Originally published on Ready Up on 7th July 2011.
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It’s been six weeks since the Khitomer crisis.
Naibe and I were retrieved by the Shergold and taken back to Starfleet headquarters in San Francisco for debriefing. The Borg were held off and eventually retreated from the Vega system, albeit at the cost of several hundred Starfleet personnel and starships, the Kicking Horse included. Despite this heavy loss, however, around 1,000 colonists were saved due to the efforts of both my colleagues and myself. The little girl was rescued and reunited with her parents. Salvage missions are currently in operation, with repairs being made to damaged vessels and technology taken from the Borg Cubes for study at the Vulcan Science Academy.
As promised, Captain Tonn sent a recommendation to Starfleet concerning my actions. The commendation was reviewed by a board of admirals who, after much deliberation over my ‘reckless behaviour’ and ‘wanton destruction of a starship’, ultimately deemed my actions as ‘exemplary performance in safeguarding the ideals of the Federation’ and promoted me to Captain as reward for my command decisions considering the situation. I was assigned my own ship, the U.S.S. Selene, and am awaiting my first briefing from Starfleet.
Michael Slevin 