TO:		Officers and Enlisted Crewmembers, USS Fearless NCC 14598
FROM:	Captain Mykoto Jenner, Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Fearless NCC 14598
DATE:		Stardate 9605.07
SUBJECT:	Mission Orders

Attention to Orders.

At current optimal cruising warp speeds, the USS Fearless is seven days out of Deep Space Four, on the edge of the Federation-Romulan Neutral Zone. We have been ordered to rendezvous with a Romulan courier vessel to deliver the current Romulan prisoners from the boarding action to Imperial officials. As expected, the official response to the incident from the Romulan Embassy was that the Enarrains of the two Warbirds RES Haarka and RES S'tamariel were acting on their own personal agendas and deliberately flouted Galae Command. We are to act accordingly.

Notes on Deep Space Four to those amongst our crew who have not visited this station. Deep Space Four is primarily a military base and trading station. In its military aspect, Deep Space Four serves as the Home Base for the elite 8th Cruiser Squadron, consisting of the USS Ontario, USS Bas'rel, USS Chimera, and USS Avignon. Further, Starbase 88, home of the Frontier Fleet, is a mere three hours away at Warp 9. As a trading station, Deep Space Four maintains the precious Gatos Corridor leading into unincorporated Caitian colonies within the Neutral Zone, a valuable trade partner in the region for advanced pharmaceuticals not found anywhere else within the Sector. Because of its proximity to the border, Deep Space Four maintains a very high level of vigilance and is certain to be a first wave target in any Romulan "First Strike" scenario. Further, because of this deepened emphasis on security, exploration of Federation territories in the sector has not been detailed as other areas of Federation Space.

In addition to our rendezvous at Deep Space Four, the Fearless crew will undertake several tasks. Primarily, the Engineering staff will remain aboard the Fearless and undertake a comprehensive repair operation to return the Fearless to its full operating potential after our recent brushes with threat vessels. Ensign Troj will have the bridge during this drydock operation. Second, a group of officers consisting of myself, Commander Urusei, Doctor Rand, and Ensign Kerick will escort Ensign Sergei Morovitch to the Judge-Advocate's Office to undertake an Inquiry on his actions aboard the Klingon vessel on which he had most recently been a guest. Lastly, Starfleet has asked that a contingent of officers from the Fearless conduct a detailed survey of Kamaarian ruins in the nearby Togra system. To this end, Deep Space Four has reserved the use of the runabout Ticonderoga. The science expedition will be lead by Lieutenants Tress and Hawke and will include Lieutenant Vincentini, Ensign Summers, and all remaining officers not previously tasked above, including a representative from the Medical staff, if available.

That is all.