[She almost wished he'd asked about the ship.] Starfleet chose Jonathan Archer to captain Earth's first warp ship. It was a tremendous honor, and he rarely let that reflect on him. [Even his speech at the signing in of the Coalition, had carefully avoided 'patting himself on the back.'] He is a good friend, though we didn't always agree. [First time they'd spoken, he'd threatened to knock her on her ass.]

Hoshi Sato was our communications officer. She has an exceptional ear and was, I believe, the first human to be fluent in Klingon. Travis Mayweather, the pilot, was a boomer, born on a cargo freighter. He spent more time in space than most of the bridge crew combined. Our armory officer, Malcolm Reed, is...quite logical. Doctor Phlox is Denobulan; I doubt he expected to say on Enterprise for a decade, but he enjoyed it quite a bit. They are an excellent crew. [And there's a suspiciously absent Chief Engineer.]