Since officer ( ) informs me that we have found a particularly rich vein of engineering minerals when we receive a hail from Starfleet Headquarters ordering us to Earth Spacedock, for ship upgrades and transfer of the minerals we've collected . I have informed my first officer to arrange a few days leave for the crew to visit Earth.

The ship ride in is rough, must have been that last Klingon torpedo we took during that last skirmish at Kerr'at. Trent, our ships chief engineer, is most exuberant over the possibility of giving Roswell the maintenance it needs. I find it most curious that he doesn't share the desire to visit Earth like the others. He informs me that he's been looking forward to an overhaul of the ship's systems for months now and prefers to oversee it's repairs. I order him to take at least a day to visit Earth.