The Future Begins

Introduction (blurb)
2375: After being rescued from the U.S.S. Jenolen by the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Montgomery Scott found himself seventy-five years removed from the time he knows, a twenty-third-century engineer now living in the twenty-fourth. Now he serves as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty, supervising the S.C.E.'s mission assignments.

But Scott's transition into a new century is not an easy one. The horrors of the Dominion War in particular bring about a crisis of conscience that leads Scotty from the strife-torn world of Kropasar to the pleasure planet of Risa, where encounters with Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross, Ensign Robin Lefler, and Lefler's mysterious mother lead Scotty to a momentous decision....

Characters
Leonard James Akaar | Almodóvar | Andrews | Jonathan Archer | Morgan Bateson | Beltz | Belunis | Blackwell | Borosh | Cartwright | Pavel Chekov | Deg | Dramar | Ezeafulukwe | Forecic | Geren'zrix | Sunanios Gilvatac | Guinan | John Harriman | Bendalion Iamor | George William Jefferies | Geordi La Forge | Koike | Lasca | Robin Lefler | Lydia Littlejohn | Lorin | Bor Loxx | Leland T. Lynch | Leonard McCoy | Dreso Miculamor | Mondolen | Colton Morrow | Alynna Nechayev | Morgan Primus | Ortolappin | Esperanza Piñiero | Theodore Quincy | Ramaijif | William Ross | George Sanders | Montgomery Scott | T'Vreen | th'Zhalin | Nyota Uhura | Usbek-Wran | Delasat Vantimor | Ven | Wrightwell | Xentalir | Yeros | Min Zife

Starships
USS Akarana | USS Bozeman II | USS Catherine Mary | USS Cerberus | USS da Vinci | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) | USS Gagarin | USS Gorkon | USS Honorius | USS Hudson | USS Jenolen | USS Kumari | USS Leonov | USS Sovereign | USS Starstalker

Locations

 * Akiganel sector
 * Kropasar
 * Kropaslin Curia
 * Alpha Arietis
 * Arias sector
 * Arcturus
 * Bakrii
 * Casperia Prime
 * Caldos Colony
 * Delphi Ardu
 * Daluvia
 * Earth
 * Aberdeen
 * Krung Thep
 * San Francisco
 * Tucker Memorial Building
 * Helaspont Nebula
 * Kaferia
 * Kalandra sector
 * Maeglin
 * Mythra
 * Neu-Stuttgart
 * Norpin V
 * Omicron Ceti
 * Phloston Paradise
 * Risa
 * Hanotis Harbor
 * Suraya Bay
 * Temtibi Lagoon
 * Tolari Tower
 * Vega IX
 * Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
 * Xaraka XII

Species

 * Andorian | Antedean | Axanar | Bolian | Breen | Cardassian | Deirr | El-Aurian | Escherite | Gnalish | Guidon | Haradin | Hekaran | Hermat | Klingon | Kropaslin | Megarite | Mizarthu | Pelosian | Petraw | Risian | Romulan | Takaran | Tiburonian | Tzenkethi | Vissian | Vulcan | Withiki

States and Organisations

 * Risian Hedony
 * Risian Ministry for Planetary Affairs
 * Section 31
 * Witenagemot of Kropasar

Other

 * High Cyning of the Witenagemot of Kropasar
 * Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison

Information

 * This eBook is the second of six in the SCE: What's Past miniseries, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek.

Related Stories

 * This story endeavours to tie together the majority of Scotty's 24th century fiction appearances in a single continuity. Some of the titles referenced are:
 * short story: "Ancient History"
 * novel: Crossover
 * novel: Doors Into Chaos
 * short story: "Dorian's Diary"
 * novel: Engines of Destiny
 * short story: "Full Circle"
 * comic: Old Debts
 * novel: Renaissance
 * novel: Restoration
 * short story: "Safe Harbors"
 * novel: Ship of the Line
 * novel: Spectre
 * short story: "Through the Looking Glass"
 * novel: The Two-Front War