Editing Leesa N. Stanton (section)

==Mission Two: The Hephaestus Principle==

Stanton's tour aboard the Champlain was cut short by an emergency message from her father [[Victor Stanton]], that her mother had become terminally ill. She was released from her duties on the Champlain and sent home on Compassionate Leave as of Stardate: 2407.03.09. As such she left at the very beginning of this mission.

While Stanton's time on board the Champlain was extremely short, it turned out to be a very rough start to her shipboard career. She soon found herself embroiled in an extremely adversarial relationship with the Champlain’s Chief Operations officer, which left her in a precarious position. Her unexpected transfer removed her from the potentially volatile situation but left her shaken; with her confidence gone and wondering if there was a place for her in Starfleet.

Stanton discovered upon her return to starbase [[Geneva]] that the entire story of her mother’s illness had been a ruse by her father in order to get her back to Terra and under his control. 

Luckily for Leesa her mother, [[Demora Stanton]] had learned of the plan just after her husband had implemented it and also learned that Doenitz’s security forces would be on hand to ‘debrief’ Leesa upon her return. Leesa would then be forced to either resign her commission or to take a posting with forces loyal to her fathers political ally, [[Rodrigo Doenitz]].

Upon learning of the plan Demora was able to transfer a large amount of credits from her husbands accounts into her own personal accounts, whereupon she made her way to Beta Quadrant and Starbase Geneva where she was able to intercept her daughter and warn her of the ploy.

Leesa was overjoyed to see her mother alive and well and she resolved to remain in Starfleet and make one more attempt at pursuing a career.