WHAT IF: A STAR TREK SERIES - THE PATHFINDER PROJECT - WHAT CAME AFTER (T)

The longest journey has come to an end.

Voyager has emerged from the smoke of a destroyed Borg sphere, bringing with it future technologies, unlikely alliances and the scars of the Delta Quadrant. But the return of a legend is never quiet. Between ships that vanished into thin air and protocols that threaten the integrity of the crew, the Federation will discover that welcoming back its heroes is as challenging as finding them.

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After seven years in the Delta Quadrant, the U.S.S. Voyager (NCC-74656) has finally returned home, after a close encounter with the Borg and a little help from an Admiral Janeway from the 25th century. Her return, though happy, leads to a series of unforeseen consequences for her crew and that of the Prometheus.

📖[FULL VERSION] – Available upon completion of the series

🔖[CHAPTER VERSION] – For episodic reading:

👉Prologue. Caught between two worlds – The Pathfinder Project detects an anomaly less than a light year from Earth: a Borg transwarp hole. While Starfleet Command mobilises every available vessel, including the U.S.S. Prometheus, the U.S.S. Voyager emerges from the explosion of the enemy sphere. Seven years of odyssey end with a single word – “Welcome back” – but behind the joy of returning home, the first inexplicable shadows are already looming.

👉Chapter I. Glass Horizons – With Voyager in Earth orbit, Kathryn Janeway faces her first complex confrontations with Starfleet Command to defend the individuality of her crew. Meanwhile, in deep space, the Prometheus coordinates patrols to secure the area of the clash, but the inexplicable disappearance of the Klingon flagship threatens to turn Voyager's return into a delicate diplomatic case.

👉Chapter II. Echoes of Distant Worlds – As the Prometheus ventures into a zone of space where the laws of physics seem to falter, McKinley Station becomes the hub of a new beginning. Within its offices, Deanna Troi and Ezri Tigan weave their experiences together to guide the Voyager crew through their difficult return to reality, while the Enterprise flies towards new diplomatic necessities.

👉Chapter III. Encrypted Signal – As Voyager faces its first days on Earth and Prometheus investigates the mystery of chronitons, new challenges loom on the horizon.

The next chapter of What Came After is currently being written. At the moment, the story is 8975 words long.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

1. Star Trek and all related characters are the property of Paramount/CBS. This work is written for non-profit purposes, purely out of passion and in accordance with the official canon. The character of Eva Ferrari and the characterisation of the officers aboard the U.S.S. Prometheus (NX-74913) are the fruit of my creativity.
2. This story is not for profit and is also available on other fanfiction platforms such as EFP (in my dedicated space) and Archive of Our Own (AO3) under the nickname “oscuro_errante”.
3. What Came After arose from the desire to include Voyager and its crew in the What If: A Star Trek Series, as well as to give a more “conclusive” ending to the episode Endgame.

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