This short story was entered in the "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" anthology competition but never got to the final publishing stage. It did, however, get as far as editor Dean Wesley Smith's desk, and I got the world's best ever rejection letter from him. This story gives background detail from the perspective of the crew of the Enterprise B on the occasion of their first journey with Captain Kirk aboard. It was my original first chapter of a proposed novel about the crew of the Enterprise B tentatively titled "Shakedown Cruise." I hope you enjoy this.