The jingoistic school master lectures o his young charges, who sit and listen intently at their school desks:You are the life of the Fatherland, you boys.He revealed his new look to them and explained: "It didn""t attack the cells.It enhanced them.It didn""t work." Raven assured him otherwise, urging him to not be ashamed: "This is who you were meant to be.This is you.No more hiding." A new name was suggested for his bad-ass look: Beast.He piloted he stealth jet to the Cuban blockade line.Off Cuba, the two fleets (led by theUSS Independenceand theAlexander Nevsky) were engaged on opposite sides of each other - as the Russian warheads-bearing cargo vessel, theAral Sea, approached - it was only three minutes from the line." Deeds grabs him by the lapel, and with the first hint of violence, threatens the man and then has him bodily ejected: "I think you""re a crook so you""d better watch your step.Through the ship""s transmission system, Bones and Spock were located, but they had also been identified by three swarm ships that zoomed toward them.And the personal sacrifices they have made.We continue to search for new life forms in order to establish firm diplomatic ties.Our extended time in uncharted territory has stretched the ship""s mechanical capacities.But fortunately our engineering department, led by Mr.Scott, is more than up to he job.The ship aside, prolonged cohabitation has definitely had effects on interpersonal dynamics.Some experiences for he better, and some for the worse.As for me, things have started o feel a little episodic.The farther out we go, the more I find myself wondering what it is we""re trying to accomplish.If the universe is truly endless, then are we not striving for something forever out of reach?TheEnterpriseis scheduled for a reprovisioning stop atYorktown, the Federation""s newest and most advanced starbase.