ACO Capt. Kev th'Zarath

[Kev, walking into the conference room]

The Captain walked into the conference room and headed directly to his seat. His crew were making some small talk, but the Captain didn't join in. Instead he just took his seat and cleared his throat to indicate that he was ready to begin. Once the chit chat had died down, the Captain began with a small welcome speech that he had prepared the night before.

"Welcome, everyone," said Kev as he looked at each member of the crew, "Let me begin by saying that I am truly honored to be here with all of you. I know that you are all probably surprised in the change of command, but let me assure you that Commander Kren is one of the best officers I have ever met in my career in Starfleet. As with any good officers, there are always opportunities opened to them. Commander Kren decided to take one of those opportunities and we all wish her all the best. She and I exchanged a few words before I boarded the ship and she spoke highly about each and every one of you."

The Captain smiled as he took another glance around the conference room table. He paused for a few seconds before he continued, "My name is Kev th'Zarath and my previous command was the USS Everest. I was her commanding officer for forty years and I have seen a lot throughout my career in Starfleet. The Everest was a great ship and I will miss her, but I handed her off to my first officer. I was actually set on retirement, but Admiral Yan temporarily reassigned me to the Broadsword while he looked for a permanent CO."

Kev had memorized the personnel files beforehand so he knew all of them by face already. All their service records spoke for themselves so the Captain decided to forgo the introductions and go directly into the briefing. He didn't like beating around the bush anyway.

"Yesterday at fourteen hundred hours, Starfleet received a priority one encrypted message from the USS Perseus request assistance on a survey mission," said Kev as he paused. "Before I go any further, I will remind you that this briefing is classified at the highest level and anything said here may not leave this room. Is that understood?" he asked.

{Assuming everyone nods in agreement}

The Captain continued his briefing as everyone nodded. "The Perseus was to investigate a classified Starfleet Medical Research and Development center. This particularly research center was researching on a way to prolong the human lifespan. Initial reports and results showed that they made a breakthrough in the past month. They center was able to double the expected average human lifespan and the USS Grand Duke was supposed to deliver the results to Earth. The ship never made it to Earth and the Perseus was sent to investigate. However, what Captain McKnight found was that the planet was infected with some kind of unknown virus. It seemed impossible, but the crew were describing encounters with beings similar to the old Earth folklore of zombies. Starfleet is thinking that it's a side effect, but they would like to contain the situation and also retrieve the research. The Federation President has taken particular interest in the research which makes this a very important mission."

Kev paused as he looked around for questions.

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CO Captain Harvey Kirkman
SM Valdivian Station / USS Trinity
7th Fleet Manager
Newsfleet Division Manager
Player - Mike Yan
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