All That Most Maddens and Torments

"All That Most Maddens and Torments" was the first TOS short story published in Star Trek Explorer. It was written by Christopher Cooper, illustrated by Klebs Junior, edited by Jonathan Wilkins, and published on 10 November 2021. The story was collected in the Q and False and Other Stories omnibus in December 2022.

Description[]

James T. Kirk meets a mysterious figure following the disaster on the Enterprise-B.

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Science and classification[]

communications • gunpowder • hammer • harpoon • helm • rope • rudder • sensor

Ranks and titles[]

admiral • captain • commander • helmsman • officer • pirate

Other references[]

assignment patch • brass • brig • cat • century • crew • fiction • French language • gravimetric distortion • hat • history • ice • ivory • Moby Dick • Starfleet uniforms (2265-2270 • 2278-2350s • 2350s-2366 • 2366-2373) • steel • water • whale • wood

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Related media[]

TNG movie: Generations – The story took place during Kirk's initial moments after arriving in the Nexus.
TOS movie: The Voyage Home – Q mentioned that Kirk had some history with whales during his first few moments meeting Kirk, when they spotted Moby Dick in the ocean.
TOS episode & Star Trek 8 novelization: Catspaw – When Kirk attempted to reconcile his artificial environment, a huge large black cat came to mind, not fully recalling that it was an animal that Sylvia transmuted into on Pyris VII.
ST - Unlimited comic: "An Infinite Jest" – Q and Trelane transposed Kirk and Picard.
TOS comic: "A Thousand Deaths" – Kirk and Spock were placed aboard a simulation of the seagoing HMS Enterprize.
TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptations: The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock – Other times the quote "The ship – out of danger?" was heard.

Background[]

The title was a quote from Chapter 41 of Moby Dick.
Q claimed responsibility for creating the Nexus.
Q said it was the first time he'd met Kirk. Assuming he wasn't lying, he and Trelane later manipulated Kirk in the 2260s, during his first five-year mission, in ST - Unlimited comic: "An Infinite Jest", though Kirk wouldn't have recalled those events.

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Connections[]

Star Trek: The Original Series collected short stories, novellas and short novels
The New Voyages	The New Voyages ("Ni Var" • "Intersection Point" • "The Enchanted Pool" • "Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited" • "The Face on the Barroom Floor" • "The Hunting" • "The Winged Dreamers" • "Mind-Sifter" • "Sonnet from the Vulcan: Omicron Ceti Three") • The New Voyages 2 ("Surprise!" • "Snake Pit!" • "The Patient Parasites" • "In the Maze" • "Cave-In" • "Marginal Existence" • "The Procrustean Petard" • "The Sleeping God" • "Elegy for Charlie" • "Soliloquy")
Star Trek II & III Short Stories	Star Trek II Short Stories ("The Blaze of Glory" • "Under Twin Moons" • "Wild Card" • "The Secret Empire" • "Intelligence Test" • "To Wherever") • Star Trek III Short Stories ("The Azphari Enigma" • "The Jungles of Memory" • "A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel" • "World's End" • "As Old as Forever")
Strange New Worlds	I ("A Private Anecdote" • "The Lights in the Sky" • "The Last Tribble" • "Reflections") • II ("Triptych" • "The Quick and the Dead" • "The First Law of Metaphysics" • "The Hero of My Own Life" • "Doctors Three") • III ("If I Lose Thee..." • "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Family Matters") • IV ("A Little More Action" • "Prodigal Father" • "Missed" • "Tears for Eternity" • "Countdown" • "First Star I See Tonight" • "Scotty's Song" • "The Name of the Cat") • V ("Disappearance on 21st Street" • "The Trouble with Borg Tribbles" • "Legal Action" • "Yeoman Figgs" • "The Shoulders of Giants") • VI ("Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer" • "One Last Adventure" • "Whales Weep Not" • "A Piece of the Pie" • "Marking Time" • "Ancient History") • VII ("A Test of Character" • "Indomitable" • "Project Blue Book" • "The Trouble With Tribals" • "All Fall Down" • "A Sucker Born" • "Obligations Discharged") • 8 ("Shanghaied" • "Assignment: One" • "Demon" • "Don't Call Me Tiny") • 9 ("Gone Native" • "A Bad Day for Koloth" • "Book of Fulfillment" • "The Smallest Choices") • 10 ("The Smell of Dead Roses" • "The Doomsday Gambit" • "Empty") • 2016 ("Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend")
Constellations	"First, Do No Harm" • "The Landing Party" • "Official Record" • "Fracture" • "Chaotic Response" • "As Others See Us" • "See No Evil" • "The Leader" • "Ambition" • "Devices and Desires" • "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" • "Make-Believe"
Star Trek: Explorer	"All That Most Maddens and Torments" • "The Way to Exile" • "Cumulative Damage" • "Explorers of the Storm" • "The Guardian" • "The Trouble with Jones" • "Sundering" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "Forewarned and Three-Armed" • "Working Miracles" • "Cat and Mouse"
Misc. short stories	"Though Hell Should Bar the Way" • "Conflicting Natures" • "The Avenger" • "Night Whispers" • "Just Another Little Training Cruise" • "Safe Harbors" • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Business, As Usual, During Altercations" • "The Badlands, Part I" • "One Giant Leap" • "The First Artifact" • "The Sorrows of Empire" • "A Less Perfect Union" • "The Chimes at Midnight"

Short stories published in magazines
TV21 Weekly	TOS stories	"Gateway to the Future"
Stardate Magazine	TOS stories	"Force of Law" • "The Killax Vendetta" • "Planetfall" • "Coronation Presumptuous" • "Boarding Party" • "Roleplaying in the Final Frontier"
Amazing Stories	TNG stories	"Last Words" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "Bedside Matters"
Amazing Stories	VOY stories	"When Push Comes to Shove" • "A Night at Sandrine's" • "The Space Vortex of Doom"
Star Trek Magazine	STO stories	"Unexpected Honor" • "Shakedown" • "The Gale, Part 1" • "The Gale, Part 2" • "Mirror Image, Part 1" • "Mirror Image, Part 2" • "Chief, Part 1" • "Chief, Part 2" • "Of Chaos and Kal-toh, Part 1" • "Of Chaos and Kal-toh, Part 2" • "Dove" • "Backchannel Negotiations" • "There's No Place Like..." • "Locks Without Keys, Part 1" • "Locks Without Keys, Part 2" • "Hope Remains" • "After the Storm" • "Recruitment Drive" • "Time of the Scotsman" • "An Honorable Frontier"
Star Trek: Explorer	stories	"All That Most Maddens and Torments" • "Q and False" • "A Night In" • "The Offer" • "Seven v Seven" • "Quality of Life" • "Retribution" • "Broken Oaths" • "The Way to Exile" • "Kill Captain Proton!" • "Cumulative Damage" • "Explorers of the Storm" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "By Special Request" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "The Guardian" • "The Mission" • "Things Can Only Get Better" • "Frontier Medicine" • "Control" • "The Victim" • "Scramble" • "You Can't Buy Fate" • "Summer Days Can Last Forever" • "The Kellidian Kidnapping" • "Lost and Founder" • "A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die" • "See and Seen" • "Work Worth Doing" • "The Trouble with Jones" • "Sundering" • "Academy Acquisition" • "Jack of Diamonds" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "Forewarned and Three-Armed" • "Working Miracles" • "Confirmation Bias" • "Dignified Transfer" • "Attempted Break-in" • "Cat and Mouse"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story: first story	Short stories Star Trek Explorer	Next story: Q and False
Previous story: Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend Strange New Worlds 2016	TOS short stories	Next story: The Way to Exile
Previous story: The Voyage Home (in-universe ad, Star Trek Magazine)	Stories by: Christopher Cooper	Next story: Quality of Life
chronological order
Previous adventure: Generations Chapters 2-5	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Provenance of Shadows Chapters 51 and 53
Previous adventure: Generations Chapters 2-5	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Provenance of Shadows Chapters 51 and 53

Publication history[]

10 November 2021: First released in Star Trek: Explorer magazine. (Titan Magazines)
20 December 2022: Collected in the Q and False and Other Stories omnibus. (Titan Magazines)

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