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.

ST: TNG: 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 Cardasseans. 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

For 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: Forgotten War

This novel had 270 pages.

Yarn delegates were coming from the Tsushima abourd the Enterprise. There was a problem beaming them up. Garret and Dr. Eadman Commander Harms Karish beamed up.

Harna had a tatoo which revealed his clan. Karish's role was an exchange officer. Janice Yardman was a historian. She beamed up as well. Riker liked Janice.

Picard was awakened for space junk. It appeared to be a Rashasa ship from 200 years ago. Riker, Data and Dr. Eardman beamed over. Some 700 people were missing from the ship. Riker had a slave owner in his family.

Laforge had slavory in his family. Both families taught in the Civil War. Turn taught Klingons. The Federation and the Tarn agreed on making a neutral zone

The Enterprise received a transmission from  the world of a woman wearing a uniform that was out of date asking for help. Karash refused to stop the war. Worf was asked to talk with Karash, since their species respected one another. The settlers were federation so Picard was going to order them to cease fire. The people on the planet were celebrating for they know the Enterprise was in orbit.

Riker and Janice went down to the planet. They met the refugees in a cave. The refugees didn't trust the Enterprise that the war was over. They had a very hard time stopping the war, simply because the civilization was bred for war. Gadin was the Tarn commander, on the planet that were fighting the war which ended.

Some Tarn guards were beamed down, but from where. Karish found a locator beacon on himself and Gadin saw it as well. Gadin hadn't responded to it though.The away team went missing. Picard was talking Jard, the Tarn admiral, who wanted to speak with Karn.

Picard was in communication with the Tarn government and the Federation relatives down on the planet asking for a peace negotiation to take place. The talks for peace were going nowhere fast. Riker met Alyssa Murat, the General Lyssanders daughter, who was a watcher. She was fasinated by her first look at the sky, which humbled Riker very much.

Janis told Julia Maret, the war could end with peace. They were at war so long that Julia forgot what peace was. Julia's son had died.

Riker was severely stabbed. Picard and Crusher beamed down to find Riker. Eardman greeted them and Julia Muret, who they woke. Picard was introduced to Lucios Muret , in stasis, he was awakened when his guidance was required, then put back in stasis.

Lucios was threatening to remove Picard from command. Even the most comfortable prison, is still a prison. From the darkness of our souls, is redemption not possible?

Karish almost killed Riker. Worf transported to the surface.

Lysander's daughter died. Lucios's wife wanted to stop the fighting and her husband called her a traitor. Karish and Picard just sent both sides all the weapons they needed to encourage a cease fire.

ST: TNG Contamination

 273 pp. 

Dr. Lynn Coasta and Dr. Emil Milu

Both of them greatly improved the transporters bio-filters. They were retiring to Switzerland. Lynn was having a nervous breakdown. Emil was in Ten-Forwad with a cadet. Lynn and Emil weren't going to be allowed to stay on the astroid because it was Krell. Sheena, a cadet, that was aboard Enterprise for six months, was talking to Emil, before Troi interrupted. Emil wanted to retire, but his wife didn't. Emil said they didn't have a traditional marriage, they were just co-workers who mage love sometimes. Emil was so cooperative, Troi was curious why. 

Troi had a dream where she almost died, Lynn had died. Lynn was in a clean suit that filtered air out when she died. Troi wasn't fond of Warf because he suggested to kill her child, because he could be a threat to the ship. Troi and Worf were talking to Karn Milu a full Betazed. They went into a clean room. Troi suggested someone rewrite the computer program to kill Lynn. Troi found a ble vial of alcohol in the room.

Only one person would advance because of Lumber demise, that was the Vulcan helping in the investigation. Lynn and Emil were said to be arguing  Emil was lying about the death, Troi noticed. Antarean admitted he should be a suspect. Emil and Lynn were fighting tons. He didn't have faith in the Vulcan heading the project.

After just being accusted by the big Betazed Picard asked Geordi if they're was any sign of murder. Guinan told Worf and Troi that Milu used the blue vial they found at the crime scene to spice up his orange juice. Troi hasn't slept because of the murder. She felt responsible somewhat for dismissing Lynn from her couciling session so soon.

Weasly was put on the case by Worf because he had been tutored by Emil some years back. Milu saw Troi that night about Worf, and his demands of paperwork. Milu is Betazed and tried to change Trois mind.

After the viewing the captain wanted to speak to Worf. Picard was giving the investigation four more hours. Riker welcomed the Jewel abourd.

Wesley was almost killed by Milu, Obrien transported him to a clean room where he overhered Milu and Dr. Coasta talk about Lynns death as if they had planned it. They transported a organism that was so small it got through the bio-filters. They locked Wesley in an airtight sealed pod. Worf got shot when he went to the Contamination Room. Saduk saved Wesley. Dr. Coasta was holding the shuttle with the Krell Delegation, Picard, Riker, and Data hostages.

The Krell Delegation was made up of;

Admiral Ulree, First Assistant Kwalrak,

Ambassador Myrah, Colonal Effrek, Orderlie Efrek and Orderlie Akree.

The Krell Delegation and Data overpowered Koasta and regained control of the shuttlecraft. Emil sabotaged the shuttle for fear of being killed by the same people that killed his wife. Gustaw was an Anterian, met Wesley at Emils door. Worf went to Sheena Russels cabin to interrogate her. People were trying to say their respects to Emil, but he wouldn't take them, and turned them away

Gastow may have murdered Lynn, under orders from Emil. Emil requested Data as his lawyer. Seduk wanted to leave the project, but feared that the project will go aray without him. The commander of the Starbase Gretchen Galen came aboard Enterprise. Worf was going to oppose Data. A Krell got banned from the Coasta trial for disliking Worf. Laforge helped Troi find a computer drive under many bugs.

Troi woke up to find the computer in her room not working. She couldn't sleep, so she called Laforge and.set set to work on the computer drive. The Coastas hid their findings of the microbe for fear of how it would be used. Emil said the killer.was still on the Enterprise. Troi contacted Worf on the astroid, then fell comatose.

Seduk wanted to head the Micocontmination project. Shana Russell had Warf at gunpoint. Emil stole Shanas mothers work. Emil had an affair with her mother and was her father. The turbolift emergency speed saved Worf. Emil Coasta punishment is to teach transporter  classes on the Krell station.

ST: TNG: Metamorphosis

Data had just arrived back from an away mission. They gave him a welcome back party on the holodeck.

The Enterprise crew had a cat aboard, which they named Mystery. They named her that, because she kept appearing in places, and no one knew how.

Captain Maddox and Data went to the courts on the case of Data's humanity. Riker was the prosecutor against Data, so he was not liked by the crew at the moment.

The Enterprise rescued 4 people from their ship before it was destroyed.

Data was going down to the planet, as well as Worf and Palaski. They had a bet going amongst the crew that Data could or could not pass as a human.

Riker's away mission was to a city called Quinaria. The away team was seen as Gods and given a feast. There was an unexplained barrier which kept the swamp gases at bay from the town. A woman came across the town and almost drowned but Data saved her. They hardly ever traded with anyone.

When Data told Thelia that he was android. They split up. Thelia then screamed. They both repaired Data's injured hand, then it became cold. The Gods could have been the preserves. They went through fire, but weren't severely damaged. Data was human.

He beamed to the Enterprise from Elysia. Security was brought in with Picard, Troi and Worf. They escorted him to sickbay. Palaski and Geordi recognized him.

Data, as a human, had a hairy chest.

Data had to reset his door from privacy lock to open because he was back on the Enterprise. When he awoke he totally forgot what had happened.

Picard yelled at Data for introducing Wesley to Dare, a mercenary. After breakfast Data practiced some physical combat with Dare, after fixing there ship. Data had to requalify for his duties which he hoped didn't mean going back to StarFleet because he might not be posted back on the Enterprise, for the crew was his family.

Data was talking to Geordi about how problems could not easily be solved. He developed a sweet tooth and started sampling new and exotic flavors. Wesley told him wemon thought he was cute and.he should get over Pros, who left with the convoy. Riker told him to play the field.and enjoy wemons uniqueness.

Every morning, Data felt as if he betrayed someone. Trio hypnotized him. They found out Data was in love with Thalia. Although Thalia didn't know he became human.

Thalia was getting married. She had a magical kiss, the Kiss of Joining. He was brought before him but she didn't recognize him. Data was returned to an Android.

Everything was set right on the planet, Thalia had met her future husband on her previous vision quest,and meeting Data was erased from her mind, but not from Data's.

The Enterprise was called away from Elasia to supply a war and found out both sides were related and couldn't help but mediate if asked. The two warring races were telepathic. Konar and Somadians.

"Thought exists in some form, we cannot measure."

The Konar would be at peace with the Ikonar if they became their slaves. Data split his chest to show he wasn't human. Utter confusion befell the Konar. He pulled out his transmitter and told them that it was responsible for his telepathy. He asked if this meant he wasn't human.

Those who are positive they know everything surpass and destroy those who disagree. But those who know they don't know explore, build and seek wisdom. Geordi Laforge. If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with droughts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end with certainties.

Badlands

Startrek Voyager/Deep Space Nine The Badlands I began reading this novel on October 22, 2012. I completed it on October 28, 2012. It was written by 

Susan Wright. It had 256 pages in it.

This novel took place prior to the Caretaker. Chakotay commanded the Selva.

Marquis lived in the Terik of Belt on the edge of the edge of the badlands.

The Plasma Storms were the cause of them stopping to mine in the area.

Seska was on the Selva, and she was Chakotay's number One and his lover.

Michael Eddington, the new security chief on DS9 and smuggled torpedo's when available

Seska was betraying her crew. The Cardassians were setting a trap for the Marquis. Seska was tired of keeping secrets and actually wanted the assignment to end. A plasma storm hit the Selva. 

The Badlands were cursed and a plasma storm hit them. Torres was angry they couldn't fight the Cardassians. Tuvok had 3 weeks left on the Selva, then would return to Voyager.

There was a brief truce between the Federation and the Cardassians during the Dominion war. Seska was communicated with her Cardassian friends to let her ship go in. She knew Tuvok was a Starfleet spy. One third of Chakotay's crew was sick with Tetryon poisoning.

They destroyed Opac Nor Station. Seska was the one who caused the issue with the impulse drive that almost destroyed the ship. After a fight with the Cardassians the Marquis were in the Badlands and got intercepted by an unknown entity. Some joined the Marquis when the Cardassians took their homes. 

Voyager was on its maiden voyage through the badlands to intercept the Marquis and get Tuvok back. The doctor knew Paris before this. The doctor annoyed Janeway by turning his back on her. Staadi, a Betazed, befriended Tom, but had to block the ability to read his thoughts. Staadi took Tom to the holodeck to a Voyager simulation so that he could practice his flying.

The Cardassians were blaming the Marquis for the destruction of Opek Nor. A plasma storm interrupted the warp core momentary. They received a distress call from the Vetar, a Cardassian warship. The distress call was from Gul Evok. They were intercepted by a subspace shockwave. 

The Vetar had half as many crew members than it could support. Paris went to help in the transporter room, but the friction between him and First Officer Cavit, caused Cavit to send him to sickbay for a lesser assignment

The crew of Vetar were aboard Voyager because their ship got radiation poisoning. Gul Evek just told Janeway about the destruction of Opek Nor and that they destroyed the Selva.  Tom started talking with Evek

Evek left a chip by Paris. Paris got the computer to scan Evek's quarters, when he didn't answer the door. The computer couldn't find him. Paris alerted Janeway. Evek was dead. None of his crew or Dukot seemed sorrowed by his death. Dukot told Janeway to destroy the chip Evek left for Paris to find. 

Kim began to wonder why everyone was so mean to Tom. Voyager got tossed to the Delta Quadrant. Sisko would resign his Starfleet position if he couldn't speak the truth on behalf of the prophets. Martok was a changeling. 

The Federation and Cardassians and Klingons were united in dealing with the Dominion War. Odo saw the last of the people who fought the Marquis off, but didn't celebrate with the rest of the crew. The first and last time he celebrated was a week ago, since then the baby changeling that Quark sold him died and was absorbed by him giving his changing ability back. Since the Dominion War began the Station was insulated with a material that prevented Odo from slipping through the structure of the station.

Bashir was a changeling. Odo was going to try to do something about the Badland Curse with Dax and Obrien. They were going to look for Changeling and bring them to DSN so they can live out of the Tetryon Radiation. Bashir was captured by the Gem Hader. Martok was there as well, and injured.

AQS stands for artificial quantum singularity. They found a Romulan ship.

There was huge mistrust issues with Romulan as usual. Bashir was testing Odo for neutrino poisoning and himself as well. Odo was infected, but could be treated.

A Jem-Hader ship came out of the wormhole and just passed the station. The Jem-Hader were going to attack the Alpha Quadrant along side of the Cardassians. Odo is sick.

The Romulans haven't sealed important areas of their ship from changelings.

The Dominion was the prime target of the Romulans. The Dominion planned on rupturing a quantum singularity is the badlands. The AQS would explode soon and wipe out life in that section of space if they couldn't stop it

Weyhon was taking orders from the founders. The Jem Hader were following Weyhon blindly. The Romulans captured a bit of the AQS and were going to use it against the Dominion. The wanted to fire it in the wormhole and destroy all life between their and a million kilometers. The Jem Hader neared the Romulans. Their ships had the Romulans surrounded.

The AQS was traveling. Sisko was using the Romulans folding space transporter They were going to transport the AQS outside the universe to unharmed any civilization. They were successful moving the AQS.

ST: TNG: Body Electric

Began Sunday November 5, 2015

Wesley heard psychic screams of terror. He witnessed a black hole swallow surrounding stars. Data's searching for Lol. He put Juliena on his ship and sent her to safety

"Training keeps a warrior sharp." Worf

StarFleet offerered Worf command but he refused. Wesley told the Travelers about the destruction to the universe he had just witnessed--chaos ensued. He saw his mentor and asked whats going on. They tried to stop the machines but couldn't. Wesley's gone to try to take the machines on alone. Q sent him to talk with Picard. Akharin, the Immortal, was being held prisoner by the machines. They wanted to learn how to make a positronic matrix. Akharin agreed to save his daughter. 

Data met with a robotic spider on a planet. The robot mistook him for his father. Wesley interupted a monotonous  staff meeting to his mothers relief. Wesley led the crew of the Enterprise to the Machines.

Picard wanted an armada of ships and StarFleet approved it, but Wesley said it will be to strenuous on him to mask an armada of ships verses one.

"In times of danger and combat, soldiers often fight not for their people or their ship, or even their unit, but for their friends and kin who stand beside them." Worf

Wesley was in a universe where he met duplicates of himself and had to fight them for survival.

The Enterprise made it to the machine's core and found Wesley's ship, they were transporting it aboard. They identified the Machine as an ancestor of V'Ger, a probe that was launched in the mid-twentieth century& went through a wormhole &was reprogrammed by AI to destroy life and collect data. Worf and the away team made first contact with Body-Electric. Body-Electric called carbon units not true life forms. Taurik, the Vulcan security officer on the away mission, got Body-Electric give its current directives and task parameters.

Picard and the crew were going to start to communicate with the machines. Data found Akharin. Data was lead from his cell, but before he promised the Immortal he would save Rea, his daughter. 

The Enterprise needs to find Data to talk to the Machine-Electric Body. LaForge asked Data for help, but he couldn't since he was in the Machine Electric. Wesley offered to save Rene and Beverly but Beverly refused. Data got control of Gatt with Nanites. Rhea was asking Data what was next for them after they escaped. Data wants Rhea to help him raise Lol. Data had a choice to let Rhea live or die, or have Alkerin live or die, he chose Alkerin. Data is back aboard the Enterprise. Picard and the crew are glad he is safe. Data is fixing Gatt and then he let him go, because Gatt wasn't in control of his actions while under the control of the Body Electric.

"In the distant future, the expansion of the universe will separate galaxies and eventually even stars, by such and ever growing distances that for an observer in any given system the rest of the cosmos will look dark and completely empty. Even now there are parts of our universe beyond our view. This limit of the observable universe is the cosmic light horizon." 

"We create to deny the inevitability of our own obliviation."

ST: TNG Indistinguishable From Magic

By David A. McIntee 483 pages

PART 1 CHALLENGER

Jason Lambert is the captain of the Intrepid. All the ships in the Fleet, were changing to Federation ships, codes, getting warp 6 engines, more trandportor ability, and greater torpedo yields. The Intrepid hit a Romulan mine and exploded.

Admiral Collins asked the Vulcans to help see what happened to the Intrepid. The Vulcans found three bodies and some hull plating. Geordi was talking to a Vulcan shipmates about the connection one feels to a ship. The Vulcan dismissed it immediately.

Picard was busy figuring out what reports were to forward to Starfleet. Enterprise found the debris from the Intrepid. The Intrepid had radiation leaks from a nearby star. There was a question of its authenticity, but that got resolved.

Laforge and his team found something like moss on the Intrepid but then it was found that oy was the suits of the crew melted down. The remains of the.ship were 2,500 years old but the ship was only 250 years old

"Sometimes it's not just the treasure that draws us to the past, but a human connection."

Starfleet was sending the Columbus to study the Intrepid and asked Geordi to temporarily be on the mission while studying it.

He was asked for by Scotti. Worf helped Laforge make up his mind.

He met Guinin on the starbase while waiting for Scotty's ship.

He met Ogowa and Barcley aboard as well as Nog and Leah Brahms.

Rasmussen beamed aboard, a person Geordi helped apprehend on Enterprise.

Their questioning the use of Slipstream drive or Slingshotting around a star, to make possible a jump from 200 years ago. Radiation caused rust on the ship.

They had to make di-lithuem for the Intrepid. They brought the computer back online and a holographic projection of the last few minutes on the Intrepid were seen. Dr. Brahms, talked to Guinen about Geordi about his relationship with Rasputan. He was not trusted by Nog or Geordi. Nog scanned him for stolen items when he could. 

On Earth, Rasmussan worked on a blade to cut through anything but an EV suit. In a diner he met a professor who he thought stole the invention from him. The professor was a time traveller. The professor was sick, from a condition that didn't exist yet, and needed some meds from his pod, but Rasmussan wouldn't get it. He died.

He was taking the professor to the storage area where he kept his time pod, the professor hand opened it. Intreped was under attack

Challenger was in battle with the ship that was scouting the Intrepid. Challenger was intetiating sauser separation. Challenger got the bridge crew of the enemy vessel. Nog was talking to the Ferengi dressed in civilian clothes saying the ship was Ex-Federation

Rom was the Grand Nagus. Rom was a member of the Bajorean militia. Rasmussan let the Ferengi know where Challenger was. They're under armed guard.

La Forge ordered the Starfleet crew to repair the ship. They were repairing the cloak as well. The Intrepid was taken over by Ferengi.

They were going to wait until the Federation had fixed the Intrepid, however they were taking to long.

Challenger was having trouble finding Intrepids warp trail.

They beamed a parsec of space to the Challenger and found a cloaked ship, which decloaked with s phaser. Geordi and Barcley found the wormhole Rasmussan wanted to travel back in time because he missed his friends and family. Bok was going back in time to save his son. Challenger was under attack. Geordi and Barcley were going to use the transporters to dematerialize and be out of phase with reality and be ghosts.

Barcley made Rasmussan think that Bok was about to betray him by recording Boks conversions and editing the words together. Everyone  aboard the ship was out cold. Reg and LaForge came back into phase. Both ships were getting signals from the future as well as the past. Bok was in control of Challenger by a remote, which couldn't be overridden. The Challenger was travelling through time. Intrepid was going to beam Geordi and Reg off Challenger.

Challenger was going further back then 2423, it couldn't control when it was going. Intreped was going to use their Transpoters to degrade Challengers temporal coordinates to keep it in this timeline. They used the Romulan Probe to close the timerift before Challenger entered. Guinan was against the wall with shrapnel keeping her, because Challenger was trying to prevent it from going back in time. Transporers were destroyed because of this as well.

Ogawa had so many patients that Barcley suggested using the holodeck, however she refused. They realized a mine hit the ship and caused another trans slip stream wave. Hera, which Geordi's mother disappeared on, was due to the same phenomena. Hera could still be out there. Scotti was forced to step down from captaincy because of his age.

LaForge was asked to take command of Challenger. Barcley was first officer. Scotti went to engineering. The Tal'Shiar found the Trans-slipstream wake.

PART 2 MOBIUS TRIP

Gomez, captain of the DeVinci, came aboard Challenger. A Klingon Bird of Prey detected a cloaked ship detected a cloaked ship which they assumed to be Romulan.

They were crossing the galactic barrier. The Romulan ship was headed on an intersept course to Federation space. The Romulans detected the slipstream. The ship was hit by something and they lost most systems but lifesupport.

Challenger got a distress call from a Romulan vessel. They rescued the Romulans from the Stormcrow.

The preator, head of the Romulan ship was Sela, the one that resembled Tasha, and the one that was head of the crew that caused Geordi to almost kill the Kligon govenor against his will. Geordi was hit and knocked out when Barcley found what blew the Romulan ship up.

The device Rojan gave Kirks Enterprise took them between sub space and actual space. Sela, was as Romulan as anyone, if she died she'd be honored. Challenger was thrown back by a trans Slipstream and blew up and lost power. Scotty was in sickbay.

He talked himself out by saying he would be more useful in engineering. Reg was talking through a shuttlecrafts comm. The Romulans came to engineering to help. They found found the Hera. 

They're sending an away team to the Hera of Scotty, Barcley, Nog and a Romulan to go by shuttlecraft. Reg is in love with the Romulan. The shuttle got swallowed by an unknown energy source.The planet was not rotating or so they thought. They found La'forges moms and her crewa grave. The away team was being attacked by an unknown zombie like entity. Control of emotions was found to weaken the moss monsters. Some of the Hera crew saved the away team. The moss creatures were made by the fear they caused. The engines were going off brainwaves

The aliens were explorers who visited other galaxies as well. Scottie and Barcley were looking for a way to go through Universe bubbles to be able to reunite with Challenger. Challenger was going to send a Romulan vessel through the fold. They were melting Hera. Geordi's mom died suddenly in a landslide. They are two hundred years from known space. Both the Federation and the Romulan had to travel together, which.could end up to be a major problem. They were soronded by anti body like aliens.

Scott just transported himself to collapse the fold by having Challenger explode. The alien body had promised to deliver the ship safely to the Alpha Quadrant. Picard expected the Romulan vessel for days after Challenger disappeared.

StarTrek: The Next Generation: Spartacus

I began StarTrek: The Next Generation: Spartacus on January 23, 2019 and finished it on March 2, 2019. The book was by T. L. Macour and had 275 pages.

The Enterprise was stuck in a "Gabriel Effect," which was a phenomenon which wreaked havoc on the technologies. When they cleared the nebula they met up with the Freedom and Captain Jared. Riker was going to meet him with an engineering team to help repair their ship. Riker was on the Freedom.

"We're all aliens to someone." TNG Spartacus P. 24

The Freedom was a "Noah's Arc."

Geordi asked to bring Wesley aboard the Freedom to show him more about Star Drives. Freedom crew was very impressed  with Data. They asked for a Federation history. Someone on the Freedom was hurt and Geordi found out they were cybernetics. The Enterprise put out a dinner for their Freedom guests. The Freedom crew was beaming over to the Enterprise. Jerrod toasted to the Gods who made their paths cross. Picard found this a little odd.

After the Freedom crew dined and were back aboard the Freedom, the Enterprise got in contact by the Vindicator Fleet who claimed ownership of the Freedom.

"Humans were humans, no matter where they were in the world." Spartacus p. 91

"Sure we don't need to eat, exercise, or create art, but we are happier when we do so." Spartacus p. 131

"The surest way to have limitations is to impose them on yourself." Spartacus p. 132

"Personalities aren't limited to carbon based life-forms." Spartacus p. 134

"Soul is the driving force of all intelligence endeavors." Spartacus p. 134

"The avoidance of an issue does not remove the issue from existence. It merely postpones the inevitable facing of that issue." Spartacus p. 144

"There are few truly honorable positions in war." Spartacus p. 152

The Vemlins were going to fight the androids not use battle drones.

Muram beamed over and gave Data the whole of the Androids soul on the Freedom.

"Every mission we find living examples of how the universe is not only stranger than we imagined, but that it's stranger than we can imagine. Yet the further we go and the stranger things become, the real impossibilities are happening all around us." Spartacus p. 167

"Life is too unique an attribute to be wasted in futile endeavors." Spartacus p. 171

"A destructive conflict that served no necessary purpose was an illogical and unnecessary waste of resources." Spartacus p. 185

The Vemlin androids were under Federation protection since they may becoming Federation citizens

They were talking about membership. Jerod had a bomb in his hand if it didn't go well.

"The universe is so diverse in its formation of life-forms that no true objective definition exists. The closest I could come to say is that life is a complex, reactive, self-replicating prossess that some entities possess. Some say the best way to define it is by its ultimate negative quality: "A living thing is a thing that can die."" Spartacus p. 214

"This question has many different aspects as well. There is a religious side--do androids have souls? I am not qualified to give an opinion on that. There is a psychological question--are androids self-aware and capable of conscious, sapient thought? Though I am trained in psychology,  it isn't my specialty and again I can't render an opinion. Then there is the biological issue. On that I am able to render an opinion." Spartacus p. 218

"Data and the other androids have been built in the shape of their creators. They have two hands, two feet, two eyes, a nose two ears, and an advanced electrical chemical processing system. Now in a human or humanoid form of life, I would say that you can artificially replace each and every biological part of a single body, with one exception, thus creating a cyborg or cybernetic organism and still class the individual as a living being. It isn't the veins, and the tissues and the cells that make it a sapient being, it's the one thing that cannot be replaced--the brain or analogous central system." Spartacus p. 219

"What experience has a baby at birth? None. A baby has no intuition, gut feelings, or sense of honor, or duty....Yet do you codemn it to death because of what it is? Your son perhaps, would you allow him to die, cursing him for the idiocy, because he didn't have the capacity for all those grand and glorious sensations the day he was born...or would you cherish him for all his potential?" Spartacus p. 227

"Politeness and manners, when practiced universally alter the behavior of both the practicer and recipient in a favorable manner. In essence if you are polite to everyone, then people are more inclined to be polite to you." Spartacus p. 238

"If you walked through a dream it mattered little which way you walked." Spartacus p. 241

"If you are going to kill a man anyway, it cost nothing to be polite." Spartacus p. 242

"No one man is free as long as there is one man in bondage to another." Spartacus p. 251

Data took Swahili to the holodeck and then was stopped by the Romans and slaves talked with them after that Data told them that they were all crucified. The Vemlin Fleet was planning on taking out the Freedom/Conquest

"Perhaps mutiny and high treason have a rejuvenating effect on the soul." Spartacus p. 273

The Spartacus Droids became members of the Federation. Data kissed Murray, the Spartacus ship librarian.

After reading this book, what I took away is that no matter what race, religion, ethnic, technological  background we come from we all strive to be understood and loved as a whole entity.

Geordi La Forge

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Geordi La Forge

Born February 16, 2335

"Geordi La Forge was born without sight, but at age 5 he received visual instrument and sensory organ replacement (VISOR) technology that allowed him to see beyond the typical spectrum. Captain Picard personally requested La Forge to serve on the Enterprise-D after being impressed by the former shuttle pilots attention to detail. While on an inspection tour, Picard made an offhand comment about the shuttle's performance and La Forge  stayed up all night to correct the issue. A time-travel mission to defend the Federation from the Borg would allow La Forge to participate in the test flight of Zefram Cochrane's Phoenix, Earth's first warp capable ship."

Natasha Yar

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Born November 24, 2237

Tasha Yar experienced an overwhelming amount of tragedy during her short life. Born on the failed Federation Colony on Turkana IV, Yar lost her parents as a child. She was forced to raise her younger sister in the horrific violence of the planet and its people. Yar managed to escape aa a teen, though her sister refused to leave with her, having accepted her place in society. Yar saw a new future for herself aa a StarFleet officer, rising to the level of security cheif on the Enterprise-D. Her life ended--tragically and senselessly--when she was murdered by an alien entity known as armus, who killed her simply because he could.

Dr. Beverly Crusher

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Dr. Beverly Crusher

October 13, 2324

Dr. Beverly Crusher was raised by her grandmother who, while not a physician, was practiced in the use of herbal remedies. This proved valuable in treating the wounded following an incident at the Arvada III colony where they resided where they resided. With that basic training, Crusher went on to study medicine at StarFleet Medical, even taking command of the organization for a year in 2365. Crusher tragically lost her husband when their son, Wesley, was only five years old. She was forced to raise Wes on her own as she continued on different StarFleet postings. Most of Crusher's career was spent working under Captain Jean-Luc Picard as cheif medical officer on ships named Enterprise.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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Premiered on June 1, 1984

When Spock died saving the Enterprise and its crew from being destroyed by the Genesus Device, none of the survivor's had realized at the time that the Vulcan had transferred his Katra into frequent verbal sparring partner Dr. McCoy. And what no one could imagine was that the Genesus Devive would regenerate Spocks body so that the spirit and form could unite to cause his rebirth. The Enterprise command crew would take on a personal mission that saw them stealing their beloved ship and ultimately destroying it to bring their crewmate and friend back to them.

Blaze of Glory

This story is by Simon Hawke. It has 277 pages.

Deep in space you have more adventurers then you can count. Adventures on top of adventures. Startrek has its own unique way of narrating those adventures no matter the size and the time.

Riker was on the bridge and The Enterprise was on its way to Starbase 37 that orbited Artemis 6. This was the first time the Enterprise visited that sector. Riker hadn't been briefed about it since the Academy. It was constructed 37 years ago. He used Datas photographic memory to brief himself.

The residents are related to both Vulcans and Romulans. Gruzinov, the commander in charge of the starbase, was a friemd of Picard. He hadn't seen him in 20 years. Gruxinov was amazed how Data docked the ship. He invited them for a drink. His son is becoming the General in the war like his father was. He didn't get along with anyone, while his father was a pleasure to work with

An old starship, Glory, was being used for an unknown reason. Blaze is her captains name. Geordi said a complete refit to a Constitution class ship would take a very long time. The crew was on The Royal Palace of N'Trahn. The Enterprise was patrolling the sector for unidentified ships.

Lieutenant Dorn, a liason on the ship was all business, he had no sense of humor. She is very young and attractive, however she was lonely and had no friends. She was assisting in the repairs of The Wyoming, captained by Winslow Bryant. They surprisingly had no casualities. The Enterprise towed them. The attacking ship was surprisingly The Blaze.

The ship appeared as an old Constitution class Star Ship with a variety of species on it, Orion, Katralli and human. The odd thing was that they weren't friends at the time whuch meant this must have crossed some sort of time stream. The Katralli was a hybrid of human and Katralli.

Picard ordered Blazes surrender, but he wouldn't. The Enterprise is taking the Glory back to Starbase 39. They were going to make the Romulans go in and violete the neutral zone.

Data was in a holodeck of a sailing ship. Dorn asked Data what he was doing. Dorn was being considered for some undercover work. Picard, Dorn and other crew members went down to the planet
They all refused refreshments. Worf didn't like the smell of the garden when they all went out.

Captain Blaze got a cloaking device illegally.  T'grayn was a little rattled when Picard said he had an investigation team. Picard wanted to see Z'gral a hero in the K'tralli revolution but was denied because he was in poor health.

Troi sensed that was a lie. Their comm was open so the bridge heard that conversation. The govenor had a comm to the Romulans open as well. Blaze is the main reason the Federation is here. The governor was encouraging Z'gral to kill his father.

They all played eachother. Troi and Warf beamed down with a few security officers to be the investigators as Picard said he would have. Riker wasn't taken any weapons because if they were found the weapons blow their cover, because merchant spacers never carried weapons.

Stryker, who was the merchant, was giving Riker difficulties because he had a police record.