Home Soil (short story)

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Home Soil
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation
Author(s):	Jim Johnson
Publication information
Printed:	Strange New Worlds 9
Pages:	57-73
Chronology
Date:	2375

"Home Soil" is a short story published in Strange New Worlds 9 in 2006, written by Strange New Worlds contest winner Jim Johnson.

Summary

Lieutenant Commander Data and a Starfleet Academy cadet experience the Breen attack on San Francisco.

References

Characters

Cahill • Data • Sharon Ndame • T'Lang • Randishira sh'Rave • unnamed Breen (Breen soldiers)

Referenced only

unnamed Starfleet personnel (Starfleet casualties)

Data.

Breen soldiers.

Starships and vehicles

Breen fighter • Federation fighter

Breen fighters.

Federation fighter.

Locations

Starfleet Academy campus.

Earth (Sol star system, sector 001, treaty boundary quadrant 0, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant)

San Francisco, California: Starfleet Academy campus

Referenced only

Starfleet Headquarters

Races and cultures

Andorian • android • Bolian • Breen • Human • Vulcan • Zaldan

States and organizations

Flag of the United Federation of Planets.

Dominion • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets

Science and classification

astronomy • communications • energy • lifeform • matter • technology • tetryon particle • time • universe • weapon

Astronomy

orbit • planet • space • star • star system

Lifeforms

humanoid

Materials and substances

atmosphere • gas • metal

Technology and weapons

android • combadge • disruptor • disruptor rifle • padd • phaser • phaser rifle • starship

Occupations and titles

cadet • corpsman • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2370s-2380s) • lieutenant commander • medic • officer • rank • operations division • operations manager

Other references

alien • armory • boot • clothing • Dominion War • government • insignia • jacket • jumpsuit • pants • races and cultures • nation state • Raid on San Francisco • rank insignia • science • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2373-2380s) • title • tunic • uniform

Chronology

Aftermath of the Raid on San Francisco.

2375

The Breen raid on San Francisco.

Appendices

Related media

• DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil"
• TNG short story: "Eleven Hours Out"
• ST short story: "Safe Harbors"

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
Previous story: Staying the Course	Strange New Worlds 9	Next story: Terra Tonight
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Eleven Hours Out	Pocket	Next Adventure: Safe Harbors