Going Home

Posted on Tue Mar 23rd, 2021 @ 5:50am by Captain Rhenora Kaylen

Mission: The Jungle
Location: Liberty

The USS Liberty warped back towards Deep Space Nine at a comfortable cruising warp speed. The stars streaked by on the viewscreen showing the tiny speed on the far corner as their destination.

Captain Kaylen Rhenora rested in the command chair on the bridge, catching up on some reports and the general bridge vibe. It was more subdued than before the incident in the Jungle. Everyone was hurting just a little, some were hurting a whole lot. They'd lost some good people down there, those who were hunted and killed for the entertainment of a race they didn't even know existed. She took comfort in the fact that they held one of the main perpetrators within the Liberty's brig, bringing him to a justice in behalf of his people. Such atrocities should never occur again on that planet. 'Should'.

She breathed a sigh, the tension starting to leave her body ever so slowly after the last few weeks. She'd been looking forward to a quiet mapping mission in the beta quadrant, just cruising around, checking out stellar phenomena and anything else of interest. Just being explorers. Instead they fought for their lives against a former Captain who was orchestrating the battle from within. It was later found out that Captain Haldeman had been a puppet himself, forced to run the cruel Jungle Game in order to save his own crew. The Liberty had rescued all they could from the USS Manchester and were bringing them home, those who wanted to leave of course. Some had been lucky enough to find family and love on the planet and chose to stay behind. Their names were recorded so their families could be informed and have some form of closure.

"Eta to Deep Space Nine two hours Ma'am" The Helmsman reported as the starship slowed from high warp to impulse power as it neared the populated region of space.

" Very good Ensign, Ops advise the station of our ETA and pass on our request for shore leave and repairs. " Rhenora instructed as the mighty ship slowed. Soon. Soon they would be home.