- For other uses, see Doctor's Orders.
Description
- When Doctor McCoy grumbles once to often about the way the Enterprise ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic mission. Kirk beams down to a strange planet nicknamed "Flyspeck" to negotiate its admission into the Federation, leaving Dr. McCoy to enjoy his new authority.
- However, the doctor soon learns that command is a double-edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace. Desperately trying to locate his captain, McCoy comes under pressure from Starfleet to resolve the situation immediately. Matters go from bad to worse when the Klingons arrive and stake their own claim on Flyspeck.
- Then another, more deadly power threatens them all, and suddenly, Dr. McCoy and the Enterprise find themselves pitted against an alien fleet in a battle they have no hope of winning.
References
Characters
- Pat Aiello • Aklein • Mark Blundell • Brandt • Lia Burke • Pavel Chekov • DeLeon • Devlin • Fahy • Helef • Don Hetsko • Hhch • Kaiev • Katur • Janíce Kerasus • Kesaio • James T. Kirk • Lawson • The Master • Leonard McCoy • Morrison • North • Parker • Renner • Montgomery Scott • Joe Siegler • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Tak • Harb Tanzer • Ingrit Tomson • Tee Thov • Nyota Uhura • Vehau
- Referenced only
- Santa Claus • Wes Meier • Wilma Meier
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- 1212 Muscae • 1212 Muscae IV (Flyspeck)
- Referenced only
- Aberdeen • Australia • Coalsack • East Coast • Montauk Point • Sirius B III
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Science and technology
- alien • animal • arsenic • cell • communications • DNA • energy • fog • ice • kilometer • liquid • phaser • polar cap • polymorph • protoplasm • screen • space • star • temperature • time • universal translator • weather • wind
Ranks and titles
Other references
- amoeba • amphibian • Amphibian gelforms of Sirius B III • asteroid belt • bag • bridge • captain's log • city • colony • day • dendroid • engineering • forest • glass • Great White shark • helm • hive economy • holiday • island • language • log entry • navigation • parkland • planet • plastic • psychology • science • shark • sickbay • soil • summer • symbology • tabekh • tabekh sauce • table • tool • tree • vegetable • weapon • winter • year
Appendices
Background
- This first contact novel features original alien species created by Duane specifically for the text-based Star Trek computer game, The Kobayashi Alternative.
Images
Cover image.
McCoy.
Spock.
Enterprise.
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Pandora Principle |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Enemy Unseen |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: My Enemy, My Ally |
Next Adventure: Spock's World | |
External link
- Doctor's Orders (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.