Writing time aboard the Veritas is divided into two major blocks: missions and shore leave. Missions involve one or more central objectives and generally take place aboard the Veritas and associated ships, planets, etc. Missions are generally six weeks in length, though this may vary!
Between each mission, the Veritas crew has about two to three weeks of shore leave, though again this may vary. During shore leave, there is no central plot and no general objective (or at most, a low-key "routine" mission that stays in the background) and is instead a great time for character development, individual character subplots, and smaller "B-plot" type stories going all at once.
To use on-screen Trek examples, missions are plot-focused stories like "The Best of Both Worlds" (TNG), "Children of Time" (DS9), and "Timeless" (VOY). Shore leaves are akin to character-focused episodes like "Family" (TNG), "You Are Cordially Invited" (DS9), and "Someone to Watch Over Me" (VOY).
Year 1 (2393-2394)
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The Forgotten Land
- 1x01 - Mission 1: Stardate 239311-239402
- After a Starfleet captain is killed, Captain Roshanara Rahman reunites her former shipmates to head to the Shoals and find answers.
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Rag and Bone
- 1x02 - Mission 2: Stardate 239403-239405
- The crew of the Veritas must stop an abandoned freighter caught in a tetryon storm and carrying hazardous materials from crashing into a planet home to a pre-warp civilization.
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Aftershock
- 1x03 - Mission 3: Stardate 239407-239409
- After the capital of the Colonial Coalition is rocked by a terrorist attack, Veritas crew deals with the aftermath and discovers deep divisions that threaten to tear the colony apart.
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The Mother Road
- 1x04 - Mission 4: Stardate 239410-239412
- As two Veritas teams prepare for a friendly competition to test their new retrofitted shuttles on the proving grounds of the Mother Road, an investigation begins on a derelict way station when stores of the addictive narcotic felicium are found hidden behind its bulkheads.
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Year 2 (2395)
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The Irresistible Prize
- 2x01 - Mission 5: Stardate 239501-239503
- When the USS Astraeus, a refitted Galaxy class starship on an unauthorized shakedown cruise through the Shoals, finds herself trapped in the Shoals and unable to form a stable warp field, the Veritas crew must reach and rescue the ship before pirates get to the stranded vessel first.
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Kallo Ver & The Hunt for the Lost Romulan Treasure Fleet
- 2x02 - Mission 6: Stardate 239504-239505
- On the hunt for a legendary treasure fleet's supposed final resting place within the Shoals, smuggler and part-time adventurer Kallo Ver enlists the help of the USS Veritas crew in his quest while outrunning competing treasure seekers and those looking to collect on his debts.
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The Omega Paradox
- 2x03 - Mission 7: Stardate 239506-239507
- The crew of the Veritas investigates a Borg sighting and finds themselves transported back in time through a subspace conduit, only to find a drone on their ship along with Omega particles.
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Hope Lost
- 2x04 - Mission 8: Stardate 239509-239510
- The Veritas receives orders to help the colonists at Havley's Hope search for a group of missing miners.
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Flashpoint
- 2x05 - Mission 9: Stardate 239511-239512
- After the Tholians destroy Astrofori One in the Menthar Corridor, the crews of the USS Veritas and USS Montreal must prevent all-out war from breaking out between the Federation and the Tholians over a Starfleet cargo vessel left adrift in Tholian territory carrying classified equipment.
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Year 3 (2396)
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Limbo
- 3x01 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239512-239601
- When sabotage hits the USS Veritas, the crew is forced to abandon ship and seek refuge on an uninhabited moon.
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Dawn
- 3x02 - Mission 10: Stardate 239601-239602
- Four months since being stranded on an M-class moon, the Veritas crew embark on a bold plan to get back to their ship and rescue themselves.
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Home
- 3x03 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239602
- While Veritas is repaired, the crew returns home, some to families and loved ones while others fight to be reunited with theirs.
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Sentinel
- 3x04 - Mission 11: Stardate 239603-239604
- With tensions still high after the destruction of Astrofori One, Veritas is sent back to the Menthar Corridor to investigate the sudden disappearance of a Tholian fleet.
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Play the Part
- 3x05 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239605
- The Veritas crew investigates a mysterious stasis box, while Ghant Xerix and Wil Ukinix head to Betazed and soon find themselves caught up in the drama of the Noble Houses. Meanwhile, with the captain's life at stake, Geoffrey Teller is forced to continue the saga of Silas Finley.
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The First Colony
- 3x06 - Mission 12: Stardate 239606-08
- Veritas investigates the murder of a Starfleet officer on Ketar V, where tensions have been rising between the growing Romulan refugee population and the original Federation settlers of the colony.
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Tour de Ketar V
- 3x07 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239608-09
- The Veritas crew spend shore leave helping the colonists and refugees of Ketar V, while also enjoying the local hospitality.
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Charybdis
- 3x08 - Mission 13: Stardate 239609-11
- With a class of schoolchildren aboard on a field trip during a regional starship race, Veritas falls through a hidden wormhole into a pocket of seemingly empty subspace only to discover that they may not be alone.
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Lost and Found
- 3x09 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239611-12
- As Franz Teller begins his trip home to reunite with his family, an unexpected visit from a Betazoid noble provides Veritas an opportunity to host a formal reception dinner, and a team of Elf-gineers leave delightful surprises for the whole crew.
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Year 4 (2397)
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E Pluribus Unum
- 4x01 - Mission 14: Stardate 239701-239702
- Federation Security of the Exterior Lily Ventu arrives on Ketar V to help mediate talks between the Romulan refugee community and the native colonists as they work on a plan forward for the troubled First Colony.
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Nadira
- 4x02 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239702-239703 (concurrent with "Free Flight")
- After Veritas travels to Cait, the crew enjoy some fresh air out of the Shoals. Captain Roshanara Rahman finally visits her species' homeworld, finding herself the possible answer to a decades-long mystery.
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Free Flight
- 4x03 - Mission 15: Stardate 239703-239704 (concurrent with "Nadira")
- With Rahman away, acting captain Jansen Orrey leads the Veritas crew on a mission to investigate a rogue planet before it slips away into subspace.
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Pirates of the Quantum Realms
- 4x04 - Mission 16: Stardate 239705-239706
- After a series of brazen pirate attacks, Veritas is tasked to find the perpetrators who seemingly vanish each time they're about to be caught.
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Heartbeat
- 4x06 - Mission 17: Stardate 239708-239709
- Sky Blake commands Veritas as the ship investigates a Tholian station that has drifted across the silent border.
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Wandering Star
- 4x08 - Mission 18: Stardate 239710-239711
- While studying a protostar nebula, Veritas gets a distress call from another ship that has crashed on a large asteroid, which the crew discovers is home to the remnants of a lost civilization.
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TBA
- 4x09 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239712
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Year 5 (2398)
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Here Kitty Kitty
- 5x01 - Mission 19: Stardate 239801-239802
- While the Battle of the Bands is underway on the idyllic farming community of Donova IV, the criminal organization known as the Cobalt Clan which runs the colony behind the scenes uses the musical event as a front for the illegal exotic animal trade. Animal rights activist Maria Chicchoni is on a mission to put a stop to the trade, with her top nemesis being Gorgeous George, a rock star and showman who uses exotic animals, particularly big cats, in his shows. However, Chicchoni’s methods are even more ruthless than the cats she’s trying to save.
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Reunion
- 5x02 - Shore Leave: Stardate 239802
- As the Veritas crew complete remaining tasks to assist the colonists of Donova IV, several unexpected arrivals to the ship reunite a few officers with their past.
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Chasing Shadows
- 5x03 - Mission 20: Stardate 239804-239805
- Veritas is tasked with transporting a high value prisoner, Kallo Ver, from Klingon territory and through the Shadows to Esperance, but a Klingon revolutionary and her cartel allies have other plans.
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Endeavour
- 5x04 - Mission 21: Stardate 239806-239807
- While docked at Esperance, Captain Rahman takes several officers on an expedition to investigate a 250-year-old mystery.
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Loopy
- 5x05 - Mission 22: Stardate 239806-239807
- While docked at Esperance, the USS Veritas, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Wil Ukinix, is called away to deal with an issue at “Walhalla Lock”.
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Fissure
- 5x06 - Mission 23: Stardate 239807-239808
- Amidst the backdrop of political division on Antor II, the crew of the USS Veritas works to rescue a group of miners trapped deep underground in a complex river cave system after an earthquake triggers a rockfall.
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