An intelligent and peaceful species, the Trill had enjoyed the guidance of the Phedian race for many years, benefactors that had pledged themselves to the reformation of the Trill civilization. When a terrible event occurred, one that would test their resiliency as a species, a leader arose. Would the Trill have the wisdom to learn from loss? The courage to remember it?

A Trill origin story.

The strain of carrying McCoy’s katra takes its toll upon Spock, who begins to take on some of McCoy’s traits. It is a great learning experience for Spock, one that isn’t truly complete until his Kolinahr training is abruptly ended by the V’ger entity.

For much of his life James T. Kirk believed he carried a burden of shame, one that cast a shadow of prejudice over four generations of his family. But the release from this shame, and his full flourishing as a man, did not dwell in the hands of others. It lay in him.

Recommended Preliminary Viewing: TOS, “Where no Man has Gone Before.”

I would like to express my undying gratitude for the superb feedback and valued critique I received from KayCee and Lil Black Dog. Thank you, lovely ladies, you are the solar wind in my Starship's sails.

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.

I hope it’s as much fun for you as it has been for me!

Starfleet International 2009 Short Story Contest fifth place prize winner.

The road to Starfleet is filled not so much with heroes but rather with those affected by them.
Chapters: 1    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine
Characters: None
Genre: Action/Adventure
Warnings: None
Series: None
Completed: Yes    Word count: 3805    Read Count: 1514

With the Defiant still in orbit, a visitor from the planet below has secretly beamed up to give Odo something that he had always denied himself.