For Colleen, for whom a dedication is long overdue;
and for Dan, Larry, Deborah, Jane, and Paul—Star Trek
journalists without equal.
The events of this story take place in 2266, one week after the publication of Tim Pennington’s accounts of the disappearance of the Jinoteur system and the actions of Commodore Diego Reyes on Gamma Tauri IV (Star Trek Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind).