Short stories are not much to my taste normally, but this is a good selection ranging from the sad to the comical. Read about Kira's early days in the Bajoran resistance (well, what story did you think she would tell?) Chakotay's doomed friendship with Blue Water Boy and his decision to join Starfleet. Find out what happened on Riker's honeymoon and learn about Demora Sulu's relationship with her grandmother.

It is always good to discover more about the characters, and here are some illuminating stories shedding a very believable light on them. As ever, the writers appeared more at home with the 23rd to 24th centuries, and the tale about Captain Archer's dog was the weakest entry just as the series was the weakest Star Trek incarnation. What I would have enjoyed is to have had a couple of stories told by alien captains from races we don't know so much about (but not a Vulcan or a Klingon.) Getting a better-rounded picture of Orion, Cardassia or perhaps pre-occupation Bajor would have been a rare treat.