Summary
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.
References
Characters
- 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 vehicles
Locations
- Beta Epsilon science station • Phaedra • Starbase 210
- Referenced only
- Roanoke Colony • Xerxes III
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Science and technology
- 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 titles
- admiral • captain • commander • commanding officer • counselor • doctor • lieutenant • Number one • painter • scientist
Other references
- alkalis • basalt • clay • distress call • flood • history • magnesium • mountain • mud • palette • planet • quarters • quartz • rock • rock quarry • self destruct • soul • technology • volleyball • water • year
Information
External link
- Grounded article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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