Daedalus

October 5, 2140. After a half-dozen years of research and testing, Starfleet prepares to launch its first warp 5 vessel-Daedalus. Propelled by a radical new engine designed by Earth''s most brilliant warp field theorist, Victor Brodesser, the new ship will at last put the stars within mankind''s reach.

But on the eve of her maiden voyage, a maintenance engineer, Ensign Charles Tucker III -- ''Trip...