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 (Chief) • Brown (USS Enterprise) • Byers • Cantone • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Donnier • Doyle (Lieutenant) • Dunton • Edwards (engineer) • Elliott • Farne • Fulciero • Garamanus • Giotto • Angela Godinez • Hadley • Hakker • Horg • Johnson (Lieutenant) • Karg (IKS Qul) • Karn (Klingon) • Kellen (Klingon) • 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 (Ensign) • 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
Related media
| Star Trek: Invasion! Novels |
|---|
| First Strike | The Soldiers of Fear | Time's Enemy | The Final Fury |
Background
Images
Connections
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.