The Missing is a 2014 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by author Una McCormack. The novel takes place after the events of Star Trek: The Fall, with Beverly Crusher's temporary reassignment from the USS Enterprise to Deep Space 9 in Peaceable Kingdoms being depicted. Odo, Quark, Ro Laren and Pulaski also appear.
Publisher's description[]
- Deep Space 9 is once again becoming an important way station in the Alpha Quadrant for many different people with many different agendas. Uniquely crewed by representatives of different species from both the Khitomer Powers and the Typhon Pact, the Federation science and exploration vessel Athene Donald stops at the station as its final port of call before heading into uncharted territories. The whole project is the brainchild of Dr. Katherine Pulaski, who hopes that science will do what diplomacy alone cannot, and help various powers put aside the tensions of recent years, returning to scientific research and the exploration of space
- On DS9, base commander Ro Laren has her hands full with the sudden arrival of a ragtag flotilla of small ships crewed by a group calling themselves the People of the Open Sky. Ro is not keen on handling this first-contact duty, but becomes increasingly intrigued by the People, who are made up of several hitherto unknown species. Describing themselves as explorers, they are interested in everything about the station. Ro begins to enjoy her assignment, particularly as she takes counsel from the logs of Jean-Luc Picard. Blackmer, however, is more suspicious about these apparently friendly arrivals and monitors their movements around DS9...
Summary[]
Deep Space 9 is visited by the Athene Donald, a civilian research ship set up by Pulaski and commanded by her friend Maurita Tanj. Peter Alden is on the station with his Tzenkethi ward Corazame and manages to get himself assigned to the ship, mainly to keep an eye on its Tzenkethi scientist. He intends for Corazame to accompany him, but she fails to board.
A group of nomadic aliens, the People of the Open Skies, come aboard Deep Space 9 from the Gamma Quadrant. They include a large amount of children. Crusher discovers signs of past malnutrition.
The Athene Donald encounters a group of aloof aliens known as the Chain. A series of incidents occur on both sides of the wormhole: Crusher's office is broken into, the Tzenkethi scientist is attacked and one of the People's leaders is murdered. Crusher and Pulaski realize the Chain and the People's leaders are the same species. The Chain commander Aoi demands the People's return, claiming they kidnapped the children with them, but the People's leader Oioli states they are abandoned children that they took in.
All the crimes are revealed to be the work of Ailoi, a member of a rogue intelligence organization who is both one of Aoi's crew and one of the People's leaders, using a dangerous transwarp transporter to travel between the two quadrants. She dies when she tries to use it one time too many and Oioli convinces Aoi, who she grew up with, to withdraw his claim.
Odo visits Ro wanting help for his friend Mhevita Pa'Dan: Her son is one of a number of Cardassians captured on the Romulan front during the Dominion War who has never been released. The Romulan repatriation officer, Major Varis, is unhelpful but Ro and Odo eventually deduce that the Cardassians in question had families with their Romulan captors and have been kept hidden from view. Garak extends an invitation for all the families to come to Cardassia.
Corazame chooses to travel with the People rather than be a double agent for Alden, who decides to leave Starfleet Intelligence and remain on the Athene Donald. Crusher decides to return to the Enterprise.
References[]
Characters[]
- Ailoi • Aoi • Peter Alden • Jefferson Blackmer • Brooking • Corazame • Beverly Crusher • Delka • Elim Garak • Ioile • Ioemi • Kala Morio • Metiger Ter Yai-A • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Oioli • Mhevita Pa'Dan • Terek Pa'Dan • Katherine Pulaski • Quark • Ro Laren • Tanj • Maurita Tanj • Varis • Veelak
- Referenced only
- Akret • Alizome • Nanietta Bacco • Julian Bashir • Jack Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Athene Donald • Skrain Dukat • Neta Efheny/Mayazan • Eris Juze • Alex Gardner • God • Isabel Howard • Paul Howard • Korzenten • Lucifer • Michael • Mora Pol • Mervyn Peake • Jean-Luc Picard • Rene Picard • Ro Gale • Ro Talia • Rom • Tora Ziyal
Locations[]
- Alpha Quadrant • Deep Space 9 (Hub • Plaza • Quark's • Romulan consulate • Temple)
- Referenced only
- Ab-Tzenketh • Bajor (Ashalla • Kasella Mountains • Trishella) • Bajoran wormhole • Cardassia Prime (Cemet) • Chain species' homeworld • Darwin Genetic Research Station • Deep Space 9 • Earth (London) • Ferenginar • Hell • Khitomer • Outpost 293 • Promenade • Romulan Front • Romulus • Royal Moon • Sekula • Venetan Frontier • Venetan homeworld
Starships and vehicles[]
- Athene Donald (Olympic-class) • Chain ship • unnamed People of the Open Sky ships
- Referenced only
- bike • boat • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class) • Prophet's Tear (freighter)
Races and cultures[]
- Bajoran • Cardassian • Chain species • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Romulan • Trill • Trill symbiont • Tzenkethi
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Borg • Human (Romani) • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Prophets • Venetan • Vorta • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
- Cardassian Central Command • Cardassian Second Order • Cardassian Union • Chain • Federation Council • Ferengi Alliance • Founders • People of the Open Sky • Repatriation Committee • Romulan War Office • Rosalind Franklin Institute for Biomedical Research • Starfleet • Starfleet Intelligence • Typhon Pact • Tzenkethi Coalition • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Cardassian Diplomatic Corps • Department of the Outside • Dominion • Ferengi Civil Service • Great Link • Klingon Empire • Obsidian Order • Pa'Dan family • Romulan Empire • School of Art • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Medical • Tzenkethi Affairs • Venette Convention
Ranks and titles[]
- agent • Ap-Rej • arbiter • artist • assassin • Autarch of the Tzenkethi Coalition • barkeep • boss • bureaucrat • burglar • captain • castellan • chief • chief medical officer • chief of security • colonel • commander • commanding officer • constable • detective • diplomat • director of research • doctor • enforcer • envoy • first-contact specialist • glinn • governor • Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance • guidance counselor • historian • intelligence officer • King of the Underworld • lawyer • legislator • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • magician • magistrate • major • nestor • nurse • officer • pathologist • political officer • politician • president • President of the United Federation of Planets • representative • scientist • sculptor • security officer • serf • slave • sociologist • soldier • spy • tailor • teacher • Tey • vedek • xenolinguist
Science and technology[]
- alien • atmosphere • biology • blood • bone • bulkhead • cloaking device • clock • combadge • companel • dagger • detector • DNA • drug • energy • eugenics • fire • genomic therapy • glasses • gravity • gun • hair • heart • holo-camera • holodeck • hologram • holopic • hour • humanoid • kilometer • knife • light-year • medicine • minute • monitor • nebula • needle • Orb • padd • photon • pregnancy • protein • replicator • second • sensor • Shedai meta-genome • space • spaceship • space station • star • starship • temporal warp physics • time • toilet • torpedo • transponder • transporter • transwarp beaming • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • universe • viewscreen • virus • wheel • whip • whirlpool • windmill • xenosociology
Other references[]
- 2385 • alchemy • alcohol • Andorian Infertility Crisis • angel • archangel • away team • badge • bird • birthday • book • cake • captain's log • captain's personal log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) • cargo bay • castle • cherry • chick • city • claustrophobia • cloak • clothing • colony • coral • court martial • currency • dabo • day • decade • dementia • demon • The Diversity Paradox • docking bay • dog • Dominion War • dress uniform • The Duchess of Malfi • Dukat's Draft • emotion • empathy • extinction • fireworks • first contact • fly • fruit • genocide • ghost • gin • gin and tonic • glass • gold • Gormenghast • government • grape • Great Material Continuum • harp • hen • hide-and-seek • Hippie • history • holding cell • holiday • holofantasy • homeworld • "Identifying Key Drivers of Success in Diverse Teams" • Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations • insignia • jacket • jury • Khitomer Accords • laboratory • language • magic • magnesium • map • marriage • metal • missive • monastery • money • month • morgue • naan • Nobel Prize • novel • November • oboe • Occupation of Bajor • oil • olive • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas • outpost • packing case • paper • perek flower • philosophy • pie • pip • planet • playground • prejudice • Prime Directive • quadrant • quarters • quicksilver • racism • rank • ready room • rec room • religion • rock • sail • salt • salt bread • school • science • sculpture • Shape of the Union • sign language • snake • song • spaceport • spice • Spring Festival • Starfleet uniform • star system • straw • surgery • tea • technology • textbook • theater • tin • toy • Tzenkethi language • uniform • xenosociolinguistics • water • weapon • winter • whale • wine • wood • year
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
- DS9 novel: The Never-Ending Sacrifice
- ST - Typhon Pact novel: Brinkmanship
- ST - The Fall novel: Revelation and Dust
- ST - The Fall novel: The Crimson Shadow
- ST - The Fall novel: A Ceremony of Losses
- ST - The Fall novel: Peaceable Kingdoms
- TNG novel: Takedown
Background information[]
- The working title of the novel was Home Again, which was originally intended to have been a Star Trek: The Next Generation eBook.
- The events of this story occur concurrently to the events of the TNG novel: Takedown.
Connections[]
Published Order | ||
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Previous novel: Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Next novel: Sacraments of Fire |
Previous story: The Crimson Shadow |
Stories by: Una McCormack |
Next story: Enigma Tales |
Translations[]
- 2017
- German : Misstrauen, translated by Christian Humberg. (Cross Cult)
External link[]
- The Missing article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.