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"Assignment: One" was a Star Trek: The Original Series short story by Kevin Lauderdale. It appeared in Strange New Worlds 8, the eighth edition of the Strange New Worlds anthology series which was published by Pocket Books in 2005.

Summary[]

From his office in New York City, Gary Seven prepares for his next assignment: surreptitiously saving the life of one man from the September 11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks. His target, Shaun Geoffrey Christopher, is one of several special people he's been ordered to protect by the Aegis. Christopher is currently in Boston attending a conference, but will soon board a doomed flight if he isn't stopped. Seven transports to Christopher's hotel in Boston early in the morning, but is too late: Christopher had departed extra early to avoid construction traffic.

Seven transports to the airport and introduces himself to Christopher as a colonel from NASA. Seven knocks out Christopher with a servo, ensuring that he will sleep past his 7:49 a.m. departure. When Christopher awakes two hours later, his wife Debbie Lauderdale is calling him on his cell phone in a panic. Christopher catches sight of CNN news reports of planes having crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. He reassures his wife that he is safe at the airport.

References[]

Characters[]

Shaun Geoffrey ChristopherGamma-3 computerDebbie LauderdaleGary Seven
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BarqueroJohn ChristopherKatie ChristopherTom ClancyIsisRoberta LincolnJackson RoykirkAgent 201Agent 347

Starships and vehicles[]

airplane
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F-117 NighthawkSR-71 Blackbird

Locations[]

Earth (BostonManhattanMojaveNew York City)
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Earth (ColoradoEdwards Air Force BaseHiroshimaLos AngelesPearl HarborTokyoWashington, DC) • SaturnVulcan

Races and cultures[]

AegisAugmentHuman
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AmericanRussian

States and organizations[]

AegisAmbassadors ClubFAAFBINASAUnited States Air ForceUnited States Air Force AcademyUnited States Congress

Science and technology[]

cell phonehologramlaptop computermetal detectormicrogravity materials sciencerobotservotelevisiontransporterwormholeX-ray

Ranks and titles[]

astronautcolonelhijackerlieutenant colonelscientistsupervisor

Other references[]

19451968September 11, 2001airportbankBoston Logan International AirportcityCNNconferenceidentification cardEast Sixty-Eighth StreetEbolaEmpire State BuildingEugenics Warsgovernmenthotelnovelnuclear warorbitplanetpretzelWorld Trade CenterWorld War IIIY2K

Appendices[]

Related stories[]

Background[]

  • The story cited an apparent death for Gary Seven's partner Isis a few years prior to 2001. However, she was seen alive after 2001. In particular, she and an aged Seven rendezvoused with Captain James T. Kirk in the 2260s in TOS - New Visions comic: "1971/4860.2". For Kirk the meeting was two weeks later. Seven claimed that for him it was 200 years later, although time travel may have played a role in both Seven's and Isis's personal timelines.
  • Seven's hair had gotten whiter at the time of this story, and he expected his tour of duty on Earth to end prior to the coming nuclear holocaust.
  • Roberta was noted as having retired as an agent in 2000 at the age of 52.
  • Christopher recalled the historic 1945 plane crash into the Empire State Building.
  • When Christopher considered that aircraft should be launched to control New York air space in response to the attacks, a F-117A was cited. However, the author may have been thinking about the F-117A video game. In reality, the F-117 stealth fighter has no A variant. (F-117 (disambiguation) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)

Connections[]

Media featuring Gary Seven
Episode Assignment: Earth
Miniseries The PeacekeeperConvergenceThe Eugenics WarsAssignment: Earth
Novels Assignment: EternityThe Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2From History's ShadowElusive Salvation
Short stories "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line"
Comics "The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24"
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 Last Tribble" • "The Lights in the Sky" • "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" • "Housewarming" • "Memoriam"• "Chekov's Challenge" • "My Name is Mudd" • "The Lost Noel"
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"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story:
Shanghaied
Strange New Worlds 8 Next story:
Demon
Previous story:
Shanghaied
Strange New Worlds 8
TOS short stories Next story:
Demon
Strange New Worlds 8
Previous story:
A Test of Character
Strange New Worlds VII
Stories by:
Kevin Lauderdale
Next story:
The Rules of War
Strange New Worlds 9
chronological order
Previous adventure:
11:59
Past scenes
Pocket Books Timeline Next adventure:
Project Blue Book
Strange New Worlds VII