Data

StarTrek Birthday:

Permanently activated: February 2, 2338

Created by Dr. Noonien Soong, the android with a positronic brain, Data, longed to be a human or at least understand what gave people their humanity. With an advanced computer brain and higher-than-average strength, Data sailed through StarFleet Academy, rising through the ranks to serve as Lieutenant Commander on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. With the help of Captain Picard, Data convinced StarFleet that he was a unique individual due to the full rights of all sentient lifeforms. As he continued to serve on the Enterprise-E, he passed up a chance to fulfill his quest for humanity with an offer from the Borg Queen and later sacrificed himself to save his crew from a Romulan threat.

A House Divided

"A house divided against itself, cannot stand." This is always pertinent, because it shows how we need eachother to survive.

I began reading this novel on Friday December 9, 2022. This novel is by Keith R. A. Decandido. This novel has 331 pages. I completed this novel on February 18, 2023. It had 389 pages.

"And if a kingdom can be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if Saten rises up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end."

The Gospel according to St. Mark 3: 24-26

"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Klingon Proverb

Klag had his father's arm grafted on, not as a cybernetic one, because he believed it to be more honorable the way he had it. They just lost gravity on their ship after the training.

"The Gorkan had been at the forefront of a very brief campaign against the Elabra; Hedygemoy, an upstart power that had attacked one of Gorkon's brother ships, the IKS Kravokh, with no provocation, and taken its captain and surviving crew prisoner's and not permitted them to die."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 6

KPE stands for Klingons Physians Enclave. 

Captain Klag and Dr. B'Oraq were lovers.

"It was all well and good for warriors to exaggerate their feats over blood wine, but formal records needed to be free of such indulgences."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 18

Leskit took Kurek to a Vulcan dining hall. The restaurant had a quiet ambience inside. Viulcans didn't overcook their food and remove all the flavor, they just cooked it so the viruses and ailments would cease to exist.

"Quiet and solitude are usually a prelude to disaster."

Kurek

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido

"The natives of the planet had biological tools, spaceships--and weapons. They were quite effective. We were barely able to defend ourselves against their living spaceships and bioelectric weapons."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 57

Roddeck sufferered from brain damage which affected his hippocampus. He suffered from disassociative identity disorder. He woke up and couldn't recall where he was. He was a Bajorean Militia Member, a member of Starfleet Personnel. He was going to Deep Space Nine to speak with Dr. Bashir.

They get their commander to join them in their festivities.

"Secrecy was it's best security." 

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 88

"After the Har'q Invasion, Klingon technological development went into overdrive. Where most worlds--as G'joth had learned in his decades in  the Defense Force developed powered ground travel, rather than air travel, than space travel, Qo'nos bypassed the first step and did the next two simultaneously, all in an effort to prevent another Invasion like that of Har'q."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido pp. 94-95

They were traveling to Goran's house by vikok, the ride was bumpy and unpleasant.

"Alien this world may be, but anywhere in the empire, a kitchen in use smells like a kitchen in use. Spices, sauces, and raw meats all wafted across Wol's nostrils, reminding her of the hours before the evening meals growing up."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 112

"The moment she decided to study at the Starfleet Medical Academy--a process that itself was a mighty battle against the bureaucracies of two large interstellar nations--she had commenced a war. That war had seen dozens of battles  some of which she has lost and left her bloody, but none of which led to her defeat. What's more she had won more than she had lost, and if the very existence of this conference, regardless of what happened during it, counted as one of her finest victories."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 126

B'Oraq compared herself to Lukura. Lukura was Kahless's wife who spread all his word. Without her Kahless wouldn't be remembered as he was today. 

B'Oraq found herself by people who were dying. She found the two doctors from the lecture. They helped tend to the sick on the ship.

"Without honor, we are nothing." Wol

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 209

The children were beaten after Klag left them by the guards.

"You are Klingons! When Klingons are trapped, they fight their way out or in an attempt."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 248

"There is a galaxy full of opportunities. It is past time you learned what they were." Worf

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 295

"Honor is well and good when you have food in your belly, but if you starved to save face it did you no good."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 315

"It's easy to waste your time on a brawl when you know where your next meal is coming from."

Tabona

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 320

"Not having something is the best way to know you wanted it."

Kahless

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 344

"The cause of death was herniation of the brain stem secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by the aneurysm. Extensive subarchnoid hemorrhaging consistent with rupture of the anterior communicating artery rendered him unconscious, with a subsequent increase in intercraneal pressure causing the brain stem's herniiation."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 350

Martok got rid of the Klingon Physians Empire and replaced with The Klingon Medical Authority. B'Oraq will not be on the board because she is too high profile.

"There is little cause for enjoyment in this place. But while the adults have no hope, the children should have some. They should dream of better things, the way we did."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 365

"Ships can be rebuilt. Honor cannot be."

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido pp. 386-387

"He understood that the universe was an infinitely more complicated place than he'd imagined, and he knew just how difficult it was to keep a secret--and how important it was, as well."

Toq

Klingon Empire: A Burning House Keith R. A. Decandido p. 388-389

ST: TNG: The Other Side

This story has 97 pages. I began short story on June 4, 2023. I completed this work June 16, 2023.

Troi was temporarily captaining the Marco Polo. Picard was pleasing with the Iconians for use of Their Gateways.

"Our presence threatened to tamper natural order on many worlds. Such chances were not always welcome ones, as I understand it. A change of heart a change of government....sometimes made our people stop and reconsider our presence. As a result we migrated across space, until we reached here. Since then we have abandoned contact with other people, contracting on standing realms our gateways couldn't reach."

Hamesh Iconian Representative

ST: TNG: The Other Side p. 338

The Universal Translator managed to work just in time when Picard had met the aliens.

The Enterprise just escaped this cosmic collapse of gateways, but than they weren't sure how Picard would get back.

Picard saved a man, because the atmosphere made his muscles stronger. He lifted a collapsed wagon that the man was trapped under. Chanik, a boy in the village, would take Picard to the city.

"They had learned to work with nature, rather than let it overwhealm them."

ST: TNG: The Other Side p. 254

Picard had helped a farmer by suggesting alternatives for wine making.

"Even one life can alter a societies direction."

Picard 

ST: TNG: The Other Side p. 257

Picard and Chanuk were ambushed by two men. Picard roughed them up a tad, than told them to help the farmer, who would give them food for the service.

A Delton Ship exploded to awake Riker from a sound sleep. He was immediately called to the bridge. Data and Geordi couldn’t explain what was occurring. So he talked with Captain Oliv about it.

Picard noticed all the buildings were circular. He then heard a baby's cry. He saw a woman cry. He leapt into action of defence against a mob. They accused her of having the child with another and were going to kill them both. Picard didn't let that occur. He was telling Chanuk about laws and becoming a lawyer as they were leaving.

Picard found 14 resonators which puzzled him, because the Iconians didn't build duplicates. Picard went through the gateway with the help of Chanik.

Picard ran into Riker on the bridge of the Enterprise. Everyone was gratefully astonished to see him.

"This isn't like any disruptive event we've encountered such as viruses. We adapt and grow and learn from it."

Worf

ST: TNG: The Other Side p. 298

Picard was speaking to the Iconians in French. He could not share that only he had the power to communicate with them because it might be taken away. He was able to communicate because he was the discoverer of their species.

Quarantine

Thomas Riker’s medical transport was hijacked. The Maquis (Torres, Tuvok, Chakotay team) captured Riker. They were looking for Medical supplies. It was going back to get them from the Gandhi.

The medical supplies was for delivery a virus that almost wiped out Terok Nor and now was wiping out Pedula. This was a multiprion disease which attacked every organ and brought on instant age.

Riker and Shelzone went to the IGI searching and making sure no Cardasseans were there. Riker was stunned.

Torres told Jakotay of the Delgran Prefect offer of Sanctuary for all the Maki that wanted ge would pass it on.

“Destiny had drawn them all toward this forgotten corner of the galaxy, and maybe this would be a place where their quixotic came to an end one way or another.” Quarentinne (644)

The Cardasseans were letting the Makis heal the Delgran –then they were going to annihilate them Riker and Shelzane awoke in a beach house Shelzane had the disease and had to be go through the bio-filter of a transporter to get the disease eradicated B’lanna was asked to dinner by the Prefect The Prefect gave B’lanna some clothing She loved it Diplomacy didn’t suit Torres at all Echo Imjim and her son Harper were hand gliding and were transported to Jakotay Maki Ship from Helena a world suffering from biological warfare due to Romulans. The world has two nations Padulla and Delgran Thomas Riker was going to the surface to help with the disease IGI- Institute of Genetic Improvement-research of Inter spatial breeding.

"Maybe hope is contagious." (Thomas Riker)

Riker and Shelzone his ship mate were under attack by the Cardassians. Uni bloodied one species Mixers-mixed blood half one specie and another 

"Creed to combine species in as many permeations as possible" (624) 

Suffering from disease, Chimera, genetically engineered combination of two germs Death and sickness come and go but uniqueness like you (Torres) had not been seen in centuries. 

Since your arrival, our morale couldn’t be higher —it’s as if we have seen perfection.” (Prefect 656) 

The Prefect Klain, asked Torres to have a child with him, but he did not believe in agronomy Riker is making a sailboat for him and Shelzane Shelzone doesn’t want to infect Riker so she stays behind.

The Prefect, Klain, put Torres in a gorgeous room that night with ever more clothes a quire sang in Torres’s honor.

The Helenites are image conscious; they make sure they look nice no matter what. BcFor centuries the IGI was population control.

When someone has a monopoly, people would do anything to get rid of it.

The Multi Prion disease may be engineered by the Cardasseans. Chakotay took a hand gliding lesson from Echo and they also were tractored part way. Chakotay was on the search for Riker. Rikers raft was in trouble, he was shouting for help. He was rescued by Shelzone making noise in the water.

Torres, Tuvok and Dr. Gammot think Prefect Klang started the disease and were going to prove it. Riker made an attempt to escape by digging and Shelzane was in bed too sick to. Help Shelzane died a few minutes later Riker took her body and put it in the water and the sea creatures ate it as she wanted.

“Only that we cannot hope to be successful, if unknown parties continue to introduce this disease. Even those who have been treated can contract it again.” (Tuvok 686) Riker went through a pipe to get out of the beach house Klingon Proverb “You don’t know you are until you start a fight” Torres and Dr. Gammot lied to Klain about finding another plague source Torres placed a homing beacon on Klain Klain was killed by a Cardassean for wanting no more to do with the arrangement they made about the disease Tuvok, Chakotay and B’lanna were arrested in the death for Klain Dr. Gammet vouches for them “We haven’t had a fire in Aster for 100 years.”(699) Gal Demadak was ordering the Cardasseans to move in and kill the Maki Helena was chosen for the disease because of its isolation If the disease could thrive here, Federation colonies were in grave danger Riker is captured “For some jobs you can’t beat Starfleet.” (Chakotay 711) Shelzone died of the Multi-Prion disease Riker gave her body to the Sea Creatures as she wanted Then Riker escaped Chakotay was hiding his ship on the surface and sending Spartacus to the Federation, so it would appear that all the Maki had left The Singha was destroyed The Spartacus went into hiding awaiting the Federation Chakotay missed being on land.

ST TNG Q strike

By Greg Cox 272 pp 

The Enterprise was under attack by the Calmerians. Captain Picard was taken by Q.

The Enterprises telepathic members were under attack by an unknown telepathic agent. Anti gravity was offline Q's wife and son appeared. She was there to see what her husband found interesting about them.

The Faal family who were doing a study were escorted to Sickbay because of their telepathic ability, but fought with Troi and escaped and couldn't be found. Picard was transported 600,000 years in the past. Q was in a conflict with 0. Liam Faal had some of the Galactic cloud within him. Q keeps making Picard the authoritative one.

The Q’s and the creators had a war hurling planets and systems around. A race of people at war 3 people consciousness placed in orbs. The galactic barrier looked like a neon forcefield or mote. Since Q caused the of the dinosaurs so he had to watch over earth. The crossing of the Galactic Barrier was stopped because of the Calmerian attack.

O telepathically linked to Faal. The closer Faal came to his destiny, the stronger he became Faal blinded Geordi. Faal had a malicious telepathic ego, he let go of his kids Faal succeeded in creating a hole in the galactic barrier 0 appeared on the Enterprise Bridge and killed a crew member 0 cannot travel faster than light speed on his own.

They were heading for the galactic core to free the one The Calamerians had returned Faal had baby q and was preparing to experiment on him The Enterprise was communicating with the Calmerians The Calmerians beamed on the Bridge Picard was attempting to communicate Milo was helping his father test baby q Milo stopped because his father cared more about the test then him Milo and Madam Q beat 0 residing in Lem Q and 0 were in the Holodeck in a simulation of a pirate they were running through a forest When 0 caught up to Q, Q restarted the program 0 transported himself and Q to the Ice Age where Q first met 0 Q could join forces with the Calmerians and beat 0 0 was killing the Calmerians Ceyato saved the Calmerians by creating heat with her phaser through the ice and the steam revived them “I always thought I couldn’t live without an enemy never thought I’d end up dying trying to save one.” Q won with the Calmerians help Q got the Coontinuum to repair the Galactic Barrier

Rogue Saucer

John Vornholt

271 pp.

Admiral Nechayev

Commander Fulton her aide. A Pakled ship in the Demilitarized zone. They think Ro betrayed them. It could be a Maquis operation as well. They had to go to a starbase for repair.

Timothy Wiley

Shufula

Vylor

He went down to a planet seeking the archetect and found that it was a Bajoran female

They brought weapon. She asked if a "peacock" was in place. They were getting a big prize. She didn't want any Starfleet personal hurt. Their plan was to get rid of the Cardassians and then return to Starfleet

Picard found the "fire septer" from Iconia Prime on his dig.

On the Starbase they were at had some of the best museums in StarFleet. After checking in Picard met with Captain Slarn, the base commander, then with Laforge and the repair crew.

Admiral Nechayev, the only person who scarred Picard, welcomed them to th Starbase. The saucer can survive reentry into planetary atmosphere and then crashland. They have put a more powerful forcefield.

The Enterprise will test this prototype saucer section. Riker was with a Deltan woman for a while. Then she went to class. However Riker knew her class was an online class and was self paced.

She ended up staying, because Riker said he doesn't know if he'll get another shore leave. She was an Amazon. His comm chirped. Data and Geordi were going to play pool on Starbase 211. They were stopped by Picard who needed to see them.

Worf was observing Andorian religion in a play, Troi joined him, and invited him to a concert she was going to. Picard called him and he had to leave. Picard called a number of his senior staff and asked them to join him on the mission to test the new saucer.

Troi and Crusher felt left out so they joined them. They found out that they were about to enter a simulation how the new saucer handled in the attack of the Borg. The saucer separated from the Stardrive. Data beamed over to the stardrive section.

Riker was left looking over the admirals shoulder. They are testing the new saucer in a simulation concerning Kit-Jet 2  protecting it from the Borg. They made contact with the colonists, thus distracting the Borg.

Two other ships were being sent to provide assistance. The saucer was going to house the colonists, while the stardrive distracts the Borg. Picard took command of the stardrive over the admiral.

Riker tried to end the Simulation, then Picard did too, but they could not. They weren't sure if the battle was real or not. Data and Worf were going to take a shuttle to find the Saucer. The saucer had a virus.

The saucer was lost. The saucer only had impulse. Worf went in a shuttle pod to gain assistance. When he got back the hull looked to be dead. Worf destroyed the Borg cube and the captain congradalated him.

They still had no idea where the saucer section was. The admirals assistant, a Maquis, had control of the saucer section. The Maquis wanted the Enterprise to scare the Cardassians out of the Demiliterized zone

The Maquis were planning to destroy Spensorville in the Cardassians part because it was supposedly known to be the center of the Cardassian war effort

The hull section was going to get the old saucer section off KitJob.and Beverly and Troi were going to captain it, and help look for the other saucer section. Troi was in an exclusive club playing poker.

Beverly was taking a relaxing mud bath with Guinan when she was asked to command the saucer section in thirty minutes. Guinan offered to go with her, as the morale officer. Beverly offered her a position of science officer but she refused. Beverly took command and made Troi number 1. Riker got the captured crew members to the ready room.

Geordi escaped in a Jeffries tube, not followed by anyone. Geordi made it to the trandportor room and got Riker. He couldn't get the admiral because they ripped her combadge off. The stardrive section hailed them unbeknownst that the saucer was under Maquis authority. The stardrive got a distress signal from the saucer and aborted the docking.

The admiral ordered Picard to destroy the saucer. The captain staged a surrender the fired on the saucer. The saucer escaped them. The Maquis were disabling the life support throughout the saucer driving Riker and Laforge out.

Riker was caught by the Bajoran Maquis when Riker tried to put the life support back on. He fought him hand to hand. The architect is a large Bajoran female, her space was being destroyed, she tried to burn all the files she obtained in fear they would fall in the wrong hands.

Some Cardassians beamed in and she struck them down and blew up her section with a grandee. The granade never went off, gas was coming in.

The architect was old and tired. She sprained her ankle and limped on a rescue ship. If they got out of the DMZ they would be alright. Picard was nervously waiting for the old saucer to randevous with them. Guinan asked if they want coffee on the bridge and Crusher and Troi said no.

They found the other saucer. Beverly was allowing the people from the other saucer to beam over. They didn't, because they had Bajorans, and no Bajorans were on the team that was suppose to test the saucer. Riker and Geordi are tired of not knowing what's going on. 

So the Maquis are going to beam down to a planet that is in its Iron Age and destroy the saucer. Riker came on the bridge surrendering unarmed saying Geordi was dead. Riker and the admiral got transported by Geordi. Picard fired at both saucers, to tell which one was non-Maqui.

Picard and Beverly were joining to find the Maquis. Riker and Geordi just killed a Maquis woman. Riker was called to the bridge to land the saucer. He and Laforge went. He was trying to outsmart them.

Riker landed the saucer in the ocean. Everyone but Geordi, Fulton and Riker were unconscious. Cardassians beamed to the saucer an were killed instantly. The saucer was sinking, Riker just made it to the top.

Geordi was in quicksand. Geordi got out. The Machi were fighting amongst themselves. As Geordi sneaked away he was caught by a native cenatour. The Cardassians were on the beach and went after the Maquis.

The Cardassian ship over the planet was found by the Enterprise. They helped Enterprise find some of the.survivors. Riker was the first rescued. Then they beamed the admiral up. All the Maquis died. Geordi vaporized them with his phaser. They destroyed the saucer.

The Worst of Both Worlds

This story has 119 pages.

Picard found an old Vulcan Tomb of the mystics. Picard traveled to Madrids world and gave Wesley a dollar to watch his ship, the Stargazer. Madrid shut down Picards archeological dig and he was furious. Picards mentor was Richard Galon. He was furious with Wesley because Vash was  on his ship when he returned.

Picard found a chiseled inscription on the ground "As in all things, let your mind be your guide."

"The guilt of a thief weighs heavy on the heart," was carved on a stone animal form. Sovak, a Ferengi surprised him with his presence. He died as he tried to take the treasure. Picard found one of three parts of a grand Vulcan peice called the Stone of Gul. Vash intruduced Picard to Nooniun Soong, who couldn't work in cyber-netics because the allience would not allow him to. He introduced Picard to the idea of the Borg. There was a raid.

Vash, Picard and Soong escaped in a sewer. Picard went back to the Stargazer and found Weasly tainted in a pool of his blood. He found Klingons ransacking his ship. They drank the last bottle of his families wine right in front of him. Picard and Soong were searching for the Borg. Vash and a team were searching for biogentic weapons which they were going to destroy.

Vash and her team were at a stand still and put killed a Cardassian. Sela awakened the Cardassian and put an organism within his brain to get the code for the door of the passageway. The Cardassian became very suggestive and he gave them the code. It killed the Cardassian and the creature that came out. They walked into a trap.

The cell filled with gas. Vash managed to get them out. They had to fight. Sela was injured and Vash left her. She shot above them shattering stalegmite killing the Cardassians and Selam. They killed the Tellorite after getting the information.

Picard hailed Vash but she didn't respond. The Borg kidnapped her. A Klingon ship appeared. Picard and Soong were going to the cube as the Borg digested the Klingons.

Picard found Vash assimilated. Soong wanted to speak to the Borg. Picard quickly pulled him away. Picard transported to the Stargazer. Soong stayed behind.

Picard knew not a lot of people would believe him but he had to try to let them know, not only for his sake, but for theirs as well. A Romulan warbird appeared on Iconion as the Stargazer landed.

Another Romulan vessal fired at the first one. Soong became Lucutis. Picard delivered a virus to the Borg. The Klingons came between t he Stargazer and the Borg tracker beam. Picards virus destroyed the Borg cube.