In "The Knowing" stories, Earth changes brought Spock and his family to Phoenix, where young Sobek joined them when his father died. "Seventh Inning" showed why Sobek became disillusioned with Spock and the Yanashites. Now, a senseless act of violence disrupts Spock's family and shatters his faith in the Shiav.

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Kira Nerys looks back on her life in the Bajoran Underground.

What made a ten-year-old Spock flee his home three days ago, and what punishment will his parents mete out upon his return?  An expansion of my free write for “Downtime.”  Written for the “Dying of the Light” challenge.

Chapters for a young Kirk and young McCoy now up as promised.

It's been a year since J.J., Seth and Ariah enrolled in the Academy.

But as their sophomore year begins, the cadets will face new foes and new dangers. Meanwhile, alliances and friendships will be tested as one cadet comes face to face with the darkest parts of their own soul.

And, an old (or new, depending on your sense of temporal mechanics) enemy reemerges to put them, the Academy and Earth itself in jeopardy...

Every year, 5,000 applicants walk through the Phoenix Gates and into the United Earth Space Command Academy. Less than half graduate. In the year 2151, the Enterprise has just begun her first voyage of discovery into the heavens as part of the United Earth Space Probe Agency.

On Earth, a new class of cadets is assembled, including a cadet unit hand-picked by the new commandant. Called Red Squad, they are not the best, they are not the brightest, but they are the ones called upon when the mission must be accomplished, by any means necessary...

In October of 2175, the crew of the USS Zefram Cochrane tries to remember a troubled crewman who none of them really ever knew.