<USS Lafayette Bridge>

"Starbase 336 control to USS Lafayette. Please do not be alarmed by the activity from Ferengi Marauder 'Gullible Customer'. They have just explained that an unmanned shuttlecraft malfunctioned and launched itself, so they had to destroy it to avoid damaging the station."

"Starfleet Command has ordered you to remain here for the next two weeks in order to rendezvous with some new crew members."

==============================================================================
[O.O.C.] 

According to my records, we were at Stardate 9512.05, so this is just time-compression to catch up. The next 'game day', when the new crew arrive, will be Stardate 9512.19. We can then spend a couple of weeks at warp five getting to our next destination to bring time back into sync.