"The Offer" was the second digital exclusive short story published in Star Trek: Explorer. This Enterprise story was written by James Swallow, edited by Jonathan Wilkins, and published on 10 November 2021. It first saw print in the Q and False and Other Stories omnibus in December 2022.
Description[]
- Captain Jonathan Archer has a chance encounter as he prepares for his first voyage in the Enterprise.
References[]
Characters[]
- Jonathan Archer • Q
- Referenced only
- Henry Archer • Zefram Cochrane • Maxwell Forrest • Jean-Luc Picard • Soval
Starships and vehicles[]
- Enterprise (NX-01) • shuttlepod • Suurok-class cruiser
- Referenced only
- Freedom-class starship • Maymora-class cruiser
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
- Human • Q (species) • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- artificial gravity • dilithium crystal module • intermix chamber • PADD • phase inducer • plasma conduit • recycled atmosphere • technical manual • technology • warp core • warp drive • warp field • warp five engine
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • ambassador • commander • first officer • lieutenant • officer • pilot
Other references[]
- alert status (red alert) • alien • antimatter • blood • century • corridor • decade • dilithium crystal • Earth Starfleet uniform • first contact • gravity • hatch • lifeform • logic • matter • matter • neutronium • non-corporeal • NX Program • orbit • reality • space-time • species • star • starship • time • timeline • universe • warp factor (warp five • warp seven)
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- ENT episode: "Broken Bow" – First canonical appearance of Enterprise in drydock at the Orbital Drydock Facility.
Background[]
- A prequel to ENT episode: "Broken Bow", this short story took place in 2150 shortly after Ambassador Soval rejected Archer as a candidate to command Enterprise. An author's note described it as being months before the starship's launch.
- Q wiped the events of this story from the timeline to prevent altering history.
Images[]
Cover illustration.
Connections[]
| Star Trek: Enterprise collected short stories, novellas and short novels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Strange New Worlds | V ("Remnant" • "A Girl for Every Star" • "Hoshi's Gift") • VI ("Savior" • "Preconceptions" • "Cabin E-14") • VII ("Earthquake Weather") • 8 ("Egg Drop Soup" • "Hero" • "Insanity") • 9 ("Rounding a Corner Already Turned" • "Mother Nature's Little Reminders" • "Mestral") • 10 ("The Dream" • "Universal Chord" • "You Are Not in Space") | |
| Misc. short stories | "Prelude: Discovery" • "Have Beagle, Will Travel: The Legend of Porthos" • "Nobunaga" • "The Offer" • "Control" | |
| Misc. novellas & short novels | "Age of the Empress" • "A Less Perfect Union" | |
| Comics | "The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty" | |
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: A Night In |
Short stories Star Trek: Explorer |
Next story: Seven v Seven |
| Previous story: Nobunaga Shards and Shadows |
ENT short stories | Next story: Control |
| Previous story: The Ashes of Tomorrow Coda |
Stories by: James Swallow |
Next story: The Mission |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Control Chapter 13&16 |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Shockwave Chapter 6 |
| Previous adventure: Control |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Shockwave |
Publication history[]
- 10 November 2021
- First released in Star Trek: Explorer magazine. (Titan Magazines)
- 20 December 2022
- Collected in the Q and False and Other Stories omnibus. (Titan Magazines)