The Only Way to Go

"The Only Way to Go" is a Masterverse one-shot story by and Takeshi Yamato.

Summary

 * Epigraph: "One Hell of an Amen" by Brantley Gilbert

In the aftermath of the Battle of Goralis, Tiana Lanstar attends the funeral of her wife Sobaru Lanstar, and is reunited with her old Starfleet Academy tutor Kanril Eleya, now a full captain and the CO of the USS George Hammond.

After the funeral, Lanstar is approached by Captain Signum with a mysterious offer from the Starfleet Technical Intelligence Group.

Characters

 * Elwar Murin • Kalli Eparan • Kanril Eleya • Kinlo • Kojami Genya • Kojami Gwint • Kojami Jina • James Kurland • Tiana Lanstar • Tesjha Phohl • Signum


 * Armen Aldos • Armen Teran • Kira Nerys • Sobaru Lanstar • Nanoha Takamachi

Events

 * Battle of Goralis

Locations

 * Bajor (Derna • Hathon • Jeraddo)


 * Bajor (Priyat, Kendra Province • Wyntara Mas Province) • Bajoran system (Bajoran wormhole • Deep Space 9 • Outsystem Colonies) • Earth • Goralis

Races and cultures

 * Andorian • Bajoran • Human • Klingon • Vulcan


 * Fek'Ihri • Undine

Ranks and titles

 * captain • command master chief petty officer • commander • corporal • General of the Bajoran Militia • lieutenant commander • non-commissioned officer • petty officer • second lieutenant • senior chief petty officer • tactical officer • vedek


 * kai • President of the United Federation of Planets

Starships and vehicles

 * groundcar


 * corvette • Klingon bird-of-prey • RBS • USS Bajor  • USS George Hammond  • USS Ray Bradbury  • USS Wolfram

States and organizations

 * Bajoran Militia • Republic of Bajor • Starfleet (Starfleet Special Operations Section 6, Starfleet Technical Intelligence Group) • United Federation of Planets


 * Ford Motor Company • Moab Confederacy Defense Force

Technology and weapons

 * Type 3 phaser

Other references

 * command star • Federation Standard • funeral • hara cat • Order of the Five Moons • Silver Cross • springwine

Trivia
In his author's notes StarSword explains some of the differences between the Masterverse version of Kanril Eleya and the version in his own continuity. Most importantly, while she is a full captain, in the Masterverse she is still too junior for a command as large as a starship (the Masterverse fully discards 's point that Starfleet was fast-tracking the promotions of promising officers).