Summary[]

Louis Blanchard, head of the Atlantis Project and childhood friend of Jean-Luc Picard, is being tortured by a demented Vorta and his Jem'Hadar and Breen followers for military secrets. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he remembers the times he spent with his friend.

References[]

Characters[]

Beverly Crusher • Louis Blanchard • Patrice • Jean-Luc Picard • Sophie

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class)

Locations[]

Atlantic Ocean • Atlantis • Earth • France • La Barre

Races and cultures[]

Breen • Human • Jem'Hadar • Vorta

States and organizations[]

Federation • Dominion • Starfleet

Referenced only

Starfleet Corps of Engineers

Other references[]

Atlantis Project • Dominion War • hydroponics • kar'takin • pulse rifle • rippleberry • transporter • universal translator

Chronology[]

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Star Trek: The Next Generation collected short stories, novellas and short novels
Strange New Worlds	I: ("What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" • "The Naked Truth" • "The First" • "See Spot Run" • "Together Again, for the First Time" • "Civil Disobedience" • "Of Cabbages and Kings") • II: ("I Am Klingon" • "Reciprocity" • "Calculated Risk" • "Gods, Fate, and Fractals" • "I Am Become Death") • III: ("Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" • "A Private Victory" • "The Fourth Toast" • "One of Forty-seven" • "A Q to Swear By" • "The Change of Seasons" • "Out of the Box, Thinking") • IV: ("Flight 19" • "The Promise" • "Flash Point" • "Prodigal Son" • "Seeing Forever") • V: ("Bluff" • "The Peacemakers" • "Efflorescence" • "Kristin's Conundrum" • "The Monkey Puzzle Box" • "The Farewell Gift" • "Dementia in D Minor") • VI: ("The Soft Room" • "Protecting Data's Friends" • "The Human Factor" • "Tribble in Paradise") • VII: ("Life's Work" • "Adventures in Jazz and Time" • "Future Shock" • "Full Circle" • "Beginnings" • "Solemn Duty") • 8: ("Morning Bells Are Ringing" • "Passages of Deceit" • "Final Flight") • 9: ("Staying the Course" • "Home Soil" • "Terra Tonight" • "Solace in Bloom") • 10 ("Wired" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "The Very Model") • 2016 ("A Christmas Qarol" • "The Sunwalkers" • "The Seen and Unseen")
The Sky's the Limit	"Meet with Triumph and Disaster" • "Acts of Compassion" • "Redshift" • "Among the Clouds" • "Thinking of You" • "Turncoats" • "Ordinary Days" • "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven" • "Friends With the Sparrows" • "Suicide Note" • "Four Lights" • "'Til Death" • "On the Spot" • "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You"
Star Trek: Explorer	"Q and False" • "Quality of Life" • "Broken Oaths" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "Scramble" • "Dignified Transfer" • "Attempted Break-in" • "The Simulation" • "Family History" • "Into the Cardassian Quagmire"
Misc. short stories	"The Captain and the King" • "Last Words" • "Bedside Matters" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "What Dreams May Come" • "Twilight's Wrath" • "Eleven Hours Out" • "Darkness" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Other Side" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "Brave New World"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story: Terra Tonight	Strange New Worlds 9	Next story: Shadowed Allies
Previous story: Terra Tonight Strange New Worlds 9	TNG short stories	Next story: Wired Strange New Worlds 10
Previous story: Beginnings Strange New Worlds VII	Stories by: Jeff D. Jacques	Next story: The Light Corps of Engineers
chronological order
Previous adventure: Dorian's Diary Strange New Worlds III	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Field Expediency Tales of the Dominion War
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2375. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 3 other timeframe(s):
Previous Pocket adventure: Iron and Sacrifice Tales from the Captain's Table Previous MB adventure: One Constant Star Enterprise: chapters 1 - 5 & 9 - 11; Helaspont Station: Chapter 8 The Lost Era	2319 section 1	Next Pocket adventure: Burning Dreams prologue, chapters 10 & 19 & epilogue Next MB adventure: One Constant Star Iliad: chapters 12 & 13 The Lost Era
Previous Pocket adventure: Burning Dreams prologue, chapters 10 & 19 & epilogue Previous MB adventure: One Constant Star Iliad: chapters 12 & 13 The Lost Era	2321 section 3	Next adventure: Efflorescence Section 2 Strange New Worlds V
Previous adventure: Uninvited Admirals second flashback Strange New Worlds IV	2330 section 5	Next adventure: Hour of Fire Enterprise Logs