Star Trek 6 (Novel)

Star Trek 6

Cover (Blish06)

Series	Star Trek
Published by	Bantam Books
Previous	Star Trek 5 (Blish05)
Next	Star Trek 7 (Blish07)
Written by	James Blish
Released	Apr 1972
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(FASA Roleplaying Game)

Kirk, Spock, and the others of the Enterprise find a deadly Eden, discover elemental life forces and planetary death wishes, and even meet Abraham Lincoln and Genghis Khan, as they speed through space on new assignments into the unknown.

Based on the exciting new NBC-TV series created by Gene Roddenberry.

The Savage Curtain

Myriad Universes: The Savage Curtain

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Adapted from the episode The Savage Curtain.
Story by Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann

While surveying the planet Excalbia, which appears to consist of nothing but a lava-like surface, the Enterprise is scanned by a powerful energy source from the surface. Soon afterward, an entity who resembles and claims to actually be Abraham Lincoln appears in space and requests to be beamed aboard. Kirk and Spock welcome Lincoln with the full ceremonies due a visiting head of state, then accept his invitation to visit Excalbia. There, a rock-like being named Yarnek appears and announces that the Enterprise landing party will participate in a battle between good and evil, so that the Excalbians can learn about these concepts. On the side of good are Kirk, Spock, Lincoln, and Surak, the Vulcan who united the people of his planet and taught them to suppress their emotions and live in peace. On the side of evil are Zora, a merciless criminal scientist, Genghis Khan, the tyrant warlord of ancient Earth, Colonel Green, an unprincipled, aggressive Human warlord, and Kahless the Unforgettable, the Klingon who set the mold for the Klingon Empire. Yarnek threatens to destroy the Enterprise if Kirk and Spock do not participate. After both sides conceive plots and counter-plots, only Kirk, Spock, Genghis Khan, and Zora are left alive. Satisfied, Yarnek returns Kirk and Spock to the Enterprise.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Arcturus; Earth; Excalbia; France; Rome; Tiburon
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 13th Century; 1865; 21st Century; 2210
Culture	devil; hobgoblins; kilt; music; nome; Romans; Scots
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	alcohol; haggis; whiskey
People	Napoleon Bonaparte; Robert the Bruce; Pavel Chekov; Dickenson; Ulysses Grant; Colonel Green; Kahless; Genghis Khan; James T. Kirk; Abraham Lincoln; Louis XIV; George McClellan; Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Sulu; Surak; Nyota Uhura; Yarnek; Zora
Politics	king; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Command; Star Fleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets; United States Army; United States Civil War; United States of America; United States President
Science & Technology	antimatter; atmosphere; atoms; batteries; boomerangs; bosun's whistle; carbon; carbon cycle; Class M planet; communications; communicator; companel; foot; gravity; inch; iron; kilometer; lava; light year; mile; nitrogen; observation balloons; orbit; oxygen; phasers; radiation; sensors; spears; time (minute, hour, century); transporter; tricorder; velocity; viewscreen; watch
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; U.S.S. Monitor (ironclad)
Xenology	Arcturian dog-birds; Excalbians; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Klingons; Tiburonians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; briefing room; chief engineer; commanding officer; first officer; galley; red alert; security chief; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); torture; transporter room

The Lights of Zetar

Myriad Universes: The Lights of Zetar

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Adapted from the episode The Lights of Zetar.
Written by Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis.

Lieutenant Mira Romaine has been assigned to the Enterprise to supervise the transfer of new equipment to Memory Alpha, the central library facility of the United Federation of Planets. Then an energy storm of unknown nature kills all the inhabitants of Memory Alpha — and erases its computer banks as well. Apparently as a result of the storm, Lieutenant Romaine, who has recently entered a shared attraction with Mr. Scott, is able to predict where the energy will strike next: the Enterprise. Despite Captain Kirk's best efforts, the energy enters the ship and possesses Romaine. They discover the storm is actually a collective, energy-based life-form, the surviving life force of the last natives of Zetar, a dead world. Romaine's psychological attributes made her an ideal host for the Zetars, who communicate through her. The Zetars refuse to leave her body, insisting that they have a right to live, even at the expense of Romaine's life, but the "Lights" are extinguished when Romaine is placed in a pressurized chamber, and the Zetars, accustomed to the vacuum of space, are subjected to extremely high pressure. Recovered, Romaine returns to Memory Alpha to help restore the heavily-damaged facilities.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Memory Alpha; Zetar
Chronology	FASA Timeline: c.1210; 2210
Culture
Education	doctor; doctorate; nurse; physician
Food
People	Christine Chapel; Pavel Chekov; James T. Kirk; Kyle; Leonard McCoy; Mira Romaine; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura
Politics	Star Fleet; Star Fleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets; yeoman
Science & Technology	antigrav; atmosphere; brain; communications; computer; deflector shields; encephalogram; flashlight; generator; gravity; navigational deflector; phasers (shipboard); sensors; Steinman analysis; telepathy; time (minute, hour); transporter; tricorder; turbolift; universal translator; viewscreen; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; noncorporeal species; Vulcans; Zetars
Miscellaneous	bridge; briefing room; red alert; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); transporter room; yellow alert

The Apple

Myriad Universes: The Apple

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Adapted from the episode The Apple.
Teleplay by Max Ehrlich

Beaming down to Gamma Trianguli VI, an Enterprise landing party discovers a seeming paradise — until they encounter poisonous plants, exploding rocks, and extremely dangerous weather conditions. In contrast, the planet's inhabitants are a gentle, childlike people who call themselves the Feeders of Vaal. Vaal is a computer constructed "in the dim time" many years before by unknown entities, which survives by metabolizing the natives' offerings of food, and it is draining the Enterprise of energy as well. The landing party must defeat Vaal and its people, led by the high priest Akuta, before the machine can destroy the starship. After a fight with the villagers, and Mr. Spock's encounter with a lightning bolt, the starship's phasers destroy Vaal.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Gamma Trianguli VI; Moscow; Russia
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 2208
Culture	Bible; Feeders of Vaal; Garden of Eden; Genesis; music; Satan; violin
Education
Food	apple; fruit
People	Adam; Akuta; Pavel Chekov; Eve; Hendorff; Kaplan; James T. Kirk; Martha Landon; Mallory; Marple; Sayana; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Vaal
Politics	Prime Directive; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Command; Star Fleet Ranks; yeoman
Science & Technology	antennae; antibody; antimatter; artificial intelligence; biology; blood; circuits; communications; communicator; electromagnetic field; Fahrenheit; forcefield; generator; gravity; hornblende; hypospray; impulse drive; kilometer; magnetism; meteorology; meter; mile; mines; nacelle; orbit; phasers; quartz; sensors; time (second, minute, hour); tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; uraninite; warp drive; water
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	bacteria; flies; flowers; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Vaalians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	colonization; commanding officer; first officer; science officer; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207)

By Any Other Name

Myriad Universes: By Any Other Name

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Adapted from the episode By Any Other Name.
Teleplay by NAME

SUMMARY

Related Data

Astrometrics
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 2210
Culture
Education
Food
People
Politics
Science & Technology
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701;
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Vulcans;
Miscellaneous	Star Fleet Uniforms (2207);

The Cloud Minders

Myriad Universes: The Cloud Minders

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Adapted from the episode The Cloud Minders.
Teleplay by NAME

SUMMARY

Related Data

Astrometrics
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 2210
Culture
Education
Food
People
Politics
Science & Technology
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701;
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Vulcans;
Miscellaneous	Star Fleet Uniforms (2207);

The Mark of Gideon

Myriad Universes: The Mark of Gideon

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode The Mark of Gideon.
Teleplay by NAME

SUMMARY

Related Data

Astrometrics
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 2210
Culture
Education
Food
People
Politics
Science & Technology
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701;
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Vulcans;
Miscellaneous	Star Fleet Uniforms (2207);