A Star Trek Story by Brendan Archer
Below Decks is a series of spy thriller novels set in the Star Trek universe. Starfleet Intelligence runs on secrets, and the officers who keep them rarely get the bridge, the medal, or the credit.
Book 1
Bransen Andrews is a newly-minted Lieutenant onboard the USS Canberra. Excited to begin his first real intelligence role in the stars, he doesn't expect to be sucked into a web of political intrigue with ramifications for the entire quadrant. He also doesn't expect to encounter Tobias Ryn, a striking Trill who immediately leaves Bransen wondering whether to trust his head or his heart in a situation that forces him to question everything he thinks he knows.
Short pieces between the books, free to read here and nowhere else.
Bonus chapter
Three weeks after Kaesso IV, Starfleet Command wants Tobias Ryn debriefed and the whole affair contained rather than litigated. Bransen Andrews knows that is not the same as finished. But the debrief ends, San Francisco is warm, and for one afternoon there is nothing to do but run.