The Starfleet transport vessel, USS Whitestar, arrived at Enterprise Station today. It marks the first arrival of one of two ships assigned to monthly transport runs between Enterprise Station, and Lya III -- the nearest Starfleet base. The USS Whitestar, and the other vessel, the USS Badger, are both Aerie-class transports. The Whitestar will arrive at Enterprise Station on the first day of every month, while the Badger will arrive on the 15th of every month. Each vessel will remain in port, at our station, for five days, before setting course back to Lya III.
This schedule will repeat, every month, providing a regular transport link to Lya III. Personnel, civilians, and small-order cargo will arrive by this route. Other vessels will continue to run supplies, and large-order cargo, from Lya III and other locations, however, the USS Whitestar and the USS Badger will be the only vessels assigned to regular personnel transport duties.
That being said, the USS Whitestar was not the only new arrival today. Carried aboard the Whitestar was… Lieutenant Commander Sam Archer. Yes, Mr. Archer is no longer missing. Apparently, he was found – by distress call – drifting near the Whitestar route, in a non-Federartion shuttlepod. He is well, uninjured, and has passed medical with a clean bill of health.
I have not been fully briefed, regarding Lieutenant Commander Archer’s return, but I have learned a little about his recent ordeal. According to Mr. Archer, he was (stealthily) abducted from Enterprise Station, on October 28, by a nefarious individual who intended to try and access Mr. Archer’s temporal dream abilities for personal gain. Two days after Mr. Archer was taken from the station, the abducting vessel was captured and impounded by an unnamed intelligence agency that had been tracking the abductor for weeks. Lieutenant Commander Archer was liberated, but upon discussions with this unnamed intelligence agency, agreed to participate in a tactical operation that lasted throughout the month of November. Upon completion of that operation, the intelligence agency dropped Mr. Archer off, in the unidentified shuttlepod, to be picked up by the USS Whitestar as it made its first run to Enterprise Station.
I am told that the operation Lieutenant Commander Archer participated in remains confidential, and cannot be discussed, by order of Starfleet’s Chief of Staff, Admiral Gene Roddenberry. Yes, Mr. Archer's no-talk orders go all the way to the top of the chain of command.
It is definitely a relief to find Lieutenant Commander Archer alive, and well, however, the new mysteries surrounding his return, may prove to be more compelling than his unfortunate disappearance.
-Lieutenant Jessica Reagan
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December 1, 2369 – (Devron Timeline 3.0)
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