Wounds - Book 2 (12 page)

About the Author

ILSA J. BICK
is a writer as well as a recovering child and forensic psychiatrist. She is the author of prizewinning stories, such as “A Ribbon for Rosie” in
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II,
“Shadows, in the Dark” in
Strange New Worlds IV,
and “The Quality of Wetness” in
Writers of the Future
Vol. XVI. She’s written for BattleCorps.com, SCIFICTION,
Challenging Destiny, Talebones, Beyond the Last Star,
and
Star Trek: New Frontier: No Limits,
among many others. Her first published novel,
Star Trek The Lost Era: Well of Souls
cracked the 2003 Barnes and Noble Bestseller List. Forthcoming is “Bottomless” in the
Star Trek: Voyager
anniversary anthology
Distant Shores.
Her first
MechWarrior Dark Age
novel,
Daughter of the Dragon,
was published by Roc in June 2005.
Avatar,
a murder-mystery novel set in the
MechWarrior Dark Age
universe, is tentatively scheduled for December 2005. When she isn’t writing—like, yah, when is that?—she lives in (mostly frigid) Wisconsin with her husband, two children, three cats, and other assorted vermin. Sometimes, she even cooks for them.

The Star Trek: S.C.E. Timeline
Compiled by Keith R.A. DeCandido

This is a rough guide to the timeline of the
S.C.E.
series of eBooks. It includes all the eBooks published to date (#1:
The Belly of the Beast
through to #56:
Wounds
Book 2), as well as any other stories the crew of the
da Vinci
might have appeared in, plus a hint or two from future eBooks (though nothing spoilery, we promise). Other episodes, movies, novels, and short stories have been included where appropriate, generally to provide a frame of reference.

Please be aware that the creation of a monthly eBook series that coordinates with a variety of TV shows, movies, and other prose fiction is very much a work-in-progress, and there may be occasions where there are inconsistencies between a story’s placement in the timeline below and chronological cues in the stories themselves. In each case where that happened, it was out of a preference for going with what worked for the story over what would maintain a strict, perfect chronology. The management apologizes for any confusion that may engender among our readers, and also allows as how this chronology may be superseded in the future.

Above all, the purpose of this timeline is to provide a rough guide to how
S.C.E.
fits in with the overall
Star Trek
tapestry. Emphasis on “rough.”

Citations: Television episodes are listed in “quotation marks,” with abbreviation indicating series (TOS=
Star Trek,
TAS=
Star Trek
[the animated series], TNG=
The Next Generation,
DS9=
Deep Space Nine
). Novels and eBooks are listed in
italics,
with non-S.C.E. titles given an abbreviation indicating series (VGD=
Vanguard,
NF=
New Frontier
);
S.C.E.
installments are given their number. Short stories are listed in “quotation marks,” with the book the story appeared in provided in
italics.

2265

• An engineering team is sent to repair an observation post along the border of the Romulan Neutral Zone. The team includes Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott, soon to become chief engineer of the
  U.S.S. Enterprise,
  and a Starfleet Corps of Engineers team led by Lt. Commander Mahmud al-Khaled on the
  U.S.S. Lovell,
  Captain Daniel Okagawa commanding. [#17:
  Foundations
  Book 1 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  
• The
  Lovell
  is sent to the newly constructed Starbase 47, a.k.a. Vanguard, to solve several technical problems that have cropped up in the base’s hasty construction. [#64:
  Distant Early Warning
  by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore,
  VGD
  Book 2:
  Summon the Thunder
  by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  

2267

• The
  Enterprise,
  under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, dismantles the Landru computer that has been controlling Beta III. Starfleet then sends in the
  Lovell,
  as well as a team of sociologists, to help the planet get out from under Landru’s influence. Scott stays behind as well, and helps when Landru is accidentally reactivated. [“Return of the Archons” (TOS), #18:
  Foundations
  Book 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  

2268

• The
  U.S.S. Defiant
  is lost in an interspatial rift near the Tholian border. They were being chased by a Tholian ship that was trying to keep the
  Defiant
  from providing evidence that the Tholian Assembly attacked a Klingon colony. The
  Enterprise
  is sent to find them, and is almost lost in the rift as well. The
  Defiant
  disappears. [“The Tholian Web” (TOS), #4-5:
  Interphase
  Books 1-2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  
• The
  Enterprise
  and the
  I.K.S. Klothos
  are trapped in the “Delta Triangle,” and encounter the community of aliens who have also been trapped, and accepted their imprisonment. After Captains Kirk and Kor effect an escape, Starfleet sends the
  Lovell
  to attempt to learn more of the region. [“The Time Trap” (TAS), #44:
  Where Time Stands Still
  by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  

2279

• Commanders Scott and al-Khaled are part of a team testing a Kelvan drive system on the
  U.S.S. Chandley.
  [#19:
  Foundations
  Book 3 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  

2294

• Captain Scott, distraught over the apparent death of Kirk, decides to retire to the Norpin colonies. He meets Ensign Matt Franklin in a pub in Scotland, and accepts the young man’s invitation to hitch a ride on his new assignment, the
  U.S.S. Jenolen.
  En route, the
  Jenolen
  encounters a Dyson Sphere and crashes into it, killing all hands save Scott and Franklin. They are able to store themselves as repeating patterns in the transporter while awaiting rescue. [
  Star Trek Generations, Engines of Destiny
  by Gene DeWeese, “Relics” (TNG)]
  

2321

• The Starfleet Academy track team, which includes Cadet David Gold, competes against Columbia University’s team, which includes a student named Rachel Gilman. Columbia wins, and Gold and Gilman start dating. [#28:
  Breakdowns
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  

2322

• Gold and Gilman get married. [#28:
  Breakdowns
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  

2323

• First-year Cadet Jean-Luc Picard wins the Academy marathon, stunning the upperclass students, among them Gold. [“The Best of Both Worlds Part 2” (TNG), #1:
  The Belly of the Beast
  by Dean Wesley Smith]
  
• Gold graduates from Starfleet Academy. Along with classmate Augustus Bradford, he is assigned to the
  U.S.S. Gettysburg
  under the command of Captain Mark Jameson. Bradford idolizes Jameson. [#13:
  No Surrender
  by Jeff Mariotte]
  

2324

• Gold and Gilman move into a house in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City, a house they would remain in for at least the next fifty-two years. [#28:
  Breakdowns
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  

2339

• Seven-year-old Kieran Duffy announces to his father that he intends to travel to the stars. [#24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack]
  

2341

• Duffy is given a dog named Alexander by his father, but the dog is too willful to be contained by a single backyard, and the Duffy family give Alexander to an apple orchard. [#24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack]
  

2348

• Duffy is given a pair of gravity boots for his sixteenth birthday by his uncle Jim, and he spends most of the next six months using them. [#10:
  Here There Be Monsters
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido, #24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack]
  

2351

• Cadet Duffy’s father dies. [#24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack]
  

2355

• Aldo Corsi’s cargo transport is commandeered by Starfleet Intelligence for a mission near the Cardassian border. The mission goes very badly, resulting in the death of Aldo’s brother Giancarlo. [#25:
  Home Fires
  by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore]
  

2357

• Dr. Bartholomew Faulwell enlists in Starfleet, where he is assigned to the
  U.S.S. Pisces
  as a linguist during their long-term exploration mission. [#21:
  War Stories
  Book 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  

2364

• Jameson, now an admiral, reveals shortly before his death that he broke the Prime Directive during a mission to Mordan IV forty years earlier. The knowledge that his hero did this is devastating to Bradford, who resigns his commission and ends his friendship with Gold. [“Too Short a Season” (TNG), #13:
  No Surrender
  by Jeff Mariotte]
  

2365

• Sonya Gomez graduates Starfleet Academy and is assigned to the
  U.S.S. Enterprise
  -D as an ensign in engineering under Lieutenant Geordi La Forge. Her first meeting with Captain Picard has her spilling hot chocolate all over him, an incident that prompts Gomez never to touch the beverage again. [“Q Who” (TNG)]
  
• Gomez aids in the rescue of La Forge from Pakleds. [“Samaritan Snare” (TNG)]
  
• Lieutenant (j.g.) Domenica Corsi, the deputy chief of security on the
  U.S.S. Roosevelt,
  and her long-time lover, Lieutenant (j.g.) Dar Ableen, a supply officer, travel together to Pemberton’s Point while on shore leave. [#25:
  Home Fires
  by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, #54:
  Security
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  
• The
  Enterprise
  surreptitiously saves the world of Drema IV from tectonic instability that threatens to destroy it, knowledge of which was gained from Lt. Commander Data engaging in unauthorized conversations with a young Dreman girl named Sarjenka. Dr. Katherine Pulaski, under Picard’s orders, alters Sarjenka’s memories so she has no recollection of the events. [“Pen Pals” (TNG)]
  
• During a mission to the colony of Mariposa, Gomez is among the engineering personnel whose cells are harvested for possible cloning; the samples are subsequently destroyed. [“Up the Long Ladder” (TNG), #57:
  Out of the Cocoon
  by William Leisner]
  

2366

• After months of flirting, Lieutenant (j.g.) Gomez invites Lieutenant (j.g.) Duffy on a date at the arboretum. [#24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack]
  
• The
  Roosevelt
  is assigned to aid the Izar Peace Officers in solving a multiple homicide that matches homicides on three other worlds. Corsi and Officer Christine Vale soon determine that Ableen is the guilty party, and Corsi shoots him in order to save Vale from being his next victim. The incident prompts Vale to apply to Starfleet Academy. [#1:
  The Belly of the Beast
  by Dean Wesley Smith, #6:
  Cold Fusion
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido, #54:
  Security
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido]
  
• On Ferenginar, a Ferengi named Lant appears from the future to make his fortune by speculating on market trends he already knows. An S.C.E. team from the
  U.S.S. da Vinci
  follows him back and forces him to lose all his wealth. [#32:
  Buying Time
  by Robert Greenberger]
  
• Duffy is part of an engineering team on the
  Enterprise
  led by Lt. Commander La Forge that deals with invidium contamination of various systems. [“Hollow Pursuits” (TNG)]
  

2368

• Gomez is promoted to full lieutenant and assigned to the
  Oberth
  for a one-year mission shortly after the
  Enterprise
  is damaged by a quantum filament. She breaks it off with Duffy. [#7:
  Invincible
  Book 1 by David Mack & Keith R.A. DeCandido, #24:
  Wildfire
  Book 2 by David Mack, #28:
  Breakdowns
  by Keith R.A. DeCandido, “Disaster” (TNG)]
  

2369

• The
  Enterprise
  encounters the Dyson Sphere the
  Jenolen
  crashed into, as well as the
  Jenolen
  itself. They rescue Scott—Franklin’s transporter pattern degraded too far for him to be saved. Scott decides to explore the galaxy in a shuttle on permanent loan from the
  Enterprise
  . [“Relics” (TNG)]
  
• Elizabeth Lense and Julian Bashir graduate from Starfleet Medical as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Bashir would have come in first, but for a mistake in what he claimed was a trick question. Bashir is assigned to Station Deep Space 9, Lense to the
  U.S.S. Lexington.
  [“Emissary,” “Explorers” (DS9)]
  
• Gold, now commander of the about-to-be-decommissioned
  U.S.S. Progress,
  is assigned to help establish a base near Drema IV. Pulaski, his chief medical officer, uses this opportunity to check up on Sarjenka. [#61:
  Progress
  by Terri Osborne]
  
• Lant tries to escape the S.C.E. by jumping forward three years, but the team finds him and brings him back to 2366 to undo the temporal damage. [#32:
  Buying Time
  by Robert Greenberger]
  

2371

• Admiral John Harriman announces his retirement as liaison between the S.C.E. and Starfleet Command. He recommends Scott for the job. [“Full Circle” by Scott Pearson (
  Strange New Worlds
  VII), #62:
  The Future Begins
  by Steve Mollmann & Michael Schuster]
  
• Bashir and Lense meet on DS9 when the
  Lexington
  docks at the station. [“Explorers” (DS9)]