Changes: The Wounded Sky

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Introduction (blurb)

A pretty alien scientist invents the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an engine system that transcends warp drive and the Enterprise will be the first to test it! The Klingons attempt to thwart the test, but a greater danger looms when strange symptoms surface among the crew and time becomes meaningless.

Now Captain Kirk and his friends face their greatest challenge - to repair the fabric of the Universe before time is lost forever!

Summary

The Enterprise is assigned to test a new propulsion system, based around a speck of material with infinite mass which will allow the ship to blink out of existence and reappear outside the galaxy. The Klingons attack once the Enterprise is out of Federation space and the ship turns a star supernova and uses the drive to evade them.

However, during the course of the inversions the crew experience hallucinations, seeing historical and future events they did not witness and each other's past experiences. Worse, their next jump is accompanied by another supernova and observation shows an area of space where entropy and the normal flow of time has ceased. The use of the drive has torn a hole with another universe where entropy does not exist.

The Enterprise journeys into the anomaly, where the crew see themselves travelling through a landscape to reach the being at the centre of the universe. Spock, Uhura and D'Hennish, a crewmember whose species perceive time differently, manage to communicate with the creature, giving it self-awareness for the first time, and convince it the breach between universes must cease. K't'lk, the scientist who invented the drive, is able to weave a universe for the creature to inhabit after they are gone and stays behind when the breach is sealed.

The Enterprise returns to its own universe where the effect of the breach has been reversed. Kirk finds that, as per her species' reproduction, K't'lk left behind an egg which hatches a new version of herself, who joins Scotty in working on the drive again.

References

Characters

Larry Aledort • Amekentra • Lia Burke • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Dabach • Niwa Awath-mánë ri d'Hennish enu-ma'Qe • Dithra • Rhonda S. Halloran • Heming • Katha'sat • Janíce Kerasus • James T. Kirk • K's't'lk/K't'lk • Mahásë • Leonard McCoy • Mayri Sagady • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Harb Tanzer • Nyota Uhura
Referenced only: Aesculapius • DD Tauri V • Stephen Decatur • T'k'rt't • Y'tk't

Races and cultures

Adarin • Altasa • Andorian • Eseriat • Hamalki • hestv • Human • na'mdeihei • Sadrao • Sulamid • Tegmenir • Vulcan
Referenced only: Romulan

Locations

109 Piscium • Acamar system • aia'Hnnrihstei • Alexandria II • Alpha Arietis • Altair IV • Hamal • Iota Sculptoris • Majoris Congeries • Mars • Rasalgethi • Rukbah V • Sa-na'Mdeihein • Small Magellanic Cloud • Sol • Starbase 18 • Zeta-10 Scorpii
Referenced only: Andor • Antares A II • DD Tauri • Earth (Euxine • Kazalkum • Los Angeles • Pompeii • San Francisco • Stonehenge • Tripoli • Van Nuys) • Luna (Bianchini • Flamsteed • Herigonius • Jura Range) • Mirfak XIc (Ten-Thousand-Step Stair]]) • Orual • Sadr • Theta Carinae • Vercingetorix IV • Vulcan

Enterprise locations

astrocartography • bridge • corridor • engineering • observation lounge • quarters • recreation deck • sickbay

Starships and vehicles

Links

The Wounded Sky article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: Mutiny on the Enterprise	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: The Trellisane Confrontation
chronological order
Previous Adventure: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh Chapter 22	Pocket	Next Adventure: My Enemy, My Ally

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 However, during the course of the inversions the crew experience hallucinations, seeing historical and future events they did not witness and each other's past experiences. Worse, their next jump is accompanied by another supernova and observation shows an area of space where entropy and the normal flow of time has ceased. The use of the drive has torn a hole with another universe where entropy does not exist.
-The ''Enterprise'' journeys into the anomaly, where the crew see themselves travelling through a landscape to reach the being at the centre of the universe. [[Spock]], [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] and [[Niwa Awath-mánë ri d'Hennish enu-ma'Qe|d'Hennish]], a crewmember whose species perceive time differently, manage to communicate with the creature, giving it self-awareness for the first time, and convince it the breach between universes must cease. [[K't'lk]], the scientist who invented the drive, is able to weave a universe for the creature to inhabit after they are gone and stays behind when the breach is sealed.
+The ''Enterprise'' journeys into the anomaly, where the crew see themselves travelling through a landscape to reach the being at the centre of the universe. [[Spock]], [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] and [[D'Hennish]], a crewmember whose species perceive time differently, manage to communicate with the creature, giving it self-awareness for the first time, and convince it the breach between universes must cease. [[K't'lk]], the scientist who invented the drive, is able to weave a universe for the creature to inhabit after they are gone and stays behind when the breach is sealed.
 The ''Enterprise'' returns to its own universe where the effect of the breach has been reversed. Kirk finds that, as per her species' reproduction, K't'lk left behind an egg which hatches a new version of herself, who joins [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] in working on the drive again.
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 ==References==
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 ===Locations===
 :[[109 Piscium]] • [[Acamar system]] • [[aia'Hnnrihstei]] • [[Alexandria II]] • [[Alpha Arietis]] • [[Altair IV]] • [[Hamal IV|Hamal]] • [[Iota Sculptoris]] • [[Majoris Congeries]] • [[Mars]] • [[Rasalgethi]] • [[Rukbah V]] • [[Sa-na'Mdeihein]] • [[Small Magellanic Cloud]] • [[Sol]] • [[Starbase 18]] • [[Zeta-10 Scorpii]]
-{{ref}}[[Andor]] • [[DD Tauri]] • [[Earth]] ([[Black Sea|Euxine]] • [[Kazalkum]] • [[Pompeii]] • [[San Francisco]] • [[Stonehenge]] • [[Tripoli]]) • [[Luna]] ([[Bianchini]] • [[Flamsteed]] • [[Herigonius]] • [[Jura Range]]) • [[Orual]] • [[Sadr]] • [[Theta Carinae]] • [[Vercingetorix IV]] • {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}
+{{ref}}[[Andor]] • [[Antares A II]] • [[DD Tauri]] • [[Earth]] ([[Black Sea|Euxine]] • [[Kazalkum]] • [[Los Angeles]] • [[Pompeii]] • [[San Francisco]] • [[Stonehenge]] • [[Tripoli]] • [[Van Nuys]]) • [[Luna]] ([[Bianchini]] • [[Flamsteed]] • [[Herigonius]] • [[Jura Range]]) • [[Mirfak XIc]] (Ten-Thousand-Step Stair]]) • [[Orual]] • [[Sadr]] • [[Theta Carinae]] • [[Vercingetorix IV]] • {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}
 ====Enterprise locations====
 :[[Stellar cartography department|astrocartography]] • [[bridge]] • [[corridor]] • [[engineering]] • [[observation lounge]] • [[quarters]] • [[recreation deck]] • [[sickbay]]
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 ===States and organizations===
-:[[Bureau of Planetary Works]] • [[Federation Department of Science]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Starfleet Academy]]
+:[[Bureau of Planetary Works]] • [[Federation Department of Science]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[Starfleet Academy]]
 ===Other references===

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