Jessip Quirst had just arrived in the Kirn system where his new command awaited him. He came via civilian transport, with what seemed to be additional officers and crew assigned to the Starbase or any number of other ships that would be passing by.

His ship was in an external dry dock, on the other side of the Starbase, where it had been the last six weeks getting ready for its upcoming mission. The ship was unusual because it wasn’t an existing ship getting a refit, or an upgrade of new equipment. No, this ship was being reactivated from mothball. While this normally is an extreme measure, the shear nature of the ship’s module design sped the process and he believed they could be underway in two more weeks’ time.

Having been in a cramp transport for several days, Jessip relished the idea of taking a travel pod over to the dry dock. He took his time as to look over the ship and inspect the work being done to her. Several holes could be seen in the hull that would soon be filled with more module parts. The ships trapezoidal main hull was showing her age in the harsh artificial light of the dry dock. But with material being brought in from across the Federation, Jessip knew the old girl would be looking her best by the time the mission was ready to begin.

Classified a light explorer, ships of the Darwin class were the work horses of the Federation for several decades. Their module design allowed for mission specific pods to be added giving the class a flexibility not found in other designs. Her sleek warp nacelles were currently slung under the primary hull, while a
secondary hull extended up and over the primary. Similar to the larger Akira class crusiers.

With a swell of family pride in his chest he spun the travel pod around to look down at the ship’s registry number. Emblazed across the forward area of the primary hull, USS Curie, NCC 74329-A.

Jessip Quirst - CO