"Dorian’s Diary" is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine short story.

Dorian Collins deals with the loss of her crewmates on the USS Valiant.

Summary

Dorian Collins is the only Red Squad member to survive the destruction of the starship Valiant. Returning home to Luna, she starts to keep a diary. She is receiving counselling from Deanna Troi, who advises her that she is suffering from survivors guilt. She meets Captain Picard, who tells of his experiences when the Stargazer was destroyed.

Dorian’s recovery continues and she is relieved to find out that Internal Affairs will not reprimand her for her actions on the Valiant. Dorian is to resume her cadet duties, and will be assigned to the starship Wyandotte.

Troi also arranges for Montgomery Scott to meet Dorian and he tells her that he too is the only survivor of a ship, the Jenolen. Dorian also meets with Nilz Baris, her friend Karen’s relative. Dorian is also visited by Jake Sisko, and they view the lunar sunrise.

References

Characters

Nilz Baris • Dorian Collins • Karen Farris • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Jake Sisko • Deanna Troi • Tim Watters

Referenced only

Nog • Ramirez • Montgomery Scott

Locations

Earth • Luna • Luna base • Risa • Saturn drydock • Sherman's Planet • Starbase 31 • Ten Forward • Tycho City

Starships

USS Enterprise • USS Jenolen • USS Stargazer • USS Valiant • USS Wyandotte

Races and cultures

Breen • Human • Jem'Hadar • Klingon

States and organizations

Red Squad • Starfleet • Starfleet Internal Affairs • United Federation of Planets

Other references

Dominion War • Drakon Cluster of Courage • holonovel • tribble

Chronology

Appendices

Background

• The author commented: “I was watching DS9 and I got to thinking about the episode featuring the Red Squad [cadets]. What would it be like if everybody I worked around for the last eight months were dead? I then thought, a counselor would suggest she write a journal”. (Voyages of Imagination)
• There is a significant time inconsistency with this story. While the story spans over only eleven days, it is said to start 43 days after DS9 episode: "Valiant". Anyway, events depicted in DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil" take place during the events of this story. This is contradicting as both mentioned episodes are about half a year apart from each other in the The Star Trek Fiction Timeline. Thus, the placing of this story in 2374 as provided in "Voyages of Imagination" is questionable. Therefore, the placement in the Memory Beta Chronology has been modified and the story has been shifted to envelope DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil" in the middle of 2375. The inconsistency with the starting point to DS9 episode: "Valiant" may be avoided by considering the start of the story more in the range of 143 days after it.

Related media

• TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: The Trouble with Tribbles
• TNG episode & novelization: Relics
• DS9 episode: "Valiant"
• DS9 episode: "The Changing Face of Evil"

Connections

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine collected short stories, novellas and short novels
The Lives of Dax	"Second Star to the Right..." • "First Steps" • "Dead Man's Hand" • "Old Souls" • "Sins of the Mother" • "Infinity" • "Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor" • "The Music Between the Notes" • "Reflections" • "... and straight on 'til morning"
Prophecy and Change	"Revisited" • "Ha'mara" • "The Orb of Opportunity" • "Broken Oaths" • "... Loved I Not Honor More" • "Three Sides to Every Story" • "The Devil You Know" • "Foundlings" • "Chiaroscuro" • "Face Value" • "The Calling"
Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Volume One ("Cardassia: The Lotus Flower" • "Andor: Paradigm") • Volume Two ("Trill: Unjoined" • "Bajor: Fragments and Omens") • Volume Three ("Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed" • "The Dominion: Olympus Descending")
Strange New Worlds	I ("Life's Lessons" • "Where I Fell Before My Enemy") • II ("Research" • "Change of Heart") • III ("Ninety-three Hours" • "Dorian's Diary" • "The Bottom Line" • "The Best Defense..." • "An Errant Breeze") • IV ("Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor" • "Isolation Ward 4") • V ("Fear, Itself") • VI ("Fabrications" • "Urgent Matter" • "Best Tools Available") • VII ("Infinite Bureaucracy" • "Barclay Program Nine") • 8 ("Trek" • "Gumbo" • "Promises Made" • "Always a Price") • 9 ("Shadowed Allies" • "Living on the Edge of Existence" • "The Last Tree on Ferenginar: A Ferengi Fable From the Future" • "The Tribbles' Pagh") • 10 ("So a Horse Walks into a Bar..." • "Signal to Noise") • 2016 ("The Façade of Fate" • "The Manhunt Pool" • "The Dreamer and the Dream")
Star Trek: Explorer	"A Night In" • "By Special Request" • "The Mission" • "Things Can Only Get Better" • "Frontier Medicine" • "The Victim" • "You Can't Buy Fate" • "Lost and Founder" • "A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die" • "Academy Acquisition" • "The Snake and the Worm" • "The Needs of the Many"
Misc. short stories	"The Badlands, Part IV" • "The Second Artifact" • "Mirror Eyes" • "Requital" • "The Officers' Club" • "A Terrible Beauty"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"Horn and Ivory" • "Saturn's Children" • "Seeds of Dissent" • "A Gutted World"

Timeline

published order
Previous story: Ninety-three Hours	Strange New Worlds III	Next story: The Bottom Line
Previous story: Ninety-three Hours Strange New Worlds III	DS9 short stories	Next story: The Bottom Line Strange New Worlds III
Previous story: first Star Trek story	Stories by: G. Wood	Next story: A Piece of the Pie Strange New Worlds VI
chronological order
Previous adventure: Cohesion String Theory	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: The Sound of Her Voice
Previous adventure: The Changing Face of Evil	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Solace in Bloom Strange New Worlds 9
Previous adventure: The Changing Face of Evil	Deep Space Nine Adventures	Next adventure: When It Rains...