Implant

Rudy Linke

When Federation diplomat Yonce Trizore faces certain death from a terminal neural disorder, hope arrives in the form of a mysterious alien technology—an implant offered by the secretive L’Tem. Dr Julian Bashir, chief medical officer aboard Deep Space Nine, is ordered to oversee the procedure, but forbidden from understanding the device that could revolutionise medicine. As Bashir’s curiosity clashes with Starfleet’s orders and the L’Tem’s impenetrable secrecy, he uncovers a hidden function within the implant—one that threatens not just his patient’s privacy, but the very security of the Federation. "Implant" is a gripping tale of medical ethics, cultural conflict, and the price of technological progress in the Star Trek universe.