Starfleet Corps of Engineers

For the Starfleet organization, see Starfleet Engineering Corps.

Starfleet Corps of Engineers is a series of novellas set in the Star Trek universe, initially under the title S.C.E. (2000-2006), now under the new title Corps of Engineers (2006-present). Like other Star Trek books, the books are officially licensed, but not considered canon.

The S.C.E. books were unique among officially published Star Trek fiction as they are initially published exclusively in the ebook format for electronic download. (Many of these novellas have subsequently been reprinted in paperback omnibuses, with anywhere from three to eight stories per volume.) In March 2008, however, publisher Pocket Books announced that the ebook line was going "on hiatus", putting the future of the line in question.

Scenario

S.C.E. is a spinoff series from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, taking place primarily in the time period immediately following the end of the latter series.

The stories mainly concern a special Starfleet division called the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, stationed aboard the Saber class starship U.S.S. da Vinci (NCC-81623). Some of the major characters are:

• Captain David Gold, captain of the da Vinci. He is Jewish and father to a large family, who live in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City.
• Commander Sonya Gomez, first officer and chief of the S.C.E.
• Lieutenant Commander Kieran Duffy, second officer and second-in-command of the S.C.E. (through to #24). He had a relationship with his commanding officer Sonya Gomez but was killed before she could accept his proposal.
• Lieutenant Commander Mor glasch Tev, Tellarite second officer and second-in-command of the S.C.E. (from #28 forward).
• Lieutenant Commander Domenica "Core-Breach" Corsi, security chief. She is very devoted to her duties and has little time for interaction with the rest of the crew.
• Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Lense, chief medical officer.
• Lieutenant (j.g.) Sarjenka, deputy chief medical officer (from #61 forward).
• Captain Montgomery Scott, supervisor and liaison between the S.C.E. and the admiralty.
• Specialist Carol Abramowitz, cultural specialist.
• Specialist Bart Faulwell, language and cryptography specialist. One of the very few homosexual characters in Star Trek.
• Specialist P8 Blue, structural systems specialist. A member of the Nasat, an insectoid species. Her chitinous exoskeleton enables her to survive in vacuum but frightens her roommate Abramowitz, who suffers from latent entomophobia.
• Specialist Soloman (formerly known as 110), computer specialist. His partner 111 was killed in the first SCE adventure, and he has since refused to take another partner, making him an outcast in the Bynar society.
• Specialist Fabian Stevens, tactical systems specialist.

Books

As of December 2007, the series includes the following books:

Star Trek: S.C.E.

No	Title	Author	Released
Book One: Have Tech, Will Travel (2002)
1	The Belly of the Beast	Dean Wesley Smith	August 2000
2	Fatal Error	Keith R.A. DeCandido	September 2000
3	Hard Crash	Christie Golden	October 2000
4	Interphase, Part 1	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	March 2001
Book Two: Miracle Workers (2002)
5	Interphase, Part 2	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	April 2001
6	Cold Fusion	Keith R.A. DeCandido	August 2001
7	Invincible, Part 1	David Mack and Keith R.A. DeCandido	September 2001
8	Invincible, Part 2	David Mack and Keith R.A. DeCandido	October 2001
Book Three: Some Assembly Required (2003)
9	The Riddled Post	Aaron S. Rosenberg	November 2001
10	Gateways Epilogue: Here There Be Monsters	Keith R.A. DeCandido	December 2001
11	Ambush	Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur	January 2002
12	Some Assembly Required	Scott Ciencin and Dan Jolley	February 2002
Book Four, No Surrender (2004)
13	No Surrender	Jeff Mariotte	March 2002
14	Caveat Emptor	Ian Edginton and Mike Collins	April 2002
15	Past Life	Robert Greenberger	May 2002
16	Oaths	Glenn Hauman	June 2002
Book Five, Foundations (2005)
17	Foundations, Book 1	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	July 2002
18	Foundations, Book 2	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	August 2002
19	Foundations, Book 3	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	September 2002
Book Six, Wildfire (2005)
20	Enigma Ship	J. Steven York and Christina F. York	October 2002
21	War Stories, Book 1	Keith R.A. DeCandido	November 2002
22	War Stories, Book 2	Keith R.A. DeCandido	December 2002
23	Wildfire, Book 1	David Mack	January 2003
24	Wildfire, Book 2	David Mack	February 2003
Book Seven, Breakdowns (2006)
25	Home Fires	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	March 2003
26	Age of Unreason	Scott Ciencin	April 2003
27	Balance of Nature	Heather Jarman	May 2003
28	Breakdowns	Keith R.A. DeCandido	July 2003
Book Eight, Aftermath (November 2006)
29	Aftermath	Christopher L. Bennett	July 2003
30	Ishtar Rising, Book 1	Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels	August 2003
31	Ishtar Rising, Book 2	Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels	September 2003
32	Buying Time	Robert Greenberger	October 2003
33	Collective Hindsight, Book 1	Aaron Rosenberg	November 2003
34	Collective Hindsight, Book 2	Aaron Rosenberg	December 2003
35	The Demon, Book 1	Loren L. Coleman and Randall L. Bills	January 2004
36	The Demon, Book 2	Loren L. Coleman and Randall L. Bills	February 2004
Book Nine, Grand Designs (July 2007)
37	Ring Around the Sky	Allyn Gibson	March 2004
38	Orphans	Kevin Killiany	April 2004
39	Grand Designs	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	May 2004
40	Failsafe	David Mack	June 2004
41	Bitter Medicine	Dave Galanter	July 2004
42	Sargasso Sector	Paul Kupperberg	August 2004
Book Ten, Creative Couplings (December 2007)
43	Paradise Interrupted	John S. Drew	September 2004
44	Where Time Stands Still	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	October 2004
45	The Art of the Deal	Glenn Greenberg	November 2004
46	Spin	J. Steven York and Christina F. York	December 2004
47	Creative Couplings #1	Glenn Hauman and Aaron Rosenberg	January 2005
48	Creative Couplings #2	Glenn Hauman and Aaron Rosenberg	February 2005
49	Small World	David Mack	March 2005
Book Eleven, Wounds (October 2008)
50	Malefictorum	Terri Osborne	March 2005
51	Lost Time	Ilsa J. Bick	April 2005
52	Identity Crisis	John J. Ordover	May 2005
53	Fables of the Prime Directive	Cory Rushton	June 2005
54	Security	Keith R.A. DeCandido	August 2005
55	Wounds Book I	Ilsa J. Bick	August 2005
56	Wounds Book II	Ilsa J. Bick	October 2005
Book Twelve, Out of the Cocoon (July 2010)
57	Out of the Cocoon	William Leisner	October 2005
58	Honor	Kevin Killiany	November 2005
59	Blackout	Phaedra M. Weldon	December 2005
60	The Cleanup	Robert T. Jeschonek	January 2006
Book Thirteen, What's Past (August 2010)
61	Progress	Terri Osborne	February 2006
62	The Future Begins	Steve Mollmann and Michael Schuster	March 2006
63	Echoes of Coventry	Richard C. White	April 2006
64	Distant Early Warning	Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore	May 2006
65	10 Is Better than 01	Heather Jarman	June 2006
66	Many Splendors	Keith R.A. DeCandido	August 2006

In December 2006, the e-book series was relaunched under the Corps of Engineers title, with numbering dropped.

Title	Author	Released
Turn the Page	Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore	December 2006
Troubleshooting	Robert Greenberger	February 2007
The Light	Jeff D. Jacques	February 2007
The Art of the Comeback	Glenn Greenberg	May 2007
Signs from Heaven	Phaedra M. Weldon	June 2007
Ghost	Ilsa J. Bick	July 2007
Remembrance of Things Past Book 1	Terri Osborne	September 2007
Remembrance of Things Past Book 2	Terri Osborne	November 2007

Future paperback reprints are likely to continue at a rate of one to two per year.

Relaunch

After the conclusion of the What's Past storyline, the series name was changed from Star Trek: S.C.E. to Star Trek: Corps of Engineers, and the numbering of installments was dropped. The series was also reduced from twelve ebooks per year to six, with the other six monthly slots filled with various other Star Trek projects. The first book of the relaunched series, Turn the Page by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, was released in December 2006.

Post-Hiatus

Since the publication of the final ebooks in 2007, the S.C.E characters have appeared or been mentioned in other Star Trek novels. The Star Trek: Destiny trilogy and its follow-up, A Singular Destiny, establish that Captain David Gold resigned from Starfleet in 2380 (approximately two and a half years following the last S.C.E. story) and rejoined his wife on Earth. Sonya Gomez was thus promoted to captain of the da Vinci, with Domenica Corsi as her first officer, and Tev as the head of the Corps team. Corsi and Fabian Stevens were married, necessitating his transfer to another vessel. In the Star Trek: Voyager novel Unworthy, the chief engineer of the da Vinci, Nancy Conlon, has transferred to the same position aboard the USS Voyager.

In addition, the 23rd century S.C.E. characters established in Foundations continue to play a role in the ongoing Star Trek: Vanguard novel series.

External links

• Star Trek Books: Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers, SCE page on Psi Phi
• Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)