A Starship Delayed

The Enterprise remains at Alamo Station. We are awaiting the arrival of the Nebula-class USS Leeds, at which time they will transfer a new platoon of Marines aboard the Enterprise. The Leeds is, however, three days late. They have not arrived at the station, and we have no knowledge of their whereabouts or any insight into their delay.

Since it is impossible to communicate with a starship traveling at warp, and we have no idea where to send any commships, we can only hope that the USS Leeds hasn’t run into any trouble. The Enterprise doesn’t have any pressing orders, so Captain Picard has chosen to wait two more days. If the Leeds does not arrive at Alamo Station by then, we will depart the station – without our scheduled Marines – and proceed to our next assignment.

In Starfleet, ships operate on schedules. They are given confirmed orders, and are expected to arrive at their destinations on time. There are certainly cases where ships experience delays – space is vast, and distances are long, however, any unexplained delay of longer than three days is generally cause for concern. With warp 9 starships, and an effective network of commship traffic, being significantly late – without notice – is rare.

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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December 1, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)