Yup, it's pretty much a Chekov-flashback to the Reliant years, about a mission gone horribly wrong on (IIRC) the Halkan homeworld some time before TWOK.
Quite refreshingly, the story has absolutely nothing to do with their later Project Genesis work, and shows a new side to Chekov's time aboard that starship that not too many other works have addressed.
Quite refreshingly, the story has absolutely nothing to do with their later Project Genesis work, and shows a new side to Chekov's time aboard that starship that not too many other works have addressed.