The solution to thte last puzzle:

A) dodecahedron
B) Another day in Paradise
C) Vibrate
D) icy deep
E) Due
F) Mistress of the Empire
G) A Hopi
H) Catcher in the Rye
I) Katydid
J) Left hand of Darkness
K) Optic
L) Stubborn
M) Two Gentlemen of Verona
N) Sit
O) Ohio
P) Up
Q) Lithe
R) Shut

The first words make: David Mack, Lost Souls

The text is: There were a thousand potential distractions on the bridge of the Enterprise but every time Captain Picard looked up from the padd in his hands his eyes found the blackened cavity of his ready room.