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Terra Tonight
| SHORT STORY | |
| "Terra Tonight" | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Author(s): | Scott Pearson |
| Publication information | |
| Printed: | Strange New Worlds 9 |
| Pages: | 74-86 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2371 |
Contents |
Summary
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Montgomery Scott, while a guest on the Federation News Service show Terra Tonight, is contacted by Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev about an emergency on the USS Hood during a training mission. He ends up talking a cadet through a major systems failure during the live broadcast.
ReferencesEdit
CharactersEdit
- Chandra • Robert DeSoto • Brad Foster • Marta Jensen • Lojal • Alynna Nechayev • Ella Rose • Montgomery Scott
- Referenced only
- Matt Franklin • John Harriman • James Kirk
Starships and vehiclesEdit
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-B (Excelsior-class) • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class) • USS Jenolen • USS Voyager
LocationsEdit
- Referenced only
- Cardassia • Nexus • Norpin V • San Francisco Fleet Yards
Races and culturesEdit
- Referenced only
- El-Aurian
States and organizationsEdit
OtherEdit
- artificial gravity generator • AU • caber toss • cadet • captain • coil spanner • combadge • dilithium chamber • fleet admiral • holocamera • inertial dampener • monkey bars • structural integrity field • temporal distortion • warp field
ChronologyEdit
AppendicesEdit
InformationEdit
- This story takes place about two weeks after "Caretaker."
- When Scotty says, "In other words, she drafted me," he's echoing what McCoy said about returning to Starfleet in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- When Scotty says, "Well, whatever lands the caber straight, lass," he's refering to the traditional Scots competition of the caber toss. The large wooden pole is not thrown for distance, as some assume; the goal is to have the caber land pointing directly away from the thrower.
ConnectionsEdit
- TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- TNG episode: "Relics"
- VOY episode: "Caretaker"
- TNG movie: Star Trek Generations
- TNG short story: "Full Circle"
- SCE novel: The Future Begins
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: "Home Soil" | Strange New Worlds 9
| Next story: "Solace in Bloom" |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Escape | Next Adventure: Ragnarok | |
