STO Halloween (PNX literary)

For the original prompt, see: STO Literary Challenge #68: STO Halloween

"STO Halloween" (or "Space-Time October Halloween") was the ninth literary episode of Star Trek: Phoenix-X and the ninth literary episode of the fourth season. It was the tenth Star Trek: Phoenix-X entry written for the Star Trek Online: Literary Challenge. This episode contains three parts and focuses on both the crew of the IKS B'Cnah and USS Phoenix-X.

Summary

Menchez joins Oroku Seifer in a fall harvest festival aboard the Phoenix-X, meanwhile, recently imprisoned ex-Starfleet officer Avery is found dead.

Posting guide

Part	Posted	Prod. Code	Stardate	Synopsis
STO Halloween, Part I	Oct 06 2014	PNX138_L009NA	Unknown	Menchez partakes in the Phoenix-X's fall harvest festival.
STO Halloween, Part II	Oct 17 2014	PNX138_L009NB	Unknown	The crew of the Phoenix-X becomes victim to a cannibalistic, undead infection.
STO Halloween, Part III	Oct 23 2014	PNX138_L009NC	Unknown	Seifer struggles to get a cure, while Kayl discovers Menchez's murderous intentions.

Appendices

Background information

• This was the second Star Trek: Phoenix-X episode to be Halloween-themed; the first was "Halloween Special" from Season 3.
• Avery's last appearance was in "Experimentalism" where he was taken by the Gordarions.
• Armond's mention of Calibus VII as being the source of the infection links to IDW Publishing's 2011 comic Star Trek: Infestation. In "STO Halloween, Part III", Doctor Terek confirms this.
• The undead-like virus re-emerges in the crew of the Phoenix-X in Part IV of "Captain's Log".
• The title "STO Halloween" stands for "Star Trek Online Halloween", but, in-story, "STO" is joke-explained as "Space-Time October."

External links

• "STO Halloween" on the Phoenix-X website
• Literary Challenge #68: STO Halloween on the Arc Forums
• "STO Halloween, Parts I, II & III" on TrekFanFiction.net
• "STO Halloween" on Ad Astra
• "STO Halloween, Parts I, II & III" on Wattpad
• "STO Halloween" on TrekBBS.net