![]() Onboard as observers of the shakedown cruise were some of the most famous captains of Starfleet alive: Benjamin Sisko, James Kirk, William Riker, Elizabeth Shelby, Kathryn Janeway, Mackenzie Calhoun, Kira Nerys and other prospects for command positions in Vanguard Command. And Picard was indeed overwhelmed by what he had initially seen. On the pretext that Task Force Invincible urgently needed a thirty-day shakedown cruise as a unit, Hunter assigned this responsibility to Picard. Since Task Force Enterprise had been placed under Vanguard Command as its exploratory unit, Hunter gave all the crews of the task force a one-month shore leave on Station Frontier, with the exception of Picard and a few of his senior officers and staff who had already been eyed for transfer to the Invincible with him. So Hunter devised a plan that would somehow make Picard think twice about rejecting the offer of commanding Task Force Invincible and the USS Invincible herself. For all intents and purposes, there was no need at all for Picard to relinquish such a prestigious and fulfilling post. Hunter knew that it would be next to impossible to pry Picard out of the Enterprise-E. But Picard was at that time most contented and already quite busy as commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-E and its small battle group. Only one name came to mind when it came to abilities, experience and savvy – Jean-Luc Picard. When Vanguard Command was to be formed, Fleet Admiral Maximus Hunter was in a dilemma on who should lead and man what was intended to become the foremost task force of the Vanguard Fleet, Task Force Invincible.
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