Elusive Salvation is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Dayton Ward. It was released on 26 April 2016.
Description[]
- An all-new adventure from history's shadow!
- The Arctic Circle, 1845: Escaping the tyranny under which their people have lived for generations, aliens from a distant planet crash land on Earth's inhospitable frozen wastes. Surviving the harsh conditions will pose a challenge, but over time the aliens will migrate to more populated areas, with decades passing as they work to conceal their presence from their former oppressors, who continue to hunt them at any cost.
- San Francisco, 2283: When a mysterious craft is detected entering the solar system, Admiral James Kirk is dispatched by Starfleet to confront the vessel. He meets with an emissary from the Iramahl, a previously unknown alien race who have come in search of their brothers and sisters thought to have gone missing in this area of space centuries earlier. Having recently thrown off the last chains of subjugation by another species, the Ptaen, they now believe their lost people hold the key to saving their entire race from eventual extinction.
- New York, 1970: Roberta Lincoln, young protégé of the mysterious agent Gary Seven, is shocked when she receives the oddest request for help—from the future…
Summary[]
A Starfleet monitoring station detects a cloaked ship entering the Solar system, and Admiral James T. Kirk is assigned to take Spock and the Enterprise and investigate. When the alien ship finally responds to hails, the Enterprise makes first contact with the Iramahl, a race who until recently were occupied by the Ptaen. They explain the Ptaen genetically altered them, reducing their lifespans and creating other genetic problems. A group of Iramahl who fled their homeworld sent a message saying they had found a cure, but crashed on Earth in the 19th century.
A search by Starfleet finds no trace of the Iramahl in the present day, so Kirk and Spock elect to search Earth's past, and contact Roberta Lincoln. After many years of searching, Roberta contacts the Enterprise from 1985 to report that the Earth authorities have found the crashed Iramahl-ship. At her request, Kirk and Spock return to the past with her, and manage to gain control of the ship, and transport it to a safe location.
The spaceship's new location attracts the attention of the Iramahl in hiding on Earth, but also that of Ptaen hunters and a covert U.S. military department investigating aliens. A pitched battle between the various factions leaves all the Ptaen dead, and the senior U.S. officer, Daniel Wheeler, with his memory wiped. Spock transports the Iramahl ship into the ocean, where it self-destructs harmlessly. The surviving Iramahl return with Kirk and Spock to the future, where they are reunited with their brethren; with their information and further research provided by McCoy and Chapel, the race has a chance of surviving.
References[]
Characters[]
- Tonia Barrows • Canderon • Christine Chapel • Drevina • Thomas Dunning • Leah Feeze • Shanna Gilkeson • Glorick • Guinan • William Holmes • Isis • Jepolin • James T. Kirk • Roberta Lincoln • Senthil Masilamani • Leonard McCoy • Harrison Morrow • Heihachiro Nogura • Opirsa • Kenneth Sapp • Dominic Schlatter • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • T'Pril • Nyota Uhura • Daniel Wheeler • Kevin Wyatt
- Referenced only
- Anardrin • Pavel Chekov • Samuel Clemens • Edwin De Haven • John Franklin • Henry Grinnell • Klingon Ambassador Kamarag • Elisha Kane • Lvonek • Mranzal • Rouviere • Antonia Salvatori • Khan Noonien Singh • Terkim • Clark Terrell
Starships and vehicles[]
- HMS Bounty (Klingon bird-of-prey) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Advance • USS Endeavour (Constitution-class) • USS Reliant (Miranda-class) • USS Rescue
Locations[]
- Alcatraz • Arctic Circle • Earth • Golden Gate Bridge • Jupiter • Jupiter Station (Early Warning Monitoring Center) • Laurentian Abyssal • New York City • New York Harbor • Northwest Passage • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Sol • Starfleet Headquarters
- Referenced only
- Africa • Arkansas • Beta Omicron Delta III • Bhopal • California • Callisto • Chicago • Deadwood • Devon Island • El-Auria • Europa • Europe • Ganymede • Halimede • Hell • Idaho • India • Io • Miri's Homeworld • Neptune • Observation Station A47 • Observation Station A55 • Observation Station A61 • Philadelphia • Romulan Neutral Zone • Sierra Nevada • South Dakota • Sycorax • Yirteshna
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Nova Squadron • Ptaen Consortium • Section 31 • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Operations • United Federation of Planets • United States Air Force • United States Army • United States Marine Corps • United States Navy
- Referenced only
- Colt's Manufacturing Company • Eastern Coalition • Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet Academy • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Science and classification[]
- alien • astral map • astrogator • Beta 5 computer • blood • braking thruster • cloaking device • dilithium matrix • energy • eugenics • Feinberg receiver • food slot • glass • life support • maneuvering thruster • mirror • rifle • satellite • scurvy • sensor • slingshot effect • space • spaceship • time • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen • warp speed
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • cadet • captain • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff • chief of Starfleet Operations • commandant • commandant of Starfleet Academy • commander • farmer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • midshipman • officer • professor • refugee • scientist • spy • yeoman
Other references[]
- 1845 • 1851 • 1892 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1985 • 1986 • 1992 • 1996 • 2053 • 2063 • 2266 • 2267 • 2270 • 2283 • Aldebaran whiskey • ape • apple • Bhopal disaster • bird • book • bridge • briefcase • carafe • century • chair • city • coffee • corset • couch • day • decade • Eugenics Wars • five-year mission • fox • hour • ice • Joint Chiefs of Staff • Korean War • living room • military • monkey • moon • notebook • obsidian • operations center • pen • planet • polar bear • Post-Atomic Horror • seal • snow • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • technology • Vietnam War • water • World War II • World War III • year • yellow alert
Appendices[]
Related media[]
Images[]
Cover image.
Connections[]
| Media featuring Gary Seven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Episode | Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miniseries | The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Novels | Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • From History's Shadow • Elusive Salvation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short stories | "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comics | "The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Latter Fire |
TOS novels | Next novel: Captain to Captain |
| Previous novel: All That's Left |
Novels by: Dayton Ward |
Next novel: Purgatory's Key |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Strider Incident |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: The Darkness Drops Again |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2283. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in seven other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Veil at Valcour |
19th century Chapters 1, 3, 5 |
Next Adventure: The Peacemakers Section 6 |
| Previous Adventure: From History's Shadow Chapters 3-4 |
13 September–14 September 1951 Chapters 8-9 |
Next Adventure: From History's Shadow Chapters 6-8 |
| Previous Adventure: to be placed |
20 November 1970 | Next Adventure: to be placed |
| Previous Adventure: to be placed |
21 May–26 May, 1971 | Next Adventure: Khan, Issue 4 |
| Previous Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 Chapters 26-27, 29-30 |
8 August–15 August, 1985 | Next Adventure: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Chapters 5-12 |
| Previous Adventure: Whales Weep Not |
25 June 1986 | Next Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 Chapters 31-33 |
| Previous Adventure: From History's Shadow Chapter 38 |
7 November 1996 | Next Adventure: Life Among the Post-Industrial Barbarians |
External link[]
- Elusive Salvation article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.