SHORT STORY
"Elegy for Charlie"
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Miniseries:	Bantam TOS
Author(s):	Antonia Vallario
Publication information
Printed:	Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
Pages:	247
Chronology
Date:	2266

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Chronology 4 Appendices 4.1 Connections

SummaryEdit

Elegy for Charlie is a poem written in the first person sense from a crew member of the Enterpise, possibly Yeoman Janice Rand, dedicated to Charlie Evans.

The poem describes being awoken by the sound of a weeping star and "a voice I shouldn't have heard". It reflects regret for having to leave Charlie with the Thasians at the end of the Original Series episode Charlie X, beings that are non-corporeal and couldn't even be touched.

The poem reflects that sadness and loneliness, ending with

"The entire universe stretches beyond, and I have no answers to give save the words that I send to the galaxy's end to comfort a weeping star,

(for Charlie, wherever you are)"

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Charlie Evans

Starships and vehiclesEdit

LocationsEdit

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Thasian

States and organizationsEdit

OtherEdit

bridge • galaxy • space • star • universe

ChronologyEdit

AppendicesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

"Charlie X"

This story is set shortly after Charlie's disappearance from the USS Enterprise's bridge in this episode.

published order
Previous story: "The Sleeping God"	Star Trek: The New Voyages 2	Next story: "Soliloquy"
chronological order
Previous Adventure: "Charlie X"	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Brave and the Bold, Book One The First Artifact
Previous Adventure: "Charlie X"	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: The Brave and the Bold, Book One The First Artifact