The USS Tokyo sits in spacedock after completing its 10 month trial cruise along the Romulan Neutral Zone. Starfleet Corps of Engineers have spent the last 2 weeks rectifying several problems in the ships design and systems that came up in the cruise. However the ships captain stands down due to issues with his family.

The ship is put into the hands of its executive officer, Taiga Aisaka. She is promoted to Commander to give her the rank to peform this role. With most of the shakedown crew reassigned including most of the ships department heads its now upto Taiga to find the ship a crew and get back out into space.

She has been given 2 weeks to find a crew and to return the ship back to active duty. Can the ship launch in time and how will Taiga cope with her first ever command?