Star Trek: The Next Generation/Fanfic Recs

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General Fics
''Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.''

Lost in the Woods by Ardwolf.
 * Recommended by SAMAS
 * Synopsis: Shortly after introducing Picard to the Borg, Q has enough of his attitude and decides to test his compassion by sending him to a universe where compassion is in short supply: The Firefly 'Verse.
 * No Good Deed Also by Ardwolf.
 * Also Recommended by SAMAS.
 * Synopsis: Serenity's luck never goes well for long, and after that huge piece of luck running into the Enterpise, it comes back to bite him big time. Meanwhile, Picard has to answer for his actions in the 'Verse, and discovers the true meaning of Q's actions.

''Enterprise Squared by Bob Regent
 * Recommended by Judge King
 * Sypnosis: What if the Enterprise C was unable to return to the past? What does the reality of a war torn Federation really look like?
 * Comments:

Task Force 43 by Zcenicx
 * Recommended by Judge King
 * Sypnosis: A Starfleet Task Force is thrown into the Babylon 5 universe.
 * Comments: A really good fic that will definitely take several days to read.
 * YMMV on that one. While the opening chapters are good, and deal with a lot of the problems that Starfleet would encounter as they try to set up a new colony, it eventually settles into Boring Invincible Hero status, bordering on Mary Sue levels of moral superiority over everyone in the Babylon5 universe, which isn't what Babylon 5 is about. Babylon 5 is about ordinary people struggling to survive in a world fantastic and amazing. Will they have flaws? Yes, but that makes them interesting. The Federation has virtually no flaws, and it gets really, really tiring to read page after page of how awesome everything in the Federation is compared to anything in the B5 universe.

Star Trek: Specter of the Past by tnpir4002
 * Recommended by tnpir4002
 * Synopsis: A leading Starfleet scientist steals classified secrets before apparently dying during an escape attempt; but when he returns five years later, he's meaner and more dangerous than ever, and it falls to his oldest friend to decipher his plan and stop him before it's too late. (Set in the latter TNG era but with a different cast)

The Finest In The Fleet by DataLady91
 * Recommended by User:Across The Stars
 * Synopsis: A tribute poem to the crew of the Enterprise-D. She will always be "the finest ship in the fleet."
 * Comments: Normally I'm leery of poems of any sort, but I took a chance on this one. It's actually pretty darned good. A must-read for any TNG fan.

Shipping Fics
Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

Rollercoaster by Mistress Scribbles (AU, with some torture)

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 * Recommended by Blossom Morphine
 * Pairing(s): Data/Yar
 * Synopsis: In which Tasha never had the bridge dropped on her, and her relationship with Data throughout the series. "Fate conspired differently. Death passed Tasha by. Given the time to evolve, a relationship she'd dismissed as a one night stand became the most complicated love affair she'd know. Series of stories spanning the show & movies."
 * Comments: Complete with 61 chapters and will be followed up with a sequel, it's an addictive fic, with a great deal of character study, and touching in how vulnerable Data and Yar interact but never OOC. One moment fluffy bordering on crack, the next, heart breakingly tragic. I cannot recommend this enough. Also has a sequel.

Misc.
Tough to categorize.

TNG Season 8, a parodic Twitter feed ""A planet of suspicious docents abduct Riker for their museum of amazing men. Geordi and Data are too excited to sleep at their sleepover.""
 * Recommended by Mag Flare
 * Synopsis: Based on the premise that an entire (super-long) eighth season of TNG was scripted but never aired, this Twitter feed summarizes the plots of dozens of never-before-seen episodes.
 * Comments: Hilarious and tone-perfect. Each character's traits are exaggerated for comedic effect, but every 140-character block manages to capture essential truths about TNG. Example: