Operations were bustling with activity as officers watched the station’s day-to-day operations. With many ships coming and going from the system, today was a busier day for incoming ships. Commodore Azras Dex was not in her office for a rare moment but decided to be in operations as ships from the squadron were due to arrive soon. This made things more hectic as they needed to assign them to docking areas inside the station and on the outer docking rings.

Azras stood in the middle of the large room, looking at the viewscreen as the USS Triumph and USS Knight dropped out of warp and began approaching the station. The Knight looked a bit bruised, as apparent damage was visible from the viewscreen. She heard Lieutenant Vincent speak up over the comm channel, directing both ships to where to dock while letting engineering know that the Knight would need an engineering team to help repair their damages. She watched as both ships slowly began to dock with the station until it was confirmed docking was complete.

About twenty minutes later, another ship drops out of warp, a Reliant-class starship that would no less be the USS Nighthawk. The Nighthawk, a veteran of the Battle of Izar, had sustained significant damage that tragic day, punctuated by the heroic sacrifice of her commanding officer, an action that saved countless of her crew. Several months had passed, repairs complete, and battle scars made good again. Now, she was assigned to her squadron under the command of Commander Ashtin Coulter. She began to watch the ship slowly approach the station before docking.

There was a bit of silence before two more ships dropped out of warp from two different directions. The USS Argo was an Echelon-class starship that looked very similar to the Sagan class in some sense. However, it was vastly different in comparison. Then there was the Gagarin-class USS Argus, which reminded her of the previous ship, the USS Gagarin, that had been previously assigned to her squadron and had been a part of the chaos of Frontier Day at Earth. Both ships began approaching the station before they docked at it slowly.

The USS Pandora, a Luna-class starship that had been a last-minute assignment to her squadron, would arrive shortly. As if on queue, the Pandora dropped out of warp and began to approach the station. Turning to Commander Norann, she ordered, “Once the Pandora docks, send a message to each ship’s Commanding Officers telling them there will be a meeting in the observation lounge in one hour.” This would give them enough time to get their ships settled and for her to get things ready.

“Understood,” Norann replied with a smile.

Turning away from the view screen, she returned to her office. After arriving, she saw Ensign Ra sitting there working on something. “Please prepare the observation lounge for a meeting for the commanding officers of the squadron that is taking place in one hour,” Dex ordered as Ra nodded before Dex entered her office.