the Texas was, there are some slight design differences that you need to be made aware of"
"Understood sir, when am I going to meet the Captain by the way to make my transfer official?"
"Not until later I'm afraid, unfortunately for you and us, this transfer came at a bad time for us"
"Sorry sir I would have been here sooner except..."
"Except that there was an emergency situation, we know and understand Sentinel it was explained to us by Commander Riker when he realized your assignment with the Enterprise would last longer than the projected two months, oh quick question just how good at diplomacy are you?"
"I'm decent enough why?"
"We're actually in the middle of peace talks between two planets, we're the mediators and unfortunately things are not going exactly as planned, we figure a Jedi might help keep things calmer than what they have been lately"
"I won't overtly use my abilities without their permission"
"True, but I'm pretty sure that you can send waves of calm emotion to everyone whenever tempers start to flare, because one of the mediators is a Vulcan and they are trained not to show emotion but this one most certainly is"
"A disease?"
"Not from what we can tell, besides no one else is affected by it so we think that it must be getting really stressful for the Vulcan to show emotion"
"Either that or it's one of the two groups, because from what I recall aliens can affect other peoples emotions if done right"
"True enough, plus we also know it's not a chemical imbalance that could potentially kill them Starfleet made sure of that before sending the ambassadors"
"Then I will most certainly do my duty of keeping everyone as calm as possible through the Force"
They go through a brief tour ending at Ashland's quarters
"Oh and I have one final bit of business with you, did you by any chance remember to bring the Force inhibitor bracelet with you?"
"Yes I have it with my belongings, you know when I first developed these inhibitors I never dreamed Starfleet would come up with one that works as a bracelet"
"That took a lot of research I might add but that is a good thing all things considered"
"I know and I'm very grateful because that means we won't be forced into having painful inhibitors on us and we also won't have to constantly remember when our last injection was"
"Did you know they are working on a new prototype where you can still access the Force to a degree but still be protected from enemy inhibitors?"
"No but to be honest that probably will never work or if it does it will be many years from now by which time I will either be retired or near retired and it won't matter to me either way"
"That may be true, well seeing as you brought it I presume you know the policy in regards to the bracelet like you did the hypos?"
"Keep it on me at all times in a convenient place for immediate use when either ordered or when I sense there might be a need I know, that policy was developed by me actually during the war, brief though it was once the Republic joined in"
"Didn't know that, well you've had the basic tour and you are to be stationed on the bridge third shift for now, we might change that as we adjust to your abilities better"
"Understood sir"
"Oh, and you're actually going to be on call for all but the most mundane away missions as well, but for now I think it best you get some sleep if you're going to be involved in diplomacy tomorrow"
The next day Ashland and the rest sat in the debate room for three hours before the main mediator started to show visible signs of emotion and exhaustion so Ashland even though she was a low ranking officer and junior to everyone else on board the ship spoke up
"Maybe it's time for everyone to stretch their legs or talk to their own people about how they might wish to proceed in a peaceful manner, from what I understand this debate has lasted three days already, what's another hour?, besides I don't know about you but if I don't walk around soon my legs are going to go really numb and I might not be able to do anything for the next several hours, nor will anyone else soon enough"
While she was talking she send waves of calm through the Force to everyone, she didn't even attempt to use a mild Force suggestion because she was unsure just how anyone might take it. Unfortunately for her one of the two groups was one of the more stubborn people she had ever met