CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSIS 
 
The Next Generation
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Period A
 
 
Select another time period.
 
 
  TNG period A   Events preceding the launching of the Enterprise-D
  TNG period B   Year 1 --  Picard and crew set out on the Enterprise-D. 
  TNG period C   Year 2 --  Q brings the Borg in contact with the Federation. 
  TNG period D   Year 3 --  Picard is assimilated by the Borg. 

  TNG period E   Year 4 --  Yar's Romulan daughter incites a Klingon civil war. 
  TNG period F   Year 5 --  Picard encounters Spock in the Romulan Empire. 
  TNG period G   Year 6 --  The Federation takes control of Deep Space Nine. 
  TNG period H   Year 7 --  Data is subverted by the Borg; Ro Laren joins the Maquis. 

  TNG period I   Year 8 --  Events between last tv episode and Star Trek Generations. 
  TNG period J   Star Trek Generations up to Star Trek: First Contact. 
  TNG period K   Star Trek: First Contact up to Star Trek: Insurrection. 
  TNG period L   Star Trek: Insurrection and beyond.

 
 

 
 
 
The Next Generation
period A
 
 
 
Events preceding the launching of
the Enterprise-D, including:
 
The death of Beverly Crusher's
husband under Picard's command on the Stargazer.
 
The rescue of young Tasha Yar from
a brutal colony world.
 
The first meeting and subsequent romance of
Will Riker and Deanna Troi.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reciprocity 

     Curry, Brad, 1999 
 

 
The hopes and dreams of an alien race are at stake when they open an ancient time capsule. 
                                      see also: TNG period G

   A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II

 
 
 
 
Star Trek: First Contact 

     Dillard, J. M. 
               Pocket, 1996 

A "Deep Space Nine" crossover novel

 
Novelization of the movie. Back in time on 21st century Earth, the crew of the Enterprise-E must fight two battles: stop the Borg from assimilating the ship, and keep Zefram Cochrane sober enough to make the first warp flight. 
                                      see also: TNG period K
 
 
 
 
Requiem 

     Friedman, Michael Jan & Kevin Ryan 
               Pocket, 1994          TNG #32 

An "Original Series" crossover novel

 
Transported back through time, Picard tries to prepare the doomed colony on Cestus III for the coming attack by the Gorn. 
                                      see also: TNG period A2, H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Together Again, for the First Time 

     Hull, Bobbie Benton, 1998 
 

 
Guinan's "first" meeting with young Capt. Picard of the Stargazer

   A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

 
 
 
 
Requiem 

     Friedman, Michael Jan & Kevin Ryan 
               Pocket, 1994          TNG #32 

An "Original Series" crossover novel 

 
Picard negotiates a treaty with the reptilian Gorn. (told in flashback). A sequel to the original series TV episode "Arena". 
                                      see also: TNG period A1, H 
 
 
 
 
Survivors 

     Lorrah, Jean 
               Pocket, 1989          TNG #4 

 
A compassionate Star Fleet officer rescues Tasha Yar from the brutal colony planet she was raised on. (told in flashback) 
                                      see also: TNG period B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
House of Cards 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1997          NF #1 

A "New Frontier / Original Series" crossover novel 

 
Picard's first meeting with young Xenex resistance fighter Mackenzie Calhoun, as he attempts to mediate an end to the war between the enslaved Xenexians and their Danteri oppressors. 
                                      see also: TNG period K
 
 
 
 
Reunion 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1991 

 
Crusher's husband and Wesley's father dies on the Stargazer under Picard's command. (told in flashback) 
                                      see also: TNG period E 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
Imzadi 

     David, Peter 
               Pocket, 1992 

 
Troi and Riker meet, fall in love, and break up. (told in flashback) 
                                       see also: TNG period F 
 
 
 
 
Fortune's Light 

     Friedman, Michael Jan 
               Pocket, 1991          TNG #15

 
Riker is assigned to the planet Imprima to negotiate a trade agreement which will break up the Ferengi monopoly in the region. (told in flashback) 
                                      see also: TNG period E 
  
 
 
 

     



 
 
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