Who are the Cardassians? What drives them? Do they have dreams? Are they all brutal conquerors? Or perhaps there are dreamers among them, too?
rnThe stories belong to my Shaping a Cardassian universe. The shows' canon is sacred, but what happens after the finale of Deep Space Nine is my own continuation. There are some elements borrowed from Treklit, but for the most part post-Dominion War timeline is my own.
(Artwork By Mishi)At the time of this posting I've only responded to two challenges on Trek BBS. But I plan to respond to more, so creating this series as a handy place to lodge them.
rnI'm making this a moderated series, so other writers may submit their short story responses to various writing challenges - whether the challenge is issued on Trek BBS or any other platform.
rnThe adventures of the Challenger crew, all in once place.
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Tales of the USS Pearl's crew.
One shot stories from the 1st person POV of Hank Harrison at various points in his life.
In the spirit of fun and adventure I humbly extend a challenge to the many fine writers of Ad Astra: Write a story that is within the universe of Unsung Heroes. It’s a round robin event organized as an open series meaning that you can post your own stories to the series, the various stories adding together like the chapters of a book. Prequel, sequel, TNG mirror universe – the galaxy’s the limit!
The instructions are simple. Read Star Trek HQ first and then come up with your own story that plays within the same ‘virtual sandbox’. Some good ideas for additional stories might be: ‘What did Amy do next?’, or, ‘What happened to Doctor Dunmore when he returned to Starfleet Command?’
And what of our new enemy? Although little is known about him, his powers of creation and destruction are very real. Originating from an entirely new faction of the Borg, it appears that the collective has changed its views on the importance and role of the individual. Can this Borg Homunculus – this drone that is not a drone – spawn entire new cubes faster than Starfleet can scream retreat?
If you send an email to pengraff@telus.net and request The Unsung Heroes Technical Guide I’ll send you some important information on how the technology that tried to save Commander Worf worked. Your story does not need to use any of this technology – it’s available merely as technical backstory that you might find useful.
rnI hope it’s as much fun for you as it has been for me!
A doctoral dissertation by an obscure professor of Philosophy at Harvard University exposes a flaw at the heart of the Federation - and rocks the mighty UFP to its core.
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These are the stories of the U.S.S. Hunter - a Star Fleet patrol vessel - and its small crew of brilliant misfits who are charged with cleaning up this awful mess...
One Shots of the characters from Star Trek: Lost Souls (as of now, a development project), exploring their pasts and their personalities.
This series delves deeply into the personal lives of Original Series characters, sometimes veering from Trek canon, particularly in later stories. Spock and his family are heavily featured--birth family, but mainly the family of his own making. Since it is an ongoing saga that spans many years, I strongly suggest reading the stories in proper order. (Image from flavorwire.com RCA Victor vintage TV ad)
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Star Trek: Constitution is a combination of short and novel length stories chronicling the crew of the U.S.S. Constitution NCC-1700 during the time of the original Star Trek series. Captain Alexander Marshall is the starship's commander. Marshall struggles to get out from the shadow of his father, one of the ship's former captains, and restore prestige to the prototype ship before her retirement.
Star Trek: Explorer chronicles the adventures of the Galaxy-class U.S.S. Explorer during the 2370's.
Star Trek: Full Speed Ahead is a short story series centering around the Nebula-class multimission heavy cruiser USS Farragut and the members of her crew. Led by their commanding officer, Captain Krystine Leone, Farragut's ability to take on many types of missions result in a myriad of different adventures, from courier duty to border patrol and everything in between.
A reluctant, newly promoted captain is given command of a 90-year old Constitution-class starship brought out of storage and refit during the waning days of the Dominion War. Now, in the aftermath of that destructive conflict, the Gibraltar is assigned to allied occupied Cardassian space. Their mission is to assist with the desperate humanitarian aid effort to rebuild a shattered Cardassian nation.
The crew of Gibraltar is not the finest ever assembled. They are an average Starfleet crew with limited resources assigned to tasks better suited to larger, more capable vessels. Nevertheless, Captain Donald Sandhurst and his crew struggle to fulfill their duty and accomplish their missions during a dark chapter of the Federation's history.
The Captain: Jason Daniel Aubrey, a native of 20th Century Earth who is abducted at the age of ten by a rogue Section 31 agent. Aubrey is a man out of time and a possible threat to the future of the Federation.
His ship: A refurbished Excelsior class battlecruiser, reborn to fight the Dominion.
His crew: An assortment of the best and, sometimes, the worst Starfleet has to offer.
Their adventures: The Dominion War and beyond in the universe of United Trek...
