Over the last few months of things going from one extreme to the next, the Triumph along with the other ships within the squadron were currently docked at Starbase 93. The crews were granted some relaxation before they were called out on their next assignment whatever that would be. Zhayva had changed out of her uniform and decided to head to the Sulais, a Romulan restaurant that was located at the station.

Zhayva was walking down the corridor towards the docking ramp that led from the ship to the station. She had just been given a promotion to chief engineer after Commander Aarven had been stripped of her commission after her court martial. She was honored and shocked and was still processing everything when she heard her name being called from off in the distance behind her.

“Wait up,” said Zain Kraha waving at her to wait for him to catch up. Zhayva stopped turning around to see him almost running down the corridor. “Where are you going?” Zain asked between taking breaths.

“I was heading to the Romulan restaurant on the station, think the name of it is the Sulais?” Zhayva replied as he had his hands on both of his knees taking in some slow deep breaths until he was able to regain his composure. “Why?”

“Wanted to see if you wanted to have company?”

Zhayva smiled at him. “Sure why not.”

Zain smiled as they both walked down the corridor until they reached the docking ramp. Once on the station, they made their way towards the promenade where the restaurant was located. They had not said one word to each other during the whole walk there and when they arrived she had noticed others from the senior staff were there as well. She raised her eyebrow as if something was up, though she initially shrugged it off as a coincidence.

The pair had walked up to the others just as they joyfully said their congratulations on her promotion. “We decided to throw you a little bit of a party of sorts,” Zain admitted with a huge smile.

“How did you all know I was coming here?” Zhayva asked, confused though she wasn’t ungrateful and was very happy at the surprise.

“Well we didn’t,” Zain said with an innocent smile on his face. “When I caught up to you in the corridor, I was going to see if you would join me but when you said you were already coming here things just worked out.”

“You didn’t have to do all this,” she said as they both sat down with the group.

“Well you deserve this promotion and we wanted to celebrate with you so what better way than a party,” Zilan spoke up with a grin. “After everything that happened with the previous chief and all the hard work you did to help get the command and control center operational on Nasera II.”

The others nodded in agreement to what Zilan had said which caused Zhayva to almost blush. To her she was just doing her job, it wasn’t anything all that special as she was sure others would have done the same thing. “Thank you all, this is lovely,” Zhayva said finally after a moment of silence.

“So do you know who is going to be your assistant?” Zann Raro asked before taking a drink of her Risian Sunrise.

“I have requested that Saru be given the position,” Zhayvu replied as the others looked at her with concern. Many of the junior officers had turned to Borg drones during Frontier Day, she was one of them. She could see a bit of concern come from them. “I know she is young but she was instrumental in helping get things operational on Nasera II. I believe with my guidance she will do just fine in the position,” said Zhayva.

The Frontier Day catastrophe had taken a toll on the crew as they were all at ground zero onboard the Gagarin. Having to witness junior officers being turned into Borg drones, hunting down many of those that were not assimilated, and killing them. They had lost some good crew members that fateful day on top of the Lost Fleet invasion that had taken place before that. While the younger crew were still coming to terms with what they had done the rest of the crew were still processing everything as well.

“I know we are still dealing with what happened even on a new ship, we are still a crew and a family. They need the support just as much as we do, and we must help them.” Zhayva reminded them that we are not just a crew but a family that needs to stick together.

“You are right,” Kriia replied with a smile as Zhayva noticed the others nodded in agreement.

“Now this is supposed to be a party right?” Zhayva asked, wanting to change the subject back to why they were all there, to begin with.

“Indeed,” Dedre Rar replied.

Zhayva had noticed the food began to arrive at the table that had seemed to have been pre-ordered before their arrival. Picking up her glass from the table and raising it in the air, “to new beginnings.” Zhayva said as she saw the others pick up their glasses, bringing them up and repeating what she had said in a toast before each taking a drink.

The group would spend the next hour or so talking amongst themselves and eating before they all departed the restaurant. Zhayva made sure she thanked them for the party before she headed back towards the Triumph to make sure things were good in engineering before heading off to her quarters for the night.

The bridge was empty except for a few officers who would remain on watch even with the ship being docked at the station. Tilana was in her ready room working on reports that needed to be completed from their last mission. She had a cup of coffee in her hand while reading a PADD with after-action reports from the different departments. Tilana had requested the computer to play soft music in the background in hopes of assisting her with focusing on getting these finished before turning in for the night.

Just as she was getting started the door chime went off, letting out what seemed to have been an annoyed sigh she composed herself before answering. “Enter,” she spoke up as the doors opened to reveal her first officer entering. She could see that something was bothering her, “is everything alright Commander?”

She took a seat at one of the vacant chairs that were located in front of the desk before handing her a PADD. While Tilana had taken a glance at it, “Zhayvu has requested that Savu become her assistant.” Aleish spoke up after a few moments of silence.

“Is there a problem with that?” Tilana asked, unsure of where she was going with this.

“Well not exactly,” she began before she waved her hand as Tilana gave her that look as if she knew better. “Well I mean it’s just that she is a bit young for a position like that,” Aleish said.

Tilana looked at her for a moment before looking at the information on the PADD. She knew that she was a bit young for such a position, though with them being so short on officers due to Frontier Day events they didn’t have very many candidates to choose from. Placing the PADD back down on the table she looked at Aleish, “while I understand your concerns as they are valid. Though I believe with Zhayvu’s help she can grow and become just as good as anyone senior.”

Tilana could see by the look on her face that she was thinking. “If you look at the events of the Lost Fleet and what role she played in bringing down Lungurn Fleet Yards command and control center. How she played a role in getting Nasera’s command and control center operational so their defense grid would remain operational.” Tilana countered prompting Aleish to sit there and think.

“But what about the events of Frontier Day? She was one of the junior officers that was assimilated.” Aleish countered which caused Tilana to see why Aleish was on the fence about Savu. “I mean I know she had no control over the situation but it still happened and it’s still fresh on everyone’s mind.”

“I understand that but we can’t be singling them out for not getting a promotion due to that.” Tilana fired back, “Zhayvu has faith in her abilities and being able to do the job we should too.”

“Very well, I will get this approved,” Aleish replied while Tilana smiled. Aleish stood up from her chair and began to walk toward the door when she was stopped by the sound of the comm channel.

“Bridge to Captain Tilana,” Khadija said.

“Go ahead,” Tilana replied.

“Commodore Dex would like to see both you and Commander Trol over on the Saratoga,” Khadija answered.

This caused both Tilana and Aleish to look at each other for a brief moment. “Understood thank you,” Tilana said before ending the channel and getting up from her chair.

“I wonder what this could be about?” Aleish asked.

“I am sure we will find out soon enough,” Tilana said as they both headed out of her ready room heading for the transporter room to beam over to the Saratoga. Tilana hoped that it would be a simple mission though nothing lately has been anything but simple. They would just have to wait and see what this meeting would be about when they arrived, she could tell it was something important due to the nature of the late-night summons.