Five years after the events of Infinities Unbound, a portal to the Large Magellanic Cloud has suddenly reappeared. A single starship, the USS Valhalla, is ordered into the distant LMC in search of the missing starship Europa and her crew. Valhalla’s eccentric and politically controversial commanding officer and his eclectic crew have been tasked with discovering the fate of the traitor Sandhurst, as well as that of the Amon and Skorrah species.

Spock, noticing what lighting can do to Uhura

Spock and Kirk struggle to survive the fallout from being in the wrong place at the wrong time during a diplomatic mission. A post-STID adventure during the five year mission.

It’s been two years since the end of the Dominion War. The Alpha Quadrant is still reeling in the aftermath of the most destructive interstellar war in over two millennia. The Romulan Star Empire teeters on the brink of economic and social collapse as the Klingons struggle to come to grips with a failing warrior ethos that has left their society riddled with nepotism and corruption. What remains of the Cardassian Union is in shambles with a road to recovery that will be measured in decades.

As the great powers of the quadrant lick their wounds, the second-tier governments vie for position and spark a firestorm of ‘minor’ conflicts that further sap the strength of the beleaguered Federation. The Alshain/Son’a War, the Talarian Incursion, the Benzar Plebiscite Crisis, the Velk Incident, a resurgent Maquis movement and religious terrorism on Bajor… the crises mount as an overwhelmed Starfleet struggles to cope.

Amidst this turmoil, a new shadow takes shape, a potential catastrophe the likes of which has never been seen in the Federation’s history. Keeping the truth of the impending danger from their wartime allies, Starfleet engages in a desperate plan that just might give the UFP the time it needs to meet the rising threat head on, and more importantly, on the Federation’s terms.