The Captain strode down the corridor just outside Main Engineering. Outwardly, it would appear as though he was traveling from somewhere specific to somewhere else specific. It was actually the case that he was going nowhere in particular for no particular reason. He was ruminating. Like his walking, the ruminating was also taking him in circles.

I’ve been in command here for nine years now, he thought again just as he started his next loop. But what have I actually accomplished here, really?

That was the question he had been stuck on all evening. He didn’t consciously know why that was bothering him now, but it was.

– Johann Dvorak, CO