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− | title=Ghost Ship |
+ | | title = Ghost Ship |
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+ | | cover image = ghost Ship cover.jpg |
+ | | artist = [[Enric Torres-Prat]] |
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− | series= |
+ | | series = {{sT|The Next Generation}} ([[Pocket TNG]]) |
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− | number=1 |
+ | | number = 1 |
− | author=[[Diane Carey]] |
+ | | author = [[Diane Carey]] |
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− | publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |
+ | | publisher = [[Pocket Books]] |
− | published=[[1988|July 1988]]| |
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− | format=[[paperback]] |
+ | | format = [[paperback]] |
+ | | published = {{srcdate|1988|July}} |
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− | pages=254 |
+ | | pages = 254 |
− | ISBN=ISBN 0671746081 |
+ | | ISBN = ISBN 0671746081 |
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− | ''The USS ''Enterprise'' encounters a million lost souls - trapped on an endless interstellar voyage!'' |
+ | ''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 [[Pocket Books]]' [[tNG novels#Numbered Paperbacks|''TNG'' numbered novel line]], and was the first original prose ''TNG'' story. |
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+ | ==Description== |
+ | [[file:eMPaurora.jpg|thumb|left|[[EMP]] aurora over the [[Black Sea]].]] |
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− | + | :''In [[1995]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[aircraft carrier]] is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter. Over [[2364|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|NCC-1701-D|-D}} itself, for if [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] can't discover a way to communicate with the creature, it could absorb his crew just as it did the Russians.'' |
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− | ===Memorable Quotes=== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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− | ===Characters=== |
+ | ===Characters=== |
− | [[ |
+ | :[[Argyle]] • {{dis|Compton|USN}} • [[Beverly Crusher]] • [[Wesley Crusher]] • [[Data]] • [[Annalise Drumm]] • [[David Galanter]] • [[Geordi La Forge]] • [[Sarah MacDougal]] • {{dis|Mitchell|Doctor}} • [[Myakishev]] • [[Jean-Luc Picard]] • [[Arkady Reykov]] • [[William T. Riker]] • [[Leon Ruszkowski]] • [[Deanna Troi]] • [[Timofei Vasska]] • [[Worf, son of Mogh|Worf]] • [[Natasha Yar]] |
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+ | {{ref}} {{dis|Borka|20th century}} • [[Cleopatra]] • [[Alexandre Dumas]] • [[Feklenko]] • [[Francis of Assisi]] • {{dis|Harper|USN}} • [[Kryo]] • [[Laura]] • [[Herman Melville]] • [[F. Palmer]] • [[Helena Rozhenko]] • [[Sergey Rozhenko]] • [[Stervasney]] • [[Bram Stoker]] • [[Ian Andrew Troi]] • [[Lwaxana Troi]] • [[Alfred North Whitehead]] • [[Ledbetter|''Yorktown'' captain]] • [[Unnamed Starfleet personnel#USS Yorktown (NCC-2033)|''Yorktown'' second officer]] |
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===Starships and vehicles=== |
===Starships and vehicles=== |
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+ | [[file:dinghy.jpg|thumb|[[Research dinghy]].]] |
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− | {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} • {{USS|Yorktown|NCC-2033}} ({{class|Excelsior}}) • ''[[Sergei G. Gorshkov]]'' ({{class|Lenin}} [[aircraft carrier]]) • {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt}} ({{class|Nimitz}} [[aircraft carrier]]) • {{pre|SS|Great Britain}} ([[steamship]]) • ''[[Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' ([[tanker]]) • ''[[Queen Elizabeth II]]'' ([[passenger liner]]) • {{pre|HMS|Dreadnought}} ([[battleship]]) • {{class|Aegis}} ([[cruiser]]) • [[research dinghy]] ([[Federation shuttlecraft]]) • ''[[Vladivostok]]'' • {{USS|George Washington}} ({{class|Enterprise|aircraft carrier}} [[refit]] {{class|Nimitz}} [[aircraft carrier]]) • {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59}} • {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} |
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+ | :{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} • [[research dinghy]] ([[Federation shuttlecraft]]) • ''[[Sergei G. Gorshkov]]'' ({{class|Lenin}} [[aircraft carrier]]) • {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt}} ([[aircraft carrier]]) • {{ship||Vladivostok|naval vessel}} |
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+ | {{ref}} {{class|Aegis|20th century}} ([[cruiser]]) • {{pre|HMS|Dreadnought}} ([[battleship]]) • {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} • ''[[Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' ([[tanker]]) • {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59}} • {{USS|George Washington}} ({{class|Enterprise|aircraft carrier}} [[aircraft carrier]]) • {{pre|SS|Great Britain}} ([[steamship]]) • ''[[Queen Elizabeth II]]'' ([[passenger liner]]) • {{USS|Yorktown|NCC-2033}} ({{class|Excelsior}}) |
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===Locations=== |
===Locations=== |
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+ | [[file:luna2904.jpg|thumb|left|The [[moon]].]] |
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− | ====Shipboard locations==== |
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− | + | :[[battle bridge]] • [[Black Sea]] • [[bridge]] • [[Nikolayev]] • [[quarters]] • [[shuttlebay]] |
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− | ====Planetary locations==== |
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− | [[Athens]] • [[Paris]] • [[Los Angeles]] • [[Black Sea]] • [[Nikolayev]] |
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− | ====Outposts and stations==== |
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− | [[Starbase 18]] |
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===Races and cultures=== |
===Races and cultures=== |
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− | [[android]] • [[Betazoid]] • [[Human]] ([[American]] • [[Greek]] • [[ |
+ | :[[android]] • [[Betazoid]] • [[Human]] ([[American]] • [[Greek]] • [[Lithuanian]] • [[Russian]]) • [[Klingon]] |
===States and organizations=== |
===States and organizations=== |
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− | [[ |
+ | :[[Federation]] • [[Soviet Navy]] • [[Soviet Union]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[United States Navy]] • [[United States]] |
+ | {{ref}} [[Federation Science Bureau]] |
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− | === |
+ | ===Science and technology=== |
− | [[ |
+ | :[[drydock]] • [[electromagnetic pulse]] • [[EMP weapon]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[sensor]] • [[shields]] • [[shuttlecraft]] • [[turbolift]] • [[VISOR]] • [[weapon]] |
===Ranks and titles=== |
===Ranks and titles=== |
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+ | :[[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]] • [[second officer]] • [[security chief]] |
===Other references=== |
===Other references=== |
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+ | :[[1906]] • [[1955]] • [[1975]] • [[1992]] • [[1995]] • [[2360]] • [[2364]] • [[20th century]] • [[antimatter]] • [[asteroid]] • [[AU]] • [[blindness]] • [[cloaking device]] • [[coffee]] • [[command chair]] • [[euthanasia]] • [[gas giant]] • [[supernatural|ghost]] • [[government]] • [[maître d']] • [[Prime Directive]] • [[red alert]] • [[restaurant]] • [[saucer separation]] • [[solar sail]] • [[stimulant]] • [[Superman]] • [[titanium]] • ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' • [[zero-g]] |
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− | [[restaurant]] • [[maître d']] • [[drydock]] • [[weapon]] • [[electromagnetic pulse]] • [[government]] |
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− | ;[[1995]] ([[20th century]]) |
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− | ;[[2360]] |
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− | ;[[2364]] |
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==Appendices== |
==Appendices== |
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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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+ | * Like the first season episode {{e|TNG|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. |
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− | * According to a timeline released by [[DC Comics]], this novel takes place shortly after the events of {{e|TNG|Heart of Glory}}. |
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− | * The ship on the cover of this novel appears to be an upside down image of the titular vessel from ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica}}''. The only other ship this could have been meant to represent is the research dinghy |
+ | * The ship on the cover of this novel appears to be an upside down image of the titular vessel from ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica}}''. 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 |
+ | * [[Data]] is erroneously portrayed on three pages as being able to use contractions when speaking. This novel was written before {{e|TNG|Datalore}} established that he could not. |
− | *This is one of two novels where Riker is referred to as "Bill"; the other is {{n1|TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}. |
+ | * This is one of two novels where Riker is referred to as "Bill"; the other is {{n1|TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}. |
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+ | ===Quotes=== |
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− | series1= TNG| |
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− | format1= numnov| |
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− | before1= First numbered novel| |
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+ | ===Images=== |
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− | type2= novel| |
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+ | <gallery> |
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− | series2= TNG| |
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+ | ghost Ship cover.jpg|Cover image. |
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+ | ghost Ship art.jpg|Cover art by [[Enric Torres-Prat]]. |
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− | format2= novel| |
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+ | ghost Ship back.jpg|Back cover image. |
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− | before2= [[Encounter at Farpoint]]| |
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+ | ghostShipC.jpg|[[Canada]] edition cover image. |
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− | after2= [[The Peacekeepers]]| |
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+ | ghostShip.jpg|Overseas edition cover image. |
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+ | gespensterschiff.jpg|[[German language]] edition cover image. |
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+ | gespensterschiffR.jpg|[[German language]] reprint edition cover image. |
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+ | gespensterschiffE.jpg|[[German language]] reissue edition cover image. |
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+ | naveFantasma.jpg|[[Spanish language]] edition cover image. |
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+ | spookschip.jpg|[[Dutch]] edition cover image. |
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+ | dinghy.jpg|[[Research dinghy]]. |
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+ | dataTNG1.jpg|[[Data]]. |
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+ | rikerTNG1.jpg|[[William T. Riker]]. |
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+ | geordiTNG1.jpg|[[Geordi La Forge]]. |
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+ | eMPaurora.jpg|[[EMP]] aurora over the [[Black Sea]]. |
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+ | luna2904.jpg|The [[moon]]. |
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+ | planet2904.jpg|[[Planet]]. |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | The majority of the book takes place in [[2364]], chapter one is on the 24th of [[April]] [[1995]]. |
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+ | {{Published order| |
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+ | seriesformat=''TNG'' numbered novels| |
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+ | before=First in the series| |
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+ | {{Author order| |
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− | voyages1= Entd| |
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+ | author=[[Diane Carey]]| |
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− | + | before=[[Final Frontier]]| |
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+ | after=[[Best Destiny]]|}} |
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+ | {{Timeline-chronology}} |
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+ | {{Pocket order| |
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+ | {{MB order| |
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+ | nextMB=[[The Last Outpost]]|}} |
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+ | {{DC order| |
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+ | prevDC=[[Heart of Glory]]| |
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+ | nextDC=[[Survivors]]|}} |
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+ | {{Timeline-chronology+|type=MBPocket|primary=[[2364]]|number=1|}} |
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− | timeframe=Timeframe1| |
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+ | {{Chronology order| |
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− | primary=[[2364]]| |
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− | + | date=24 [[April]] [[1995]]{{bsmall|Chapter 1}}| |
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− | + | prevdate=[[The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2]]{{bsmall|Chapter 21}}| |
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− | + | nextdate=[[The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2]]{{bsmall|Chapter 22}}|}} |
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+ | {{end box}} |
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− | }} |
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===External link=== |
===External link=== |
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* {{memoryalpha}} |
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Revision as of 22:41, 14 September 2019
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 Pocket Books' TNG numbered novel line, 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)
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
- Federation • Soviet Navy • Soviet Union • Starfleet • United States Navy • United States
- Referenced only
- Federation Science Bureau
Science and technology
- drydock • electromagnetic pulse • EMP weapon • phaser • photon torpedo • sensor • shields • shuttlecraft • turbolift • VISOR • weapon
Ranks 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 • 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 • solar sail • stimulant • Superman • titanium • The Wizard of Oz • zero-g
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
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 |
External link
- Ghost Ship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.