[@Jbcool] We're the bridge crew but also just graduated from the academy? Is Star Fleet severely short staffed? I remember that happening twice. Once was cause Picard felt guilty getting some annoying kid's dad killed so he let him be a bridge crew ensign and the other was a trainee crew that took over after the overseeing officers were killed. It seems sort of irresponsible to place people with no field experience in command level roles. The fate of the Valiant should attest to how badly wrong that can go.