USS Bradbury

The USS Bradbury serves as a Starfleet transport vessel tasked with ferrying Wesley Crusher to Starfleet Academy from Betazed. It contacts the Enterprise via subspace communication, relayed by Worf, to declare it can wait no longer for the cadet amid the ship's departure schedule. This transmission forces Picard to weigh Wesley's imminent Academy transfer against an unfolding rescue mission, highlighting the Bradbury's role in enforcing operational timelines during personnel handoffs. Its action underscores Starfleet's emphasis on punctuality in cadet deployments.