I didn't get into any of the events leading up to what I described.....which are -not- taken from any pre-existing Trek series.  If anything, the root of some of it comes from 'Mirror, Mirror'.....only Kara doesn't go to =that= parallel universe. And this is about the civilians who travel the final frontier, not Starfleet's trained officers and crew.

 

Plus I was throwing treknobabble.....that can sound like any dozen episodes across Classic, NextGen, DS-9,Voyager, Enterprise you can name.  :P