abstract
| - Following the events of the disastrous M-5 trials, the heavily damaged USS Excalibur returns to Earth and is put into drydock for repairs. Over the next 18 months, the ship is used as the testbed for design concepts that would later be implemented on the USS Enterprise's 2273-refit. The completely refurbished USS Excalibur is relaunched in 2269. Later, Captain Nelson beams down to Earth, Starfleet Headquarters, where he speaks with Yeoman Carter and Commodore Russell. While reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, he waits to talk to Admiral Yoritomo. They meet in drydock and Captain Nelson is briefed on his mission. Yoritomo asks how Nelson feels about Captain James T. Kirk and if he blames him for the M-5 incident, to which Nelson replies that he does not, having considered the whole fiasco an accident. At the end of the meeting, Nelson is given one month to clear up affairs on the USS Athena as he is then to be reassigned to oversee the Excalibur refit.
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