Prologue/Meeting Barbara

(Earth, New Gotham)

John Martin is in civilian clothes and walking through the city trying to get the war out of his mind but can't after the people who were killed under his command during the war has scared him for the rest of his life.

(Starfleet Command, 8 weeks earlier)

Captain Martin walks through the halls of Starfleet Command as he sees Typhuss and Ezri talking about him.

Hey guys, John says as he looks at them and he kissed Ezri.