Introduction (blurb)[]
2375: After being rescued from the U.S.S. Jenolen by the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Montgomery Scott found himself seventy-five years removed from the time he knows, a twenty-third-century engineer now living in the twenty-fourth. Now he serves as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty, supervising the S.C.E.'s mission assignments.
But Scott's transition into a new century is not an easy one. The horrors of the Dominion War in particular bring about a crisis of conscience that leads Scotty from the strife-torn world of Kropasar to the pleasure planet of Risa, where encounters with Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross, Ensign Robin Lefler, and Lefler's mysterious mother lead Scotty to a momentous decision....
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Andrews • Beltz • Deg • Dramar • Forecic • Geren'zrix • Sunanios Gilvatac • Bendalion Iamor • Geordi La Forge • Lasca • Robin Lefler • Lorin • Bor Loxx • Leonard McCoy • Dreso Miculamor • Colton Morrow • Alynna Nechayev • Esperanza Piñiero • Morgan Primus • Theodore Quincy • Ramaijif • William Ross • Montgomery Scott • Delasat Vantimor • Rafe Viola
- Referenced only
- Leonard James Akaar • Mahmud al-Khaled • Almodóvar • Jonathan Archer • Morgan Bateson • Belunis • Blackwell • Borosh • Burgoyne 172 • Cartwright • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Zefram Cochrane • Salvador Dalí • Richard Daystrom • Ezeafulukwe • Matt Franklin • God • David Gold • Sonya Gomez • Guinan • John Harriman • Hoffmann • George William Jefferies • James T. Kirk • Koike • Koloth • Koval • Lydia Littlejohn • Leland T. Lynch • Mondolen • Brennad Odymo • Ortolappin • Jean-Luc Picard • Hamish Preston • Mira Romaine • George Sanders • Sarek • Clara Scott • Spock • Phineas Tarbolde • T'Vreen • Nyota Uhura • Usbek-Wran • Ven • Nik Viola • Wrightwell • Xentalir • Yerbi • Yeros • th'Zhalin • Min Zife
Locations[]
- Akiganel sector • Arcturus • Earth • El Dorado Hotel and Vacation Resort • Engineering Room • Epsilon Ceti Outpost (Epsilon Ceti B) • the galaxy • Hanotis Harbor • Helaspont Nebula • Kropasar • Kropaslin Curia • Littlejohn Monument • Risa • Starfleet Medical Headquarters • Starfleet Museum • Strange New Worlds • Suraya Bay • Temtibi Lagoon • Tolari Tower • Tucker Memorial Building
- Referenced only
- 36 Ursae Majoris • Aberdeen • Alpha Arietis • Amargosa • Andor • Argelius II • Arias sector • Bakrii • Caldos Colony • Casperia Prime • Cluster Telpha-Z • Delphi Ardu • Demilitarized Zone • Dyson Sphere • Ferenginar • Gauran Ja-Tem • Gemworld • Helaspont Nebula • Hell • Istanbul • Kalandra sector • Khitomer • Krung Thep • Maeglin • Mars • Neu-Stuttgart • Norpin V • Omicron Ceti • Palais de la Concorde • Phloston Paradise • Romulus • San Francisco • Scotland • Starbase 12 • Starbase 375 • Starbase 395 • Starfleet Headquarters • Talin • Tellar Prime • Tsugh Kaidnn • Typhon Expanse • Vega • Vega IX • Veridian III • Vulcan • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet • Xaraka XII
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Akarana (Istanbul-class) • Breen frigate • USS Gorkon • Irenic (shuttlecraft) • USS Yellowstone (runabout)
- Referenced only
- boat • USS Bozeman II • Breen warship • USS Catherine Mary • USS Cerberus • Danube-class • USS da Vinci (Saber-class) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class) • escape pod • USS Excelsior • USS Gagarin • USS Honorius • USS Hudson • impulse flitter • USS Jenolen • USS Kumari • USS Leonov • USS Lollipop • ChR Memenda (battle cruiser) • Phoenix • Romaine • USS Sovereign • USS Starstalker • Tzenkethi troop transport
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Blood Many • Bolian • Deirr • El-Aurian • Escherite • Gnalish • Guidon • Hekaran • Horta • Human (Scot) • Klingon • Kropaslin • Megarite • Mizarthu • Risian • Tiburonian • Vissian • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Axanar • Azziz • Breen • Cardassian • Ferengi • Haradin • Hermat • Human (Aztec • Danish) • Narisian • Pelosian • Petraw • Romulan • Tzenkethi • Withiki • Xindi
States and organizations[]
- Agreement Party • Consensus Party • Continuing Committee • Daystrom Institute • Dominion • Federation Council • Federation Diplomatic Corps • Federation Newsnet • Imperial Intelligence • New Essentialists Movement • Risian Hedony • Risian Ministry for Planetary Affairs • Section 31 • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Intelligence • Starfleet Medical • Tal Shiar • Timsonian Institute • United Federation of Planets • Witenagemot of Kropasar
Ranks and titles[]
- administrator • admiral • ambassador • bartender • cadet • captain • chairman • chaplain • chief engineer • chief of staff • commander • commanding officer • diplomat • doctor • engineer • ensign • fleet admiral • High Cyning of the Witenagemot of Kropasar • king • lieutenant • manager • officer • pilot • politician • president • President of the United Federation of Planets • professor • psychologist • scientist • second officer • secretary • security officer • soldier • Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison • tactical officer • thane • transporter chief • waiter
Technology and weapons[]
- adapted reader • android • antigrav boot • bathtub • bioneural gel pack • biotechnology • Canopian timepiece • cloaking device • clock • combadge • comm scrambler • communications array • communicator • computer • computer cartridge • computer core • computer terminal • database • desktop monitor • duotronic • energy dissipator • flagship • force field • holoframe • holoprojector • Iconian gateway • isolinear chip • isolinear rod • kaleidoscope • M-5 computer • memory core • mine • mirror • monitor • multitronic • nanotech processor • padd • pattern buffer • reactor chamber • replicator • retractable sensor pod • satellite • self-sealing stembolt • sonic shower • starbase • starship • subspace accelerator • tectonic stress regulator • time corridor generator • toilet • transporter • tribblecom • turbocar • turbolift • universal translator • vertical pressure vessel • viewscreen • warp core • warp drive • warp field • wave generator • weather control grid • weather modification net
Other references[]
- 2294 • 2350s • 2371 • 2375 • 2376 • 22nd century • 23rd century • 3-D crossword puzzle • alcohol • Aldebaran whiskey • ale • alien • Andorian ale • Andorian genders • Antedean soaking spot • antimatter • April • asymmetrical peristaltic field manipulation • atmosphere • August • basalt • binary system • bird • blackjack • book • brain • bridge • buffet • bulldog • Caledonian cream • Carrington Award • chicken • city • Class L • clone • clothing • cockpit • coffee • colony • continent • Daluvian puzzle • day • decade • dedication plaque • dilithium • Dominion War • drysuit • Dundee cake • duritanium • Election Day • emergency shutdown • evolution • Federation Standard • fireworks • Forfar Bridie • fruit • funeral • Gaelic • galaxy • Gorborasti palmsnake • government • Great Bird of the Galaxy • haggis • history • holiday • horga'hn • hour • humanoid • ice • iron • jamaharon • juice • Kaferian apple pie • kebab • kilometer • Kropasar Journal of Applied Biotechnology • Lohlunat Festival • magic • March • marriage • matter • May • meatball • metal • meter • military • minute • money • month • moon • museum • music • Mythran coffee • orbit • outpost • paper • philosophy • physics • pip • planet • plant • plasma • plasteel • pyramid • quarters • Regulation 157 • Romulan kalifal • sandwich • Saurian brandy • scotch • second • snake • sofa • song • spacedock • spider tramezzino • star • stardate • Starfleet's General Orders • star system • subspace • Sunday • synthehol • Takaran spiced ale • Tarnsday • technology • Tellarite language • temporal rift • tentacle • tetryon • textbook • time • toroid • toy • transporter room • tree • uniform • universe • Varasday • vegetable • virus • warp core breach • warp plasma • water • xenophobia • year
- This eBook is the second of six in the SCE: What's Past miniseries, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek.
Related Stories[]
- This story endeavors to tie together the majority of Scotty's 24th century fiction appearances in a single continuity. Some of the titles referenced are:
- short story: "Ancient History"
- novel: Crossover
- novel: Doors Into Chaos
- short story: "Dorian's Diary"
- novel: Engines of Destiny
- short story: "Full Circle"
- comic: Old Debts
- novel: Renaissance
- novel: Restoration
- short story: "Safe Harbors"
- novel: Ship of the Line
- novel: Spectre
- short story: "Through the Looking Glass"
- novel: The Two-Front War
- Admiral Ross' connection to Section 31 was established in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges".
External link[]
- The Future Begins article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous eBook: Progress |
SCE eBooks | Next eBook: Echoes of Coventry |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Here There Be Monsters |
Next Adventure: Ambush | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: A Stitch in Time Part Two: Chapter 19 |
2375 Situational Engineering |
Next Adventure: Think Tank |
| Previous Adventure: Alice |
early-2376 Damage Control |
Next Adventure: Riddles |