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
Characters
Leonard James Akaar | Mahmud al-Khaled | Almodóvar | Andrews | Jonathan Archer | Morgan Bateson | Beltz | Belunis | Blackwell | Borosh | Cartwright | Pavel Chekov | Zefram Cochrane | Deg | Dramar | Ezeafulukwe | Forecic | Geren'zrix | Sunanios Gilvatac | David Gold | Sonya Gomez | Guinan | John Harriman | Bendalion Iamor | George William Jefferies | James T. Kirk | Koike | Geordi La Forge | Lasca | Robin Lefler | Lydia Littlejohn | Lorin | Bor Loxx | Leland T. Lynch | Leonard McCoy | Dreso Miculamor | Mondolen | Colton Morrow | Alynna Nechayev | Morgan Primus | Ortolappin | Esperanza Piñiero | Theodore Quincy | Ramaijif | William Ross | George Sanders | Montgomery Scott | Spock | T'Vreen | Phineas Tarbolde | th'Zhalin | Nyota Uhura | Usbek-Wran | Delasat Vantimor | Ven | Wrightwell | Xentalir | Yeros | Min Zife
References
Starships
USS Akarana | USS Bozeman II | USS Catherine Mary | USS Cerberus | USS da Vinci | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) | USS Gagarin | USS Gorkon | USS Honorius | USS Hudson | USS Jenolen | USS Kumari | USS Leonov | USS Sovereign | USS Starstalker | USS Yellowstone
Locations
- 36 Ursae Majoris
- Akiganel sector
- Alpha Arietis
- Arias sector
- Arcturus
- Bakrii
- Casperia Prime
- Caldos Colony
- Canopus
- Delphi Ardu
- Daluvia
- Earth
- Gemworld
- Helaspont Nebula
- Kaferia
- Kalandra sector
- Maeglin
- Mythra
- Neu-Stuttgart
- Norpin V
- Omicron Ceti
- Phloston Paradise
- Risa
- Hanotis Harbor
- Suraya Bay
- Temtibi Lagoon
- Tolari Tower
- Talin
- Vega IX
- Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
- Xaraka XII
Species
- Andorian | Antedean | Axanar | Bolian | Breen | Cardassian | Deirr | El-Aurian | Escherite | Gnalish | Guidon | Haradin | Hekaran | Hermat | Klingon | Kropaslin | Megarite | Mizarthu | Pelosian | Petraw | Risian | Romulan | Takaran | Tiburonian | Tzenkethi | Vissian | Vulcan | Withiki
States and Organisations
- Agreement Party
- Consensus Party
- Risian Hedony
- New Essentialists Movement
- Risian Ministry for Planetary Affairs
- Section 31
- Witenagemot of Kropasar
Other
Information
- 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 endeavours 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
Reviews
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous eBook: Progress |
CoE 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 |