- For other uses, see Dyson.
A cosmic artifact faces total destruction!
Description[]
- Two hundred million kilometers across, with a surface area that exceeds that of a quarter-billion worlds, the Dyson sphere is one of the most astounding discoveries the Federation has ever made. Now the U.S.S. Enterprise has returned to explore the awesome mysteries of the sphere. Intrigued by what is possibly the greatest archaeological treasure of all time, Captain Jean-Luc Picard hopes to discover the origin of humanoid life throughout the galaxy -- or perhaps the ultimate secret of the Borg.
- But when a neutron star approaches on a collision course with the sphere, a mission of discovery becomes a desperate race against time. The many sentient species inhabiting the sphere face extinction -- can even the Starship Enterprise save them all?
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Beverly Crusher • Dalen • Data • Guinan • Jani • Jee • Kar • Kodo • Kosh • Geordi La Forge • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Sherd • Deanna Troi • Worf
- Referenced only
- Argus Panoptes • Zefram Cochrane • Daniel • Freeman Dyson • Albert Einstein • Richard Feynman • Stephen Hawking • Joshua • Shubad Khan • James T. Kirk • Thomas E. Lawrence • Lenn • Spyridon Marinatos • Moses • Odysseus • Yvette Picard • Plato • Montgomery Scott • Sejanus • Spock • Dylan Thomas • Tiberius • Veere • John Wheeler • Leonard Woolley
Starships and vehicles[]
- Balboa • Borg cube • Calypso (shuttlecraft) • USS Challenger • Cousteau (shuttlecraft) • USS Darwin (Voyager-class) • Engford • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • Feynman • Flying Dutchman • helicopter • USS Intrepid • USS Jenolen (Sydney-class) • Mary Celeste • Nadir • science vessel • stealth fighter
Locations[]
- Africa • Alpha Powell A • Antarctica • Atlantic Ocean • Atlantis • Australia • Babylon • Beta Niobe • Beta Noyes C • Betazed • British Isles • Carthage • Cave of Stars • China • Dalen Base • Dyson Cloud • Dyson homeworld • Dyson Sphere • Earth • Europe • galactic core • Great Hudson Bay • Great Scott Sea • Greece • Israel • Janus VI • Jordan Valley • Jupiter • Lake Superior • Manhattan Island • Mediterranean Sea • Mercury • North America • River Nile • Rome • San Francisco • Sarpeidon • Sarpeidon Nebula • Scott Base • Thera
Races and cultures[]
- Betazoid • Borg • Dooglasse • Hittite • Horta • Human • Klingon • Neanderthal • Q • Sarpeidan • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
- Borg Collective • British Museum • Federation Council • Starfleet • Roman Empire • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- antimatter pod • antiproton • artificial gravity • Big Bang • carbon • CAT scan • clock • dimensional folding • Doppler shift • Dyson sphere • gamma flare • gamma ray • helium • impulse engine • inertia • ionosphere • light year • master systems display • neutrino flux • neutron • neutron star • orbit • oxygen • paradox • photomultiplier • probe • proton • radiation • star system • subspace • subspace communication • subspace scan • subspace sensor • supernova • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • universal translator • viewscreen • virtual reality • warp drive • wormhole
Occupations and titles[]
- archaeologist • captain • emperor • Number one • philosopher • physicist • psychiatrist
Other references[]
- 100,000 BC • 1967 • aluminum • away team • Babylonian sphinx • Betazoid sea dragon • Bible • Book of Job • Book of Psalms • bridge • bronze • Bronze Age • charcoal • Christmas • Christmas tree • city • Class M • comet • copper • dinosaur • elephant • first contact • gev • gold • homeworld • Ice Age • meteoroid • mythology • neutronium • planet • poetry • Prime Directive • prototype • pyramid • ready room • sheepskin rug • shuttlebay • sickbay • Sirens • tephra • villa • walnut • water • waterlily • whale • whalesong • World War I • zoo
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, USS Darwin
- Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), 2370
Appendices[]
Related nedia[]
- The crew of the Enterprise originally visited the Dyson Sphere in this episode after recovering Montgomery Scott from the USS Jenolen which had first encountered and crashed into the Sphere in 2294.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: Q-Strike |
TNG numbered novels | Next novel: Infection |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Embrace the Wolf |
Next Adventure: Necessary Evil | |
External link[]
- Dyson Sphere (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.