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Chapters: 7/? Word Count: 30,943 Fandom: Expanded Universes (General) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Leo Verde, Lilith Montgomery Additional Tags: The Lost Era (2293 - 2364), Adult Language, Angst, Drama, Espionage, Crew as Family, Starfleet Intelligence, Starfleet Marine Corps
Series: Part 12 of Star Trek: First Duty, Part 1 of First Duty: Musashi Summary:
First Novel of First Duty: Musashi!
Stardate 4402.48: Three months after its commissioning, Captain Leo Verde and the crew of the starship Musashi are sent to the far corner of Federation space to augment Border Service patrols and secretly support covert anti-piracy operations already underway. When a deep-cover operative's identity is compromised, the crew must execute a high-stakes rescue mission with lives on the line, putting themselves between ruthless pirates and the fragile security of the far reaches of Federation's frontier.
Cover: USS Musashi rendered by Star Trek Online, Orion Nebula by NASA JWST (public domain), 2270s Delta by PDMahler (deviantArt, used with permission), lettering by Lord McCovey Cove.