Summary: Season 3, 32nd story

The follow-up to the story First Strike.

After the destruction of Quellth, the hunt begins to track down the Doomsday missiles stolen by the Tren.

Warnings: Adult situations, violence, a torture scene and mortal peril.

Chapters: 1    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Warnings: Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: No    Word count: 2201    Read Count: 43

Summary: All these short stories were written for various weekly prompts on the Ad Astra forums. These are small stories, but describe a special moment or occasion in a character's (or more than one) life.

Chapters: 3    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Quark, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Drama, Family, Friendship, General, Holidays, Humor, Other, Romance
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: No    Word count: 3150    Read Count: 419

Summary: Season 2, 28th story

Ezri becomes reacquainted with Worf when he arrives, in an ambassadorial function, to a Federation/Klingon conference on Deep Space Nine. Worf also encounters an unusually knowledgeable Klingon clerk called Sortek.

At a special dinner though, a prominent Klingon ambassador is fatally poisoned by one of the special dishes he consumed. The immediate suspect is Jake, and things look even worse when evidence is found to suggest he was responsible.

Meanwhile Worf becomes more intrigued by Sortek and then makes a shocking discovery; Sortek is the return of Kahless, as alluded to by the scarred texts...

Warnings: Adult situations.

Chapters: 8    Table of Contents
Categories: Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Quark, Weatherby, Max, Worf
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 28650    Read Count: 1404

Summary:

Season 2, 25th story

Max makes a shocking discovery that one of his ancestor's pioneering mathematical, and hitherto unknown, research into subspace and warp flight may have been unwittingly used by Zefram Cochrane. Faced with the paradox of whether his ancestor, John Weatherby, is the missing link to how mankind developed its first warp drive, Max asks of Ezri for them to investigate what happened all those hundreds of years ago back on Earth.

Seeking a way to send the Defiant many hundreds of years in the past, Ezri invites Seven of Nine to the station to implement untested work into time travel. The year Ezri wants to go to is 2053; the year where World War III ended due to nuclear Armageddon.

When the Defiant does go successfully back in time, Ezri and Max begin their investigations into John and his involvement with warp research. After some digging around, it falls upon Ezri to carry out one truly terrible decision; either way many lives will be lost and altered because of it.

Warnings: Adult situations and occasional strong swearing.

Chapters: 9    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Holo, Kira Nerys, Seven of Nine, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Warnings: Adult Language, Adult Situations
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 28335    Read Count: 1656

Summary: Season 2, 22nd story

After the Federation colonies in the Soterin cluster are attacked by Jem'Hadar, in the Gamma Quadrant, the Federation orders an evacuation of these colonies. The Defiant and fifty other Starfleet vessels are involved with guarding the transport ships. Suspecting foul play from either the Dominion or the rebel Jem'Hadar, Ezri asks Odo to come along to determine which side attacked the Soterin cluster's colonies.

However when the Dominion flagship intercepts the Defiant, Weyoun contacts the Defiant, and offers to Ezri an interesting proposal. Together Ezri and Odo go along with Weyoun's proposal, and in the process a shocking truth is discovered...

Warnings: Scenes of strong violence, one scene of very graphic violence, occasional moderate swearing, adult situations, and themes of mortal peril.

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Chapters: 9    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max, Weyoun
Genre: Action/Adventure
Warnings: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 30173    Read Count: 1867

Summary: Season 1, 1st story.

On a remote planet in the Badlands called Tau Primia, and in the middle of nowhere, Megan Felpes and her colleague Jack Smith observe a prison manned by rebel Cardassians. But what starts as a simple mission goes horribly wrong, when she and Jack are captured and imprisoned, and for the next two years Megan's life becomes a living hell...

Fast forward two years and captain Ezri Dax is the new commander of Deep Space Nine, and on a personal level there are many challenges to overcome, as she comes to terms with her long term break-up with Bashir, and the friends she lost contact with during the many years away from the station. However shortly after arriving, Ezri faces a new problem when a fleet of Cardassian warships arrive at DS9.

Upon being contacted by one of the ships, Ezri encounters Garak, the president of the Cardassian government and general commander-in-chief of the Cardassian Union. During a private meeting, Garak gives to Ezri a very unusual offer...

This soon morphs into Ezri's first mission as captain to carry out a daring rescue operation to free the prisoners on Tau Primia...

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Set eighteen years after the Dominion War, this story sees the return of some the main characters from DS9: Kira, Odo, Bashir, Quark and Ezri. This universe is NOT based on the DS9 relaunch books, this is my own interpretation of events after the end of the Dominion war. This is DS9 but radically tweaked...

Warning: Contains occasional strong violence, mild swearing, adult situations and emotive mush.

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Chapters: 10    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Garak, Elim, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Quark, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Warnings: Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 53619    Read Count: 3795

Summary: Season 2, 19th story

On the suggestion of a counsellor, Max visits Coplin, who is under tight guard in a starbase. During his conversations with his twin brother, Max discovers from Coplin a shocking piece of information about the Tren trying to capture Megan, and that the Tren believe Megan is not human.

When Max returns back to DS9, he tells Megan this. Megan is deeply intrigued and asks Bashir to run a DNA test on her. After painstaking analysis, Bashir discovers a shocking truth; Megan is not human. Not only that, but the clue to Megan's origins lies beyond a subspace rift close to the Bajoran star system...

Warnings: occasional adult situations and one use of moderate swearing.

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Chapters: 7    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Drama, Family, Friendship, Mystery
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 22492    Read Count: 1520

Summary: Season 2, 16th story

While the head of the Tal Shiar, Eret Toshen, plans a coup to take over the Romulan government. The Breen and Federation are entering negotiations over trade rights. Ezri, Kira and Odo join the Federation delegation.

However disaster strikes, the Breen assault the Federation delegation, leaving half of the delegation's members dead, and most of the rest captured. While Ezri escapes back to the Defiant, Kira and Odo try to evade capture from the Breen.

But for Kira and Odo they must survive not only the Breen attempts to capture them, but also the harsh climate, inhospitable to nearly every humanoid.

Warnings: contains some moderate violence, and scenes of mortal peril.

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Chapters: 10    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Warnings: Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 38913    Read Count: 3126

Summary: Season 1, 11th story.

This is the first story of the four-part Apocalypse story arc, and season one's finale.

After an attack on DS9 by an Apocalypse ship, Ezri and four others are abducted off the station.

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Chapters: 7    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure
Warnings: Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 22628    Read Count: 3053

Summary: Season 2, 13th story.

This is the third part of the Apocalypse story arc. While Starfleet prepares an attack on Apocalypse, Team UFP must survive the dangers and rigours of life as Apocalypse gladiators. Unbeknown to Starfleet, Apocalypse's chairman, Coplin, is quietly implementing a plan that will rock the Federation to its very core...

Warning: Contains strong, gory and sometimes graphic violence, and one use of strong swearing.

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Chapters: 8    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure
Warnings: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 36507    Read Count: 2604

Summary: Season 1, 9th story.

For the past three weeks Odo has been caring for Kira, though he gladly cares for Kira, the stress and strain have been slowly creeping up on him. However when Odo is contacted by the shapeshifter leader, Odo realizes that he can no longer put off returning to the Great Link. Now he is faced with a terrible choice, and whichever option he picks he will regret it...

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Chapters: 7    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Drama, Family
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 17701    Read Count: 3080

Summary: Season 1, 7th story.

When the Defiant is given a mission to provide sensors for a Federation mining company operating in the Furillian star system, deep in the Badlands. Ezri discovers shocking evidence that the company is decimating the Furillians home world. Soon she becomes embroiled in a three way struggle between the Furillians, Cardassians and the Ferengi for control of Furillia and the vast amount of mineral resources it contains...

Warnings: Some strong graphic violence/gore, occasional strong swearing, adult situations, mortal peril and occasional sexual references.

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Chapters: 9    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure
Warnings: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Character Death, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 55781    Read Count: 4594

Summary: Season 1, 4th story.

When First Minister Shakaar orders Kira to discreetly investigate the Bajoran military, after the abduction of three Bajoran vedeks, Kira discovers a web of corruption and graft inside the Bajoran military. Soon Kira discovers the real perpetrators of the corruption, and her life and the lives of her family members become gravely endangered. Worse still the corruption in the Bajoran military threatens to destroy the very fabric of Bajor's society.

Warnings: Adult situations, occasional gory violence and mild swearing.

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Chapters: 9    Table of Contents
Categories: Deep Space Nine, Expanded Universes
Characters: Bashir, Julian, Dax, Ezri, Felpes, Megan, Holo, Kira Nerys, Odo, Weatherby, Max
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Warnings: Adult Situations, Character Death, Violence
Series: Star Trek: The Approaching Shadow...
Completed: Yes    Word count: 23927    Read Count: 4090