Having finished their time on Betazed, Aasrel and Bethany intended to finish their vacation time on Earth, with Bethany’s uncles. Aasrel had found Earth intriguing and strange. He recognized this was how Bethany felt, except he lacked that vague sense of familiarity Bethany had felt around Betazed.

They were in the living room of the house of one of Bethany’s family members when both Bethany and Aasrel received messages on their Starfleet PaDDs. Aasrel’s read as follows:

Aasrel Izei:

You are hereby issued new orders and to report to your new duty station ASAP.

DUTY STATION: USS LEVIATHAN
OFFICER RANK: LIEUTENANT
POSITION: ASSISTANT MEDICAL CHIEF, HEAD OF BETA SICKBAY
[Some other military information was listed]

Commodore Theodore Menéndez

~ Izei, CMO