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A colony ship careens out of control through space on the border between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. A joint rescue mission made up of both Klingon and Starfleet engineers is sent to investigate. But the S.C.E. team from the U.S.S. da Vinci and their Klingon counterparts soon find themselves with a more difficult problem than they realized. The colony isn't just out of control - it's dying.
Starfleet Corps of Engineers #38
Orphans
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Timeline
| 2376 | Collective Hindsight, Book 1 (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #33) | |
| 2376 | Collective Hindsight, Book 2 (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #34) | |
| 2376 | The Demon, Book 1 (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #35) | |
| 2376 | The Demon, Book 2 (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #36) | |
| 2376 | Ring Around the Sky (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #37) | |
| 2376 | Orphans (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #38) | |
| 2376 | Enemy Territory (I.K.S. Gorkon #3) | |
| 2376 | Grand Designs (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #39) | |
| October, 2376 | Trill & Bajor (Worlds of Deep Space Nine #2) | |
| 2376 | Failsafe (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #40) | |
| 2376 | Voyager S06 E24 - Life Line |
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