After their brief discussion with Admiral Dacascos, Oliver emerged from the captain’s ready room and entered the Command Information Center. “Open a ship-wide communication,” he directed the communications officer on duty. Stepping up to the holographic display table, he rested his hands lightly upon it.

=^= Attention all crew members, =^= Oliver began, his voice projecting clearly throughout the ship. =^= Prepare all stations for dry dock. We are returning to Hades, where the Leviathan will undergo routine maintenance. Please ensure your duty logs and personal logs are completed and ready for transmission to the Hades central database. Additionally, all department heads are to implement reduced working hours to allow the crew extra downtime. Once docked, the crew will be granted five days of shore leave. Department heads should gather volunteers to remain on board to assist the starbase engineers. Loughty out. =^=

Turning to the helm, Oliver issued the Captain’s next command. “Helm, plot a course to Starbase Hades, Warp 6. Proceed.” His final act was to hand over the CONN to the Lieutenant at the operations console before returning to the Captain in the ready room.

Commander Oliver Loughty
Executive Officer
USS Leviathan