Dignified Transfer

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"Dignified Transfer"
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Author(s):	David Mack
Illustrator(s):	Louie De Martinis
Publication information
Printed:	9 April 2024, in Star Trek: Explorer #11
Pages:	6
Chronology
Date:	2353

"Dignified Transfer" is a TNG short story written by David Mack. It was published in Star Trek Explorer, Issue 11 in April 2024. The story described events in the aftermath of Jack R. Crusher's death.

Description

Revealed – a sad mission for Captain Picard.

References

Characters

Idun Asmund • Gilaad Ben Zoma • Moritz Benayoun • Peter Joseph • Reddick Khertys • Jean-Luc Picard • Chance Scarrow • Karen Vanth

Referenced only

Beverly Crusher • Jack R. Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Temok

Starships and vehicles

Barnumbir (transport liner) • Hermes (shuttlecraft) • USS Stargazer (Constellation-class cruiser) • Wawatay (shuttle)

Locations

Kikuyu IV • Rashnu Starport • Starbase 32

Referenced only

Erebus V

Races and cultures

Argelian • Human • humanoid

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

Science and classification

antigrav pallet • cargo lift • cortical regulator • hatch • replicator • stasis pod • thruster • transporter • turbolift • warp speed

Occupations and titles

cadet • captain • CMO • commander • director • doctor • enlisted • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • non-commissioned officer • officer • second officer • security chief • senior chief petty officer • senior officer

Other references

beam • carry team • corridor • day • death • decade • dress uniform • fire • flag • forest • helm • hour • landing bay • library • minute • morgue • operations • quarters • rank insignia • sciences division • second • shuttlebay • sickbay • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform (2350s-2366) • year

Appendices

Related media

• TNG episode: "Violations" – Established that Crusher's body was returned to Starbase 32; the story included two images from the episode.
• TNG episode: "True Q" – Established that Picard personally returned Crusher's body to his widow.
• TNG novel: The Valiant, ST video game: Legacy – Accounts of Picard first assuming command of Stargazer.
• TNG novel: Reunion – Alternate account of Crusher's death.
• TNG novel: The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard Chapter seven – Depicts Crusher's death and the arrival of his body at Starbase 32.

Background

• The story took place in 2353, beginning two days after Jack Crusher's death aboard the Stargazer.
• It was introduced with a quote from Sophocles in Antigone.
• The story was dedicated to Lt. Col. Keith E. Bain, a retired USAF officer who died in 2023.

Connections

Star Trek: The Next Generation collected short stories, novellas and short novels
Strange New Worlds	I: ("What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" • "The Naked Truth" • "The First" • "See Spot Run" • "Together Again, for the First Time" • "Civil Disobedience" • "Of Cabbages and Kings") • II: ("I Am Klingon" • "Reciprocity" • "Calculated Risk" • "Gods, Fate, and Fractals" • "I Am Become Death") • III: ("Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" • "A Private Victory" • "The Fourth Toast" • "One of Forty-seven" • "A Q to Swear By" • "The Change of Seasons" • "Out of the Box, Thinking") • IV: ("Flight 19" • "The Promise" • "Flash Point" • "Prodigal Son" • "Seeing Forever") • V: ("Bluff" • "The Peacemakers" • "Efflorescence" • "Kristin's Conundrum" • "The Monkey Puzzle Box" • "The Farewell Gift" • "Dementia in D Minor") • VI: ("The Soft Room" • "Protecting Data's Friends" • "The Human Factor" • "Tribble in Paradise") • VII: ("Life's Work" • "Adventures in Jazz and Time" • "Future Shock" • "Full Circle" • "Beginnings" • "Solemn Duty") • 8: ("Morning Bells Are Ringing" • "Passages of Deceit" • "Final Flight") • 9: ("Staying the Course" • "Home Soil" • "Terra Tonight" • "Solace in Bloom") • 10 ("Wired" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "The Very Model") • 2016 ("A Christmas Qarol" • "The Sunwalkers" • "The Seen and Unseen")
The Sky's the Limit	"Meet with Triumph and Disaster" • "Acts of Compassion" • "Redshift" • "Among the Clouds" • "Thinking of You" • "Turncoats" • "Ordinary Days" • "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven" • "Friends With the Sparrows" • "Suicide Note" • "Four Lights" • "'Til Death" • "On the Spot" • "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You"
Misc. short stories	"The Captain and the King" • "Last Words" • "Bedside Matters" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "What Dreams May Come" • "Twilight's Wrath" • "Eleven Hours Out" • "Darkness" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail" • "Q and False" • "Quality of Life" • "Broken Oaths" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "Scramble" • "Dignified Transfer" • "Attempted Break-in"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Other Side" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "Brave New World"

Timeline

published order
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