Would almost be fitting if the new captain shouted "Stay the course!" at some point.
A couple of the people on the Equinox were jerks but most of them, the captain included, were just tragic characters in a bad place. One bad decision leading to another. Still the Nova class design was always a beauty, nice to have one around.
He was talking about Shadow Fleets first SIMM, which was a Nova class, the first USS Discovery.
And yes, it is nostalgic. Nice to have one back in the fleet. I just hope it gets on better than the last Discovery...
And Riley's last two commands. I'm just saying, but didn't they... y'know... blow up?