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Little Treasures: A Star Trek TNG Fanzine
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Archive 39-7

Summary:

Submission to the 1701D Baker Street zine, Little Treasures. Pick it up on Gumroad!

Notes:

See author's note for the archive entries in plain text.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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A digital drawing, meant to look like a futuristic photograph, of the Star Trek characters Guinan and Q. They are standing in a brightly-lit room with stone columns in the background. Confetti is bursting over their heads. They are smiling and holding hands. A blue orb with alien text on it floats over their joined hands. Guinan’s locs are parted and tied back in an up-do, with a small white cap in between the two hair sections. She is wearing an ankle-length white sheath dress with long sleeves. Over this, she is wearing a princess-style transparent tulle skirt and very full princess-style tulle sleeves. Q is wearing a glittering red body suit with a matching cape that billows out behind him. It is attached to his chest with a spear-like pin. The image is surrounded by a black frame, with neon green alien text at the bottom.

A digital image in the style of The Next Generation era LCARS screens. The background is black. At the top of the screen it reads “ARCHIVE 39-7” in light purple text. Two archive entries are displayed in pale yellow text. The first entry reads: Catalog number: 4778MN9Q0-1 Object: Tritanite crystal holophoto, 10 x 12.5 cm, El-Aurian Date: circa 02100 Collection: El-Aurian Historical Preservation Project, Elneth II, Nova Kron A holophoto given to guests at El-Aurian marriage ceremonies. Guinan (active), child of prominent Ekkeminal politicans Niam (deceased) and Haggad (deceased), stands on the left. The figure on the right has been identified as a member of the Q. Text at bottom of frame reads “Happy Tidings”. See also: Q (species); El-Aurian Schism The second entry reads: El-Aurian Schism The El-Aurian schism (□□□□ or Lost Autumn) was a period of social unrest lasting from about 02150 until the destruction of Aria, the El-Aurian homeworld, by the Borg on 20338.9. A partially omnipotent species, the El-Aurians became aware of the destruction of their planet decades in advance¹. Two ideological factions emerged: a traditionalist group who believed the age of the El-Aurian people was coming to its end and considered the Borg attack part of an inevitable cycle of life and death, and a revolutionary group who rejected what they saw as needless fatalism and advocated the El-Aurians survive the attack by transcending corporeality. In 20279, unable to reach consensus, an estimated 16 million El-Aurians achieved transcendence and formed the collective species Q². The loss of approximately 17% of the planet’s population caused widespread infrastructure collapse and triggered The Great Sitting³. On 20228.9, Borg cubes descended on Aria. El-Aurians who resided off-planet at time of attack or survived by fleeing are estimated to number in the hundreds⁴. Individual Q are not counted among the survivors. 1. Ta, Yrrap. (29089). The End of Knowing. 2. Individuals 68A and 66C of Q. Interview. Conducted by Saavei. 29099.8 3. Ch’Rothi, Thenta (43329). Bent to the Dying Wind: Life in the Final Age of Aria. 4. El-Aurian Census Project. See also: Thirty Gom Debates, Borg (species), Q (species), Temporal physics and immortality At the bottom of the screen there is a small orange arrow pointing down, as if you could scroll farther down the screen.

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Here are the above archive entries in plain text:

Catalog number: 4778MN9Q0-1

Object: Tritanite crystal holophoto, 10 x 12.5 cm, El-Aurian

Date: circa 02100

Collection: El-Aurian Historical Preservation Project, Elneth II, Nova Kron

A holophoto given to guests at El-Aurian marriage ceremonies. Guinan (active), child of prominent Ekkeminal politicans Niam (deceased) and Haggad (deceased), stands on the left. The figure on the right has been identified as a member of the Q. Text at bottom of frame reads “Happy Tidings”.

See also: Q (species); El-Aurian Schism

 

El-Aurian Schism

The El-Aurian schism (□□□□ or Lost Autumn) was a period of social unrest lasting from about 02150 until the destruction of Aria, the El-Aurian homeworld, by the Borg on 20338.9. A partially omnipotent species, the El-Aurians became aware of the destruction of their planet decades in advance¹. Two ideological factions emerged: a traditionalist group who believed the age of the El-Aurian people was coming to its end and considered the Borg attack part of an inevitable cycle of life and death, and a revolutionary group who rejected what they saw as needless fatalism and advocated the El-Aurians survive the attack by transcending corporeality. In 20279, unable to reach consensus, an estimated 16 million El-Aurians achieved transcendence and formed the collective species Q². The loss of approximately 17% of the planet’s population caused widespread infrastructure collapse and triggered The Great Sitting³. On 20228.9, Borg cubes descended on Aria. El-Aurians who resided off-planet at time of attack or survived by fleeing are estimated to number in the hundreds⁴. Individual Q are not counted among the survivors.

 

1. Ta, Yrrap. (29089). The End of Knowing.

2. Individuals 68A and 66C of Q. Interview. Conducted by Saavei. 29099.8

3. Ch’Rothi, Thenta (43329). Bent to the Dying Wind: Life in the Final Age of Aria.

4. El-Aurian Census Project.

 

See also: Thirty Gom Debates, Borg (species), Q (species), Temporal physics and immortality