SHORT STORY
"Preconceptions"
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: Enterprise
Author(s):	Penny A. Proctor
Publication information
Printed:	Strange New Worlds VI
Chronology
Date:	2135

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Species and cultures 2.5 Governments and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Chronology 4 Appendices 4.1 Information 4.2 Connections

SummaryEdit

Fifteen-year-old Trip Tucker is attending summer camp at Roykirk School.The class are shocked when their scheduled teacher is replaced by a Vulcan, Velik, who tells them he aims to submit three ideas from the class to the prestigious Cherenko-Cochrane Competition, which requires a new idea connected with space travel.

Trip's proposal for a new method of regulating plasma flow is one of those selected for development.Trip and his friend Chris work on it but Velik has to leave for Vulcan shortly before the end of summer, saying an ailment his people suffer from periodically has come on early. To everyone's shock, the replacement teacher Yelena Marinin reveals the deadline for competition submissions has passed with none of their ideas being submitted.Although Chris realises Velik made no promises and was trying to encourage them, Trip feels humiliated and distrustful of Vulcans, vowing to make it into space without their help.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Chris • Yelena Marinin • Charles Tucker III • Velik

Starships and vehiclesEdit

LocationsEdit

Vulcan

Species and culturesEdit

Human • Vulcan

Governments and organizationsEdit

Roykirk School

OtherEdit

Cherenko-Cochrane Competition

ChronologyEdit

AppendicesEdit

InformationEdit

• This story establishes that Starfleet's first ever name - in 2130 - was the Global Aeronautics and Space Agency (or GASA).

ConnectionsEdit

• ENT episode: "Twilight"
• ENT episode: "First Flight"

published order
Previous story: Savior	Strange New Worlds VI	Next story: Cabin E-14
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Broken Bow Prologue	Pocket	Next Adventure: Daedalus 2139