The Best and the Brightest

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WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS, Jayme Miranda was in exocellular biology class, part of an intensive summer course at Starfleet Academy. At first the rumors seemed unlikely, an exaggeration of a severe battle. But even that was frightening enough to send her running to the comm to try to reach her great‑aunt, Marley Miranda, an admiral at Starfleet Headquarters.

As Aunt Marley’s image appeared on the screen, Jayme could have been looking at herself in forty years–all the Mirandas had the same straight, dark hair and strong‑boned face. Jayme knew her family considered her to be the “excitable” one, so she didn’t bother concealing her fear as her aunt confirmed that the EnterpriseD had crashed on Veridian III. Even worse, a fatality had occurred during the battle with a Klingon bird‑of‑prey commanded by the Duras sisters. While they were talking, an official statement was released notifying the United Federation of Planets about the crash of Starfleet’s flagship.

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