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A Time to Sow is a Pocket TNG novel – the third novel in the A Time to… series and the first in a duology – written by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in March 2004.

Summary[]

From the book jacket
On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.
Until now.
More than two centuries ago, the Dokaalan sent an unmanned probe into the void, bearing a distress call for anyone who could save their doomed world. But the message reached Federation space too late to save the planet or its people.
Or so it was believed…
Generations later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E are stunned to discover the last of the Dokaalan – now only a colony fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home planet was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism – and placing Picard and the Enterprise in the middle of an escalating crisis that can only lead to total destruction!

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Memorable quotes[]

"Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

- Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH)

Background information[]

  • This duology was originally intended to be written by Dave Galanter; after he was unable to participate, Pocket editor John Ordover turned to Ward and Dilmore. The setting for the duology was devised after Ordover suggested that the pair write something which was different from the ones preceding and following – as they were a space adventure and a planetary adventure, Ward and Dilmore went for something in-between – the Dokaalan asteroid belt. (Voyages of Imagination, p. 467)

Characters[]

Canon characters[]

Beverly Crusher
Chief medical officer of the Enterprise-E
Data
Chief operations officer of the Enterprise-E
Geordi La Forge
Chief engineer of the Enterprise-E
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain of the Enterprise-E
William T. Riker
First officer of the Enterprise-E
Deanna Troi
Counselor on the Enterprise-E
Worf
Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire
Perim
Conn officer of the Enterprise-E
Alyssa Ogawa
Chief nurse on the Enterprise-E
Taurik
Vulcan engineer on the Enterprise-E
EMH
Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I on the Enterprise-E
Alynna Nechayev
Admiral at Starfleet Command, orders the Enterprise to the Dokaalan system

Non-canon characters[]

Christine Vale
Tactical officer on the Enterprise-E
Tropp
Denobulan doctor on the Enterprise-E
Giancarlo Wu
Chief aide to Ambassador Worf
Melorr
Bolian security officer on the Enterprise-E
Zelev th'Chun
Andorian security officer on the Enterprise-E, ensign
McPherson
Security officer on the Enterprise-E, ensign
Graham
Security officer on the Enterprise-E, friend of Ensign McPherson
Diix
Andorian engineer on the Enterprise-E, lieutenant
Veldon
Benzite engineer on the Enterprise-E, ensign
Leisner
Engineer on the Enterprise-E, ensign
Hjatyn
Dokaalan first minister
Nentafa
Dokaalan doctor
Creij
Dokaalan science minister
Nidan
Dokaalan security minister
Ryndai
Dokaalan council member
Faeyahr
Dokaalan engineer
Alerott
Dokaalan supervisor on terraforming station
Kalsha
Spy

References[]

Archer, Jonathan; Crazy Horse, USS; Dominion War; emotion chip; Enterprise NX-01; First City; Forrest, Maxwell; Genesis Project; Klingon Empire; Kolvoord Starburst; P'Jem; Promellian battle cruiser; Qo'noS; Rozhenko, Alexander; Seyetik, Gideon; Sheliak; Soval; Starfleet Academy; Suurok-class; Tau Cygna V; Terraform Command; terraforming; Ti'Mur; Trill; Vanik; Velara III; Venus; Vulcan High Command; Vulcan Science Academy; Ya'Vang, IKS

Ballard
Shuttlecraft on the Enterprise-E
Dokaa
God in Dokaalan mythology
Dokaal
Dokaalan homeworld destroyed by seismic forces
Dokaalan
Humanoid species native to the Dokaalan system
Ijuuka
Planet in the Dokaalan system, site of terraforming project
Jeluryn Sector
Region of space where the USS Crazy Horse discovered the second Dokaalan probe
Outpost Takir
Dokaalan mining facility
Skiff
Small maneuverable Dokaalan spacecraft
Zahanzei Council
Ruling body of the Dokaalan people

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