Following the reflection that can only come through the calm quiet of shore leave, Fleet Captain Taes makes command changes across Audacity Squadron.

One such change: Captain Elbon Jakkelb assumes command of the Grissom-class surveyor, Hipparchus.

While the starship Constellation dives deep into a planetary survey, Hipparchus astronavigates to a new position, joined by RRW Zdenia, to lead its own expedition of stellar cartography.

The crew scramble to make sense between conflicting star charts from Starfleet’s oft-abandoned exploration of the Cygnus Reach, unsubstantiated intelligence gleaned from the Breen and Kzinti, and the space-time destruction wrought by the Dominion’s Lost Fleet. Overwhelmed by information overload, the first mission becomes:

Where do the map makers even begin?