Locks Without Keys, Part 2

"Locks Without Keys, Part 2" was a Star Trek Online short story by Christine Thompson, appearing in Star Trek Magazine #181 UK/#54 US in July 2015. It was the 15th of 20 stories set in the STO continuity that were published in Star Trek Magazine between 2012 and 2016, the last of ten by Christine Thompson, and the 15th of 16 collected in Titan Magazines' STO omnibus: The Short Story Collection in 2022. This story focused on the USS Voyager.

Description[]

Previously in "Locks Without Keys": After speaking to a Talaxian trader who had acquired a Krenim artifact, Admiral Tuvok takes Voyager on a dangerous mission into what was formerly Krenim space to find remnants of that lost civilization. Close calls with Vaadwaur patrols prompt Lieutenant Commander Kyla VanZyl, Voyager's first officer, to suggest an away mission. Its goal: To take a small team in the aeroshuttle, locate the Krenim system where the artifact was found, and search for the Krenim — all without alerting the Vaadwaur to their presence...

Summary[]

Log entries[]

Admiral's Log, stardate 87082.60: Lieutenant Commander VanZyl has left Voyager. Prior to her away mission to the Kyanna system, she had been granted permission to take personal leave in the Alpha Quadrant. however, I find it curious that she chose to do so without reporting to me. The Doctor also says she left sickbay immediately upon recovering consciousness, and did not allow him to perform a full physical.

I dislike having to "check up" on one of my officers, especially one as capable and reliable as Kyla VanZyl, but I will have to report this incident to Starfleet Command and ask them to attempt to locate her shuttle.

References[]

Characters[]

Bokali • Kimberly Maran • Mason Rhodes • The Doctor • Tuvok • Kyla VanZyl
Referenced only: Quen • Twilix

Starships and vehicles[]

aeroshuttle • Vaadwaur battleship • Vaadwaur frigates • USS Voyager

Science and classification[]

EM overflow module • emergency beacon • emergency transport unit • EPS • evasive maneuvers • flow regulator • holoprojector • hull plating • inertial dampener • lifesign • map • Orb of Time • phaser • photon torpedo • polaron beam • power battery • sensor • shields • temporal flux • tricorder • weapon

Occupations and titles[]

admiral • chief • chief medical officer • commander • engineer • first officer • lieutenant commander • overseer • pilot

Other references[]

asteroid • atmosphere • away team • beam • bridge • cargo compartment • cave • chroniton • concussion • fistrium • hour • kilometer • light year • minute • moon • orbit • rock • rock and roll • second • space • warp factor (warp five)

Appendices[]

Related media[]

TNG episode: "Conspiracy" – 24th century bluegill conspiracy.
VOY episodes: "Year of Hell", "Dragon's Teeth" – USS Voyager's encounters with the Krenim and Vaadwaur.
STO - The Iconian War mission: "Uneasy Allies" – Kyla VanZyl was found to be carrying a bluegill neural parasite, presumably what The Doctor detected in "Locks Without Keys".
STO - The Iconian War mission: "Time in a Bottle" – The away team located evidence of something out of temporal phase on the Kyana Moon, possibly the temporal generators which removed Kyana Prime from normal space-time.

Errata[]

The story erroneously stated that the bluegill conspiracy took place in the 23rd century.

Images[]

Connections[]

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: Locks Without Keys, Part 1	STO short stories	Next story: Hope Remains
Previous story: Locks Without Keys, Part 1	Stories by: Christine Thompson	Next story: latest story

Publication history[]

15 July 2015: First printed in Star Trek Magazine #181 UK/#54 US. (Titan Magazines)
8 November 2022: Reprinted in The Short Story Collection omnibus. (Titan Magazines)