A Contest of Principles is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Greg Cox, published on 10 November 2020.
Description[]
- The planet Vok is holding its first free elections after years of oppressive military rule. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise have been dispatched by Starfleet to serve as impartial observers, but remaining neutral proves a challenge, as Kirk confronts a tangled web of scandal, conspiracy, and assassination plots—with the stability of an entire sector at stake.
- To make matters worse, Dr. Leonard McCoy has vanished while on a mission of mercy to Braco, a nearby planet only a system away. With Kirk unable to abandon his vital mission on Vok to hunt for his friend, it's up to First Officer Spock and Christine Chapel to lead a team in search of the missing doctor, even if it means risking whatever fate befell McCoy.
- Unknown to his friends and crewmates, however, McCoy has been spirited away to another world, Ozalor, where he's expected to find a cure for a mysterious ailment plaguing a member of the planet's ruling family. Torn between his Hippocratic oath and his desire to escape, McCoy finds himself at the center of deadly palace intrigues—and a struggle for power that may ultimately consume all three worlds!
References[]
Characters[]
- Avomora • Bilis • Bloj • Lisa Bradley • Ceff • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • D'Ran Colc • Imogen Dare • Div • F'lun • Jennifer Godwin • Gogg • Guhai • Jana Haines • Hakoo • Halbo • Huss (Vokite) • Jemo • James T. Kirk • Lesh • Peter Levine • Lom • Leonard McCoy • Mears • Mitoe • Muzla • Myp • Nguyen (Lieutenant) • Ohop (Bracon) • Prav • Prup • Rayob • Salokonos • Montgomery Scott • Sozz • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Steve Tanaka • Enrique Tovar • Troxy • Tyly • Nyota Uhura • Ummu • VP-One • Hynn V'sta • Vumri • Wibb • Yoder • Zahra Jamal • Zell • Zezly
- Referenced only
- Jonathan Archer • Ambrose Bierce • Zefram Cochrane • Richard Daystrom • Charles Dickens • Miranda Jones • James Komack • John Kyle • Landru (Betan) • M-5 • Jabilo M'Benga • Oppenheimer • Pukk • Elizabeth Palmer • Khan Noonien Singh • Subimore
Jana Haines.
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Galileo (class F shuttlecraft) • hover truck
- Referenced only
- USS Yorktown (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
Locations[]
Planet surface of Vok.
- Braco • Dreaming Oasis • O'Kdro • Ozalor • Sea of Glass • Sector 8491 • Vok (planet) • Yant
- Referenced only
- Benecia • Earth • Gamma Trianguli VI • Starbase R-3 • Tammuz VI • Vulcan (planet)
Races and cultures[]
Spock, a half-Vulcan.
States and organizations[]
- Bracon Free Press • Bracon Tranquility Bureau • First Sybellan Republic • Starfleet • United Bracon Front • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- data slate • disruptor • hair • medicine • micropulsar • phaser • Rigelian fever • ryetalyn • sidearm • smart-glass • time • transporter • tricorder
Lifeforms[]
- humanoid • trivet
Occupations and titles[]
- aide-de-camp • campaign manager • captain • chief inspector • commissioner • corporal • count • diplomat • doctor • engineer • general • lieutenant • lossu • nurse • politician • private • professor • sergeant • soldier • yeoman • yiyova • yovode
Other references[]
- Ballot Wars • black market • bowling • bridge • capital city • colony • day • decade • democracy • election • history • landing party • The Leveling • military • Pericles affair • planet • politics • sector • tea • war • week • year
Appendices[]
Images[]
Cover image.
Back cover image.
Planet surface of Vok.
Planet.
Spock.
McCoy.
Kirk.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway |
Star Trek novels | Next novel: The Dark Veil |
| Previous story: Agents of Influence |
The Original Series novels | Next story: Living Memory |
| Previous story: The Antares Maelstrom |
Stories by: Greg Cox |
Next story: Seven v Seven |