Synopsis:

Aim for this is a Trek novella manuscript, following most of the rules found at Simon and Schuster's site for 'Do's and Don't's' of writing a Trek novel:
There are a certain types of stories and story elements we would specifically like to avoid:

1.) No stories primarily about a guest star or non-Star Trek regular. This means no stories about other crews, ships, or guest characters that become the focus of the story. The novels should always "star" Kirk, Picard, Sisko et al.

2.) No death of an established crewmember or character, or any other permanent change in the Star Trek characters, settings, or universe, such as introducing offspring or close relations of the characters other than those already established.

3.) No explicit sexual descriptions.

4.) No mixing of casts, which means no plots that mix the characters from one series with those of another.

5.) No time travel or alternate universe stories.

6.) Stories should be set during a timeframe that has been thoroughly explored in the TV series or movies. That means no stories set before Star Trek: Enterprise; no stories set between Enterprise and The Original Series, and no stories set beyond Star Trek: Nemesis.

7.) No stories that turn out to have been a dream, a hoax, or a virtual reality sequence.

8.) Do not introduce any levels of technology within familiar civilizations (Federation, Romulan, Klingon etc.) beyond what has been established on screen.

No promises on the 'no explicit sex' thing though....