Author(s):	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG A Time to... #3
Published:	30 March 2004
Pages:	226
Stardate:	Unknown (2378)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0743482999 (paperback) ASIN B000FC1EPI (Kindle)

Summary Edit

From the book jacket

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.

Until now.

More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people.

Or so it was believed...

Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E are stunned to discover the last of the Dokaalan – now only a colony fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism – and placing Picard and the Enterprise in the middle of an escalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction!

Memorable Quotes Edit

"Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

- Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH)

Background Information Edit

• In the aftermath of the mission to the Rashanar Battle Site, the Enterprise-E is assigned to discover the fate of the Dokalaan.

Characters Edit

Canon Characters Edit

Beverly Crusher 

Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise-E.

Data 

Chief Operations Officer of the Enterprise-E.

Geordi La Forge 

Chief Engineer of the Enterprise-E.

Jean-Luc Picard 

Captain of the Enterprise-E.

William T. Riker 

First Officer of the Enterprise-E.

Deanna Troi 

Counselor on the Enterprise-E.

Worf 

Federation Ambassador to Klingon Empire.

Kell Perim 

Conn officer of the Enterprise-E.

Alyssa Ogawa 

Chief Nurse on the Enterprise-E.

Taurik 

Vulcan engineer on the Enterprise-E.

EMH 

Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I on the Enterprise-E.

Alynna Nechayev 

Admiral at Starfleet Command. Orders the Enterprise to the Dokaalan system.

Non-Canon Characters Edit

Christine Vale 

Tactical officer of the Enterprise-E.

Tropp 

Denobulan doctor on the Enterprise-E.

Giancarlo Wu 

Chief Aide to Ambassador Worf.

Melorr 

Bolian security officer on the Enterprise-E.

Zelev th'Chun 

Andorian security officer on the Enterprise-E, ensign.

McPherson 

Security officer on the Enterprise-E, ensign.

Graham 

Security officer on the Enterprise-E. Friend of Ensign McPherson.

Diix 

Andorian engineer on the Enterprise-E, lieutenant.

Veldon 

Benzite engineer on the Enterprise-E, ensign.

Leisner 

Engineer on the Enterprise-E, ensign.

Hjatyn 

Dokaalan First Minister.

Nentafa 

Dokaalan doctor.

Creij 

Dokaalan Science Minister.

Nidan 

Dokaalan Security Minister.

Ryndai 

Dokaalan council member.

Faeyahr

Dokaalan engineer.

Alerott 

Dokaalan supervisor on terraforming station.

Kalsha 

Spy

References Edit

Archer, Jonathan; Crazy Horse, USS; Dominion War; emotion chip; Enterprise NX-01; First City; Forrest, Maxwell; Genesis Project; Klingon Empire; Kolvoord Starburst; P'Jem; Promellian battle cruiser; Qo'noS; Rozhenko, Alexander; Seyetik, Gideon; Sheliak; Soval; Starfleet Academy; Suurok-class; Tau Cygna V; Terraform Command; terraforming; Ti'Mur; Trill; Vanik; Velara III; Venus; Vulcan High Command; Vulcan Science Academy; Ya'Vang, IKS

Ballard 

Shuttlecraft on the Enterprise-E.

Dokaa 

God in Dokaalan mythology.

Dokaal 

Dokaalan homeworld destroyed by seismic forces.

Dokaalan 

Humanoid species native to the Dokaalan system.

Ijuuka 

Planet in the Dokaalan system, site of terraforming project.

Jeluryn Sector 

Region of space where the USS Crazy Horse discovered the second Dokaalan probe.

Outpost Takir 

Dokaalan mining facility.

Skiff 

Small maneuverable Dokaalan spacecraft.

Zahanzei Council 

Ruling body of the Dokaalan people.

External link Edit

• A Time to Sow at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works