The Name of the Cat is a TOS short story published by Pocket Books in the anthology Strange New Worlds IV in May 2001. For his story, author Steven Scott Ripley won first prize in that year's Strange New Worlds writer's competition.
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Irum • Leonard McCoy • Mears • Tempus
- Referenced only
- Beverly Crusher • God • Guardian of Forever • James T. Kirk • Jean-Luc Picard • Yvette Picard • Montgomery Scott • Spock
Starships and vehicles[]
- cargo ships • Schrodinger (shuttlecraft) • terraform ships
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-D • Klingon bird of prey
Locations[]
- Mars (Olympus Mons)
- Referenced only
- Earth (Mississippi) • Romulus • Taurus II
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
- airlock • communications • communicator • drug • duct tape • helmet • hypospray • lamp • medikit • pattern buffer • peridaxon • space suit • transporter • tricorder • universal translator • viewscreen • warp core • wheelchair
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • captain • colonist • doctor • lieutenant • miner • quantum physicist • soldier • surveyor • terraformer • time walker
Materials and substances[]
Other references[]
- air • algae • animal • atmosphere • bayou • beard • boulder • brain • cat • cave • cavern • century • colony • coma • cordrazine • cyborg • death • decade • English language • fire • first contact • gene • genome • greenhouse effect • homeworld • hour • hull • humanoid • hurricane • ion • Irumodic Syndrome • kilometer • lichen • logic • matchstick • meteor • meter • millibar • minute • mirror • molecule • money • Mons Lights • moss • mythology • orbit • photosynthesis • pressure • rabbit • river • Romulan language • shore leave • skull • snowman • space • spacecraft • spacedock • Starfleet protocol • starship • swamp • synaptic pathway • syndrome • tea • time • time portal • time travel • timeline • tree • universe • weather • wind • year
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Author Steven Scott Ripley wrote the story in honor of DeForest Kelley, who had recently passed away. (ST reference: Voyages of Imagination)
Related stories[]
- TOS episode: "The Galileo Seven" – McCoy recalls that Mears survived their crash on Taurus II.
- TOS episode: "The City on the Edge of Forever" – McCoy compares the Guardian of Forever to phenomena around Irum, and also remembers his overdose of cordrazine.
- TNG episode: "All Good Things..." – In a possible future history, Jean-Luc Picard contracts Irumodic Syndrome.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous story: Scotty's Song |
Strange New Worlds IV
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Next story: Flight 19 |
| Previous story: Change of Heart |
Stories by: Steven Scott Ripley |
Next story: Bluff |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Rules of Engagement |
Next Adventure: Deep Domain | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2278. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Second Artifact Second Interlude |
2371 Sections 2-3 |
Next Adventure: Doctors Three |