Jack of Diamonds

"Jack of Diamonds" is the first PIC short story. It was written by Una McCormack, illustrated by Louie De Martinis, and published in Star Trek: Explorer, Issue 10 in January 2024. It was collected in Titan Magazines' omnibus "A Year to the Day That I Saw Myself Die" and Other Stories in December 2024.

Description[]

Jack Crusher is on the run in a story set during the events of Star Trek: Picard.

References[]

Characters[]

Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher
Referenced only: Jean-Luc Picard

Starships and vehicles[]

Eleos

Locations[]

"dumpsville planet"
Referenced only: Risa

Races and cultures[]

Human

Science and classification[]

Cardassian disruptor • communicator • cudgel • lamp • transporter

Occupations and titles[]

magician

Other references[]

bar • beam • cheetah • currency • Dibarian crystal • gazelle • hour • Hylarian tree-frog • minute • owl • Tratian lead • year • universe

Appendices[]

Background[]

The story was set shortly before the events of PIC episode: "The Next Generation".

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Connections[]

Star Trek: Picard (PIC)
episodes	season 1	"Remembrance" • "Maps and Legends" • "The End is the Beginning" • "Absolute Candor" • "Stardust City Rag" • "The Impossible Box" • "Nepenthe" • "Broken Pieces" • "Et in Arcadia Ego"
	season 2	"The Star Gazer" • "Penance" • "Assimilation" • "Watcher" • "Fly Me to the Moon" • "Two of One" • "Monsters" • "Mercy" • "Hide and Seek" • "Farewell"
	season 3	"The Next Generation" • "Disengage" • "Seventeen Seconds" • "No Win Scenario" • "Imposters" • "The Bounty" • "Dominion" • "Surrender" • "Võx" • "The Last Generation"
prose (novels)		The Last Best Hope • The Dark Veil • Rogue Elements • Second Self • Firewall • To Defy Fate
comics		Picard: Countdown ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3") • Picard: Stargazer ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3")
short stories		"Jack of Diamonds" • "Confirmation Bias" • "Freeblade"
roleplay modules		Children of the Wolf • Synthetic Diplomacy
audio originals		No Man's Land

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 ﹥ 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" • "Chekov's Challenge" • "The Snake and the Worm" • "Freeblade" • "The Needs of the Many"• "Family History" • "In Two Minds" • "My Name is Mudd" • "The Lost Noel" • "Into the Cardassian Quagmire"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story: Academy Acquisition	short stories (Star Trek: Explorer)	Next story: A Dish Served Cold
Previous story: The Trouble with Jones	short stories ("A Year to the Day That I Saw Myself Die" and Other Stories)	Next story: A Dish Served Cold
Previous story: first story	PIC short stories	Next story: Confirmation Bias Star Trek: Explorer
Previous story: Things Can Only Get Better Star Trek: Explorer	Stories by: Una McCormack	Next story: The Snake and the Worm Star Trek: Explorer
chronological order
Previous adventure: Stargazer, Issue 3 Picard: Stargazer	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Next Generation