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The Enterprise, under Captain James T. Kirk, is on a five‑year mission when it encounters a damaged Syhaari explorer drifting in deep space. In collaboration with that crew’s captain, Kirk and his crew restore the vessel to full function and send it home. The next year, the Syhaari homeland of Syhaar Prime, located in the Beta Quadrant, begins rapid technological development. The Enterprise is dispatched to the planet, bringing the crew into a first‑contact scenario with an alien civilization preparing to join the galactic stage. As the Enterprise investigates, it becomes clear that the earlier assistance may have inadvertently leaked advanced technology or information to the Syhaari, raising ethical questions about the Prime Directive’s provisions and the crew’s responsibility.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: James Swallow
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