Swansong

"Swansong" is a story about the officers and crew of the USS Black Hawk, which was originally part of the Star Trek: Shiloh fan fiction website but is now part of the Star Trek: Black Hawk fan fiction website. Prelude to a Swansong] is a short story that set up this tome which marks the introduction of the new [[USS Black Hawk (NCC-75004-A)|USS Black Hawk, NCC-75004-A, after the destruction of the old Black Hawk.

Synopsis
Admiral Higdon is shocked as he views the return of Task Force 143.24.3b and the remains of the Black Hawk from the botanical recreational section of Starbase Twelve with Federation Ambassador to Vulcan, Jean-Luc Picard and the Commanding officer of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) Captain Data. The USS Black Hawk was caught in the last of the destruction wave caused by the Hobas Supernova that had that destroyed Romulus and had taken the life of Ambassador Spock.

Meanwhile the new Vice Starbase Commander in charge of Construction, Brigadier General Rolando Gomez arrives and Higdon later escorts him to his new offices. Plans for the replacement Flagship is being made by the Admiral and Starfleet.

Three years pass before the new flagship, the USS Black Hawk, NCC-75004-A, Sovereign class starship, (Black Hawk Variant) arrives from earth. While Admiral Higdon is having a personal crisis as his wife a former First officer, Commodore Karen Higdon is suffering a series of medical problems. She falls asleep and goes into a deep coma, each episode is longer and longer in duration, in which is unexplained, even by doctors stationed at the Starfleet section of the Mayo Clinic.

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