Time's Eagle

The Dominion attempt to disrupt history.

Summary
Although many on the Crew have seen friends among the casualties of war, Richie reports in his log that Baldwin's inner circle have been lucky. Many of Richie's crew mates have gotten together to form a dance troupe, and Richie recruited Garek to tailor uniforms for them.

Upon arrival on the bridge, he was greeted by Agents Dulmer and Lucsly from Temporal Investigations. They have detected a unusual amount of chronometric activity and asked Baldwin to investigate. They also revealed an intercepted communication which Richie determined was an instruction to go to the town of Olathe, Kansas on October 29, 1999. Richie invited Garak to come along, noting that he has intelligence gathering experience, and it would give him a chance to work on the outfits he ordered.

Richie determined that the Dominion forces were to disrupting a football game between two of the local teams. With the help of the locals, Baldwin crew tackles the enemy forces.

Background

 * This is the only story in USS Baldwin which Baldwin travels back in time. The only other story which involves time travel (also by the Dominion) is the preceding story, The Return of Khan.


 * The name is a reference to the line "Time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin. Into the future" from the Steve Miller Band song Fly Like an Eagle. It also helps that the mascot of one of the local schools in Olathe happens to be the Eagles.

Links
Time's Eagle Full text of the story, at the USS Baldwin series home