- For other uses, see Second Chances.
"Second Chances" is the 17th of 18 short stories in New Worlds, New Civilizations, an in-universe anthology released by Pocket Books in November 1999. It was written by Michael Jan Friedman and illustrated by Sonia Hillios. The story, the fourth of five in Part 4: Earth, explores what happened to the tribbles threatening to overwhelm Deep Space 9 at the end of DS9 episode & novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations.
Description[]
- The tribble has been reclaimed from extinction; now it needs a home.
Summary[]
The United Federation of Planets settles the tribbles on Epsilon XVII.
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References[]
Characters[]
- Caruso • Motter • Varitek • unnamed characters (xenobiologist journalist)
- Referenced only
- Hembec • Cyrano Jones • Odo • Benjamin Sisko • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Heyerdahl
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • IKS Gr'oth
Locations[]
- Epsilon XVII • Neutral Zone • the galaxy
- Referenced only
- Deep Space 9 • Deep Space Station K-7 • Tribble homeworld
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- biology • canteen • class M planet • communicator • computer • databank • ecology • EM tag • self-replication • sensor • stasis • transporter • tricorder • zoology
Occupations and titles[]
- chief of security • spy • trader • warrior • xenobiologist
Lifeforms[]
- animal • burrow dog • fauna • feline • flora • grain • Humpback whale • lichen • lifeform • mammal • parasite • plant • quadrotriticale • quarters • river lion • rodent • tribble
Other references[]
- atmosphere • beam • blood • boulder • brain • butterscotch • century • cinnamon • coffee • colony • death • disease • electromagnetism • extinction • food • gravity • Hembec's Sword • homeworld • hour • jungle • meter • mineral • mint • month • nitrogen • oxygen • peppermint • pet • sensor room • sleep • transporter room • wine • year
Chronology[]
- 2267
- Tribbles purchased from merchant Cyrano Jones infest Deep Space Station K-7 and the USS Enterprise, with many killed by poisoned grain.
- 23rd century
- Klingons destroy the tribble homeworld, rendering the species extinct.
- 2373
- Tribbles are brought to Deep Space 9 following a classified Starfleet time travel mission.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- DS9 episode & novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations – Events of the classified mission in 2373.
- TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: The Trouble With Tribbles – Events on Deep Space Station K-7.
- TOS - New Visions comic: "The Great Tribble Hunt" – Koloth and his crew obliterated the Tribble homeworld.
- Short Treks episode: "The Trouble with Edward" – Causes of faster tribble reproduction.
Background[]
- The correspondent wrote that they'd never know what the Tribble homeworld had been like. It seemed odd that Koloth wouldn't have kept any computer records of the place before his crew destroyed it a century earlier. Perhaps that data was restricted, and thus inaccessible to the journalist.
- The notion that the Federation was first exposed to tribbles in 2267 would later be contradicted in canon by ENT episode: "The Breach", as Phlox was shown keeping tribbles aboard Enterprise in 2153. A Starfleet science team in the 2250s also studied them in Short Treks episode: "The Trouble with Edward". In the Kelvin timeline, either Montgomery Scott or Keenser kept a pet tribble on Delta Vega in 2258 in TOS movie: Star Trek.
- IKS Gr'oth and Uhura were not cited by name.
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous story: 225 Years of Service |
Other short stories New Worlds, New Civilizations |
Next story: At Times of Peril |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: 225 Years of Service |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: At Times of Peril |
| Previous adventure: 225 Years of Service |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: At Times of Peril |