Nicole Branson and Ambassador Ghorrash Hors of Tellar Prime have used their time on the surface with access to an industrial replicator to travel into Opera Bay and recover some of the once mighty Academy. Nicole was adamant that some of the Academy be a part of any new building.
Nicole Branson served under Rear Admiral James Anderson in the Omega Academy. She started out as little more than a civil aide in this school designed to help the Omega Fleet under Admiral Tim Veltkamp fill its ships. It was here where her abuse at the hands of Admiral Bruce Montgomery occurred. Nicole had taken part of that school to the Phoenix Colony.
The Phoenix Colony had some great architectural symbolisms. There was a large globe in the bay known as the Phoenix Fleet Offices, a large building that resembled a Starfleet Combadge that served as the Starfleet Offices on the colony. As the colony’s life was beginning to end, Nicole build a large circular building in the Phoenix bay in homage to her service to the Omega Fleet. It was a remarkable tribute.
When the colonists moved, Nicole would always take a piece of those buildings with her to Ephyra, Phoenix and Camelot. It was a symbol of education and continuity.
Vincent arrived back from Federation One. He was on Station Sisko when Nicole invited her mentor to the surface to see her project. Vincent walked into the corridor of The Circle. Nicole came walking into the foray of the amphitheatre, “What do you think?”
Vincent gave a little chuckle, “Impressive but who in their right mind is going to want to attend an academy on an asteroid on the fringes of the Badlands?”
“They came before…”, Nicole responded.
