Time Lock is a Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations ebook by Christopher L. Bennett. It's the fourth in the DTI series, and the second ebook.
Publisher's description
- An all new Star Trek e-novella from the world of Deep Space Nine, featuring the fan-favorite Federation bureau the Department of Temporal Investigations!
- The dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations have their work cut out for them protecting the course of history from the dangers of time travel. But the galaxy is littered with artifacts that, in the wrong hands, could threaten reality. One of the DTI's most crucial jobs is to track down these objects and lock them safely away in the Federation’s most secret and secure facility. As it happens, Agent Gariff Lucsly and his supervisor, DTI director Laarin Andos, are charged with handling a mysterious space-time portal device discovered by Starfleet. But this device turns out to be a Trojan horse, linking to a pocket dimension and a dangerous group of raiders determined to steal some of the most powerful temporal artifacts ever known...
Summary
References
Characters
- Laarin Andos • Claudia Alisov • Cymmen-vennau-roonixx • Daiyar • Marion Dulmur • Felbog Bu-Tsop-Vee • Teresa Garcia • Kvolan Marnak • Gariff Lucsly • Mexus • Munetir • Meyo Ranjea • Vennor Sikran • T'Viss • Warain
- Referenced only
- Data • Megumi Dulmur • Geordi La Forge • Tong
Location
- Beta Rigel V (Tregon • Tregon Sea) • Denobula (Gronim City) • Eris (Eridian Vault) • Haunris Spaceport (Tyrellia system) • Sol
- Referenced only
- Amphipolis Planum • Antar • Catulla • DTI Headquarters (Greenwich) • Golana • Gum Nebula • India (Earth) • Kaferia • kaybin district • Vela OB2 Association • Vemlar IV • Vinduri'dom • Vulcan • Wolf 359
Starships and vehicles
- USS Everett (Nova-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Bozeman (Soyuz-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Khatami • USS Kyushu (New Orleans-class) • USS Titan (Luna-class) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
Races and cultures
- Caldonian • Choblik • Deltan • Denobulan • Human • Rhaandarite • Tomika • Vomnin • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Betazoid • B'nurlac • Caeliar • Catullan • Collector • Fethetrit • Kalandan • Mervynian • Pa'haquel • Zalkatian
States and organizations
- Aegis • Colonial Consortium • Denobulan Science Ministry • Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Ferengi Alliance • Q Continuum • Starfleet • Vomnin Bureau for Historical Resource Development • Vomnin Birthright • Vomnin Confederacy
Science and technology
- Axis of Time • chroniton • chroniton polarizer • chrono-deflector • Collector obelisk • comm pin • dimensional pocket • hologram • incursion shield • orbit • phase discriminator • phaser • psionic temporal communicator • quantum singularity • quantum slipstream drive • rejuvenation chamber • replicator • sensor • shield generator • subspace • temporal accelerator • temporal reflection generator • tetryon • time carriage • time lock • time portal • timeship • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • Vemlar IV artifact • worldline destabilizer
Ranks and titles
- ambassador • assistant director • captain • commander • Director of the Department of Temporal Investigations • doctor • special agent
Other references
- 22nd century • 23rd century • 2270 • Aldebaran shellmouth • armor • Battle of Wolf 359 • coffee • cosmozoan • crystal • honey • obsidian • Prime Directive • stardate • stepwell • supernova • Temporal Accords • Temporal Cold War • Time Rings of Vork • Trojan horse
Timeline
Chronology
- 2 May, 2384
- A Collector obelisk creates a major temporal disturbance within the Eridian Vault.
- 12 June
- Gariff Lucsly arrives on Eris to oversee a review and upgrade of the Eridian Vault's safety and security.
- 14 June
- The crew of a Catullan vessel discover a suspected time portal in the Gum Nebula.
- 6 July, 1544 UTC (stardate 61512.7)
- The Eridian Vault is raided by Daiyar and her group of Vomnin mercenaries. Director Andos engages the time lock trapping the raiders, herself, Lucsly, T'Viss, Warain, and Felbog inside. From then on, time within the vault slows down.
- External time: 1852 UTC, Vault time: 1616 UTC
- 7 July, 0428 UTC ~ Vault time 1628 UTC, 6 July
- 9 July, 1702 UTC ~ Vault time 1643 UTC, 6 July
- Ranjea and Garcia meet with Vennor Sikran at Tregon, Beta Rigel V.
- c. 17 July ~ Vault time 1654 UTC, 6 July
- 29 July, 1816 UTC ~ Vault time 1700 UTC, 6 July
- Dulmur's birthday celebrations at the DTI field office in Gronim City are interrupted.
- c. 30 July ~ Vault time 1701 UTC, 6 July
- Eris
- 9 August, 1907 UTC ~ Vault time 1704 UTC, 6 July
- Agents Ranjea and Garcia catch up with Sikran at Haunris Spaceport.
- 3rd week of August ~ Vault time 1706 UTC, 6 July
- Eris
- mid-October ~ Vault time 1713 UTC, 6 July
- Eris
Production history
Published Order | ||
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Previous novel: The Collectors |
Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations | Next novel: Unestablished |
Previous story: Rules of Accusation |
eBooks | Next story: Unestablished |
Previous story: Live by the Code |
Stories by: Christopher L. Bennett |
Next story: The Face of the Unknown |
Appendices
Related stories
- Department of Temporal Investigations novel: Watching the Clock - Major characters, locations, and premises are introduced.
- TTN novel: Orion's Hounds - The Vomnin's Colonial Consortium is introduced, along with the cosmozoan crisis and other Gum Nebula races and civilizations.
- TLE novel: The Buried Age - The first mention of the crew of the USS Kyushu's experience of the time-disruptive effects of an artifact they discovered on Vemlar IV.
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Live by the Code - Denobulan family life and Gronim City are elaborated upon.
- TNG episode: "Timescape" - The use of phase discriminators to disrupt localised time effects is seen.
- Department of Temporal Investigations eBook: The Collectors - The discovery of the Collector's obelisk occurs.
External links
- Time Lock article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Author's Annotations