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Vulcan's Glory

D.C. Fontana

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Premise labels used: prequel, first mission, artifact recovery, murder mystery, shipboard intrigue, away mission, career initiation, identity conflict

Setting labels used: Pike era, pre-Kirk, Enterprise, Vulcan, alien planet, primitive world, postwar world, spacefaring future

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Mosaic

Jeri Taylor · 1996 · Star Trek: Voyager

A Voyager mission frames a deep dive into Captain Janeway’s formative years, revealing the experiences that shaped her command.

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Premise labels: captain backstory · dual timeline · framed biography · shipboard mission · away team survival · rescue mission · character study · origin story

Setting labels: Delta Quadrant · spacecraft · alien planet · wilderness planet · nebula · twenty-fourth century · Starfleet · exploration

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Distance: 0.1828

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The New World

Patrick Ness · 2013 · Chaos Walking

A brief prequel follows Viola’s journey to a new planet, revealing the emotional backstory behind her arrival.

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Premise labels: prequel · origin story · character backstory · space voyage · colonist journey · arrival on new planet · survival journey · family separation · crash aftermath

Setting labels: spaceship · space colony · new planet · future world · dystopian future · terraforming · landing ship · colonization

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Distance: 0.1852

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Little Green Men

Peter Cawdron · 2013 · First Contact

A stranded crew on a frozen alien world faces deadly attacks, a mystery, and a terrifying first contact.

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Premise labels: first contact · alien attack · survival · mystery · mining mission · derelict ship

Setting labels: space · frozen planet · alien world · remote planet · mining outpost · future · 2241 · inhospitable world · planetary expedition

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Distance: 0.1876

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Rogue Elements

John Jackson Miller · 2021 · Star Trek: Picard

A disgraced freighter captain’s hunt for a future turns into a twisty, reference-rich Star Trek caper across the frontier.

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Premise labels: disgraced captain · freighter captain · prequel adventure · origin story · debt chase · treasure hunt · mystery · heist · caper · smuggler tale · tramp freighter · reluctant rogue · outlaw life · backstory reveal

Setting labels: post-Starfleet · prequel timeline · border region · former Romulan Empire · Federation space · outside Federation · spacefaring future · tramp freighter · alien planets · underworld · prohibition-era planet · non-utopian future

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Distance: 0.1898

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The All-Consuming World

Cassandra Khaw · 2021

A profane, queer space-opera heist follows cloned mercenaries reuniting to rescue a lost comrade and confront AI powers.

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Premise labels: crew reunion · one last job · rescue mission · missing comrade · post-mission mystery · clone mercenaries · AI antagonists · post-human conflict

Setting labels: far future · distant galaxy · spacefaring · planetary setting · shipboard setting · AI-governed universe · post-human setting · cloned bodies · regeneration tech

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Distance: 0.1902

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Federation

Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens · 1994 · Star Trek: The Original Series

Three Star Trek eras collide as Kirk, Picard, and Zefram Cochrane face linked crises that could reshape the Federation.

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Premise labels: dual-crew crossover · intertwined timelines · Federation origins · rescue mission · scientific invention · political conflict · future and past collision · legacy story

Setting labels: multiple time periods · Earth history · 21st century · 23rd century · 24th century · spacefaring future · Starfleet setting · Federation era · black hole setting

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Distance: 0.1910

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Resistance

J.M. Dillard · 2007 · Star Trek: The Next Generation

After Nemesis, Picard and a reshaped Enterprise race to stop a resurgent Borg threat before the Federation is lost.

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Premise labels: Borg return · post-Nemesis · crew reassembly · new crew · command crisis · fleet defiance

Setting labels: Star Trek universe · post-Nemesis · Enterprise-E · Alpha Quadrant · spacefaring future · postwar aftermath

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Distance: 0.1910

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Chilling Effect

Valerie Valdes · 2019 · Chilling Effect

A foul-mouthed cargo captain takes on dangerous space jobs to save her kidnapped sister and keep her crew alive.

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Premise labels: cargo ship · rescue mission · ransom quest · crime syndicate · found family · rogue captain · spacefaring adventure

Setting labels: spacefaring · galactic · far future · multiple planets · space stations · waystations · cargo ship · interstellar travel · alien civilizations

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Distance: 0.1931

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Fiasco

Constance Fay · 2024 · Uncharted Hearts

A secretive bounty hunter must team with a spaceship crew to catch a kidnapper, save a victim, and protect her own family.

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Premise labels: bounty hunter · kidnapping rescue · revenge mission · secret identity · forced alliance · found family · space mission · protect family · hunter and target

Setting labels: space · interstellar · water planet · floating city · spaceship · new planets · future society · far future

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Distance: 0.1948

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Stolen Legacy

Lindsay Buroker · 2017 · Sky Full of Stars

A young starseer captain takes an archaeological job that could win her acceptance—if the relic hunt doesn’t turn deadly.

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Premise labels: artifact hunt · archaeological expedition · lost relic · telepathic protagonist · outsider seeking belonging · quest for acceptance · crew on mission · dangerous cargo run

Setting labels: spacefaring · asteroid belt · lawless border worlds · ancient alien civilization · interstellar politics · futuristic world · old relic site

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Distance: 0.1965

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Han Solo at Stars' End

Brian Daley · 1979 · Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures

Han Solo and Chewbacca take a high-risk job that leads from ship repairs into a corporate-controlled prison break.

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Premise labels: smuggler adventure · ship repair mission · missing mechanic · prison break · corporate tyranny · rogue duo · outlaw job · search mission

Setting labels: spacefaring galaxy · prequel era · Corporate Sector · authority-controlled society · prison planet · asteroid prison · data center · asteroid colony · desolate world · early Star Wars era · fictional universe

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Distance: 0.1970

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Prime Directive

Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens · 1990 · Star Trek: The Original Series

A disgraced Starfleet crew must unravel a planetary catastrophe and clear their names after a Prime Directive violation.

Why this is here

Premise labels: Prime Directive violation · disgraced crew · exoneration quest · first contact mission · mystery · catastrophic aftermath

Setting labels: spacefaring · Federation · starship crew · distant planet · interplanetary · near-future science fiction

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Distance: 0.1976

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