Chronology: Notes

This page contains notes and data regarding the chronology of *Star Trek: Pendragon* and its related works.

Though the canon of the *Star Trek* franchise remains the primary source of inspiration and dating, many other sources are referenced, official novels, comics, games, and other licensed works. Such licensed works make up the body of "Beta canon," a term which references Memory Beta, the original online wiki for such sources. In *Pendragon*, references to Beta canon might be included as is, or, just as often, the dates and specifics may be modified to fit within a consistent framework for storytelling.

Additionally, fanworks, such as fan films, audio dramas, other fan fiction stories, and even fan art, may be referenced in *Pendragon*, as a homage to their creators. Except in specific cases such as crossovers, these references are usually treated as background. References to fanworks do not indicate that the whole of said work is accepted as *Pendragon* canon, unless otherwise stated.

*See also: novel references, comic references, game references, and fanwork references*

## The Litverse and *Pendragon*

The "Litverse" is the fan-given name for the shared chronology of the Pocket Books (and later, Gallery Books) novels that began with the DS9 Relaunch and related works, and expanded to include subsequent novels for TNG, VOY, and ENT, as well as the novel-original series such as *Star Trek: Titan*, *Star Trek: Vanguard* and (retroactively) *Star Trek: New Frontier*, among others. Earlier Pocket Books novels were sometimes retroactively included in the Litverse continuity, either in whole or in part, though most were considered as outside of the new shared continuity.

The Litverse reached a turning point when the stories reached the year 2381, with the publication of *Star Trek: Destiny*, a crossover trilogy between the different relaunch series and *Titan*, designed so the DS9 and *Voyager* novels could catch up to the post-TNG timeline. Written by veteran author David Mack, *Destiny* told the story of a massive Borg invasion of the Alpha Quadrant, resulting in untold devastation before the Collective was finally defeated, and erased from existence. Because of the massive changes wrought by the trilogy, it represents a significant point of divergence for non-Litverse continuities, including not only fanworks like *Pendragon*, but licensed materials such as *Star Trek Online*, long before the disposition of the Borg and other aspects of the Litverse were contradicted by the arrival of *Star Trek: Picard*.

For the purposes of *Star Trek: Pendragon*, the Litverse provides much inspiration for both background and new stories. The Litverse's take era immediately following the Dominion War is especially informative, and the period from 2376 to 2381 is when *Pendragon* and the Litverse most closely align in the 24th century, though they do not do so in every respect. After *Star Trek Nemesis* in 2379, things begin to diverge more, and after *Destiny* in early 2381, the continuities are drastically different. Though subsequent Litverse stories still continue to be referenced, and versions of those tales may have happened in some form, they must inherently be substantively altered within the *Pendragon* canon.

The Litverse effectively ended with the publication of *Collateral Damage*, also by David Mack, the final novel in that continuity published before the launch of *Star Trek: Picard*. The first novel to acknowledge the new canon material was *The Last Best Hope* by Una McCormack, a prequel to the *Picard* series covering the period of Picard's effort to aid the Romulans from 2381 to 2385. The novel shares continuity with the comic book prequel *Picard: Countdown*, which also takes place in 2385, depicting one particular mission during that period. As of early 2020, plans are reportedly still under development for the future of licensed *Star Trek* novels.

## *Early Voyages* and *Pendragon*

*Star Trek: Early Voyages* was one of several comic book series published in the late 1998s by Marvel Comics. The series centered on the USS *Enterprise* during the command of Christopher Pike, over a decade before The Original Series, before, during and after the time of "The Cage". It was written by Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton and ran for 17 issues, ending on a cliffhanger due to Paramount's sudden decision to pull the comic book license from Marvel. It was highly regarded during its run, and remains so over two decades later. Later authors of licensed *Star Trek* novels even included several of Pike's crew created for *Early Voyages* in the Litverse, and thus, broad aspects of the series have been codified into "soft canon" for many fans. No *Trek* comic book before or after, and very few other tie-ins, have inspired such love from fans and authors alike. Characters from *Early Voyages* appearing in later Treklit include: Chief Engineer Moves-With-Burning-Grace (Margaret Wander Bonanno's *Burning Dreams*), Helmsman Sita Mohindas (*Child of Two Worlds* by Greg Cox), and Nurse Gabrielle Carlotti in John Jackson Miller's *Discovery* novel *The Enterprise War* which also referenced Chief Grace. Additionally, the *Discovery* novel *Drastic Measures* by Dayton Ward made reference to a Lirin serving aboard the *Enterprise*, implied to be communications officer Nano.

*Early Voyages* was a highly-influential work for the writers of *Pendragon*, who regard it as one of the best works of *Star Trek* tie-in fiction of all time. Together with aspects of various Pocket novels, including Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana, *Early Voyages* formed the core of *Pendragon* continuity's view of the *Pike* era, long before *Star Trek: Discovery* began to explore the same period, as it did later writers of the Litverse. As it does with the Litverse, *Pendragon* accepts the broad strokes of *Early Voyages* and its presentation of Pike's crew, though some details must obviously change in order to accommodate later additions to canon such as *Discovery*. Luckily, though Pike and his crew are present in season two of *Discovery*, the captain's portrayal is remarkably consistent with his literary and four-color counterparts, and it is easy to incorporate *Early Voyages* as background. As always, canon is evolving, and this may need to be revisited in light of the upcoming *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*.

## Time travel, retcons, and *Pendragon*

During the its original run, it was a rare occurrence when *Star Trek: The Next Generation* outright contradicted *Star Trek: The Original Series*. But in 1996 with the release of *Star Trek: First Contact*, it felt as if that might be changing. While there was no *inherent* contradiction, the version of Zefram Cochrane presented in the film seemed drastically different than the one we met some thirty years before in "Metamorphosis", not to mention all of the fanon and Beta canon that had built up over those thirty years seemed to be thrown out the window in one fell swoop. Gone was the *Bonaventure* of *Star Trek: The Animated Series*, gone was the 2061 date from the *Star Trek Chronology*, and so much more. It wasn't necessarily contradictory to what was seen on screen, but it was different than what fans had been expecting, and different from what they felt they'd been led to believe from numerous "official" works since the 1970s.

Fortunately, *First Contact* itself, and later *Star Trek: Enterprise* provide a relatively simple, if possibly unsatisfying answer to the conundrum: time travel. *First Contact* saw the introduction of both 24th century technology, not to mention the Borg, to Earth's 21st century, and historical figures Cochrane and Lily Sloane were given up-close-and-personal knowledge of the future. Relatively minor discrepancies between material from *before* the film, and material *after*, might therefore be accounted for as small changes to the timeline. The larger discrepancies are where *Enterprise* comes in, as it brings with it the Temporal Cold War and a myriad of changes to the timeline of *Star Trek'*s prime universe.

The writers of *Star Trek: Pendragon*, even when they wrote it as an alternate history, always strove to place their tales within the broad boundaries of canon, and that is still true. Therefore their official position is that *Star Trek* happens as seen *when* it is seen, but subsequent temporal events may alter the timeline in ways large and small. So TOS happened the way it did, with its history much as fans had come to accept pre-TNG, until time travel in *First Contact*, and intervention from the 29th century in *Voyager* episodes like "Future's End", led to some changes in the pre-TOS history, eventually evolving into what we saw in *Enterprise*, thanks to the machinations of the multiple factions fighting the Temporal Cold War. Therefore the version of TOS that happened post-*Enterprise*, and built upon by *Discovery*, *may* actually be somewhat different than TOS as we saw it originally. Ultimately these changes built upon each other and compounded each other until the *Narada'*s trip from 2387 to 2233 resulted in the creation of an entirely new universe -- the Kelvin timeline of the reboot film trilogy -- because of the drastic alteration that temporal incursion wrought upon the life of James T. Kirk, an individual of both galactic and temporal significance. This theory, offered by both fans and Simon Pegg, indicates that the temporal changes rippled outwards in both the past and the future of that new reality, allowing for differences to exist between the universes even *prior* to the moment of Nero's arrival in the past. Meanwhile, the "original," or prime timeline, continued on with the absence of both Nero and Spock from the moment they left, its own history still somewhat in flux until it settles into what we see in *Discovery*, *Picard* and the "new era" of *Star Trek* productions.

This is a distinction that ultimately means very little when it comes to storytelling, and only matters in that it allows for fans who are so inclined to rationalize in-universe reasons for changes in the aesthetics and technological level depicted in the 23rd century stories between the 20th century and 21st century production eras. Ultimately, though, Pike's *Enterprise* in *Discovery* looks different than it did in "The Cage" for the simple reason that a major budget production in 2018 probably isn't going to replicate the aesthetic of a 1964 pilot shot on a shoestring budget. That answer may not satisfy the more obdurate fans, but it is nonetheless accurate, and the writers of *Pendragon* accept that sometimes real-world production evolution results in things simply being different on screen from the way they once were. This is not inherently good or bad, it simply *is*, and we do our best to adapt to evolving canon as it becomes necessary. As such, TOS-era stories may look like they did in TOS, or they may look like things do in *Discovery*. It's up to the creators, and we accept that they all co-exist.

## *Star Trek Online* and *Pendragon*

Like the novels and comics, *Star Trek* games have been one of the ways the franchise was kept alive during the "fallow years" between *Enterprise* and *Discovery*, the most important of which has undoubtedly been *Star Trek Online*, the first MMO set in the world of *Star Trek*, and the most easily accessible story continuing past the events of *Star Trek: Nemesis*, and the \*only\* such story to continue past the events of 2387. Primarily set in the early 25th century, the *Online* story uses much of the pre-*Star Trek: Destiny* Litverse for much of its background, but greater divisions come after 2380. The game portrays the dissolution of the Khitomer Accords, war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, infiltration by Species 8472 (finally named in the game as the Undine), the fall of the Tal Shiar and rise of the Romulan Republic, the return of the Borg, the Terran Empire, the Vaadwaur, the bluegills, and many other adversaries, most significantly, the Iconians.

Like any MMO, stories, presented as missions, are somewhat non-linear, and can be done in almost any order. Similarly, despite several galaxy-spanning wars, the game's timeline compresses ten years of real-world storytelling into just barely three years in game, from 2409 to the beginning of 2411 (at present). Promotions are granted too fast to be taken seriously -- the player's character goes from cadet to admiral in six months or less -- starships are designed, built and mass-produced within what feels like mere days, and events happen over and over and over again. It's hardly a realistic presentation of a world, and most of that side of it must be taken with a pillar of salt.

However, many aspects of the game's storyline, characters and starships serve well as inspiration and background, despite -- or in some cases because of -- its divergence from the Litverse continuity. STO treats the Romulans much better in many ways than the Relaunch novels have, especially in regards to Sela, even though both fail to capitalize on Donatra after her introduction in *Nemesis*. To facilitate storytelling within the *Online* continuity, a dating framework has been established, focused on the timing of the game's storyarcs, and assigning (generally) two to three game "seasons" of releases per one calendar year, beginning in 2409. That timeline is outlined in *The Path Beyond 2409*.

For the rest of *Pendragon*, STO offers a look at a "possible future" in one potential quantum reality, and mostly, *Pendragon* simply draws on STO for inspiration, as it does the novels, comics, and other games of the *Star Trek* franchise. As with the novels, the release of *Star Trek: Picard*, invalidates aspects of the games universe, though perhaps not in so significant a manner as its effects on the Litverse continuity. As such, the 20 years between *Nemesis* and *Picard* happened very differently in *Pendragon* than they did in pre-*Picard* version of STO, and therefore the ten years between *Picard* and the start of the *Online* story must likewise diverge. All that is *certain* about the early 25th century as it will happen in *Pendragon* is that the year 2409 marks a resurgence of Borg incursions into the Alpha Quadrant; soon after, the Deferi request Starfleet protection from both the Borg and the Breen, beginning a quest that will ultimately lead towards the Preservers; the Devidians make their presence known in the Donatu sector; a plucky group of Romulan and Reman survivors led by D'Tan and Obisek begin the work of establishing a new homeworld in defiance of the Tal Shiar, ensuring the *Legacy of Romulus* will endure; and a young Starfleet captain experiences an alternate timeline where the Tholians have conquered the quadrant, and can only restore the proper history by helping the *Enterprise*-C get to where she belongs

Those basic facts are taken as inevitable, allowing a touchstone between the continuities, but the rest is uncertain. Did Starfleet return to the Delta Quadrant in the 2380s as in the *Voyager* Relaunch novels (and the *Excelsior* fan audio dramas), or in the 2410s as in *Online*? Or perhaps in light of the Mars attack, they haven't made that leap at all yet. The Undine and the Vaadwaur likely both reemerged in some fashion by that era, though the details are certainly different. Are starships from the past suddenly appearing in the 2410s with the regularity that *Agents of Yesterday* and *Age of Discovery* would suggest? Doubtful, but an isolated incident or two for the purposes of good storytelling remains a possibility. Things that are definitely *not* coming to pass are the Iconian War as it exists in STO, for the simple reason that the Iconians of *Pendragon* are vastly different, as are the bluegill parasites; nor is the Hur'q conflict likely to take the same shape. Characters such as Geordi La Forge and Nog are probably quite close to where they are in *Online*, though others, like Data and Jean-Luc Picard himself absolutely cannot be. The fates of others depend on how *Picard* moves forward in the coming seasons, and what other canon series may be in the works.

For better or ill, *Picard* is the current guiding light of post-*Nemesis* canon, and the previous non-canon continuities must either end or shift to accommodate the new official state of *Trek*. Thus, the future of *Pendragon* in the 25th century remains unwritten, and largely unknown...for now.

## *What We Left Behind* and *Pendragon*

One of the more unusual sources that *Pendragon* references is the *Deep Space Nine* 20th anniversary documentary *What We Left Behind*. Ordinarily, a documentary about cast and crew sharing their memories of a TV show would be of little interest in an endavour such as this, but *WWLB* is unique. A good portion of the film is set around a reunion of DS9's writers, who sit down together as they did in the old days, to "break" the story of DS9's hypothetical "season eight" premiere episode, as if they were coming back to do a revival of the show, twenty years after its end. It is fascinating to watch, as they develop the story, told through brainstorm sessions and facts on a whiteboard, narration, storyboards and "motion comic" style animation.

The proposed story would take place 20 years after the end of the Dominion War, in 2395, as the former command crew receives invitations to reunite at DS9.

The story opens with Captain Nog in command of the USS *Defiant*, as the ship is under attack. The *Defiant* evades weapons fire from a cloaked vessel, and escapes through the Bajoran wormhole; the crew are relieved to see Deep Space 9, and the safety it represents. The story then flashes back to *two weeks earlier...*

At this time, the disposition of DS9 and its former crew is as follows:

* Deep Space 9 itself is still under Bajoran control, but in the last twenty years, it has become a religious shrine, with large statues of the Emissary lining the Promenade, and Starfleet's presence has been reduced to a minimum, mostly science and logistics officers.
* Bajor has not joined the Federation. Since the Dominion War and the loss of the Emissary, the Bajoran government has apparently become more religiously-oriented.
* Kira Nerys is in command of the station, though she has become a Vedek at some point in the last twenty years, and administers the station in that capacity, representing the Bajoran government.
* Quark is still running his bar, and Vic Fontaine's holosuite program is still running as a permanent feature. Morn is still a regular at the bar.

* Miles O'Brien has become a dean of engineering at Starfleet Academy, living on Earth with Keiko. When they receive the invitation, Keiko says it's a chance to see Molly, who would be twenty-six at that time (actually, going on twenty-seven).
* Ezri Dax is Captain of the USS *Emmett Till*, and is married to Julian Bashir, who serves as the ship's chief medical officer. They have a "challenged" twelve-year-old daughter, "Eddy."
* Worf is on Qo'noS. Martok, now an aged Chancellor, wants Worf to succeed him.
* Jake Sisko is living in New Orleans, a successful but reclusive and isolated writer. He rejects Quark's invitations, but when he goes to take a sonic shower, he has a brief vision from the Prophets.

When they arrive, they are greeted by Quark, who says he still has their bar tabs open, with 20 years of accrued interest, and shows them in to see Vic, who informs them that he was not the reason for their invitations, and that Nog needed to see them all. When Nog appears on the holodsuite's viewscreen, he begins to explain, when suddenly the *Defiant* explodes, apparently killing Nog and his crew.

Later, Major Palik, the station's Bajoran first officer, informs them it was an accident, but no one among the former crew accepts this. Worf reminds them of the treaty between Federation and Bajor, and Ezri visits Kira, informing her that under the treaty, she has jurisdiction, and will begin an investigation. Kira gives her a three day limit, and after Ezri departs, Palik expresses concern that this will create problems.

Kira goes to talk with one of the Starfleet officers, a young scientist; she flatters him and asks him that as a special favor to her, he will inform her of the investigation's findings before Dax sees the data. As Kira walks away, the science officer is approached by Jake; the young man is Joseph Yates-Sisko. Jake says that their father came to him in a vision, and told him to come home.

O'Brien and Bashir come to dead ends on their sides of the investigation, but Ezri and Molly interview the remaining Starfleet crew on the station, and learn that Nog had become obsessed in recent weeks. He and Kira had a "strenuous disagreement" the day before the *Defiant* left for the Gamma Quadrant. Ezri confronts Vedek Kira, who says the argument was unrelated, and insists on taking over the investigation, forcing Ezri and the others to leave the station.

Meanwhile, Worf takes his bird-of-prey to Bajor, and meets with Garak near the fire caves. Garak warns him not to trust the Bajorans, especially Kira; he then hands Worf proof that Kira, on a missionary venture into the Gamma Quadrant, has converted Jem'Hadar to the Bajoran religion, and plans to use them as Bajor's new army. It becomes clear that this is what Nog discovered, and why he was killed. Garak informs Worf that he has no friends on DS9 anymore, and not to trust anyone.

Elsewhere, Section 31 discusses their plan to the destroy the wormhole, in the belief that once Bajor's religion is dead, it will join the Federation. It is revealed that Bashir is now the leader of Section 31.

Tensions rise between the Federation and the Bajorans, and Major Palik is concerned that some elements of the Bajoran government may be implicated in criminal activity. Pressure is put on Kira to expel the Federation from DS9 entirely.

Grand Nagus Rom and his wife Leeta arrive for Nog's "state funeral." Meanwhile, Joseph meets Jake in the cargo bay, and reveals that Starfleet (more specifically, Section 31, though Joseph does not know this) destroyed the *Defiant* because of what Nog knew (their plan to kill the Prophets).

While the crew gather's at Quark's for a final goodbye, lamenting that Kira is going to force them to leave, Bajoran security officers arrive and draw their weapons. The *Emmett Till*, and the Klingon and Bajoran ships around the station begin to square off. Kira arrives at Quark's, and Palik informs her that he has been given orders. Kira takes a phaser from one of the guards and steps between them and her friends, having made her choice. Just as the firefight is about to begin, the white light of the Prophets' realm shines out, and Benjamin Sisko, the Emissary, reappears; not only on DS9, but also on the bridges of the ships in orbit; on Bajor itself; and, lastly, as Jake is standing in the station commander's office holding his father's baseball, Sisko steps out of the light and says, "*I'm sorry, Jake. I lost track of time...*"

At that point, the season premiere ends on a cliffhanger.

Obviously, the full story doesn't actually exist, and would have gone through revisions before production, but this hypothetic "first draft pitch" does present a very interesting framework for where DS9 is twenty years after the end of the series. I find it *far* more compelling and natural than the novel *Unity* and where that took the DS9 relaunch. Sisko's return coming 20 years later has far more impact than a mere six months, and the Bajorans still being on their own is *far* more in keeping with the spirit of the series than them joining the Federation immediately after the Dominion War. The *Pendragon* version of the post-war timeline will *probably* look a lot like the early part of the DS9 Relaunch, and incorporate much of the *Ascendants* storyline, with perhaps some of the *Mirror Universe* aspects, but the parasite invasion and Bajor joining the Federation would not be included. Instead later events would adapt elements of the Litverse (like the Typhon Pact), but certainly by time of the First Contact Day attack in 2385, things would have developed towards *this* outcome. Kira leaving the militia for the priesthood is the consistent aspect in *all three* versions, the Litverse, this writer's room session, and in *Star Trek Online*. Joseph Sisko will be the child of Ben and Kasidy, instead of Rebecca as in the novels, though Jake will still have married Korena as he did in the books, keeping in line with a version of events seen in "The Visitor," just as the *Picard* series partially reflects elements of the "All Good Things" potential future.

As for where the story would progress after this hypothetical premiere, certain things would have to be taken as read, the first being that Nog isn't really dead, and the *Defiant* survived (perhaps through a well-timed use of the cloaking device and ejecting warp plasma). This would ensure Nog's presence into the 2410s, as seen in STO, and would serve as a better tribute to Aron Eisenberg, who sadly passed away shortly after the documentary's release.

The Jem'Hadar that convert to worship the Prophets *might* be a faction of Alpha Jem'Hadar, or possibly from the Mirror Universe, instead of those still aligned with the Dominion. This would allow for greater integration with STO's *Cardassian Struggle* arc. It would have to be based on the outcome of the *Ascendancy* storyline, however that is incorporated into *Pendragon*.

Odo's potential involvement went unaddressed, but that's something that most likely would have been seen in "part two," and the death Rene Auberjonois would have to be taken into account. *Pendragon* will probably lean towards using his STO material as reflective of the last time he played the character.

Bashir's presence as a leader of Section 31 *could* tie in with his Litverse goal of destroying them from the inside.

Ezri being in command of the *Emmett Till* rather than the USS *Aventine* reflects the divergence from the Litverse's *Destiny* storyline, though it might be that the *Aventine* is still in her future, as Starfleet develops slipstream technologies used in *Star Trek Online*. It might be that she served on the *Aventine* as second officer, but did not become her captain as she did in the novels, instead first commanding *Emmett Till*, and only later became captain of the *Aventine* as she is in STO.

Molly serving aboard DS9 as an engineer or ops officer is likely to be considered "true" for *Pendragon*, and at the time of *What We Left Behind*, her brother, Kirayoshi would be turning 22, just about ready to graduate from the Academy, leading to his path as seen in *Star Trek Online*. That both of Miles' kids followed him into Starfleet *might* have created conflict with Keiko, though it is possible that Molly may have taken after her mother as an exobotanist, whereas Kirayoshi is the true engineer. Molly is seen in gold in the writer's room storyboards, but that is not necessarily something that would have remained so past the first pitch.

Regarding Bajor's status with the Federation, as mentioned before, the events of *Unity* are discounted in *Pendragon*, so that only leaves STO's version to consider. According to STO's *Path to 2409*, Bajor renews its application for Federation membership in 2384, and is officially accepted in 2393. However, this does not take the events of *Picard* into account, and while Bajor may have resubmitted the application, it would have been withdrawn after the Federation abandoned the Romulan in 2385, in an actor of protest as Bajor would show solidarity with the refugees. That outcome would lead quite well into the version of 2395 presented in the documentary, and necessitates at least some minor changes to Bajor's status in STO. *If* they are Federation members by 2409, it would have had to happen much more recently, within the decade between *Picard* and the start of STO. In fact, Bajor's pending admission may actually serve as the impetus for the *Pendragon* version of the *Cardassian Struggle*. The later developments in STO's timeline, such as Opaka's return in *Victory Is Life*, would also need to be adjusted, and may, instead reflect closer to the Litverse version where Opaka returned in the postwar era, though not as Kai. Her presence as a missionary in the Gamma Quadrant *may* lead to the situation with the Jem'Hadar as seen in the writer's room pitch.

The exact nature of the these developments will of course be addressed in *Pendragon* stories as they arise, but it is clear, even from this early stage, that the future seen in *What We Left Behind* will be respected as much as is feasible, given that is the writers intent, and that it represents a logical, and *preferable*, "middle ground" between the Litverse and *Online* versions of Bajor's "future history."

## *Hidden Frontier* and *Pendragon*

*Star Trek: Hidden Frontier* was one of the first web-series fan-films, from the early 2000s, and holds a special place in *Trek* fandom. Taking its cues from *Star Trek: Insurrection*, as well as the video game *Star Trek: Hidden Evil* and the novel series *Star Trek: New Frontier*, *Hidden Frontier* told the story of the Federation's involvement in the Briar Patch in the years after the Dominion War. It spawned several sequels and spin-offs, most notably *Star Trek: Odyssey*, and crossed over with numerous other fanworks.

*Hidden Frontier* was conceived prior to *Star Trek: Enterprise*, and this its depiction of the Briar Patch does not take into account that series' portrayal of it. Later on, the *Odyssey* also takes pains to "prevent" the Romulan supernova, marking a clear disassociation from anything to do with the Abrams films; this has the unfortunate effect of rendering *Hidden Frontier* itself an alternate timeline to the Prime universe as it continues post-*Star Trek Nemesis*.

However, the *Hidden Frontier* universe is held in such regard, and its importance in LGBT representation in *Trek* fandom cannot be understated. The basic premise -- about the crew of a space station in the Briar Patch, defending the Ba'ku, and coming into conflict with the Tholians and other adversaries can be accepted. Specific references in *Pendragon* to the actual events of *Hidden Frontier* should be kept vague, but many characters will be referenced, most notably, Ro Nevin, Corey Aster and Maya Stadi. HF's portrayal of certain canon characters, especially, Elizabeth Shelby and Robin Lefler will also be taken into account, though the post-2384 universe looks quite different, and certain aspects may change.

Furthermore, while HF's main starship is the *Excelsior*, that would conflict with referencing the *Starship Excelsior* audio drama, which means that in *Pendragon* stories, Captain Shelby would be commanding a ship of a different name - most likely the USS *Magellan*.