The Edge of Midnight

By Edge of Midnight

A Narrative of the Federation-Klingon Cold War (2256-2293). A Star Trek Fan Project documenting 40 years of Galactic political and social history. Spanning nearly 40 years of Interstellar History, The... more

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February 07, 2024 Chapter 11: Arthimetic on the Frontier
“A scrimmage in a Border Station --
A canter down some dark defile --
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail --
The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride,
Shot like a rabbit in a ride!”
- Rudyard Kipling, Arithmetic on the Frontier
As the 2260s begin, both the Federation and the Klingon Empire prepare for the next stage of the Cold War.

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Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Daylight" by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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September 11, 2023 Chapter 10: No Peace in Our Time
“It’s only fair the nobility gets hung from lampposts. If we don’t do it, Sturka will.” – Savan joke.
As the might of Klingon central power is turned on the rebels, the Federation prepares for the long, twilight struggle ahead.

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42min
September 11, 2023 Chapter 9: The Rakjatino Revolution
“Klingons don’t do revolutions. At least, I thought they didn’t.” – Matthew Decker.
As Starfleet reels from the disaster at Caleb IV, Klingon social strife boils over into open revolt.

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1h 15min
September 07, 2023 Chapter 7: The Suliban Crisis
"I'm starting realise 'we come on peace' only means something if they're clear that we can kick their ass." - Matthew Decker, apochyphal.

The Klingon Empire turns its eyes to the Suliban Diaspora. Starfleet plots a counter-stroke: but will it be enough?

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1h 9min
July 11, 2023 Chapter 8: Debacle at Caleb IV
“Caleb IV was an avoidable tactical disaster, but an unavoidable operational one. Thank god it happened when it did.” – Angella Fukuhara
Starfleet suffers a grim backhand blow in the Undivae-Caleb system, as the Imperial Klingon Navy demonstrates its power.

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1h 19min
May 09, 2023 Chapter 7: The Suliban Crisis
“All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.
Outside in the distance, a wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.” – Robert Dylan, Old Earth Poet and Musician, circa 1967 CE

“I’m starting to realize that ‘we come in peace’ only means something if they’re clear on the fact we can also kick their ass.” - Matthew Decker, apocryphal.
As the Klingon Navy rounds up the Suliban population, Starfleet scrambles to deliver a decisive response.
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1h 9min
April 26, 2023 Chapter 6: The Strategic Earthquake
“The impact of escalated Orion piracy...can be understood as nothing less than a complete and irrevocable upheaval. If a disaster is to be averted, Starfleet must acknowledge and comprehend the scale of the Strategic Earthquake in the Disputed Area as soon as possible.” - The Holland Report.
Klingon Command faces a crisis which seemed to have no solution. “I think it is safe to say that these are not aftershocks,” Admiral Nogura would note in a memo to Commander, Starfleet, only a few weeks after Holland’s fateful description. “We’ve got a whole new problem on our hands.”
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February 19, 2023 Chapter 5: Mother Knows Best
“What does peace mean to the Klingon Empire? Nothing. It is a concept they have no use for, or real understanding of – even all their words for it were conquered from the languages of their subjects.” – Ambassador Robert Fox, 2265

It is safe to say that very few people understood the Klingon Empire at the end of the 2250s. The reasons why are much harder to summarise.

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57min
February 10, 2023 Chapter 4: The Redshirt Election
“I’ll be honest, Ken, I deserved that.” - President Barreuco, to Kenneth Wescott, after losing the Vote of No Confidence, April 4th, 2258

"You have asked us to come together behind a united cause: behind a common belief. I think I know what that common belief is: that you have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, Madam President, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!” - Ambassador Byss Th'rhahlat

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54min
January 20, 2023 Chapter 3: A Crisis of Deliberate Indecision
“When a President loses a war, there are consequences where they want them or not. When a President refuses to admit he lost the war because he was afraid to lead, they deserve the consequences.” - Sarek of Vulcan

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