LITTLE GREEN MEN
A Star Trek Alternate History/Fanfic
by Robert Perkins
LITTLE GREEN MEN is a timeline set in the Star Trek universe and based on an episode of the series, Deep Space Nine. In the episode “Little Green Men,” Quark, the Ferengi tavernkeeper on Space Station Deep Space Nine, along with his brother Rom, and his nephew, Nog, traveled to Earth in the year 2372, taking Nog to attend classes at Starfleet Academy. Quark, however, had ulterior motives for making the trip…namely to smuggle a highly illegal substance to the Orion Syndicate. Odo, the Changeling Security Chief of Deep Space Nine, suspecting that Quark was up to some nefarious scheme, secretly stowed away aboard Quark's ship. However, the ship itself, which had been given to him by his cousin, Gala, in repayment of an old debt he owed Quark, and had been sabotaged by Gala, who was none too fond of Quark. Rom figured out a way to escape from the deadly predicament caused by Gala's sabotage, but in the process, the ship and it's occupants were thrown back in time to the year 1947, where it crashed outside Roswell, New Mexico. The ship was found by the U.S. Army and taken to the Army Air Corps base, where Quark, Rom, and Nog were questioned by very suspicious American military men and scientists. They were about to be taken to Washington for more intensive questioning when Odo revealed himself and with his help, the three captured Ferengi managed to escape and return to their own time. The U.S. military put out the story that no alien ship had crashed, and it was all just a weather balloon, and the rest is history (at least to us). And thus the “Roswell Incident” was born.
In the ATL, Quark suspects that Odo might be hiding aboard his ship and performs a phaser sweep to force him to revert to his original form. He then ejects Odo from his ship. Odo is thus not there to help them escape, and the three Ferengi are taken to Washington, where they are tortured and forced to help the Americans reverse-engineer the captured Ferengi technology. Thus very large butterflies are released which begin having major impacts on history. Enjoy!
LITTLE GREEN MEN has won the 2011 Alternatehistory.com Turtledove Award
in the category of "Best Timeline Based on a Published Fiction Universe"
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“NEW CUSTOMERS ARE LIKE RAZORBACK GREEWORMS...THEY CAN BE SUCCULENT,
BUT SOMETIMES THEY BITE BACK.”
Rule of Acquisition # 203
“FERENGI ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUPIDITY OF OTHER RACES.”
Rule of Acquisition # 69
“THE BEST DEAL IS THE ONE WHICH MAKES THE MOST PROFIT.”
Rule of Acquisition #2
“THE RISKIER THE ROAD, THE GREATER THE PROFIT.”
Rule of Acquisition # 62
“HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, BUT THE STARS ARE MADE OF LATINUM.”
Rule of Acquisition # 75
“IT'S ALWAYS GOOD BUSINESS TO KNOW ABOUT NEW CUSTOMERS
BEFORE THEY WALK IN YOUR DOOR.”Rule of Acquisition # 194
“WAR IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.”
Rule of Acquisition # 35
“THE FEAR OF LOSS MAY BE YOUR GREATEST ENEMY OR YOUR BEST FRIEND-CHOOSE WISELY."
Rule of Acquisition # 265
"PEACE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS."
Rule of Acquisition # 34
"ACT WITHOUT DELAY: THE SHARP KNIFE CUTS QUICKLY."
Rule of Acquisition # 98
“SMALL PRINT LEADS TO LARGE RISK.”
Rule
of Acquisition # 8.
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Last Updated 9 September 2011.
