Ships

Niomo sighed as he heard the two officers bicker back and forth about who's ship was better. He had served on both the Lotus and on a Akira class as an engineer and knew for a fact that the Lotus was a better fighting craft than an Akira. Not to mention it had better science facilities too.

And since Starfleet just refitted the Lotus with new equipment specifically for surviving the Horizon, I highly doubt the Fleet Captain will be sending her to just talk. He thought to himself. But it wasn't his concern. He knew the Alsea was the strongest ship in the fleet, so he wouldn't have to worry about diplomacy. He just needed to make sure the phasers got power and the shields stayed up.