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"Dove" is a Star Trek Online short story by Christine Thompson, appearing in Star Trek Magazine #177 UK/#50 US in July 2014. It was the 11th of 20 stories set in the STO continuity that were published in Star Trek Magazine between 2012 and 2016, the seventh of ten by Christine Thompson, and the 11th of 16 collected in Titan Magazines' STO omnibus: The Short Story Collection in 2022. The story was an adventure aboard the successor Aquarius-class light escort USS Aquarius II.

Description[]

Answering a distress signal from an unarmed colony, Captain Shon is forced into a confrontation that could re-ignite a war...

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Characters[]

Beta XII-A entityDukanTem InasiKyonaVa'Kel Shon
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KahlessJames T. KirkJ'mpokTress ShraSpockSamuel Winters

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Aquarius II (Aquarius-class light escort) • IKS Ghom (QulDun-class bird of prey) • shuttle
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USS Aquarius (Aquarius-class light escort) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Enterprise-F (Odyssey-class star cruiser) • IKS Klolode (D7-class battlecruiser) • Undine planet killer

Locations[]

Beta XII-A ("Galen colony")
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Qo'noS (Great Hall) • Starbase 39Utopia Planitia

Races and cultures[]

AndorianBajoranBenziteCaitianKlingonOrionNausicaan

States and organizations[]

FederationStarfleet

Science and classification[]

battle bridgecommunicationsdeflector dishdisruptorengineevasive maneuvershaillife supportquarantinesensorshieldstransmissiontransporterviewscreenweapon

Occupations and titles[]

captainchancellor of the Klingon Empirecommanderensignfirst officerlieutenantlieutenant commandermedicscience officersenior officertactical officerwarrior

Other references[]

angerbloodbloodwinebridgecease fireciviliancolonyconncrewdeathdistress signalDominion WarfirehistoryhonorKlingon language (to'ba) • lifesignlog entrymeteropsorbitradiationsecondstardateStarfleet uniform (2386-2409)tachyonvineyardwar

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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"
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" • "Housewarming" • "The Sirius Snarl" • "Memoriam" • "The Simulation"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story:
Of Chaos and Kal-toh, Part 2
STO short stories Next story:
Backchannel Negotiations
Previous story:
Legacy of Romulus
Stories by:
Christine Thompson
Next story:
Backchannel Negotiations
Publication history[]
30 July 2014
First printed in Star Trek Magazine #177 UK/#50 US. (Titan Magazines)
8 November 2022
Reprinted in The Short Story Collection omnibus. (Titan Magazines)
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