—————– Ready Room —————– 

Reacher sat at his desk, or more so new desk. He was snatched from a High-End command to this one. Reason? The Former CO was arrested under treason charges during an Embassy Mission gone sideways. Not the best circumstances for becoming a CO Even the Chief of Security, a Lt. Commander Dersch, was also snatched up for similar charges. But what’s done is done., Besides the Lt. Fox got promoted to Chief, which she did not seem thrilled about. Whatever. As long as Reacher still had a Command.

Reacher was reading the latest reports, or what could be seen on the Vaddwuar Forces, and it was not good. The entire Fourth Fleet was on High alert, more like all of Starfleet on High alert. Reacher was pulled from his thoughts when his computer beeped. It read. PRIORTY ONE MESSAGE – STARFLEET COMMAND – ADMIRAL JOHN HARLEN. This can’t be good.  Reacher put the PADD down and clicked accept. “Admiral Harlen, do you have a  task for us?”

Harlen sighed and nodded. “Yes, and it’s gonna be a hard one.” Harlen had a way of being forward, just like Reacher. Nothing was held back, which is why he had earned the rank of Admiral.

“We have gotten reports of the Isolated Colonies in Dentarra Sector reporting that they have fallen under the control of the Vaadwuar…” Harlen continued. 

Reacher’s blood went cold. “How the hell? Why would they do that?” He asked.

“It seems they are useing the Colonies as base for thier Blackout posts, Your mission Captain is to locate and disable or perferably destory the Vaadwuar Blackout Outpost and provide humanitarian aid and tactical support to the resistance in the colonies.” Harlen replyied.

“Is it just us? Damn Admiral, No Disrespect but you making the California class seem like a warship, If you want one, Should have gone for a damn Odyssey Class or even a Sovergin!” Reacherburstd out.

The Glare given to Reacher would have made any other Captain stop cold in his or her tracks, but Reacher was the Captain to always gave the Admiralty a run for their money. “Captain, The Majoirty of those classes have been recalled to Earth in case the Vaddwuar trys to move anything towards Earth, So your ship, a California class is our best and the Colonies only shot for now, Besides I am trying to pull another ship from Task Force 17 to help you, Just havent had time to figure out which one yet”

“I guess let me know what ship and when they will be coming, I will brief my senior staff once I get all the info,” Reacher replied. Not pushing anymore.

“Good, I will send the info as quickly as possibly.” With that Harlen dissapeaer off screen. Reacher rose and walked out of his ready room.

—————– Bridge —————– 

As he walked out onto the Bridge, he started giving orders before Commander Townsend could speak. “All Hands, Yellow Alert, Sound General Qaruters, Helm Set course for the Dentarra Sector, Warp 7, Ops, Get power to Communications and Long, and Short Range Sensors, Security/Tactical Alert all personnel, Review all Information at our Disposal on the Vaddwuar, All right people, let’s get moving, We’vee got a colonies to help. Also, all Senior Staff, Briefing in 20 minutes.” 

Kate had even had time to question what was going on, Besides the fact the Captain was ready to get movin, She had never met a Captain like Reacher, Not even Smith was like that, She always held meetings before giving orders, Reacher was like, Orders, Start doing them, Then Breif the Staff.

“Captain, All Systems are reporting green across the board,” Kate reported to the Captain. 

Fox spoke of Tactical. “Captain, I have issured debreifs to all Secuirty Personnel On the Vaddwuar. I take it theres a possibly of engagement?”

Reacher thought about this, And made a choice he rarely did. “Fox open intra ship comms, This breing is for all.”

Fox nodded. “Comms Open, sir,” As the Reacher’s chair beeped, signaling it was ready.

Reacher sat down and clicked the coms button on his chair. “Attention Crew, This is Captain Reacher, We have a new Mission, One that we might feel in the coming hours, Fourth Fleet Command has receive reports of the Dentarra Sector Colonies have been taken by force by the Vaadwuar and are being used for thier Blackout Outpost, Our mission is to provide humanitarian aid and tactical support to the resistance to the colonies, And I know some are thinking why the hell are they sending us of all the ships, they chose us? Trust me I had the thought and even brought it up to Admiral Harlen, But all Battleships have been sent to Earth in case of an attack, So we are the colonies last and only hope, Command did state they are working on getting us a backup ship on the  way, but they have yet to get one, So for now, We are rolling solo, But I have confidence in every signal one of your, Besides, We are Starfleet, We always prevail in times of hardships, Reacher out”

Fox nodded, taking the information in. 

“So, Bridge Crew, Any Questions?” Reacher asks, looking around. None came up.

“No, Sir,” Kate replied.

“Good, Commander, Get me Department Outlooks within the Hour, Fox we might need to have Secuirty Teams prepped for possible hostial boarding partys, so get gear assembled and ready for them in case.”

“Yes, Sir,” Fox replied.

Whatever the Vaadwuar planned for, the Hearldsburg was about to put a big hunch into their plans.