Introduction (blurb)
He was the youngest man to captain a starship in Federation history. His crew included an untried first officer - and a maverick ship's surgeon. In the years to come, the voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise would become legend.
But before their historic five-year mission began, before the crew meshed into the superb unit that would journey across the galaxy, before the legend took shape, there was the mission that brought them together for the first time.
Here, at last, is that untold story - the first voyage of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and all the rest of the Enterprise crew - the most eagerly awaited Star Trek adventure of all!
Summary
Prologue
James Kirk awakens from a nightmare of the Battle of Ghioghe, in which he lost his ship the USS Lydia Sutherland and his first officer Gary Mitchell was badly injured. He visits the hospital, where Gary is unconscious but recovering, and runs into Carol Marcus. Meanwhile, Spock goes swimming on his last day of leave, Sulu looks forward to being assigned to the USS Aerfan, and on Arcturus, the Klingon renegade Koronin takes possession of a Bird-of-Prey.
Chapter 1
Spock goes to Christopher Pike's headquarters to congratulate him on his promotion to Commodore and thank him for the opportunity to work with him. On the Enterprise bridge, Uhura returns from the Irish Harp Festival at Mandela City and Scotty hands out cigars to celebrate the birth of his niece Dannan Stuart. While on Spacedock, Kirk runs into an old friend, Agovanli, and the two share a few drinks together. Sulu is dismayed to learn that he has instead been assigned to the Enterprise, but his complaints to Spock prove fruitless.
Chapter 2
At the reception for the change-of-command ceremony, Kirk meets his bridge crew and learns that Spock will be serving as his first officer. Admiral Noguchi turns down his request for Gary Mitchell to be assigned first officer. Kirk takes his mother and brother on a tour of the Enterprise, where they find an equiraptor in the shuttlebay.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Epilogue
Characters
Main
- James T. Kirk
- Spock
- Leonard H. McCoy
- Montgomery Scott
- Hikaru Sulu
- Pavel Chekov
- Nyota Uhura
- Janice Rand
Others
- Agovanli
- Marietta Cheung
- Cockspur
- Greg and Maris
- Hazarstennaj
- Hunter
- George Samuel Kirk Jr.
- Winona Kirk
- Koronin
- Amelinda Lukarian
- John Kyle
- Mark Piper
Referenced
References
Starships
Locations
Species
States and Organizations
Others
Athene | Equiraptor | Fire in Frost | Ilya | Irish Harp Festival | Lieber exoskeleton | Marcellin | McCoy, Jocelyn | Monash University | Nine Suns | Noguchi, Kimitake | Piper, Dr. Mark | Quundar | Rand, Ben | Rand, Sirri | Rift, Newland Yanagimachi | Roswind, Crewman | Saweoure | Starbase 13 | Starfleet (primate) | Starfleet Teaching Hospital | Stephen | Stuart, Dannan | Tau Ceti II | Thetis, Philomena | Tzesnashstennaj | Vladivostok Genetics Institute | Warp-Speed Classic Vaudeville Company
Information
Related Stories
Reviews
External Links
- Enterprise: The First Adventure article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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