Star Trek 7 (Novel)

Star Trek 7

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Series	Star Trek
Published by	Bantam Books
Previous	Star Trek 6 (Blish06)
Next	Star Trek 8 (Blish08)
Written by	James Blish
Released	Jul 1972
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Board the Enterprise and journey with her crew to far-off worlds, where you will find:

• Greek gods and American Indians
• men who can live forever and other men who die of old age at twenty-nine
• a machine with the power to raise the dead and a woman whose tears can topple empires

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

Who Mourns for Adonais?

Myriad Universes: Who Mourns for Adonais?

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode Who Mourns for Adonais?.
Written by Gilbert A. Ralston.

In the vicinity of planet Pollux IV, the Enterprise encounters a huge, green hand that materializes in space and holds the starship motionless. The "hand" is not flesh and blood, but a form of energy belonging to a humanoid figure who identifies himself as the god Apollo, last survivor of the band of space travelers who visited old Earth and dwelled on Mount Olympus. He declares the Enterprise crew to be his "children," who will now stay on Pollux IV and worship him. When Mr. Scott objects to the attention Apollo shows to Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, he is hurled through the air by a thunderbolt from Apollo's hand. The "god" also demonstrates other abilities, including the power to grow to giant size at will. Kirk orders Lieutenant Palamas, who has fallen in love with Apollo, to reject him. Then, using the Enterprise's phasers, he destroys Apollo's temple, the source of the entity's power. Seeing that he has lost both his worshipers and his love, Apollo discontinues his physical existence to join his fellow gods.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Aegean Sea; Cecrops cluster; Earth; Olympus; Pollux IV; Russia; Starbase 12
Chronology	FASA Timeline: c.2792 BCE; 2186; 2208
Culture	archery; God; gods; Greeks; laurels; lyre; Maypole; music; temple; Trojans
Education	archaeologist; doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	coffee; wine
People	Achilles; Agamemnon; Aphrodite; Apollo; Artemis; Athena; Cassandra; Pavel Chekov; Daphne; Hector; Hera; Hercules; Hermes; James T. Kirk; Latona; Leonard McCoy; Carolyn Palamas; Pan; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura; Zeus
Politics	czar; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Ranks
Science & Technology	archaeology; atmosphere; axes; batteries; bearing; century; Class M planet; communications; communicator; computer; eggs; forcefield; GSC; heart; hypospray; impulse drive; marble; navigation; nitrogen; orbit; oxygen; phasers; sensors; time; tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; turbolift; viewscreen
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	Antosian dryworms; bacteria; deer; electric eels; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Olympians; sheep; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; slavery; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207)

The Changeling

Myriad Universes: The Changeling

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode The Changeling.
Written by John Meredyth Lucas.

The Enterprise investigates the destruction of the Malurian system's four billion inhabitants and locates an unexpected source: a self-contained computer/space probe of great power called Nomad. The device threatens the Enterprise, but Kirk and crew are temporarily saved when Nomad mistakes Captain James Kirk for its creator, Human scientist Jackson Roykirk. Nomad, a space probe launched in 2002 to seek out alien life in the galaxy, was damaged by a meteor that confused its programming and cut it off from Earth. It then encountered an alien probe, Tan-Ru, which was launched to secure sterilized soil samples. The resulting hybrid mechanism believes that its mission is to destroy imperfect life forms. Its altered programming and weapons make "the changeling" capable of fulfilling its new mission. Kirk uses the machine's confused image of him as a basis for its destruction: he convinces Nomad that it is imperfect, and the device is transported out into space before it self-destructs.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Earth; Luna; Malurian system; Omega Ceti system; Sol system
Chronology	FASA Timeline: August 2002; 2209
Culture	changeling (mythology); fairies; music
Education	astronomer; college; cyberneticist; doctor; doctorate; physician; nurse
Food
People	Christine Chapel; James T. Kirk; Leonard McCoy; Nomad; Jackson Roykirk; Montgomery Scott; Singh; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura
Politics	Star Fleet; Star Fleet Ranks; war
Science & Technology	air; anatomy; antigrav; antimatter; aphasia; astronomy; bearing; biobed; brain; communications; companel; computer; cybernetics; deflector shields; disease; electroencephalogram; epidemic; fireworks; forcefield; kilogram; kilometer; medical tricorder; medicine; meteor; meter; navigation; phasers; photon torpedo; physical examination; radiation; sensors; star chart; time (hour, week); transporter; tricorder; turbolift; universal translator; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Nomad; shuttlecraft
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Malurians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; briefing room; brig; census; chief medical officer; commanding officer; communications officer; first officer; main engineering; sickbay; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); surveillance; transporter room

The Paradise Syndrome

Myriad Universes: The Paradise Syndrome

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode The Paradise Syndrome.
Written by Margaret Armen.

Beaming down to a beautiful, Earth-like planet threatened by collision with a massive asteroid, James T. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy discover a village of peaceful, tribal Humans apparently descended from Earth's Native Americans. Near their village is a huge obelisk, covered in unknown writing. As Kirk explores the structure, he falls through a trap door and is exposed to a strange ray that renders him unconscious. Spock and McCoy fail to find him, and are forced to return to the Enterprise in order to attempt to divert the asteroid. Kirk awakens, suffering from partial amnesia, and is discovered by the tribe, who revere him as a god. The Enterprise fails to sufficiently divert the asteroid with high-powered phaser fire, and damages its engines in the process: the ship is forced to fly back to the planet at sublight speed, a journey that will take two months. During this time, Kirk falls in love with, and marries, the priestess Miramanee. Meanwhile, Spock deciphers the writing on the obelisk, which his tricorder had recorded, and learns that an ancient race, known as the Preservers, "seeded" the planet with transplanted Humans and provided an asteroid deflector to protect the settlement, housed within the obelisk. Kirk, now called Kirok, is named the new Medicine Chief, but he has no idea how to activate the obelisk, a secret that died with his predecessor, and Spock and McCoy beam down just as Kirk and Miramanee are being stoned by the frightened tribe for their failure to activate the obelisk. With Spock's aid, the obelisk is activated, the asteroid is deflected, and Kirk's memory is restored, but the pregnant Miramanee dies along with Kirk's unborn child.

Related Data

Astrometrics	asteroid belt; Earth; Luna
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 20th Century; 2210
Culture	archery; Delaware tribe; gods; heaven; lute; marriage; Mohicans; music; Native Americans; Navajo; Shangri-La
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	fish; fruit
People	Pavel Chekov; Goro; James T. Kirk; Lino; Leonard McCoy; Miramanee; Salish; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Hikaru Sulu
Politics	medicine chief; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Ranks; tribal chief
Science & Technology	amnesia; arrow; arrowhead; asteroid; atom; blood; bow; communications; communicator; diamond; dilithium; eyes; fire; fish net; fishing; flint; impulse drive; knife; lead; medical tricorder; mile; mind meld; minute; navigational deflector; net; orbit; phasers; pottery; pregnancy; Preserver obelisk; sensors; spear; surgery; telepathy; time (day, hour, month, second, year); tomahawk; transporter; tricorder; warp drive; water
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Xenology	fish; flowers (buttercups, roses, violets); gourds; honeysuckle; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Preservers; trees (pine, sycamore); Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; commanding officer; first officer; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); stoning; Tahiti syndrome; vertigo

Metamorphosis

Myriad Universes: Metamorphosis

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode Metamorphosis.
Written by Gene L. Coon.

The Shuttlecraft Galileo is transporting ailing Assistant Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford back to the Enterprise when it is suddenly drawn off course by a mysterious cloud creature. After depositing the shuttle on the planetoid Gamma Canaris N, the entity vanishes. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Commissioner Hedford then meet another castaway — revealed as Zefram Cochrane, the famed scientist from Alpha Centauri who discovered warp drive more than a century before. At the age of 87, Cochrane decided that he wanted to die in outer space, so he boarded a ship and headed away from Alpha Centauri, only to be waylaid by the cloud creature, which Cochrane calls the Companion. Kirk communicates with the Companion via the universal translator and learns that the entity is in love with Cochrane. Cochrane is unable to accept this, especially since he is attracted to Hedford. When Hedford's death is imminent, the Companion forsakes its immortal state to unite with the Human woman. Cochrane accepts the love of the Companion/Hedford and stays on the planet with her.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Alpha Centauri; Earth; Epsilon Canaris system; Epsilon Canaris III; Gamma Canaris system
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 1975; 2062; 2209
Culture	English language
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	carrots; vegetables
People	Zefram Cochrane; The Companion; Nancy Hedford; James T. Kirk; Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Spock
Politics	diplomacy; Federation Commissioner; military; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Medical; Star Fleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets; war
Science & Technology	atmosphere; atom; bearing; blood; communications; communicator; distress call; electricity; fever; gravity; hydrogen; hypospray; inoculation; ion; iron; magnetic field; magnetism; navigation; nickel; orbit; phasers; plasma; Sakuro's disease; sensors; time (hour, minute); transporter; tricorder; universal translator; vaccination; warp drive; water
Ships & Vehicles	Class F shuttlecraft; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Shuttlecraft Galileo (II) NCC-1701/7; shuttlecraft
Xenology	humanoids; Humans; hybrids; noncorporeal entities; trees (fig); Vulcans
Miscellaneous	hospital; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); vampires

The Deadly Years

Myriad Universes: The Deadly Years

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode The Deadly Years.
Written by David P. Harmon.

While visiting planet Gamma Hydra IV on a routine mission, an Enterprise landing party consisting of Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, and Lieutenant Arlene Galway are exposed to a strange disease. The illness, radiation poisoning caused by exposure to a comet, causes greatly accelerated aging. Robert Johnson, age 29, and his wife Elaine, age 27, have been transformed almost overnight into aged individuals whom McCoy is powerless to save. The entire landing party, with the exception of Chekov, begins to age rapidly as McCoy desperately searches for a cure. Kirk becomes forgetful, McCoy irritable — and Lieutenant Galway, possessed of an extraordinarily high metabolic rate, dies. Dr. Janet Wallace, an old friend of Kirk's, aids the researchers. Commodore Stocker, aboard the Enterprise en route to his new command at Starbase 10, orders Spock to convene an extraordinary competency hearing. The Vulcan does so reluctantly, and after Kirk's weaknesses are exposed, Stocker assumes command. He heads the starship toward Starbase 10 — straight into the Romulan Neutral Zone. With the Enterprise surrounded, McCoy discovers the antidote — adrenaline — in time to enable the restored Kirk to save the day with the tried-and-proven "corbomite" bluff.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Aldebaran III; Gamma Hydra system; Gamma Hydra IV; Kansas; Starbase 10
Chronology	August; FASA Timeline: 2175; 2203; 2207; 2209
Culture	marriage;
Education	attorney; doctor; doctorate; endocrinologist; nurse; physician;professor
Food
People	Alvin; Doris Atkins; Pavel Chekov; Christine Chapel; Fermat; Arlene Galway; Elaine Johnson; Robert Johnson; James T. Kirk; Leonard McCoy; Montgomery Scott; Spock; George Stocker; Nyota Uhura; Janet Wallace; Theodore Wallace
Politics	Romulan Neutral Zone; Romulan Confederation; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Command; Star Fleet Ranks; Star Fleet Regulations (Regulation 7592§3¶11); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	adenosine three-five monophosphate; adrenaline; arteriosclerosis; arthritis; atmosphere; bacteria; bearing; biochemistry; blood; blood type; brain; cholesterol; Class M planet; comet; communications; companel; corbomite; cosmic rays; cryptography; deflector; endocrinology; epinephrine; Fermat's last theorem; genetics; heart; hyronalyn; kilometer; marrow; metabolism; microtapes; navigation; nitrogen; orbit; oxygen; PADD; radiation; self destruct; sensors; shields; skin; subspace; subspace communications; time (hour, minute, week, year); transporter; turbolift; virus; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Romulan D-7 class
Xenology	grass; guinea pigs; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; insects; Romulans; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bridge; briefing room; biochemistry lab; chief engineer; chief medical officer; commanding officer; first officer; main engineering; sickbay; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); quarters

Elaan of Troyius

Myriad Universes: Elaan of Troyius

Prime Timeline  • FASA Timeline

Adapted from the episode Elaan of Troyius.
Written by John Meredyth Lucas.

Though the Tellun system's two planets, Elas and Troyius, are both Federation members, they have been at war with one another for centuries. Due to recent Klingon interest in the area, it is imperative that the two worlds now make peace. The Enterprise is assigned to transport Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, to Troyius for her marriage to the planet's leader. Elaan is arrogant and seems to be ignorant of the marriage's importance. Petri, the Troyian ambassador attempting to teach Troyian social graces to Elaan, is stabbed by the Dohlman. The future of the marriage, the alliance, and the ultimate fate of the Tellun system are all at stake as Kirk attempts to educate Elaan. The captain's task is complicated not only by her reluctance, but also Elasian body chemistry: her tears contain a chemical intoxicant, causing Kirk to fall in love with her. Meanwhile, a Klingon vessel threatening the Enterprise is aided by Kryton, a member of the Dohlman's party. He sabotages the ship's power by fusing the dilithium crystals before commiting suicide. Kirk discovers that Elaan's jewelry is composed of dilithium crystals, a fact that explains the Klingons' interest in her planet and enables the Enterprise to turn the tables on the Klingon ship. Charmed by Kirk, Elaan determines to succeed in her mission to unite Elas and Troyius, and the captain frees himself from Elaan's spell by remembering that his first love is the Starship Enterprise.

Related Data

Astrometrics	Earth; Elas; Japan; Milky Way galaxy; Troyius; Vulcan
Chronology	FASA Timeline: 2210
Culture	lyre; marriage; music; Japanese; samurai
Education	doctor; doctorate; nurse; physician
Food	alcohol; meat; pastries; wine
People	Christine Chapel; Pavel Chekov; Elaan; Evans; James T. Kirk; Kryton; Leonard McCoy; Petri; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Hikaru Sulu; Nyota Uhura; Watson
Politics	ambassador; dohlman; Federation High Commissioner; Klingon Empire; Star Fleet; Star Fleet Command; Star Fleet Ranks; United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology	antimatter; bearing; blood; communications; companel; daggers; deflector shields; diamonds; dilithium; disruptors; Elasian tears; emeralds; galaxy; hydrogen; hypospray; impulse drive; jewels; kilometer; knives; mind meld; mirror; navigation; nuclear disintegrators; orbit; phasers; photon torpedo; sensors; subspace; subspace communications; tears; telepathy; time (day, minute, week); transporter; tricorder; turbolift; warp drive; water
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Klingon D-7 class
Xenology	Elasians; humanoids; Humans; hybrids; Klingons; Troyians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	All-Vulcan Music Competition; bridge; commanding officer; communications officer; first officer; quarters; recreation room; sickbay; Star Fleet Uniforms (2207); suicide; transporter room; yellow alert