Summary
The Enterprise is searching for a new colony world for the Warin after six months of routine missions. An exploration of a binary star system sees them encounter three alien vessels from an unknown race. Although they fail to respond to hails, they appear to simply despatch some harmless probes. However, once the probes are in position around the Enterprise, they form a web which begins to contract towards the ship.
After an attempt to destroy the probes fails, Garrett proposes disrupting the signals between them before breaking out of the web. The encounter shakes the ship, leaving several bridge crew dead or injured, but replacement personnel allow the ship to engage the aliens and do enough damage to make it back to Federation space.
References
Characters
- Alfonzo • Aria • Carmona • Estaban Casado • Richard Castillo • Fletcher Chu-Fong • Ivan Cohen • Coron • Rachel Garrett • Nelson Hemachandra • Junior • Katie • Polly Luttrull • Aine McAvennie • Mike • John Nee • Andrew Norrie • Cat Singh • Maria Stachow • Thithta • David Vinson
- Referenced only
- Robert April • John Harriman • K'mpec • James T. Kirk • Lavin • Christopher Pike • Sarin
Starships and vehicles
Starship classes
Locations
- Camp Khitomer • Mars • Qo'noS • Risa
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Other references
- accretion disk • fish • Kobayashi Maru scenario • Martian spices • parrises squares • Tomed Incident • Zee-Magnees Prize
Appendices
Related stories
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Shakedown |
Enterprise Logs |
Next story: The Captain and the King |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Solace in Bloom Section 5 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Gift 2332 |
| Previous Adventure: Solace in Bloom Section 5 |
Next Adventure: An Easy Fast Sections 8 and 10 | |