Prologue/Change of Command (Star Trek: The New Generation chapter)

(Federation Space, Earth orbit)

In a Space dock the USS Enterprise is berthed at being refitted after its battle with the Reman Warship Scimitar and with the death of Lieutenant Commander Data and the reassignment of Commander Riker and Commander Troi to the USS Titan, and new personnel coming aboard a newly promoted Captain sits in one of the rooms in Space Dock watching the worker bees repair the ship.

(Dry-Dock A)

John Martin is watching worker bees work on the Enterprise-E when his Academy friend Typhuss walks into the room.

Typhuss hey man good to see you again, John says as he shook Typhuss's hand.