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Countdown to Destiny (may contain spoilers)

RonG

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As this seems to be THE Star Trk (lit) event of recent years, I wanted to try and gather as much information as possible:

1. What is known about the premise? Will it be published under its own banner or under any of the existing series?

2. Is the format final and known? I know that David Mack's supposed to be writing the trilogy. What are the expected publication dates? Will the novels be out as hardcover? mmpb?

3. AFAIK, the series is a crossover of sorts between TNG and Titan. Is there a detailed chronology of the TNGR and TTN novels leading up to Destiny ? How are the Titan novels placed alongside the TNGR novels?

4. I know that Christopher has his TNG book Greater than the Sum lead into Destiny . Any other lead-ins (from Titan, eBooks etc)?

5. Will it be "self contained" i.e. can a reader who has not read Titan of TNGR easily follow the plot, or is this a culmination of subplots and themes from both series?

6. Are both TNGR and Titan scheduled (or at least planned) to continue as they are post-Destiny?

Hope you guys can shed some light on these maters :)
 
1. Not much. Yet. :D

2. They'll be three mass-market paperbacks written by David Mack released in October, November, and December 2008.

3. There isn't a detailed chronology as such, as it's fairly simple: five TNG books (Death in Winter, Resistance, Q & A, Before Dishonor, and Greater than the Sum) and four Titan books (Taking Wing, The Red King, Orion's Hounds, and Sword of Damocles). As for their chronology relative to each other, they're roughly simultaneous. There really isn't much interaction, what with Titan off in the Gum Nebula....

4. Just the books I listed above.

5. You won't need to read anything else to pick up on what's going on, no.

6. Nothing's been announced yet.
 
KRAD said:
3. There isn't a detailed chronology as such, as it's fairly simple: five TNG books (Death in Winter, Resistance, Q & A, Before Dishonor, and Greater than the Sum) and four Titan books (Taking Wing, The Red King, Orion's Hounds, and Sword of Damocles). As for their chronology relative to each other, they're roughly simultaneous.
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Well, not exactly simultaneous. The dates of the TNG books are ambiguous, but I'd say the books listed above go roughly in this chronological order:

TNG: Death in Winter
TTN: Taking Wing
TTN: The Red King
TTN: Orion's Hounds
TNG: Resistance
TNG: Q&A
TNG: Before Dishonor
TTN: Sword of Damocles
TNG: Greater Than the Sum

But as you say, there's no significant interaction between the two series, so their relative placement isn't that important to know.
 
From a Q & A (no pun intended, KRAD) with David Mack on another site, here is a tidbit regarding Destiny:

Q:
Your next great project is the crossover trilogy Star Trek Destiny. What is the story behind Destiny? Is there something you can tell us about it?

A:
Destiny is the biggest, most complex, and most ambitious project of my career so far. Most of its story is still considered “top secret” by my editors and publisher.

All I can tell you is what’s already been announced: It will feature the crews of the Enterprise and the Titan (Captain Riker’s ship), as well some characters from the Deep Space Nine post-finale novels, and a number of other characters from across the entire shared Star Trek literary universe. It will build on events in previous TNG post-Nemesis novels — particularly Resistance, Before Dishonor, and Greater Than the Sum — and it will shed new light on various mysteries from Star Trek’s past.
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Also, I believe D-Mack stated in another thread the story starts around January/Februrary 2781, so about 7 or so months after Sword of Damocles.

Yeah, I pretty much can't wait. :drool: :drool: :drool:
 
Julio Angel Ortiz said:
Also, I believe D-Mack stated in another thread the story starts around January/Februrary 2781, so about 7 or so months after Sword of Damocles.
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2781? I know it's only a typo, but I'll just say we're not jumping that far ahead. ;)

The timeframe for the story's main narrative is February 2381. However, portions of the story in all three books take place at other points in the continuity, as well.

Also, unlike some previous crossovers, this isn't going to be one series or ship per book, with hand-offs. This is a fully integrated crossover, with all the players involved across all three volumes.
 
David Mack said:
Also, unlike some previous crossovers, this isn't going to be one series or ship per book, with hand-offs. This is a fully integrated crossover, with all the players involved across all three volumes.
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Awesome. This makes me even more excited about the trilogy.

Why isn't it the end of 2008 already? :scream:
 
toughlittleship said:
I'm really excited about the Deep Space Nine aspect of them.
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Isn't quite a bit of that going to be rather vague to get around the fact that the DS9 relaunch books are 4 years behind in the timeline?
 
Considering that the preview synopsis for Greater Than The Sum indicates that it

is about the Enterprise chasing the Borgified USS Einstein

.... I really, really hope that Destiny doesn't involve .
the Borg.
 
Emh said:
Why isn't it the end of 2008 already? :scream:
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Because if it was, you would have missed all the swell Trek books coming out between now and then! (Including, but not limited to, the two Myriad Universes collections. </cheapplug>)
 
William Leisner said:
Emh said:
Why isn't it the end of 2008 already? :scream:
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Because if it was, you would have missed all the swell Trek books coming out between now and then! (Including, but not limited to, the two Myriad Universes collections. </cheapplug>)
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Curse you and your infallible logic! :mad:
 
David Mack said:

Also, unlike some previous crossovers, this isn't going to be one series or ship per book, with hand-offs. This is a fully integrated crossover, with all the players involved across all three volumes.
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No, no, no not again. *Head explodes* *gathers brain and puts it on neck* Wow, that's been happening alot here lately.
 
David Mack said:
Julio Angel Ortiz said:
Also, I believe D-Mack stated in another thread the story starts around January/Februrary 2781, so about 7 or so months after Sword of Damocles.
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2781? I know it's only a typo, but I'll just say we're not jumping that far ahead. ;)

The timeframe for the story's main narrative is February 2381. However, portions of the story in all three books take place at other points in the continuity, as well.

Also, unlike some previous crossovers, this isn't going to be one series or ship per book, with hand-offs. This is a fully integrated crossover, with all the players involved across all three volumes.
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Argh, typo!!! :scream: :brickwall: Sorry about that, David. :angel:

Allyn Gibson said:
But what about Mary Marvel? And the Monitors? And Jason Todd?

Oh. Wait. Wrong Countdown.
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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. :bolian:
 
William Leisner said:
Emh said:
Why isn't it the end of 2008 already? :scream:
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Because if it was, you would have missed all the swell Trek books coming out between now and then! (Including, but not limited to, the two Myriad Universes collections. </cheapplug>)
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No we wouldn't--we'd have them in our grubby little paws already. :p
 
At one point someone here said that this trilogy will also help determine (or perhaps guide) the direction of the Voyager Relaunch as well. Is this still true?
 
I thought it was going to guide the future of Star Trek books in general or did I misunderstand?

Kevin
 
David Mack did imply that Destiny would pretty much put all Trek novel continuity into a blender. I believe the word "roadkill" was the metaphor he used. :borg:

There may not even be separate novel lines when it's done with them. Probably one of the most major reality-shaking events we've ever seen. Even more so than the various Crises of DC Comics.
 
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