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Ensign Crab and Lieutenant Perim again have been instrumental in looking after the ship while I've been away and apart from a few minor issues the ship is in the same condition as when I left it.

It has been an eventful few hours.

Having been called to the shuttle bay I witnessed one of our Engineering Officers running from Security who promptly stunned him.

Having done a deep scan on both officers I have come across a parasite which had been effecting the officers. I managed to get rid of the parasite and all officers who have been exposed to this parasite will recover with no ill effects from it.

The officers all had been in the shuttle bay so with that conclusion that must have been how the parasite got on board the ship.

With this Palmetto has left to investigate the shuttle bay and will report his findings.

Chief Medical Officer Daniel Brooks recording,

I just hope that it will be enough to hold that parasite at bay. We are still checking other officers to make sure they haven't been accidentally exposed to it.

After a rather busy mission I believe we are all looking forward to a bit of down time.

Well my first assignment has been an interesting one to start with. I met with my Department Head a Dr. Brooks. Seems like a very like-able person along with a few other officers on the ship. We had quite the night in Ten Forward. I also had the honor of meeting the First Officer. I did his check in physical as required by Starfleet He seems nice. A man with a lot of experience that I am hoping to learn from. There is a memory issue that he mentioned and I am going to take a look into further. I seem to be checking in and getting along nicely. I may have to go to Engineering to have some help with my personal tricorder. It seems to not want to link with Starfleet's Computers but im sure its nothing and it is something they can handle.

The captain has determined to send an away team to the planet found to be inhabited. Those on the planet seem to have knowledge about the Copernicus and Captain Fields, despite no one on board knowing anything about them. The chief of security, a hologram from the former Commander Avark, suggested the Copernicus invite those on the planet to the Copernicus. Unfortunately, the captain didn't agree and not only recommended an away team, but the captain will also be traveling with the away team.

Lieutenant Nesmith has equipped each member of the away team with a specialty type of communicators and will remain at the tactical station on the bridge along with Lieutenant Bradford, who will be at helm.

The past mission sent us to the Zaniah system. Upon entering this system, we identified familiar Federation signals from the system, most notably the planet. Upon further investigation, the President of the planet offered a meeting with us, stating they had been expecting us. I was hopeful we could instead, have the President and a few of the planet’s inhabitants on board the Copernicus. This was more for security issues than anything. We hadn’t any knowledge of why they were expecting us, nor did the President give any further details.

I was among the crew of the away team, escorting the captain in this mission of diplomacy. Diplomacy? Really? The diplomacy failed as the planet seemed to be on the verge of a civil war. Upon arrival, we were welcomed to the sight of weapons. Their President managed to keep things somewhat calm, however the tension continued. The captain and crew were brought to a larger room where conversations continued, until the flash of a bright light. This light brought with it an entirely new set of issues, namely being in a different timeline. Their President tried to help with explanations, by escorting us to an area with an artifact, however, that artifact was a shuttle from our own Copernicus.

The planet was not about to let the away team near the shuttle. Despite it being Star Fleet property and not knowing much about it. They refused access to this as well as another part of their planet that seemed to be home to more unknown technology. I was relieved to hear our captain determine our time was through, although we didn’t leave without another confrontation. Members of our own crew were fired upon as we tried leaving without a scene. Negotiations while we were on board our own shuttle finally succeeded long enough for us to get into the air and head towards the Copernicus.

Upon arrival, I made my way back to the bridge while the captain eventually wrapped up things with the President and his people.

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Whatever happened on the ship while I was away, I have no idea! I come back to find one of my officers recovering in sickbay and a **** load of paperwork following! Did I really sign up to Star Fleet to do paperwork? I think that’s all I ever do! I believe things could have ended up much differently, had the captain went with the idea of playing host to the Zaniah President. But how do I tell the captain this? She could have my balls sent back to the academy… or the brig. I need to sort out what happened to my officers while away and decide if I talk to the captain.

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