Grounded

   

Summary Edit

From the back cover: While answering a distress call from a scientific station in a remote part of the galaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise becomes infected with a mysterious alien life form which feeds on and transforms inorganic materials.

The Starship begins to gradually disintegrate, and Starfleet is forced to order its evacuation and destruction to prevent the dangerous infection from spreading throughout the galaxy. It's the end of an era for Captain Picard and his crew, who are scheduled for transfers that will split them up among different Starfleet vessels.

But even as the end draws near for the Starship Enterprise, Captain Picard begins to formulate a desperate plan to save his ship and preserve his crew -- a plan that will force him to defy Starfleet orders and lead him to a confrontation with a malevolent alien force which has the power to destroy the entire Federation.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Andrews • Beverly Crusher • Data • Davies • Lars Fredricks • Metrina Harcourt • Geordi La Forge • Michaels • Montgomery • Oblata • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Adrienne Tillstrom • Mikal Tillstrom • Deanna Troi • Penelope Winthrop • Worf, son of Mogh

Referenced only 

Kyle Riker • Tasha Yar

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Albedo (tug) • USS Enterprise-D

LocationsEdit

Beta Epsilon science station • Phaedra • Starbase 210

Referenced only 

Roanoke Colony • Xerxes III

Races and culturesEdit

android • Betazoid • Human • Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

Psychology Division • Starfleet • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets

Science and technologyEdit

air • alien • atmosphere • aurora borealis • computer • electromagnetic field • electron • gas • gauss • hour • ion trail • lifeform • light • magnetosphere • medical tricorder • orbit • oxygen • positronic brain • second • silicon • solar wind • starbase • starship • transporter • tricorder • VISOR • volcano • yard

Ranks and titlesEdit

admiral • captain • commander • commanding officer • counselor • doctor • lieutenant • Number one • painter • scientist

Other referencesEdit

alkalis • basalt • clay • distress call • flood • history • magnesium • mountain • mud • palette • planet • quarters • quartz • rock • rock quarry • self destruct • soul • technology • volleyball • water • year

InformationEdit

External linkEdit

• Grounded article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.