Philadelphia Mission: "Attack on the Borg Megasphere" - Stardate 22001.01

The old girl is brought out of a semi-active retirement for one last hurrah against an old foe: the Borg.

Captain's Logs

Capt Aitrus Colso

Stardate 22001.08

Captain’s Log, USS Philadelphia Stardate 22001.08 Captain Aitrus Colso, recording

This has got to be one of the weirdest missions I’ve ever been briefed on, and that’s including the time we had to help move a space whale out of a warzone three years ago. But despite the oddity, it's actually happened.

The Borg are back.

I was so taken aback when Commander Braggins told us about it, I missed a bit of what she said. I was suddenly a green ensign again, back in the dark in the science labs and scared out of my mind. The Borg had struck and put an effective end to the Romulan War, and the freshly-minted ensign that I was got stuck, having barely made it to the ship he was assigned to.

At least this time, I can help do something about it. I’m not the useless, terrified scientist this time. And I have a fine crew to help me, as well. As of this recording, I’m sitting in my ready room, waiting on the fleet to arrive at the - and they should’ve found a better name for this - the Megasphere. Commander Dellinshir and I have already held our own briefing and given the crew their assignments, and now we’re in that weird phase of waiting for the inevitable.

I want to make a note before we get there, however, that this is one of the finest crews I’ve ever served with. Lieutenant Commander Sorrena in Engineering has kept her department humming, despite trying to keep one of the oldest ships in the fleet running, and Silran has come up with some fairly ingenious solutions to how to keep this ship relevant despite the likely mismatch between us and any probably enemy vessels we’ll encounter.

No matter what happens, I’m proud to be serving here alongside them, and hope that we can finally do what we evidently failed to do back, all those years ago.

End Log.