At Starbase 86, The USS Moorpark, a California-class utility cruiser, departs on her first mission under the new command of Captain Wayne Boudreaux. The Moorpark is charged with delivering a shipment of quadrotriticale, a high-yield grain, from the agricultural colony of Boaz IV to a fledgling Federation settlement on Ruthel VII. The voyage ahead is projected to be straightforward and routine, but will it remain that way? Find out in the coming chapters of “USS Moorpark: On Grain and Generosity”!