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[Gamma_Quadrant]

I was wondering if anyone knew of a website that discussed the books on what happened to our on-screen heroes after their respective shows ended?

I'm curious as to what happened to the future technology that Voyager brought back, Sisko's return, the status of Federation-Romulan relations after Nemesis, etc. I tried looking for the books but couldn't find all of them.

Is there a website that talks about the books and says what happens in them in full detail? I tried Memory Beta, but saw a lot of limits on what was written there. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[LightningStorm]

Gamma_Quadrant said:
I was wondering if anyone knew of a website that discussed the books on what happened to our on-screen heroes after their respective shows ended?

You're in luck. You've reached the right place. Right here in Trek Literature just such topics are discussed.

Gamma_Quadrant said:
I'm curious as to what happened to the future technology that Voyager brought back, Sisko's return, the status of Federation-Romulan relations after Nemesis, etc. I tried looking for the books but couldn't find all of them.

Is there a website that talks about the books and says what happens in them in full detail? I tried Memory Beta, but saw a lot of limits on what was written there. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

But for listings of the various post-finale titles see:
http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8194248&an=0&page=0#Post8194248
or for Voyager:
http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=8201129#Post8201129

Those book series have been accidentally named "relaunch." Some might also refer to them as simply "post-finale." But DS9, TNG, and Voyager all have such series going on. You might also be interested in the Titan novels which are about Riker and his Captaincy and deal with Romulan politics a bit as well (also covered in the links above).

Specific spoilers:

Spoiler: Voyager Tech

Was taken off the ship for study, Voyager is back to a normal Intrepid class ship.

Spoiler: Romulans and the Titan books

The Klingons have gained a slight foothold in Romulan Space to sorta oversee the fair treatment of the Remans at the request of the Remans. The Romulans are none too pleased with this.

Spoiler: DS9 Sisko

Yeah he's back, he came back when the Parasites from TNG were taking over people and he killed the queen. His daughter was born (If I'm remembering the sex correctly). He lives on Bajor. Turned down a position in the Admiralty.

 

[Gamma_Quadrant]

First of all, I have to say a HUGE thank you for your help and answers. I actually expected people to tell me to just shut up and buy the books.

I saw through the FAQ and it had some good answers, but I'm trying to see more stuff as well. I'll ask them here and perhaps you can answer them or point me in the right direction.

TNG

Spoiler: [i

1}[/i]][i[]1)[/i] Was there any specific reason stated why Worf stopped being ambassador and went back to being a Starfleet officer?

Spoiler: [i

2}[/i]][i[]2)[/i] The Klingons have a foothold in Romulan space? Why did the Romulans allow this? I know there was some type of secession led by Donatra, but are the Romulans finally "allies" with the Federation? No more kidnapping officers (Geordi) and no more stealing starship (the prometheus)?

DS9

Spoiler: [i

1}[/i]][i[]1)[/i] Sisko is retired from Starfleet then?

Spoiler: [i

2}[/i]][i[]2)[/i] I know something bad happened to the Dominion, the Changelings, I mean. Was that ever concluded?

Spoiler: [i

3}[/i]][i[]3)[/i] Is the DS9 relaunch happening before the VOY/TNG relaunch? Because Sisko came back when his daughter was born, right? Which means that the DS9 relaunch takes place 9 months or so after the end of the Dominion War. VOY came back to Earth YEARS later and the events of Nemesis happens years later as well. If so, do they mention what DS9 and her crew are up to during the post-Nemesis era?

VOY

Spoiler: [i

1}[/i]][i[]1)[/i] So the technology was not destroyed? It is not being distributed to other ships? It just...dissapeared into research?

Spoiler: [i

2}[/i]][i[]2)[/i] Is Chakotay's sister a member of Starfleet? I can't seem to find much information on her.

Spoiler: [i

3}[/i]][i[]3)[/i] In one of VOY relaunch novels, a Changeling appears and kidnaps the VOY crew. Why is that? I thought the war was over?

Spoiler: [i

4}[/i]][i[]4)[/i] What end up happening with the EMH and the "holo-revolution"? Are holograms free? Are holodecks banned now?

 

[Smiley]

I'll tackle the TNG ones.

1) A Time for War, A Time for Peace by Keith R.A. DeCandido

2) Titan: Taking Wing by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin

 

[Stevil2001]

Well, you should buy the books! That said, re: DS9:

1) Yes.
2) That storyline began in The Dominion: Olympus Descending in Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Volume Three and hasn't really been followed up on yet.
3) Yes, the DS9 relaunch is up to early 2377 at this point, while the TNG relaunch and Titan are in 2380. There hasn't been much information at all about what the station's like in that timeframe.

 

[KRAD]

First of all, I have to say a HUGE thank you for your help and answers. I actually expected people to tell me to just shut up and buy the books.

Shut up and buy the books!

(Hey, I didn't want you to be let down! Besides, I wrote some of those books, and I need the money....)

Having said that, let me tackle your questions (some of which have been answered, but I like repeating things; I also like saying the same things over and over)....

I don't want to deal with spoiler tags, so I'm just going to go old-fashioned and do:

SPOILER SMILEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




















:thumbsup:









TNG

1. Yes, there was, and it was a major plot point in my novel A Time for War, a Time for Peace (with some seeds planted in A Time to Kill by David Mack, an earlier volume in that nine-book miniseries that chronicled the year leading up to Nemesis that I highly recommend).

2. The Romulans were not overburdened with choices, and the alternative was to fight a war they were ill-equipped to fight. The specifics are in Titan: Taking Wing by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels, with some followup in Titan: The Red King by the same two authors and my own Articles of the Federation.


DS9

1. Yes. See Unity by S.D. Perry for Sisko's return and see Bajor: Fragments and Omens by J. Noah Kym in Worlds of DS9 Vol. 2 for more specifics.

2. In a manner of speaking, in The Dominion: Olympus Descending by David R. George III in Worlds of DS9 Vol. 3, but I suspect there's more to be told there...

3. Yes. The post-finale DS9 novels picked up in March 2376, three months after the end of the seventh season. As of Warpath, it's January 2377. Meanwhile, the four extant post-finale VOY novels are in 2378, while the post-Nemesis TNG books are currently in 2380. (Oh, and Corps of Engineers is in late 2377, Titan and New Frontier are also in 2380, and I.K.S. Gorkon/Klingon Empire are back in 2376. Cha cha cha.) And we've mostly been avoiding saying what the DS9 folks are doing in the later years. Mostly.


VOY

1. It's being studied, yes. What specifics there are were in Homecoming by Christie Golden, but considering that technology's very existence in this timeline is a temporal violation....

2. No, she isn't. She was on Voyager in Christie Golden's Spirit Walk duology as a civilian advisor.

3. That Changeling was cast out of the Great Link and is on his own.

4. That was spelled out in The Farther Shore by Christie Golden.

Hope that helps!

 

[JD]

Gahhhh, I think I'm gonna have to reread Olympus Descending, because I cannot remember why what happened happened and it is driving me crazy.

EDIT: Or not, I just found my answer on MB. Although I'm probably still going to go back to the DS9R after I get caught up with TNG.

 

[Tino]

^ Is there any chance that ALL novel-series will reach one point in time together? Or are you avoiding that on purpose as not to cross over too many series'?

As far as I can see, at least 2380 deals with TNG, TTN, NF and COE and thus allows us to have "overcrossing" subjects.

 

[JD]

I thought CoE was in 2377?

 

[MichaelS]

What would be the point? Unless you're doing a ginormous multi-crew multi-book special event, you don't need the series to have all been brought forward to the same year (and not even then, I suppose).

 

[David Mack]

^ And even if an author were to attempt such a hare-brained stunt, there would be ways to address the issue while still leaving possibilities open for authors working in earlier timeframes....

 

[captcalhoun]

someone like you, you mean?

 

[David Mack]

( whistles innocently )

 

[Jim Gamma]

*smells the scent of hidden goings-on* Oooh, lovely plans are afoot for our Trek Lit? YAY!

 

[JD]

Hmmm, Destiny awaits.

 

[Man of Steel]

^

Destiny waits for no one.

 

[Gamma_Quadrant]

Thank you all for your answers. I think that is mostly all I wanted to know.

However, KRAD made me wonder one thing. This isn't a spoiler or anything. You mentioned that the DS9 relaunch takes place years before TNG/VOY relaunch. I'm just curious, but as an author, does that not limit some things in the writing?

For example, if you are writing during TNG (era) relaunch,
don't you have to becareful on saying what the DS9 crew has done in that time that has not been written? If you write Sisko saved the Gorn in 2377 in TNG book, won't that force you to have to write that when you write about the DS9 (era) relaunch? I know that was an extreme example, but I hope that clarified it.

Or do you all simply avoid mentioning DS9 in TNG/VOY relaunch?

 

[Christopher]

Gamma_Quadrant said:
You mentioned that the DS9 relaunch takes place years before TNG/VOY relaunch. I'm just curious, but as an author, does that not limit some things in the writing?

For example, if you are writing during TNG (era) relaunch,
don't you have to becareful on saying what the DS9 crew has done in that time that has not been written? If you write Sisko saved the Gorn in 2377 in TNG book, won't that force you to have to write that when you write about the DS9 (era) relaunch? I know that was an extreme example, but I hope that clarified it.

Or do you all simply avoid mentioning DS9 in TNG/VOY relaunch?

It's a big galaxy. There are thousands of known worlds, thousands of starships. So there's no reason why events on DS9 would even come up in a TNG story, as a rule. I mean, can you keep track of everything that happens just on the single planet we occupy? Do you routinely find your life affected by developments in, say, Cape Town, South Africa? At most, you might find yourself talking about such events on rare occasions when something happens there that makes the international news. But otherwise, it just wouldn't be expected to come up. And that's just one measly planet.

So it's no different for the books than it was for the shows. How often did events on DS9 get mentioned on TNG, or vice-versa? Quite rarely. Even when there were crossovers dealing with overlapping events, like the Maquis episodes, there was little direct reference in either show to events in the other, because the series were designed to be able to stand alone. And because it just made sense that in a big galaxy, two different groups of people wouldn't constantly be crossing paths or hearing about each other's experiences.

 

[Smiley]

You'll know that the multiverse doesn't get destroyed (at least in a permanent, linear fashion) from reading books set later in the timeline, but the Pocket authors and editors are pretty good about keeping the surprises confined to their proper places.

 

[KRAD]

However, KRAD made me wonder one thing. This isn't a spoiler or anything. You mentioned that the DS9 relaunch takes place years before TNG/VOY relaunch. I'm just curious, but as an author, does that not limit some things in the writing?

Not in the least, for the reasons Christopher gave. There really isn't much reason for such things to even come up....

To give an onscreen example, the existence of TNG didn't have a major impact on the writing of Star Trek V or Star Trek VI. Not to mention Enterprise....

(And BTW, your sig is one of my favorite dialogue exchanges from DS9 -- ironically, from one of its absolute worst episodes....)