"Summer Days Can Last Forever" is a VOY short story published in the digital subscriber supplement to Star Trek: Explorer, Issue 7. The story was written and illustrated by Michael Collins and released in May 2023. It first saw print publication in Titan Magazines' "The Mission" and Other Stories omnibus in 2024. In the story, the crew of USS Voyager encountered an American settlement scooped from August 1957 and trapped within a temporal causality loop in the Delta Quadrant.
Description[]
- The dull 1950s town of Patterson Creek is livened up by some unusual visitors.
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Characters[]
- The Doctor • Essex • Kathryn Janeway • Tom Paris • Matty Redmond • Seven of Nine
- Referenced only
- Isaac Asimov • Chet • Gully Foyle • Veronica Lake • Ned • Neelix • Bill Redmond • Stevie
Starships and vehicles[]
- alien drone craft • Jeep
- Referenced only
- "flying saucer" • spyplane • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
Locations[]
- Earth (Camp Percival • Midwest • Patterson's Creek) • Delta Quadrant
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- computer • gun • holography • homing system • laser • map • medical tricorder • medscanner • nanite • phaser • robot • scanner • stun • time-field • temporal aperture • time travel • transmission • warp bubble • warp engine • wristwatch
Occupations and titles[]
Other references[]
- 1930s • August • Captain Marvel • Captain Proton • diary • Friday • Glandular fever (mononucleosis) • hangar • hell • horse • I Love Lucy • library • military • minute • Monday • nova • orbit • puppy • rock • science fiction • space • spaceship • star • Superman • The Naked Sun • The Stars My Destination • tachyon • time • time loop • uniform
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Background[]
- Rather than General Essex, in real-world history Omar Bradley was the U.S. Army's five-star general in 1957. He served in the role from 1950 through 1981.
- There are two Patterson Creeks in the United States, but the only one in the Midwest is in Allamakee County, Iowa. An army base is actually located in a neighboring county. The story's Camp Percival might be named named for World War II Lieutenant General Arthur Percival.
- As the story is written from the main character's perspective, the story is placed in August 1957, while for the 'guest starring' crew members of USS Voyager it takes place in 2375. The placement in the latter year is somewhat arbitrary.
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Timeline[]
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| Previous story: You Can't Buy Fate |
Short stories ("The Mission" and Other Stories) |
Next story: Last story |
| Previous story: Kill Captain Proton! Star Trek: Explorer |
Voyager short stories | Next story: The Kellidian Kidnapping Star Trek: Explorer |
| Previous story: All Fall Down Divided We Fall |
Stories by: Mike Collins |
Next story: A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die Star Trek: Explorer |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Provenance of Shadows Chapter 52, section 2 Crucible |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Carbon Creek Past |
| Previous story: Think Tank |
Journey of the USS Voyager | Next story: Juggernaut |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 1957. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: The Human Factor Strange New Worlds VI |
2375 | Next adventure: An Errant Breeze Strange New Worlds III |