To Wherever

Real-world

"To Wherever" was the last of six TOS stories by William Rotsler in the young adult anthology Star Trek II Short Stories. The story took place during James T. Kirk's second five-year mission aboard the refit USS Enterprise. In this story, an ion storm propelled the Enterprise outside of the universe.

Description

Join the entire crew in "To Wherever" — a place from which they may never return.

Summary

An engineering technician alerts Montgomery Scott to a minor problem with the warp drive that will worsen over time and requires shutting down the engines to check the integrity of their dilithium crystals. Scott discusses the problem with Spock and James T. Kirk, who reminds Scott of their deadline to deliver medicine needed to fight a plague on Sigma-14. The ship drops out of warp for repairs.

A highly energetic ion storm approaches, which the Enterprise cannot avoid at impulse. The storm begins altering the laws of physics. Spock sends a negative feedback into the ship to stabilize physics, allowing the crew to exist without experiencing further distortions in the fabric of reality. The viewscreen shows the starship has left the universe.

Engineering completes repairs, having discovered that only one dilithium crystal is faulty. Following a trail back to their own universe, the Enterprise is able to return to their own time and space.

References

Characters

Linda Chang • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Friedman • Galloway • Elayne Granada • Heineman • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Lex Nakashima • Schirmeister • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
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Cain • Charles Gridley • W. Somerset Maugham • V'Ger

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Enterprise-subclass refit Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
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ISS Enterprise

Locations

Milky Way Galaxy
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Andromeda Galaxy • Earth (Atlantic Ocean • Johns Hopkins University) • mirror universe • Large Magellanic Cloud • Luna • Sigma-14 • Small Magellanic Cloud

Races and cultures

Human • Vulcan
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Alurian

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Terran Empire

Science and classification

artificial gravity • chronometer • Cochrane curve • communicator • computer • impulse engine • intercom • library computer • magnetic bottle • matter-antimatter pod • microscope • nacelle • photon torpedo • seat belt • sensor • sentrilizer • spanner • television • TR-19 • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive

Ranks and titles

admiral • astronomer • captain • chief engineer • commander • crewman • dancer • doctor • engineer • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • midshipman • officer • paymaster • science • science officer • sergeant • specialist first • technician

Other references

20th century • alert status (battle stations) • antimatter • atom • bifetor fever • Big Bang • bridge • command chair • dilithium crystal • dragon • drug • egg • electricity • engine room • far future • galaxy • glasses • gravity • hallucination • hour • IDIC • Industrial Revolution • ion storm • light year • magic • matter • Melantron-114 • minute • mustache • operation • orbit • plague • planet • quarters • radiation • second • security • sickbay • skull • space • spider • star • star • steel • system • time • warp speed (warp two) • water

Timeline

Chronology

Appendices

Related stories

Background

Connections

Star Trek: The Original Series collected short stories, novellas and short novels
The New Voyages The New Voyages ("Ni Var" • "Intersection Point" • "The Enchanted Pool" • "Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited" • "The Face on the Barroom Floor" • "The Hunting" • "The Winged Dreamers" • "Mind-Sifter" • "Sonnet from the Vulcan: Omicron Ceti Three") • The New Voyages 2 ("Surprise!" • "Snake Pit!" • "The Patient Parasites" • "In the Maze" • "Cave-In" • "Marginal Existence" • "The Procrustean Petard" • "The Sleeping God" • "Elegy for Charlie" • "Soliloquy")
Star Trek II & III Short Stories Star Trek II Short Stories ("The Blaze of Glory" • "Under Twin Moons" • "Wild Card" • "The Secret Empire" • "Intelligence Test" • "To Wherever") • Star Trek III Short Stories ("The Azphari Enigma" • "The Jungles of Memory" • "A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel" • "World's End" • "As Old as Forever")
Strange New Worlds I ("A Private Anecdote" • "The Last Tribble" • "The Lights in the Sky" • "Reflections") • II ("Triptych" • "The Quick and the Dead" • "The First Law of Metaphysics" • "The Hero of My Own Life" • "Doctors Three") • III ("If I Lose Thee..." • "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Family Matters") • IV ("A Little More Action" • "Prodigal Father" • "Missed" • "Tears for Eternity" • "Countdown" • "First Star I See Tonight" • "Scotty's Song" • "The Name of the Cat") • V ("Disappearance on 21st Street" • "The Trouble with Borg Tribbles" • "Legal Action" • "Yeoman Figgs" • "The Shoulders of Giants") • VI ("Whales Weep Not" • "One Last Adventure" • "Marking Time" • "Ancient History" • "Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer" • "A Piece of the Pie") • VII ("A Test of Character" • "Indomitable" • "Project Blue Book" • "The Trouble With Tribals" • "All Fall Down" • "A Sucker Born" • "Obligations Discharged") • 8 ("Shanghaied" • "Assignment: One" • "Demon" • "Don't Call Me Tiny") • 9 ("Gone Native" • "A Bad Day for Koloth" • "Book of Fulfillment" • "The Smallest Choices") • 10 ("The Smell of Dead Roses" • "The Doomsday Gambit" • "Empty") • 2016 ("Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend")
Constellations "First, Do No Harm" • "The Landing Party" • "Official Record" • "Fracture" • "Chaotic Response" • "As Others See Us" • "See No Evil" • "The Leader" • "Ambition" • "Devices and Desires" • "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" • "Make-Believe"
Star Trek: Explorer "All That Most Maddens and Torments" • "The Way to Exile" • "Cumulative Damage" • "Explorers of the Storm" • "The Guardian" • "The Trouble with Jones" • "Sundering" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "Forewarned and Three-Armed" • "Working Miracles" • "Cat and Mouse" • "Housewarming" • "Memoriam"• "Chekov's Challenge" • "My Name is Mudd" • "The Lost Noel"
Misc. short stories "Though Hell Should Bar the Way" • "Conflicting Natures" • "The Avenger" • "Night Whispers" • "Just Another Little Training Cruise" • "Safe Harbors" • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good"
Misc. novellas & short novels "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations" • "The Badlands, Part I" • "One Giant Leap" • "The First Artifact" • "The Sorrows of Empire" • "A Less Perfect Union" • "The Chimes at Midnight"

Timeline

published order
Previous story:
Intelligence Test 		Star Trek II Short Stories Next story:
Last story
Previous story:
Intelligence Test
Star Trek II Short Stories 		TOS short stories Next story:
The Azphari Enigma
Star Trek III Short Stories
Previous story:
Intelligence Test
Star Trek II Short Stories 		Stories by:
William Rotsler 		Next story:
Distress Call!
chronological order
Previous adventure:
Intelligence Test
Star Trek II Short Stories 		Pocket Books Timeline Next adventure:
Distress Call!
Previous adventure:
Intelligence Test
Star Trek II Short Stories 		Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
The Sorrows of Empire
Chapters 4-5
Mirror Universe: Glass Empire

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