This voyage was, in Lucien's opinion, going about as badly as he could have imagined. What was supposed to be a two day trip to monitor an anomaly finished up meetings on Earth turned into a two month long trip and counting, with no end (or home) in sight. He wasn't even supposed to be Captain, with the real one left on Earth to finish up diplomatic negotiations while Lucien became the very much supposed to be temporary Acting Captain.
Still, wherever they were there were star systems to chart and mysteries to uncover. Maybe they'd even find a way back home someday.