Our orders were to head for the Neutral Zone, in response to the stellar anomaly reported in the Devron System. Unfortunately, our new captain ignored those orders, and insisted we pursue our original mission instead – the science mission to the Deneb System. This is particularly troubling, because it means that one of Captain Picard’s first orders as captain of the Enterprise was to disobey direct orders from Starfleet Command. He declined to provide a reason for his actions.
Shortly after departing McKinley Station, the Enterprise arrived at a set of coordinates in the middle of deep space. We dropped out of warp to find nothing of note in the vicinity. Reports indicate that Captain Picard seemed confused and agitated on the bridge, expressing comments like, “this is the right time; the right place…. he should be here now”. He then startled everyone by shouting, “Q, we’re here! This has gone on long enough!”
We have no indication who he was shouting at, or what a “Q” is.
Picard ordered the Enterprise to maintain position, and then retired to his ready room. An hour later, he emerged, and ordered us to set course for the Devon System. The Devron System is 30 light years away at warp 9. If we remain on course, we’ll arrive there on Wednesday, May 8.
I’m not sure why our new captain is acting so strangely. He seems distracted, confused, even erratic in his behavior, and he has been so from the moment he arrived on the Enterprise. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he knows something that we don’t. Nonetheless, it does still set a troubling tone for this captaincy.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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April 30, 2363 -- (Original Devron Timeline // Devron Timeline w/ Temporal War Reset)