And so it begins …

Toward the tail end of the Alpha watch with the Chimera with the ship making a casual Warp 4 heading toward Tellar for a small crew exchange, after being the flag for the funeral of Mot G’bar, a Bolian Admiral recently deceased and given Naval honors, a communications came through from Fleet Command. Priority One.

When acknowledged on screen, a tanned, trim human Commodore, one Mark Chepellan (the name suggesting an Alpha Centauri origin) came on screen. By appearances he was pushing 40 with dark wavy hair just hinting at grey at the temples. A thin mustache curled up to touch pronounced cheekbones. Brown eyes were fixed on the screen as though anticipating a quick reply.

Wookiee