The USS Enterprise encounters a million lost souls - trapped on an endless interstellar voyage!—Ghost Ship is a 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation novel by Diane Carey. It was the first novel in the TNG numbered novel line from Pocket Books, and was the first original prose TNG story.
Description[]
- In 1995, a Soviet aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter. Over three hundred years later, Counselor Deanna Troi awakens in her quarters from a nightmare in which she senses the voices of the crew of that Russian ship, whose life-essences were somehow absorbed by the creature that destroyed them. And the nightmare heralds a danger to the USS Enterprise-D itself, for if Picard can't discover a way to communicate with the creature, it could absorb his crew just as it did the Russians.
References[]
Characters[]
- Argyle • Compton • Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Annalise Drumm • David Galanter • Geordi La Forge • Sarah MacDougal • Mitchell • Myakishev • Jean-Luc Picard • Arkady Reykov • William T. Riker • Leon Ruszkowski • Deanna Troi • Timofei Vasska • Worf • Natasha Yar
- Referenced only
- Borka • Cleopatra • Alexandre Dumas • Feklenko • Francis of Assisi • Harper • Kryo • Laura • Herman Melville • F. Palmer • Helena Rozhenko • Sergey Rozhenko • Stervasney • Bram Stoker • Ian Andrew Troi • Lwaxana Troi • Alfred North Whitehead • Yorktown captain • Yorktown second officer
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise-D • research dinghy (Federation shuttlecraft) • Sergei G. Gorshkov (Lenin-class aircraft carrier) • USS Theodore Roosevelt (aircraft carrier) • Vladivostok
- Referenced only
- Aegis-class (cruiser) • HMS Dreadnought (battleship) • USS Dwight D. Eisenhower • Edmund Fitzgerald (tanker) • USS Forrestal • USS George Washington (Enterprise-class aircraft carrier) • SS Great Britain (steamship) • Queen Elizabeth II (passenger liner) • USS Yorktown (Excelsior-class) • USS Theodore Roosevelt
Locations[]
- battle bridge • Black Sea • bridge • Nikolayev • quarters • shuttlebay
- Referenced only
- Athens • Betazed • Canis IV • Epsilon Indi VI • Klinzhai • Los Angeles • Paris • Starbase 18
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Federation Science Bureau
Science and classification[]
- drydock • electromagnetic pulse • EMP weapon • phaser • photon torpedo • sensor • shields • shuttlecraft • turbolift • VISOR • weapon
Occupations and titles[]
- acting ensign • admiral • air wing commander • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commanding officer • commander • counselor • crewman • doctor • engineer • executive officer • first officer • flight controller • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant junior grade • officer • operations manager • petty officer • rank • second officer • security chief
Other references[]
- 1906 • 1955 • 1975 • 1992 • 1995 • 2360 • 2364 • 20th century • antimatter • asteroid • AU • blindness • cloaking device • coffee • command chair • euthanasia • gas giant • ghost • government • maître d' • Prime Directive • red alert • restaurant • saucer separation • science • solar sail • stimulant • Superman • titanium • title • The Wizard of Oz • zero-g
Chronology[]
- 24th century
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- 2360s decade
- 2364: Enterprise encounters the electromagnetism effect
- 2360s decade
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Like the first season episode TNG episode: "The Naked Now", this novel was - in a manner which could scarcely have been imagined when it was published - rendered historically inaccurate only a few years later, as the Soviet Union no longer existed in 1995.
- The ship on the cover of this novel appears to be an upside down image of the titular vessel from Battlestar GalacticaWP. The only other ship this could have been meant to represent is the research dinghy in which Riker chases Data's shuttlecraft.
- Data is erroneously portrayed on three pages as being able to use contractions when speaking. This novel was written before TNG episode: "Datalore" established that he could not.
- This is one of two novels where Riker is referred to as "Bill"; the other is TNG novelization: Encounter at Farpoint.
Quotes[]
"Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the universe."
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
The majority of the book takes place in 2364, chapter one is on the 24th of April, 1995.
published order | ||
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Previous novel: first in the series |
TNG numbered novels | Next novel: The Peacekeepers |
Previous story: Final Frontier |
Stories by: Diane Carey |
Next story: Best Destiny |
chronological order | ||
Previous adventure: Where No One Has Gone Before |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: The Last Outpost |
Previous adventure: Where No One Has Gone Before |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The Last Outpost |
Previous adventure: Heart of Glory |
DC Comics Timeline | Next adventure: Survivors |
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2364. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s): | ||
Previous adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 Chapter 21 |
24 April 1995 Chapter 1 |
Next adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 Chapter 22 |
Production history[]
- Author Diane Carey wrote Ghost Ship before TNG premiered, which limited her characterizations to what was provided in the TNG writer's guide. (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 63: "Where No Man...: Ghost Ship")
Translations[]
- 1988
- Turkish: Hayalet Gemi, translated by T. Ö. Erkan. (Ankira Yayıncılık)
- 1990
- German: Gespensterschiff, translated by Norbert Stresau. (Heyne)
- 1992
- Portuguese: O Navio Fantasma, translated by Vivi Humphreys. (Editora Aleph)
- 1994
- Romanian: Vasul fantomă, translated by Roxana Ene. (Editura Olimp)
- 1996
- Dutch: Spookschip, translated by René van Os. (De Boekerij)
- 1996
- French: Spectres, translated by Bruno Billion. (Fleuve Noir)
External link[]
- Ghost Ship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.