Changes: Captain Sulu Adventures

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The Captain Sulu Adventures, released in 1994 and 1995, is a series of audiobooks centred around the USS Excelsior under the command of Hikaru Sulu. Unlike most other Star Trek audiobooks, the three releases in the series were original full-cast audio drama productions featuring George Takei, rather than readings or adaptations of previously published novels. Although Simon and Schuster would later release a version of the soundtrack to the computer game Borg reformatted into an audio drama, as of 2019 the Captain Sulu Adventures stand as the only official attempt at producing an ongoing original audio drama series based upon the franchise.

The Adventures

Transformations- Synopsis: Starfleet diplomat Captain Hikaru Sulu is transported by powerful, frightening dreams to the desolate desert world of Sigma Cameron IV. It was there, as Commander of the U.S.S. Excelsior 20 years earlier, that he discovered traces of the ancient Shalakai -- a ruthless culture who, legend held, had once uncovered the secret to eternal life. Driven to find that secret, Sulu's brilliant science officer, Commander Flynn Konner, launched a fateful mission whose outcome would forever haunt the Excelsior crew. Now, 20 years later, as the distinguished archeologist Dr. Constance Allenwood moves closer to uncovering the Shalakai's secrets on Sigma Cameron Four, Sulu must race to stop her before she unleashes a disastrous chain of events.

Cacophony- Synopsis: On the planet Stentor, silence is not only golden; it is the key to maintaining peace in world devastated by a great war. But that calm is shattered when a group known as the Ghazi create a new technology that intercepts old Earth radio signals and rebroadcasts them across the planet. Each day the din grows more deafening. When Captain Hikaru Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior are summoned to investigate sub-space interference emanating from Stentor, Sulu and his communications officer Terra Spiro discover that the Ghazi actually believe the signals are the voices of the gods, and Sulu must disabuse them of this belief before the noise drives Stentor to war.

Envoy- Synopsis: While on the U.S.S. Excelsior, Captain Hikaru Sulu receives top priority orders to proceed by shuttlecraft to Starbase Three. He is to act as the Federation's envoy to a historic peace ceremony between the Krikiki and the Den-Kai -- the two dominant, warring races in that sector. Sulu's role is to hand over a young Krikiki prince to the Den-Kai as a symbol of peace, but once Sulu learns of the physical hardships and isolated life that are to befall the prince, he is faced with one of the most difficult choices of his career: carry out his orders and protect another being's life only to see it taken away, or interfere and risk destroying the fragile peace, and violate the Prime Directive in the process.

Connections

Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu
episodes/movies	The Undiscovered Country • Flashback
novels	The Undiscovered Country • The Fearful Summons • The Captain's Daughter • The Ashes of Eden • Starfleet Academy • The Captain's Table: War Dragons • The Lost Era: The Sundered • Excelsior: Forged in Fire • Flashback • The Lost Era: One Constant Star • Burning Dreams
comics	Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome) • A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Captain's Log: Sulu • The Undiscovered Country • The Veteran
Captain Sulu Adventures (audiobooks)	Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations
games	Shattered Universe
characters	Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Janice Rand • Dmitri Valtane • Leonard James Akaar • Lojur • Tuvok • Altos Viger

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-A non-related series of books about the [[USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)|USS ''Excelsior'']] under the command of [[Hikaru Sulu]].
+[[file:cacophany.jpg|thumb|''[[Cacophony]]''.]]
+The '''Captain Sulu Adventures''', released in 1994 and 1995, is a series of [[audiobook]]s centred around the [[USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)|USS ''Excelsior'']] under the command of [[Hikaru Sulu]]. Unlike most other Star Trek audiobooks, the three releases in the series were original full-cast audio drama productions featuring [[George Takei]], rather than readings or adaptations of previously published novels. Although Simon and Schuster would later release a version of the soundtrack to the computer game ''[[Borg (game)|Borg]]'' reformatted into an audio drama, as of 2019 the Captain Sulu Adventures stand as the only official attempt at producing an ongoing original audio drama series based upon the franchise.
-==Characters==
-Captain [[Hikaru Sulu]]
-[[Janice Rand]]
-[[Devon Gabler]]
-[[Dmitri Valtane]]
-[[Lojur]]
-[[Tuvok]]
-[[Altos Viger]]
 ==The Adventures==
+*'''[[Transformations]]'''- Synopsis: Starfleet diplomat Captain Hikaru Sulu is transported by powerful, frightening dreams to the desolate desert world of [[Sigma Cameron IV]]. It was there, as Commander of the U.S.S. Excelsior 20 years earlier, that he discovered traces of the ancient Shalakai -- a ruthless culture who, legend held, had once uncovered the secret to eternal life. Driven to find that secret, Sulu's brilliant science officer, Commander Flynn Konner, launched a fateful mission whose outcome would forever haunt the Excelsior crew. Now, 20 years later, as the distinguished archeologist Dr. Constance Allenwood moves closer to uncovering the Shalakai's secrets on Sigma Cameron Four, Sulu must race to stop her before she unleashes a disastrous chain of events.
+*'''[[Cacophony]]'''- Synopsis: On the planet Stentor, silence is not only golden; it is the key to maintaining peace in world devastated by a great war. But that calm is shattered when a group known as the Ghazi create a new technology that intercepts old Earth radio signals and rebroadcasts them across the planet. Each day the din grows more deafening. When Captain Hikaru Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior are summoned to investigate sub-space interference emanating from Stentor, Sulu and his communications officer Terra Spiro discover that the Ghazi actually believe the signals are the voices of the gods, and Sulu must disabuse them of this belief before the noise drives Stentor to war.
-[[Tests of Courage]]- Synopsis: Hikaru Sulu, newly installed as captain of the U.S.S. Excelsior, has his baptism of fire in this adventure. Joining him to solve the mystery of a vanished cache of dangerous weaponry are his old compatriots on the U.S.S. Enterprise.
-[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]
-[[Flashback]]- Synopsis: When Lieutenant Tuvok begins to suffer from bouts of repressed memory - which can cause brain damage in a Vulcan - the solution is a mind meld between Tuvok and Captain Kathryn Janeway. It's a remedy that takes them back to Tuvok's first assignment aboard the U.S.S. Excelsior commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu. The Klingon moon Praxis has just exploded, and the key memory seems to be the death of a crew member during a skirmish with the Klingons.
-[[The Fearful Summons]]-Synopsis: Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior and his crew are kidnapped, and when negotiations lead nowhere, Captain Kirk and the other former officers of the Enterprise reunite to rescue their old comrade. The kidnappers, a little-known race called the Thraxians, prove more difficult to deal with than Kirk and his team had expected, for they demand powerful weapons in exchange for the hostages, and it seems that there's no other way to save the Excelsior crew. But Kirk cannot give in to their demands, since that would put countless other lives in danger, and violate the Prime Directive.
-[[The Captain's Daughter]]- Synopsis: [[Demora Sulu]], an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense, leaving everyone stunned. No one is more grief-stricken than her father, Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior. Determined to learn the truth behind his daughter's bizarre death, Sulu goes to the planet where she was killed, and finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu's reputation and his life.
-[[Cacophony]]- Synopsis: On the planet Stentor, silence is not only golden; it is the key to maintaining peace in world devastated by a great war. But that calm is shattered when a group known as the Ghazi create a new technology that intercepts old Earth radio signals and rebroadcasts them across the planet. Each day the din grows more deafening. When Captain Hikaru Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior are summoned to investigate sub-space interference emanating from Stentor, Sulu and his communications officer Terra Spiro discover that the Ghazi actually believe the signals are the voices of the gods, and Sulu must disabuse them of this belief before the noise drives Stentor to war.
-[[Envoy]]- Synopsis: While on the U.S.S. Excelsior, Captain Hikaru Sulu receives top priority orders to proceed by shuttlecraft to Starbase Three. He is to act as the Federation's envoy to a historic peace ceremony between the Krikiki and the Den-Kai -- the two dominant, warring races in that sector. Sulu's role is to hand over a young Krikiki prince to the Den-Kai as a symbol of peace, but once Sulu learns of the physical hardships and isolated life that are to befall the prince, he is faced with one of the most difficult choices of his career: carry out his orders and protect another being's life only to see it taken away, or interfere and risk destroying the fragile peace, and violate the Prime Directive in the process.
-[[Transformations]]- Synopsis: Starfleet diplomat Captain Hikaru Sulu is transported by powerful, frightening dreams to the desolate desert world of Sigma Cameron Four. It was there, as Commander of the U.S.S. Excelsior 20 years earlier, that he discovered traces of the ancient Shalakai -- a ruthless culture who, legend held, had once uncovered the secret to eternal life. Driven to find that secret, Sulu's brilliant science officer, Commander Flynn Konner, launched a fateful mission whose outcome would forever haunt the Excelsior crew. Now, 20 years later, as the distinguished archeologist Dr. Constance Allenwood moves closer to uncovering the Shalakai's secrets on Sigma Cameron Four, Sulu must race to stop her before she unleashes a disastrous chain of events.
-[[Starfleet Academy]]- Synopsis: Cadet David Forester has made it to Starfleet Academy's Command School, where the starship captain's of the future are trained on mission simulators that make you feel as if you are really on the bridge of a Federation starship. But there's trouble at the Academy - sabotage, conflict, and a series of "accidents" throw Forester's team of cadets into a scramble for their very lives.
-Determined to save his crew, Forester rushes to stop a plot to destroy the Academy itself, and is thrust into a mission with Starfleet legends Captain james T. Kirk, Captain Hikaru Sulu, and Commander Pavel Chekov. Together they must find the cause behind a series of ever deadlier raids on Federation outposts by an unknown enemy.
-Captain's Table #1: [[War Dragons]]- Synopsis: There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story...even beyond the final frontier. Captain James T. Kirk must join forces with Captain Hikaru Sulu, new commander of the U.S.S. Excelsior, to resolve a simmering political situation in a distant star system. For more than twenty years, the ancient enmity between Nykkus and Anjiri has resisted the best efforts of Federation diplomats. Now Kirk and Sulu have one last chance to end the bloodshed -- before it erupts into a full-scale interstellar war!
-[[The Ashes of Eden]]- Synopsis: At 62, Captain James T. Kirk is a disgruntled hero when his first love, the Enterprise, is reduced to war-game maneuvers by his diabolical archenemy, Androvar Drake, now commander in chief. Kirk resigns his commission to help the seductive young Teilani. The fact that her world needs saving and that she can purchase the Enterprise for Kirk makes her all the more alluring. Suspicious of Kirk's motives, Spock and McCoy join the rest of Kirk's original crew aboard the Captain Sulu's Excelsior, which is traveling to the Klingon-Romulan world of Chal. There Kirk has abandoned common sense to chase the illusion of youth: a mission, a purpose in life, and an invigorating love life with Teilani. Their age difference doesn't matter because exposure to the planet's atmosphere reverses the aging process.
-[[The Sundered]] : The Lost Era 2298- Synopsis: Five years after the presumed death of Captain James T. Kirk, the U.S.S. Excelsior, commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu, is at the forefront of exploration, diplomacy, and the defense of the Federation. Unprecedented peace talks with the violently xenophobic Tholian Assembly trigger a deadly confrontation aboard the Excelsior. Now Sulu and his crew -- including Chekov, Rand, Chapel, Tuvok, and Akaar -- are thrust into an unexpected conflict between the Tholians and a mysterious new enemy, the Neyel...whose origins, if revealed, could lead to war with Earth itself. As the Tholians weave a web of vengeance, the Excelsior is flung beyond the galaxy to discover the hidden truth about the alien Neyel, forcing Sulu to question where his responsibilities lie -- with the fragile peace he must preserve, or with the victims of his own world's tragic past.
+*'''[[Envoy]]'''- Synopsis: While on the U.S.S. Excelsior, Captain Hikaru Sulu receives top priority orders to proceed by shuttlecraft to Starbase Three. He is to act as the Federation's envoy to a historic peace ceremony between the Krikiki and the Den-Kai -- the two dominant, warring races in that sector. Sulu's role is to hand over a young Krikiki prince to the Den-Kai as a symbol of peace, but once Sulu learns of the physical hardships and isolated life that are to befall the prince, he is faced with one of the most difficult choices of his career: carry out his orders and protect another being's life only to see it taken away, or interfere and risk destroying the fragile peace, and violate the Prime Directive in the process.
-==Upcoming==
+==Connections==
-[[Forged in Fire]] (2007) by [[Michael A. Martin]] and [[Andy Mangels]].
+{{USS Excelsior stories}}
+[[Category:Series]]
+[[Category:TOS media]]