Forewarned and Three-Armed

"Forewarned and Three-Armed" is the first TAS short story and also the story debut of long-time magazine contributor Rich Handley. Published in the digital subscriber edition of Star Trek Explorer, Issue 10 in January 2024, it showcased illustrations by Philip Murphy and Aaron Harvey. The story featured Arex Na Eth returning to his homeworld of Edos after a long absence.

References[]

Referenced only: Motherlode • Mudd • Pandro • Mantilles

Races and cultures[]

Caitian • Edosian • Human (Comanche • Russian) • Klingon (QuchHa')

Referenced only: Vendorian

States and organizations[]

Federation • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

Science and classification[]

android • arcology • climate control • communicator • disruptor • energy field • genetic engineering • hand scanner • life support belt • machine • net • phaser • Slaver weapon • stasis • stasis tube • transporter • warp drive • weapon

Occupations and titles[]

captain • communications officer • doctor • ensign • guard • lieutenant • navigator • peace minister • pilot • prisoner • scientist • security officer

Other references[]

apple • assassination • assignment patch • autopsy • beam • bridge • crew • crystal • disease • Edosian orchid • engineering • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • flower • glommer • government • House of Kuri • landing party • log entry • orbit • poison • sarcophagus • security • sessica • sickbay • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • suckerfish • torture • tribble • universe • water

Appendices[]

Related media[]

TAS episode & Log Two novelization: The Infinite Vulcan – Arex mentioned the origin of Spock 2.
TAS episode & Log Three novelization: Mudd's Passion – Kirk mentioned Harry Mudd being on Motherlode.
TAS episode & Log Four novelization: The Terratin Incident – Arex mentioned the crew shrinking.
TAS episode & Log Four novelization: More Tribbles, More Troubles – McCoy mentioned glommers and pink colony-tribbles.
TAS episode & Log Seven novelization: The Counter-Clock Incident – Arex mentioned de-aging.
TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: The Trouble with Tribbles – Kirk recalled McCoy previously saying, "That man is a Klingon".
TOS novel: The Face of the Unknown – More about Anne Nored's four months on a high-gravity world.
DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time – Edosian orchids used for assassination.
NF - No Limits short story: "The Road to Edos" – Arex revisited his homeworld in 2376, referred to there as Triex.

Background[]

This was only the second time that a story in Star Trek: Explorer featured secondary original artwork. The first was "By Special Request".

Images[]

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: A Dish Served Cold	Short stories (Star Trek Explorer)	Next story: Working Miracles
Previous story: The Scheimer Barrier	TAS stories	Next story: latest story
Previous story: A Dish Served Cold	TOS short stories	Next story: Working Miracles

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki