Captain Johnston Owens was the commander of the USS Barcelona. He commanded the Barcelona on her maiden voyage to Alpha Centauri. The Barcelona was going very fast. Captain Owens' first officer advised him to slow down, but he didn't listen. Plus, the Barcelona left Spacedock with only half her escape pods. The USS Barcelona was approaching the Alpha Centauri star system when, BAM, she hit a gravitic mine. "Damage report!" yelled Captain Owens. "Critical hit in engineering section, Captain!" replied the chief engineer. "We're venting drive plasma. Warp core breach is imminent!" "All hands to the escape pods!" said Captain Owens. But there were only enough escape pods for half her crew. Half of the Barcelona's crew escaped the Barcelona in the escape pods. But the other half of the crew, in