Across the Universe is the 88th numbered TOS novel published by Pocket Books. It was the second of four novels written by Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski, and was released in October 1999. The story dealt with the discovery and resettlement of the crew of an old Earth colony ship.
Description
- 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.
References
Characters
- 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
- Aleksandr Lebed • automobile • SS Botany Bay • Columbus (class F shuttlecraft) • Doomsday machine • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Hoyle • limousine • shuttlecraft • Stephen Hawking • tank • truck • Victoria
Locations
- 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
States and organizations
- Alim al-Reyham Primary School • Federation • Federation Council • Ibadan City Council • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy
Science and classification
- 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
- 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
- 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 • oboe swan • 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
Timeline
Chronology
~ 2038:
- Relativistic colony ship Stephen Hawking departs Earth. (about 15 years before World War III erupts)
- Doomsday machine destroys Hawking's destination planet.
- USS Enterprise recovers SS Botany Bay, exiles Khan Noonien Singh on Ceti Alpha V.
- USS Hoyle discovers Hawking.
- Enterprise resettles Hawking's personnel on Merope IV.
Appendices
Background
- The publication also contained chapter three of the serialized ST novel: Starfleet: Year One.
- Non-humanoid planetary lifeforms also felt threatened by Earth colonies in TOS comic: "What Is This Thing Called Spock?" and TOS - Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor comic: "Weeds".
Related media
- 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.
Images
Connections
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: My Brother's Keeper #87: Enterprise |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: New Earth #89: Wagon Train to the Stars |
| Previous novel: Vulcan's Heart |
Pocket TOS | Next novel: New Earth Wagon Train to the Stars |
| Previous story: Heart of the Sun |
Stories by: Pamela Sargent |
Next story: Garth of Izar |
| Previous story: Dyson Sphere |
Stories by: George Zebrowski |
Next story: Garth of Izar |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Wolf in the Fold |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: The Changeling |
| Previous adventure: Wolf in the Fold |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The Changeling |
External links
- Across the Universe article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Across the Universe article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Across the Universe article at Trek Lit Reviews.
- Across the Universe page at Simon and Schuster.
