The bridge of the USS Pioneer buzzed with activity. Engineers and technicians still scurried around, making last minute checks on the new ship. On the port side, the door to the ready room slid open and Captain Tobias Quinton strolled out to survey the scene. Past him, at the Operations console, Lieutenant Thales conferred with a colleague. She glanced up briefly, then nodded a goodbye to the crewman and approached Quinton. “How are we doing, Lieutenant?” “We're ahead of schedule, actually. All systems are ready, we're just waiting on the rest of the crew.” “Any word on that transport yet?”