All Ahead Full
| Star Traks: Waystation | |
| Episode name | All Ahead Full |
|---|---|
| Season | Stardate 57--- |
| Episode number | 2 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2380 |
| Stardate | 57115 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Lost The Way |
| Next in series | Short End Of The Stick |
| Previous in timeline | Lost The Way [WAY] |
| Next in timeline | When The Music Stops [VEX] |
President Bradley Dillon is back, a new doctor is on the way, and an unwelcome guest from the USS Explorer is trying to become a permanent resident. These are the days when Captain Lisa Beck wishes Starfleet wasn't so picky about who she was allowed to kill.
Summary
As Captain Lisa Beck is attempting to defuse an argument in her office between Baughb and Mr. Auditmi, she is interrupted by a comm from Fleet Admiral Nosira Ra'al informing her that President Bradley Dillon is no longer missing and will be returning to Waystation the next day. Since Bradley commandeered Starfleet resources to travel back in time for unknown reasons, Ra'al no longer trusts him and orders Beck to keep tabs on Bradley and send Ra'al weekly reports. Beck is less than thrilled at the idea.
The next day, Beck and Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter have just enough time to greet their new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Diantha, who is from an avian species known as the Keetooans, before they have to race off to meet President Dillon and the officers from the USS Explorer who are with him. Beck tries to ask Bradley about what happened to him, but Bradley puts her off, saying that he will explain everything in a speech to the Federation soon.
Featuring
- Captain Lisa Beck
- Commander Walter Morales
- Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter
- Lieutenant Commander Sean Russell
- Yeoman Tina Jones
- Dr. Diantha
- Bradley Dillon
Also Featuring
- Captain Andrew Baxter
- Counselor Kelly Peterman
Author's Comments
Obviously this story is the flip-side of Station Keeping from Vexed Year Seven, but when I wrote "Station Keeping," I had absolutely no idea that I was going write this story. At the time my thought was that I would either post a link to "Station Keeping" in the middle of this run to explain Bradley's return or just skip it entirely and mention it in passing in the next story. As I got to work planning this run, though neither option really felt satisfying. "Station Keeping", while it is set on Waystation and involves the crew, isn't about the crew. That's when I decided to write about the events from their perspective and show the bits that weren't described in the first story. Of course, this would have been a heck of a lot easier if I had written "Station Keeping" with that in mind. Instead, I had to basically deconstruct that story and figure out where I could fit in the ideas I had for "All Ahead Full." Again, pre-planning is the way to go. If you look at the Next Federation Arc in Lost Years, this is a place where I actually did some of that planning in advance. Rydell, Dillon, and Hawkins see Agents Samantha Dallas and Batyn from The Traks Files run by in one scene. It took me another couple of years to write the Traks Files story that got to the same place, but I knew where I was going. The pieces had already been laid out. Either way, it's difficult, but this Waystation story was definitely more of a pain than that was.
As for Dr. Diantha, we haven't really seen any Avians in Trek, so I thought it'd be fun to show one. Besides, I exhausted all of my fish jokes with Batyn, so it's time to move on to bird jokes. Only the best for you all.