eBOOK
The Future Begins
Attribution
Series:	Starfleet Corps of Engineers, No. 62
Miniseries:	What's Past, No. 2
Author(s):	Steve Mollmann & Michael Schuster
Publication information
Published:	eBook - April 2006
ISBN:	ISBN 1416520465
Omnibus:	What's Past

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 Characters 4 References 4.1 Starships 4.2 Locations 4.3 Species 4.4 States and Organizations 4.5 Other 5 Information 6 Related Stories 7 Reviews 8 Connections

Introduction (blurb)Edit

2375: After being rescued from the U.S.S. Jenolen by the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Montgomery Scott found himself seventy-five years removed from the time he knows, a twenty-third-century engineer now living in the twenty-fourth. Now he serves as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty, supervising the S.C.E.'s mission assignments.

But Scott's transition into a new century is not an easy one. The horrors of the Dominion War in particular bring about a crisis of conscience that leads Scotty from the strife-torn world of Kropasar to the pleasure planet of Risa, where encounters with Admirals Alynna Nechayev and William Ross, Ensign Robin Lefler, and Lefler's mysterious mother lead Scotty to a momentous decision....

SummaryEdit

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CharactersEdit

Main

Montgomery Scott • Geordi La Forge • Alynna Nechayev • William Ross

Secondary

Andrews • Beltz • Deg • Dramar • Geren'zrix • Sunanios Gilvatac • Bendalion Iamor • Lasca • Robin Lefler • Lorin • Bor Loxx • Leonard McCoy • Dreso Miculamor • Morgan Primus • Esperanza Piñiero • Theodore Quincy • Ramaijif • Delasat Vantimor

Referenced only 

Leonard James Akaar • Mahmud al-Khaled • Almodóvar • Jonathan Archer • Morgan Bateson • Belunis • Blackwell • Borosh • Cartwright • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Zefram Cochrane • Ezeafulukwe • Forecic • David Gold • Sonya Gomez • Guinan • John Harriman • Hoffmann • George William Jefferies • James T. Kirk • Koike • Lydia Littlejohn • Leland T. Lynch • Mondolen • Colton Morrow • Ortolappin • George Sanders • Clara Scott • Spock • T'Vreen • Phineas Tarbolde • th'Zhalin • Nyota Uhura • Usbek-Wran • Ven • Wrightwell • Xentalir • Yeros • Min Zife

ReferencesEdit

StarshipsEdit

USS Akarana • USS Gorkon • USS Yellowstone

Referenced only 

USS Bozeman II • USS Catherine Mary • USS Cerberus • USS da Vinci • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E • USS Excelsior • USS Gagarin • USS Honorius • USS Hudson • USS Jenolen • USS Kumari • USS Leonov • USS Sovereign • USS Starstalker

LocationsEdit

• 36 Ursae Majoris
• Akiganel sector
  • Kropasar
    • Kropaslin Curia
• Alpha Arietis
• Arias sector
• Arcturus
• Bakrii
• Casperia Prime
• Caldos Colony
• Canopus
• Delphi Ardu
• Daluvia
• Earth
  • Aberdeen
  • Krung Thep
  • Paris
    • Palais de la Concorde
  • San Francisco
    • Tucker Memorial Building
• Gemworld
• Helaspont Nebula
• Kaferia
• Kalandra sector
• Maeglin
• Mythra
• Neu-Stuttgart
• Norpin V
• Omicron Ceti
• Phloston Paradise
• Risa
  • Hanotis Harbor
  • Suraya Bay
  • Temtibi Lagoon
  • Tolari Tower
• Talin
• Vega IX
• Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
• Xaraka XII • Epsilon Ceti Outpost (Epsilon Ceti)

SpeciesEdit

• Andorian | Antedean | Axanar | Azziz | Bolian | Breen | Cardassian | Deirr | El-Aurian | Escherite | Gnalish | Guidon | Haradin | Hekaran | Hermat | Horta | Klingon | Kropaslin | Megarite | Mizarthu | Pelosian | Petraw | Risian | Romulan | Takaran | Tiburonian | Tzenkethi | Vissian | Vulcan | Withiki

States and OrganizationsEdit

• Agreement Party
• Consensus Party
• Risian Hedony
  • New Essentialists Movement
  • Risian Ministry for Planetary Affairs
• Section 31
• Witenagemot of Kropasar

OtherEdit

• High Cyning of the Witenagemot of Kropasar
• Starfleet Corps of Engineers Command Liaison

InformationEdit

• This eBook is the second of six in the SCE: What's Past miniseries, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek.

Related StoriesEdit

• This story endeavors to tie together the majority of Scotty's 24th century fiction appearances in a single continuity. Some of the titles referenced are:
  • short story: "Ancient History"
  • novel: Crossover
  • novel: Doors Into Chaos
  • short story: "Dorian's Diary"
  • novel: Engines of Destiny
  • short story: "Full Circle"
  • comic: Old Debts
  • novel: Renaissance
  • novel: Restoration
  • short story: "Safe Harbors"
  • novel: Ship of the Line
  • novel: Spectre
  • short story: "Through the Looking Glass"
  • novel: The Two-Front War

ReviewsEdit

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous eBook: Progress	SCE eBooks	Next eBook: Echoes of Coventry
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Here There Be Monsters	Pocket	Next Adventure: Ambush
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: A Stitch in Time Part Two: Chapter 19	2375 Situational Engineering	Next Adventure: Think Tank
Previous Adventure: Alice	early-2376 Damage Control	Next Adventure: Riddles