Seven scenes between 100 and 500 words.  Some connect, some don't.  Just seven random moments in the life of Maren O'Connor, eventual chief engineer of the USS Tesseract.   

Written for the Twelve Trials of Triskelion Ficlet Flashdance 2013.

In 2423, the galaxy is at a crossroads. The two dominating powers in the quadrants, the Federation and the Klingon Empire, are teetering on the edge of war for the first time in decades. A young lieutenant is assigned to a ship, an heiress to a family legacy of exemplary service in Starfleet. A spy mission goes as planned. But fate didn’t anticipate love … love that was never meant to be but came into existence anyway.

One man decided to rebel against what fate had granted him.

One man decided to love what he never had a right to.

One man will make a decision that will change the face of the quadrants.

One man.

One love.

A game of fates that no one may win.

Hello everyone. With the discussion forum down and not all of us having our Ad Astra blogs up and going I thought I would try to create a little round robin story where we can all post a little response to my posited ‘How do we cope when technology fails?' prompt.

Our heroes would have to tackle Star Trek life without the magic of their technology - say no transporters, no replicators, no grav-plates, no warp power, etc. Maybe they find themselves in a crutch, maybe it ends up with some hilarious or fish out of water moments, or puts their lives in mortal peril. Have at it. Remember to keep it clean given the K rating and that this is just for fun to help us while over the absence of the forum.

Just post your prompt response as a new chapter and sign your name to the ‘chapter' you write. Well that's the plan. Fingers crossed as to whether this works! Remember, just write it, don't edit it to death - for this one time on the archive! ;)

The 25th Of December can mean many things in the Star Trek Multiverse.