Chapter 53 - A list of all known Starfleet Flag officers (Patreon)

Given the VIPs of the Federation on this stage, including eventually the President himself, I had had to beam in far, far outside the area around the ceremony to get to the event. In fact, a five-mile anti-transport field perimeter and a 10-mile no-fly zone had been set up to protect the ceremony site, the crowd, and the many VIPs scheduled to attend. Having my ID credentials and myself scanned yet again, for literally the 11th time tonight, I was allowed onto the stage and oh boy…it was a Who’s Who of Federation Council representatives and the Admiralty of Starfleet.

Milling around chatting were some of the most powerful people in the Federation, at least those who could return to Earth in time for this event. Starfleet was well represented too as I recognized full admirals like Admiral Bullock of Starfleet Command, Admiral Owen Paris, father of Tom Paris of Star Trek: Voyager fame, Admiral Strickler and Admiral Whatley of Starfleet Headquarters.