Early the next day Captain Venger made her way through the halls of the starbase to reach Admiral Garren's office.  All of the ships  had submitted at least one report regarding the battle.  The reports, the loses... everything would have to be reviewed at some point in time.

 

The meeting was pretty much what she had expected.  All the ships had encountered high amounts of damanges and lost more lives than anyone would have liked.  Due to  the damages sustained, all of the ships would remain at Starbase Atlantis for at least a week, which would also provide a chance for the crews to rest and regroup themsleves.

 

Everyone was certainly wondering where things were going to go from here.  At the least, it would be easy to say things probably weren't going to get better soon.  They hoped that they would be able to learn more from the Attrexians they had captured but that would take time.

 

Some interesting news was already arriving from Romulus, however.  The empire was beginning to destablize.  News of the defeat has inspired revolts on some areas of the planet.  It was quite humiliating for the people and those who haven't been happy with the current leadership are seizing the opportunity.  Will this new movement be successful? 

 

Admiral Garren considered her next words carefully, "Jessie, considering the current situation on Romulus, Starfleet could use someone of your particular skills.  It could mean a new ear between us... It's something I would like you to think about."