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Description[edit | edit source]
The Hawking left Earth during the 21st century on a one-way mission to colonize a distant world. Due to the relativistic effects of pre-warp travel, its crew has aged only thirty years while two centuries have passed outside the ship. When the Starship Enterprise comes to the rescue of the malfunctioning Hawking, the colonists find themselves thrust into a universe and an era that has left them behind.
Captain Kirk intends to help the colonists adjust as best he can, but the task is not a simple one. The newcomers are survivors of a more violent, more paranoid time -- and they have brought old suspicions, and an ancient weapon of mass destruction, into a world of unexpected challenges and dangers.
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Characters[edit | edit source]
- Muhammad Alagbe • Nasser al-Aswari • Teressa Aliss • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Leander Cortés • Ivan Darmer • Dmitri Glakov • James T. Kirk • John Kyle • Farley Longstreet • Leonard McCoy • Trent Ojuremi • Ruchi Padma • Isaiah Ritchard • Montgomery Scott • Ilsa Soong • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Emo Tannan • Geraldine Tinko • Nyota Uhura • Laure Vidor • Dawn Voth • Messanga Watson • Miriam Watson • Rachel Zlatopolsky
- Referenced only
- Banta • Sergei Belyayev • Matthew Decker • Dostoyevsky • Albert Einstein • Gaia • Mikhail Glakov • El Greco • Tabib Hanse • Marla McGivers • Nguyen • Galvin O'Shea • Xavier Rodriguez • Khan Noonien Singh • Shirley Spencer • Anthony Tikriti • Kembo Turner
Starships and vehicles[edit | edit source]
- Aleksandr Lebed • automobile • SS Botany Bay • Columbus • Doomsday Machine • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Hoyle • limousine • shuttlecraft • Stephen Hawking • tank • truck • Victoria
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Africa • Bakundi • Canada • Ceti Alpha V • Earth • Gombé • Gorky Street • Kainji Mountains • Jalinga • Merope IV • Moscow • New Biafra • New Ibadan • New Niger • New Yoruba • OK Corral • River Nile • Russia • Shaku • Temba River • Yakuro Plaza • Zagorsk
Races and cultures[edit | edit source]
States and organizations[edit | edit source]
- Alim al-Reyham Primary School • Federation • Federation Council • Ibadan City Council • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy
Science and technology[edit | edit source]
- acid • air • alien • anemia • biobed • bomb • calcium • communicator • energy • fog • immune system • lifeform • lightning • malnutrition • medical tricorder • meter • minute • neural net • orbit • ornithology • oxygen • phaser • quantum gravitational-impulse power drive • radio • sensor • space • star • star system • starship • thermonuclear bomb • time • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • universe • viewscreen
Ranks and titles[edit | edit source]
- aide • captain • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • commodore • councilman • criminal • doctor • engineer • ensign • First Citizen of Merope IV • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • officer • physician • science officer • yeoman
Other references[edit | edit source]
- 2038 • 2227 • 2231 • 2257 • 21st century • banquet • biomass • bird • book • bridge • cat • chess • city • colony • corridor • desk • dream • emotion • flower • food • forest • grass • gymnasium • hangar deck • history • history book • humanoid • infirmary • Kainji nightingale • larch • metal • mildew • moss • nightingale • pine tree • planet • quarters • river • science station • Scotch • shuttlebay • sickbay • simulacrum • suicide • tea • tree • trumpeter swan • turban • uniform • university • vine • weapon • wine • World War III • year
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Related media[edit | edit source]
- The star system that the Stephen Hawking was originally heading toward was destroyed by the Doomsday Machine either during, or before, this episode. Commodore Matthew Decker's sacrifice was also seen in this episode.
- The USS Enterprise's discovery of the Botany Bay and first encounter with Khan Noonien Singh was chronicled in this episode.
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Timeline[edit | edit source]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Enterprise |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: New Earth Wagon Train to the Stars |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Wolf in the Fold |
Next Adventure: The Changeling | |
External link[edit | edit source]
- Across the Universe article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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