Flashback

The Federation has lost its way and become vulnerable to any hostile force that opposes, several member worlds have left, and it’s a dark, unpredictable time.

Admiral Remae Ktell is assigned to run the newly reinvented Mars Defence Perimeter (MDP), the Federation has decided to rebuild from the inside out. Firstly, by protecting its core assess, starting with Sol System. The Admiral is tasked with not only overseeing the combined station but building a team to catapult Starfleet back into the Alpha Quadrant. The new team must go out and find out what’s happening with the fleet, outposts and allies of the Federation. Who is a friend and who is not?

Record of conversation between President Stiave Atremi and Remae Ktell, Stardate - 2444.05.02 :

“Most of the Admirals are scared about doing anything, the fleet is in shambles, we have so much rebuilding to do not only here by out there, we neglected it for so long… where do we start?”, she said.

“You are in charge now, President, why don’t you haul the Commander in Chief of Starfleet and order them to restart fleet operations, to begin again… to get out there.”, he said, once again pushing the responsibilities onto her.

“… and if I do, what do you think will happen? Most of them were quite happy with the contraction, focus on ourselves and not what was out there. If I ask them to do it, we’ll be sitting here and 10 years later, nothing will have changed.”, she said as if explaining the situation to a child who wasn’t listening.

“So, instead, I suppose you want me to do it… effectively alienating me from them, my chain of command and hanging me out to dry.”, he wasn’t convincing anyone… not even himself.
“… this from the outcast?”, she said, looking at him again and smiling, “Come off it. You aren’t fooling me or anyone else, you want to do this and you’ve been pushing it for a while, so what do you want to do?”

The conversation was done.

At that point, Jana walked in and sat next to her husband and took his hand, she kissed him on the cheek.

“We rebuild.”, he said and they all nodded in agreement, “Where do we start?”

Admiral Bell threw her arms around the Ensign, "You don't have to be scared anymore, you don't have to be guilty anymore, you are not responsible for what that madman did to you.", she said to her quietly and for a moment longer, releasing her from the embrace. "It's going to take time, its going to be a toll... I will be right here, and I am not going anywhere."