First Strike is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Diane Carey, published in July 1996. This was the first part of the Invasion! crossover.
Description
- Long ago, even before the days of myth and legend, our worlds belonged to them. Now they want them back…
- Captain Kirk is stunned when the Federation receives an urgent plea for help—from the Klingon Empire. A mysterious starship has invaded Klingon space and resisted all their efforts to destroy it. Establishing contact with the stranger's ship, Kirk discovers that it is only the vanguard of a vast alien fleet obsessed with conquering the Klingons, the Federation, the Romulans, and all who dwell in the space that was once their own.
- The invasion has begun…
Contents
- Spacequake
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- We Are the Impending
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-One
- Epilogue
References
Characters
- Aesh • Amanda Alto • Josh Alto • Aragor • Aralu • Bannon • Barnes • Brown • Byers • Cantone • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Donnier • Doyle • Dunton • Edwards • Elliott • Farne • Fulciero • Garamanus • Giotto • Angela Godinez • Bill Hadley • Hakker • Horg • Johnson • Karg • Karn • Kellen • James T. Kirk • Kyle • Manann • Leonard McCoy • Mellendez • Morien • Mursha • Nordstrom • Rek • Rhod • Ross • Ruhl • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Eric Staaltenburg • Hikaru Sulu • Keiko Tamura • Nyota Uhura • Urback • Wilson • Zennor
- Referenced only
- Benjamin Franklin • Kodos • Sarek • Zdunic • Robert Conrad • Robert Burns
Starships and vehicles
- Columbia • USS Enterprise • Galileo • USS Great Lakes • IKS Jada • IKS MatHa' • IKS Qul • Rath • IKS Shukar
Locations
- Capella IV (Capella star system, Auriga constellation, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant) • Kgha'lugh • Sector 937 • Uri Taug
- Referenced only
- Alloway • Alpha Centauri • Klingon Neutral Zone
Shipboard locales
Races and cultures
States and organizations
- Klingon Empire • Klingon High Command • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification
- energy • fire • mass • matter • planet • radiation • space • star • star system • technology • time • universe • weapon
Material and substances
- argon • atmosphere • blood • DNA • drink • food • gas • methane • nitrogen • oxygen • plasma • plutonium • toparine
Food and drink
Lifeforms
- humanoid • moss
Anatomy
- spinal cord • spine
Technology and weapons
- antigrav unit • barometer • club • communicator • dagger • deflector • disruptor • glasses • impulse • klegat • library computer • lifepod • phaser • photon torpedo • sensor • shields • shuttlecraft • starship • sword • tractor beam • translator • transporter • tricorder • turbolift
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • Dana • doctor • engineer • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • navigator • officer • science officer • scientist • second officer • security • tactical officer • Vergo • Vergobretos • Vergozen • weapons officer • yeoman
Other references
- anatomy • boot • Christianity • clothing • cockfight • demon • doll • dreadnought • Drovid • druid • Gehenna • government • Havoc • heavy cruiser • Hullam'gar • Iraga • lifeform • Lord Jim • magic • morgue • mythology • Ok'San • pants • rank • red alert • skull • Shushara • space sickness • Starfleet unifiorm • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • state • straw • Tam o' Shanter • title • tunic • uniform • voodoo • werewolf • witch
Chronology
- Thousands of years ago
- Klingon history
- Muscari Incident
- Stardate 3497.2
- The Enterprise discovers Klingons at Capella. (TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: Friday's Child, prior to novel)
- Skirmish at Capella, 2267 (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages)
- Kirk and the Enterprise crew protect the Capellans from retribution by the angered Klingon commanders.
Appendices
Background
- Kligat is spelled "klegat".
- Topaline is misspelled "toparine".
- The series featured a four-panel cover by Keith Birdsong showing characters from each book surrounding a broken image of one of the Furies. The complete cover art was used for the omnibus edition, but the Furies character's face was obscured by the title. The face could be seen in a promotional poster for the series. Additionally, on this volume it was decided to feature the Enterprise.
Images
Connections
| Star Trek: Invasion! Novels |
|---|
| First Strike | The Soldiers of Fear | Time's Enemy | The Final Fury |
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Rings of Tautee |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: The Joy Machine |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Friday's Child |
Next Adventure: Who Mourns for Adonais? | |
External links
- First Strike article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
