You just missed him — Khan. [ honestly, kirk is very lucky kathryn decided to trust him enough to let him handle that matter in his own way while standing vigil on the sidelines, flying under the radar as an unknown as starfleet entity. she'd hidden her rank and pips for months while the augment was still in the city, harry kim stumbling awkwardly over her first name, unaccustomed to addressing her as anything other than captain. oh, she'd been tempted to take care of this in her own, usual way, but she hadn't. wanted to, but also using placing some trust in the other captain as a way to cement the partnership of two captains working in tandem.

part of her wishes she'd been able to deliver a severe wake up call to the man before his departure, as while she was wary of him, she was not afraid. khan was history to her, and she'd far, far worse things than a mad, kirk-obsessed augmented human. ] Good riddance to that problem.

You know, Jim offered to take me — us — with him, should a way be found back to his timeline, but not mine. The idea's starting to sound even less appealing than it did when it was offered.

[ because no matter how brilliant a tactician she was, how good she was at commanding a starship in the heat of battle, a militarized starfleet who operated on the basis of necessity and luck was not one someone like her could be a part of. it was bad enough carol marcus, one of the great scientific minds that kathryn grew up idolizing for her accomplishments, was a weapons expert. or so kirk tells her. ]