Story:Star Trek: Independence/Poison Chalice/Chapter 1

Stardate: 53479.2 (20th December 2375) Utopia Planetia Shipyards Sol System

At the dry-dock holding an Interceptor-Class Starfleet vessel newly promoted Captain Brianna Martin is standing in a room looking at her new Command as worker bees swarm around the vessel checking the last of the hullplating before the ship launches which isn’t far away from the hour till it launches, then as she’s just watching her brother walks over to her.

“Wow she’s a beauty isn’t she sis,” John says as he looks at the Independence and then at his sister.

Brianna looks at her brother, “I wonder where you were today John you missed my promotion ceremony, but I’m not mad at you cause I’m not gonna miss your Promotion ceremony when it comes up cause we’re family and that’s what we do for each other,” Brianna states as she looks at her brother who is still a Commander.

They just looked at the ship when Commodore Mitchell walks over to them, Captain, Commander I was just wanting to speak with the Captain alone about a mission that maybe worth the wait,” Commodore Mitchell states as he looks at both John and Brianna.

Commander Martin hugs his sister and left to the Defiant to head back to Deep Space Nine, “Captain Starfleet has a mission for you after the war we’re helping the Cardassian people rebuild their homeworld your orders are to take Director Keiko O’Brien to Cardassia to oversee the rebuilding of their plants and other stuff and give them medical supplies as well.” Commodore Mitchell says as he looked at Captain Martin.

She looks at the Commodore, “Are we expecting any trouble on this mission sir?” Captain Martin asked the Commodore.

Mitchell looks out at the Independence and then turns to Captain Martin, “That’s why we commissioned the Independence, she’s been outfitted with all the latest environmental, Propulsion and Defense systems she’s the most advance ship in the fleet next to the Enterprise-E. And we’ve been wanting to launch this ship for the war but most of her systems weren’t working yet so we never had a chance to show the Dominion what we’re made of,” Commodore Mitchell says as he looks at Captain Martin. Then a Vulcan female walks up in a non-Starfleet Uniform.

“Captain Martin may I present Sub-Commander T’Pol she’ll be your tech adviser seeing how most of the systems came from the Vulcans,” Commodore Mitchell says as he looks at Captain Martin.