Commander William Riker was originally scheduled to be our first officer – once we returned from the Neutral Zone. However, when the Enterprise “disappeared” in the Devron System, and Starfleet thought we had been destroyed, he was reassigned to the USS Galaxy as their first officer instead. A year later, with the news that we had not, in fact, been lost, Commander Riker has been reassigned back to the Enterprise, and, moving forward, will be our new First officer.
Commander Beverly Crusher was originally scheduled to be our chief medical officer, however, when we disappeared, she was reassigned to Starfleet Medical Academy. She will be remaining in her current position. Instead, our new chief doctor will be Commander Katherine Pulaski, the former chief medical officer of the USS Repulse.
Lieutenant Commander Terence Argyle, our chief engineer, requested reassignment, and was transferred to an engineering position on Earth. To replace him, we have been assigned a Lieutenant Geordi La Forge. Our new chief engineer was originally scheduled to join the Enterprise as a helm officer, however, when the Enterprise vanished, La Forge continued to serve aboard the USS Hood. During the year that we were “missing”, he earned a promotion, and transferred into the engineering department. He is a skilled engineer, and should be an able replacement for Lieutenant Commander Argyle.
With our chief security officer, Lieutenant Natasha Yar, also leaving the Enterprise, a new officer was needed for her position as well. After considering a number of candidates, Captain Picard has chosen to replace her with bridge auxiliary officer, Lieutenant (JG) Worf Rozhenko – our resident Klingon. Worf has been promoted to full Lieutenant, and will administer the security department. An incoming officer, Lieutenant Belo Darva, will become chief tactical officer.
Once the Enterprise leaves Earth next week, we will finally have a full crew. If you would like learn more about this crew, please visit our USS Enterprise-D crew page.
We’re preparing to head back out into the unknown. Hopefully, this time, we’ll last a little longer out there, and won’t have any more run-ins with “anti-time anomalies”.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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June 13, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)