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{{Short story|
title=Iron and Sacrifice|
author=[[David R. George III]]|
editor=[[Keith R.A. DeCandido]]|
anthology=''[[Tales from the Captain's Table]]''|
series=''[[Star Trek]]''/''{{ST|The Lost Era}}''|
date=[[2317]]|
pages=|
cover=File:TalesCaptainsTable.jpg|
|}}
==Summary==
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Set in 2315, [[Demora Sulu]] gives up command of the Enterprise in order to care for her terminally ill paternal grandmother, [[Shimizu Hana]], on [[Sentik IV]]. 

==References==
===Characters===
:[[Shimizu Hana]] • [[John Harriman]] • [[Xintal Linojj]] • [[Ratnaswamy]] • [[Rosenzweig]] • [[Strolt]] • [[Demora Sulu]] • [[Zeeren]] • [[Axanar|unnamed Axanar]] • [[Cardassian|unnamed Cardassian]] • [[Corvallen|unnamed Corvallen]] • [[Frunalian|unnamed Frunalian]] • [[Gorn|unnamed Gorn]] • [[Otevrel|unnamed Otevrel]] • [[Tholian|unnamed Tholian]]

===Locations===
:[[Alaskon IV]] • [[Argelius II]] • {{dis|The Captain's Table|location}} • [[Devron II]] • [[Entelior]] • [[Entelior IV]] • [[Kaiseki]] • [[New Tokyo]] • [[Sentik IV]] • [[Starbase 143]] • [[Starbase Magellan]] • [[Temecklia II]]

===Starships and vehicles===
:''{{dis|Armstrong|2315}}'' ([[Starfleet]] [[shuttlecraft]]) • ''{{dis|Mitrios|NCC-1701-B/5}}'' ([[Starfleet]] [[shuttlecraft]]) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B}} ({{class|Excelsior}})

===Races and cultures===
:[[Alonis]] • [[Axanarri|Axanar]] • [[Cardassian]] • [[Corvallen]] • [[Frunalian]] • [[Gorn]] • [[Human]] • [[Orlenti]] • [[Otevrel]] • [[Tholian]] • [[Tzenkethi]]

===States and organizations===
:[[Starfleet]] • [[Tzenkethi Coalition]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]

===Other references===
:[[cabrodine]] • [[duotronic]] • [[infernite]] • ''[[Lom]]'' • [[Neo-Luddism]] • ''[[Tek]]'' • [[Tomed Incident]] • [[transporter inhibitor]]

==Appendices==
==Information==
*Captain Sulu recalls the events of ''[[Serpents Among the Ruins]]''
*The Tzenkethi societal designations would later be used in ''[[Rough Beasts of Empire]]''.
==Related stories==
{{Captain's Table}}
===Timeline===
{{Timeline|
series1=other|
other1=''[[Tales from the Captain's Table]]'' [[short stories]]|
format1=none|
before1=[[Have Beagle, Will Travel: The Legend of Porthos]]|
after1=[[Seduced]]|
prevpocket=[[Uninvited Admirals]]{{bsmall|1st flashback}}|
nextpocket=[[Solace in Bloom]]{{bsmall|section 1}}|

timeframe=Timeframe2|
primary=[[2317]]|
date1=[[2315]]|
prevdate1=[[Mind Meld (novel)|Mind Meld]]{{bsmall|Chapter 16}}|
nextdate1=[[Uninvited Admirals]]{{bsmall|1st flashback}}|
date2=[[2310]]|
prevdate2=[[Immortal Coil]]{{bsmall|Seventy Years Ago}}|
nextdate2=[[Serpents Among the Ruins]]|
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