CHRONOLOGY / SYNOPSIS 
 
The Next Generation
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Period B
 
 
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  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 B
 
 
Year One:
 
Picard and crew set out on the Enterprise-D,
and are continually plagued by the
capricious and powerful Q.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Encounter at Farpoint 

     Gerrold, David 
               Pocket, 1987 

An "Original Series" crossover novel 

 
Novelization of the TV episode. On her maiden voyage, the Enterprise-D encounters a capricious, omnipotent being who puts all of humanity on trial. 
 
 
 
 
Ghost Ship 

     Carey, Diane 
               Pocket, 1988          TNG #1 
 

 
The Enterprise-D encounters a gigantic cloud creature containing the disembodied minds of thousands of beings, including the crew of a Russian aircraft carrier from 1995.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Of Cabbages and Kings 

     Thatcher, Franklin, 1998 

 
The ship's computer becomes sentient to defeat robotic attackers who spirited away the crew. 

    A short story from  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 

 
 
 
 
The Peacekeepers 

     DeWeese, Gene 
               Pocket, 1988          TNG #2

 
Geordi and Data are accidentally transported to an alien space station, disrupting the delicate balance of power on the world below. 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Children of Hamlin 

     Carter, Carmen 
               Pocket, 1988          TNG #3 

 
Picard is ordered to negotiate for the return of children kidnapped from a Federation colony by the aliens who massacred their parents. 
 
 
 
 
Survivors 

     Lorrah, Jean 
               Pocket, 1989          TNG #4 

 
While investigating a bloody revolt on a planet applying for Federation membership, Yar and Data encounter a former Starfleet officer, now a wanted criminal. 
                                      see also: TNG period A
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Captain's Honor 
 
     Dvorkin, David & Daniel 
               Pocket, 1989          TNG #8 
 
Unbeknownst to Picard, Starfleet Captain Sejanus intends to revert to his Magna Roman heritage and incite a war, in which he plans to emerge a glorious victor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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