History Fanfic / FlightOfTheCondor

* ShoutOut: Kirk learns about the [[StarWars War of the Stars]] from a book in a library on [[spoiler: the alternate 23rd century Earth.]] He also describes the [[spoiler: alternate Earth]] as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy"
* SpacePirates: The ''Condor'' is crewed by space pirates.
* SpannerInTheWorks: A police officer tries to intervene and arrest Kirk and Spock when they first capture Beckwith in [[spoiler: 1930]].
* TheReveal: When Spock reads news articles from[[spoiler: two different timelines, one showing Edith Keeler's death, the other mentioning she arranged a cease fire in the early years of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII]], he and Kirk assume that Richard Beckwith [[spoiler: killed Keeler, splitting time in two]]. They later read another article showing that [[spoiler: Beckwith ''saved'' Keeler's life, meaning they had to stop him and let Keeler die to get back home.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Played with,. Spock goes to [[spoiler: alternate timeline Vulcan]]. As he later says, [[spoiler: "It looked like home, but it wasn't home]].

** When interference from a nearby planet prevents a precise lock on the ''Enterprise's'' transporter from the starbase's transwarp transporter, Kirk decides to move the ship, or else the criminal investigators who want to beam aboard might end up in the coolant system. This is what happened to Scotty in ''[[Film/StarTrek Star Trek (2009)]]''.

* TheReveal: When Spock reads news articles from[[spoiler: two different timelines, one showing Edith Keeler's death, the other mentioning she arranged a cease fire in the early years of WorldWarTwo]], he and Kirk assume that Richard Beckwith [[spoiler: killed Keeler, splitting time in two]]. They later read another article showing that [[spoiler: Beckwith ''saved'' Keeler's life, meaning they had to stop him and let Keeler die to get back home.]]

* [[spoiler: FishOutOfTemporalWater]]: Done twice, first in the [[spoiler: alternate 2261]], and then later in [[spoiler: 1930]].

* {{Badass}}: Despite the pain, Richard Beckwith is able to resist the Vulcan neck pinch long enough to push Spock against the wall, allowing a police officer to intervene and enable Beckwith's escape.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Played with,. Spock goes to [[spoiler: alternate timeline Vulcan]]. As he later says, [[spoiler: "It looked like home, but it wasn't home]].

** The ''Condor'' first mate was a Bajoran, and there are references to Cardassians and Ferengi. All three races made their debut in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

* ChekhovsGun: when beaming down to recapture Richard beckwith, Kirk makes sure he and his boarding party all have devices to boost the transport signal, due to interference from the planet. Later, when he and Spock are captured by the ''Condor'' crew, [[spoiler: they use these devices to ensure the pirate ship's transporter locks onto the devices, beaming them instead of the two Starfleet officers into the sun.]]

** Bones uses cordrazine to try to save Lieutenant LeBeque's life. [[spoiler: In the prime universe, an accidental overdose of cordrazine is what led Kirk and Spock to 1930.]]