Star Trek: Abandoned

Overview
Star Trek: Abandoned is a fan fiction series set in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe. The series documents the actvities of a joint civilian-Starfleet mission team, who have established an outpost far from Federation territory in the depths of the Beta Quadrant. The series is posted at The Omega Sector BBS and the Ad Astra Star Trek Fanfiction Archive.

Background
In the decade following the Dominion War, the Federation's hands were full with both recovering from their losses and the provision of aid to the war-torn Cardassian Union. This did not, however, prevent Starfleet's exploratory program from resuming. In mid-2383, through observation and interaction with several primitive and spacefaring cultures, respectively, they became aware of a myth inexplicably common to them all: of a world of supreme beauty and terrible power that had once subjugated the region, known only as the Motherworld. Starfleet and the Federation Archaeological Commission were intrigued at the potential, and in mid-2384 an expedition was dispatched.

The starship USS Beltane, under Captain Enriss Temaga, discovered a series of progressively older outposts, but none yielded any results until stardate 62084, where the story begins.

Main Characters

 * Lieutenant Commander Will Gates - Chief of security aboard the Beltane; joint expedition commander
 * Doctor Nathan Carson - Lead archaeologist and highest-ranking of the civilian members; joint expedition commander
 * Captain Tom Farrin - Captain of the USS Adelphi
 * Colonel Eyrn Nora'n - Acting Tactical Officer
 * Professor T'Sora - Head of the civilian science teams
 * Ensign Hanar D'Jan - Chief Engineering Officer; takes up security/science tasks as needed
 * Ensign Kira Rhiohr - Pilot
 * Doctor Anton Tagan - Chief Medical Officer

Recurring Characters

 * Captain/Major Enriss Temaga - Former Captain of the USS Beltane

Season One: 2385

 * Lost and Found, part I
 * Lost and Found, part II
 * Discoveries
 * Nemo
 * Taking Flight
 * Olympus
 * Fatal Attraction
 * Contact
 * Solitude
 * Into Tartarus
 * Submerged
 * Realisation
 * Final Approach
 * Under Siege, part I

Season Two: 2386

 * Prologue: Running
 * Under Siege, part II
 * Declaration
 * Think Fast
 * Guerilla
 * Old Friends, New Enemies
 * The Calm Before the Storm
 * Growth
 * Freedom of Tyranny
 * The Needs of the Many
 * Deployment
 * Second Strike
 * Time's Up
 * Oblivion
 * Divide and Conquer

Season Three: 2387

 * Prologue: I Am Forsaken
 * Survival
 * Desolate
 * Desperate
 * Encounter
 * Intrepid Reunion
 * Tyranny of Freedom
 * Uncontrolled
 * In the Line of Duty
 * City Ship
 * Minesweeper
 * Death Again
 * Infiltration
 * Replication
 * The Greater of Two Evils

Canon
The continuity of Abandoned includes all incarnations of Star Trek, with the exception of the 24th century depicted in Star Trek (2009).
 * Star Trek: Enterprise 
 * Star Trek: The Original Series 
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation  
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  
 * Star Trek: Voyager  
 * Star Trek films (I-X)

Creation and Development
The concept of Star Trek: Abandoned was based on a previous, unfinished work, Smoke on the Horizon. This story would have focussed on a fleet of support craft (shuttles, runabouts etc) fleeing their home colony after an attack by unknown aliens, and their quest for survival. This idea was, in turn, adapted from another unfinished story with a working title of The End. Several major plot points from these two works found their way into the Abandoned storyline, most notably the scattering of the characters from their home in an ill-equipped fleet.

Further concepts inspired by the science fiction television show Stargate Atlantis were integrated into the plot, distinctly setting it apart from its predecessors. Instead of beginning with the attack and sudden exile, the characters now had almost two years of (relative) peace and undisturbed exploration of their city and the surrounding space before they were finally driven away.