The Promethean Prophecy

Damaged by Romulan attack, the Enterprise is stranded, without food, in orbit of a mysterious planet.

Log entries

 * Captain's log, stardate 3642.0 : We have ventured beyond the charted boundaries of Federation territory, reducing our speed to sub-warp velocity in the Prometheus solar system, near the Great Transtellar Rift. Our orders are straightforward. This is an exploratory mission: we are to seek out new life, and make contact with new civilizations. The unknown Promethean worlds wheel into view on the screen before me: gleaming spheres, circling endlessly in the darkness. After all these years, planets still look like toys to me, each one small enough to take in the palm of my hand, like the models hung from the ceiling in my room at the Academy. At times like these, I find myself falling back on a single though, a schoolboy's lesson, drilled into me at the Academy with maddening regularity. A fundamental principle which I once hoped was no more than a killjoy guideline cooked up by some sour, Earthbound, Federation desk-jockey, but which I have come to respect as genuine wisdom. The Prime Directive: you can look all you like, but don't touch.


 * Captain's log, stardate 3642.9 : ''While attmepting to penetrate the deepening mystery of the Promethean culture, the landing party narrowly avoided being swept away by an intense and dangerous sandstorm. We know the Prometheans have considerable stockpiles of protein material the USS Enterprise needs. What we don't know is how to convince them to give some to us. We have yet to even meet the dominant individual, who calls himself "the afflictor."

Regular characters
James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Nyota Uhura • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov

Other characters
Duane Berryman • Biphlomin • Cortneelia • Daia • Hernanda Dimas • Fitzgerald (Admiral) • Gaidren • Gildea • Jharpe • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • unnamed Prometheus IV natives

Catherine the Great • Amanda Grayson

Starships and vehicles
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ( heavy cruiser) • unnamed Romulan starships ( bird-of-prey)

Planetary locations and settlements
Europe • Marcabot Palace • Oklahoma

Outposts and stations
Starbase 10

Planets and planetoids
Earth • planet Izar • Prometheus IV

Stars and systems
Prometheus system

Stellar regions
Great Transtellar Rift

Races and cultures
Human • Promethean (Prometheus IV) • Romulan • Vulcan

Charla

States and organizations
Federation • Julga • Romulan Star Empire • Romulan Star Navy • Starfleet • Starfleet Command

Technology and weapons
communicator • deflector shield • energizer • food synthesizer • holo • impulse engine • ion integrator • life support • matter-energy integrator • matter-energy scrambler locus • phaser • photon torpedo • plasma cannon (plasma weapon) • sensor • starship • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive

Materials and substances
phaser coolant (coolant) • electron • gold • mercury • metal • plasma • protein • silicate

Ranks and titles
afflictor • captain • chanter • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • defender • delighter • doctor • ensign • first officer • helmsman • jumper • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • navigator • praetor • sage • science officer • sustainer • trader

Other references
animal • apple • apricot • binary star • bridge • brig • burrower • captain's log • chamb • class M planet • conga line • corridor • crustacean • eagle • engineering • harrik • humanoid • ion storm • Kaferian apple nectar • krill • lifeform • landing party • log entry • mess hall • metric ton • Oklahoma rain • orange • photosynthesis • planet • Prime Directive • quarters • religion • Richter Scale of Culture • scuttler • sector • sickbay • sroc • star system • starbase • Starfleet Academy • steak • technology • telekinesis • transporter room • Vulcan harp • wortham unit • xenoethnology

Timeline

 * Middle Ages
 * stardate 3642.0