In the Heart of Chaos (German Ins Herz des Chaos) is a Star Trek: Prometheus novel co-written by Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies, released in September 2016 in German then later released in November 2018 in English.
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Summary[]
Spock mind melds with the Son of the Ancient Reds and discovers it is insane. The Prometheus and Bortas attempt to destroy the Son's refuge but their attempts are not only unsuccessful but cause them to succumb to the madness and hatred and fight each other, only narrowly getting clear of the entity's influence.
An enquiry at Memory Alpha locates a similar chaos zone which the Prometheus travels to with its slipstream drive, leaving the Bortas to continue investigations in the Lembatta Cluster. The Bortas manages to capture a Purifying Flame ship and the crew trick its captain into giving away the location of their shipyard.
The Prometheus discover the other members of the Son's species, who explain the Son went mad during a long isolation exploring the galaxy. One of their number, the White Guardian of legend, imprisoned it on Iad and recollected the Renao to surrounding worlds: However, the long journey cost him his life. Ak Namur argues that it would be kinder to end the Son's suffering and volunteers to carry some of his people's energy to accomplish the task in a suicide mission.
The Bortas engages the Purifying Flame's fighters, who were on the verge of launching a massive attack on other species. Heavily damaged, Kromm forcibly ejects L'emka, Alexander and the Renao prisoners in an escape pod before ramming the shipyard, destroying them both. Ak Namur delivers the energy and survives, with the death of the Son cancelling out the radiation and restoring the Renao to sanity.
References[]
Characters[]
USS Prometheus personnel[]
- Richard Adams • Geron Barai • Alvar Bhansali • Bottlinger • Ricat Na Bukh • Maddy Calloway • Sarita Carson • Casserea • Chell • Mikyung Chu • Massimo Ciarese • Isabelle Courmont • Elisa Flores • Jenna Winona Kirk • Krish Iniri • Loanaa • Pradnya Mandhare • Mendon • Meuer • Moba • Uardo Nama • Jassat ak Namur • Naxxa • Oana Pena • Quandil • Roaas • S'arkee • Senok • Sh'rar • Swallow • T'Sai • T'Shanik • Shantherin th'Talias • Lenissa zh'Thiin • Goran Tol • Trik • Robert Vogel • Wilorin • Paul Winter
- Referenced only
- Aduviri • Atasoy • DeCandido • Dilmore • Kalim bim Gral • Björn Jansen • Losheg • Sears • Tabor Resk • Ward
IKS Bortas personnel[]
- B'Tarka • Brukk • Chumarr • Drax • Klakk • Klarn • Koddoth • Kromm, son of Kaath • L'emka • Mobok • Nuk • Raspin • Rooth • Toras • Woch
- Referenced only
- Mokbar
USS Bougainville personnel[]
- 01001010 • 01010100 • Rebecca Stern
USS Venture personnel[]
- Di Monti • Bjarne Henderson • Kraalbat • Andreas Loos • Makzia • Miners • Mika Niskanen • T'Eama
Memory Alpha personnel[]
- Ezra • Kosinski • Lokmay
- Referenced only
- Mandel
Starfleet personnel[]
- Leonard James Akaar • Deveraux • Gepta • Roberta Holverson • Alynna Nechayev
- Referenced only
- Jonathan Archer • th'Clane • Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher • The Doctor • Mark Edwards • Brian Ellis • Kelvar Garth • Kathryn Janeway • James T. Kirk • Jean-Luc Picard • Christopher Pike • Benjamin Sisko • Worf
Renao[]
- Mesood ak Aneez • Banuk • Hamash ak Bhedal • Evvyk ak Busal • Alyys ak Ghantur • Brossal ak Ghantur • Hiskaath ak Ghantur • Kynnil ak Ghantur • Hamadh, son of Ouras • Mounim ak Hazzoh • ak Joulid • Samooh ak Lahal • Moadas ak Lavoor • Manouk ak Lovaal • ak Mahda • ak Mhanib • Mheron • Muahadha • Nadash • Houma ak Nourmi • Jalal ak Nourmi • Golaah ak Partam • Radhiri • ak Sahoon • Jonah ak Seresh • Koubla ak Yafor
- Referenced only
- Goraal ak Behruun • Jamous • ak Lhamad • Musaan • Ouras • Kumaah ak Partam • Laali ak Seresh • Shamar • Shaomi • Alai ak Yldrou
Other characters[]
- Akbas • Wesley Crusher • K'mtok • Klag • Kluzh • Koxx • Kyll • Alexander Rozhenko • Son of the Ancient Reds • Spock • Kellessar zh'Tarash • Lwaxana Troi • Dimitri Velonov
- Referenced only
- (*) • Acina • Nanietta Bacco • Bharatrum • Coaraston • Max Courmont • Elim Garak • George • Gowron • Gracie • K'mpec • Kahless (clone) • Kahless the Unforgettable • Gell Kamemor • Kang • Nomad • Q • Tezrene • The Traveler • V'Ger • White Guardian
Starships and vehicles[]
- IKS Bortas (Vor'cha-class) • Boudhani (algae freighter) • USS Bougainville (Nebula-class) • USS Capitoline (Vesta-class) • Charles Coryell (shuttlecraft) • IKS Chong'pogh (B'rel-class) • Coumatha (solar-jumper) • courier vessel • IKS Drovana (Vor'cha-class) • fishing boat • IKS K'mpec (Qang-class) • Kranaal • NA-2812 • IKS Nukmay (B'rel-class) • passenger transport • patrol ship • USS Prometheus (Prometheus-class starship) • research vessel • Scorpion-class attack fighter • transport • USS Venture (Galaxy-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Aventine (Vesta-class) • USS Berlin (Excelsior-class) • Cetacean probe • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Enterprise-E (Sovereign-class) • USS Geronimo (Akira-class) • USS Iron Horse (Steamrunner-class) • USS Lexington (Nebula-class) • USS Red Cloud (Akira-class) • USS Robinson (Galaxy-class) • USS Valiant (Constitution-class) • IKS Voh'tahk (D7-class) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
Locations[]
- Bharatrum VI-Gamma • Calidhu/Bharatrum VI-Delta/LC-14-VI-Delta • Earth (Palais de la Concorde; Tour Eiffel, Paris • Seine River) • the galaxy • Iad (Big Temple of Hestaon, Hestaon) • Kobheni • Lembatta Cluster • Lembatta Prime • Memory Alpha • Nuari system • Onferin (Auroun) • Shaool system • Shoraoun/Bharatrum VI • Souhla system/LC-13 • Taurus Dark Cloud • Theris XI • Theris system • Xhehenem (Kharanto) • Yssab/LC-6-VI (Kobheni) • Yssab Shaool
- Referenced only
- Achernar II • Acina III • Alpha Quadrant • Andor • Bajor (Bestri Woodsj • Beta XII-A • Beta Magellan system • Betazed • Bolarus IX • Bynaus • Cait • Casperia Prime • Catoumni • Cestus III • Chin'toka system • Catoumni • Deep Space 9 (Promenade) • Delta IV • Delta Quadrant • Deneva • Denobula Prime (Kaybin District) • Earth (Australia • Nuorgam, Finland • San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, North America) • Evora • Izar • Janus IV • Kera • Korinar III • Lhoeel • Luna • Mars • Meenoud/Bharatrum V-Beta • Mirror universe • New France • Onferin (Konuhbi) • Phinda • Pleiades Cluster • Qo'noS • Rigel VIII • Risa • Romulus (Ki Baratan) • Starbase 22 • Starbase 91 • Sto-Vo-Kor • Tau Alpha C • Tellar • Tika IV • Tika IV Beta • Triex • Trill • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Vilmoran system • Vulcan • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
- Starship locations
- battle bridge • bridge • cargo hold • hangar • quarters • ready room • shuttlebay • sickbay • Starboard 8
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Bajoran • Benzite • Betazoid • Bolian • Bynar • Caitian • Capellan • Deltan • Human (German • Italian) • Klingon • Napean • Old Ones • Orion • Rantal • Renao • Rigellian Chelon • Romulan • Saurian • Tellarite • Tiburonian • Triexian • Vulcan • Xindi-Arboreal
- Referenced only
- Breen • Cardassian • Ferengi • Gorn • Horta • Kelvan • Kinshaya • Pakled • Progenitor • Q • Risan • Tholian • Tzenkethi
States and organizations[]
- Federation Council • House of Martok • Klingon 7th Battle Fleet • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Purifying Flame • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Borg Collective • Breen Confederacy • Cardassian Liberation Front • Cardassian Union • Federation News Service • Ferengi Alliance • Gorn Hegemony • Holy Order of the Kinshaya • Inner Circle • Klingon 5th Battle Fleet • Klingon 9th Battle Fleet • Klingon High Command • Klingon Military Academy • Obsidian Order • Q Continuum • Romulan Senate • Romulan Star Navy • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Tal Shiar • Tellarite News Agency • Tholian Assembly • Tkon Empire • Typhon Pact • Tzenkethi Coalition • Vulcan Science Academy
Ranks and titles[]
- adjutant • admiral • algae cultivator • algae farmer • ambassador • assassin • astrophysicist • barkeeper • bartender • bekk • bodyguard • bomber • cadet • captain • Castellan of the Cardassian Union • Chancellor of the Klingon Empire • chef • chief • chief engineer • chief medical officer • citizen • commander • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • commanding officer • communications officer • computer specialist • councilor • counselor • crewman • criminal • crisis manager • custodian • Dahar Master • data analyst • delegate • deputy chief engineer • deputy chief medical officer • deputy chief of staff • dignitary • diplomat • doctor • driver • Emperor of the Klingon Empire • engineer • ensign • fanatic • farmer • Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire • first officer • fisherman • fleet admira • lforeman • high priest • High Priest of Coaraston • holoartist • Honorable Commander • jeghpu'wI' • Klingon Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets • leper • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • massager • merchant • mine operator • mine • non-commissioned • nurse • operations officer • pilot • pirate • Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire • preacher • President of the United Federation of Planets • principal • prisoner • private explorer • prophet • psychiatrist • QaS Devwl' • rapist• Romulan Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets • science officer • scientist • second officer • security chief • security officer • servant • shuttle specialist • slave • smuggler • sponge diver • starlet • superior officer • supplier • tactical officer • teacher • terrorist • therapist • transporter chief • Typhon Pact Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets • vice admiral • VIP • volunteer • warrior • yeoman
Science and technology[]
- ablative armor • adaptive polarization filter • adaptive radiation filter • alarm • antimatter containment field • antimatter converter • antimatter tank • arcology • asteroid • astroculture • atmosphere • atmosphere dome • atmosphere lift • atmosphere shield • binary system • bio-neural gel pack • bio-neural circuitry • bio-sensor • biobed • caldera • camera • Celsius • chaos zone • cloaking device • coma • combadge • computer • computer core • computer terminal • conduit • containment field • cybernetic implant • data disc • data packet • data storage device • database • deck plate • deflector array • dermal regenerator • dimension • docking clamp • drive shielding • duranium beam • duraplast • Emergency Command Hologram • Emergency Medical Hologram • emotion • empathy • energy conduit • energy dissipator • environmental control • environmental suit • EPS conduit • farming • flashlight • flight control • flight simulator • frequency • gas giant • gas-phase separator • gravimetric shear • graviton eruption • hair restorer • hard drive • headache • heuristic analysis • Hirogen communications network • holodeck • hologram • holographic interface • holoimage • holomatrix • holosuite • holoprojector • hyperphysical fluctuation • hypospray • impulse drive • infrared tracking laser • intercom • irritable bowel syndrome • isolinear chip • kilometer • Kuiper belt • lamp • laws of nature • light hour • light signal • light year • log buoy • magnetic gripper • magnetic pole • main deflector • main sequence • matter-antimatter reaction chamber • medical tissue regenerator • medication • memory • memory bank • microship card • mining • mining platform • mobile diagnostic unit • monitor • moon • multi-spectral view • nausea • nebula • neutralization tablet • orbit • oscillation effect • P-38 • padd • passive sensor • personal shield • personality matrix • phenomenon • photoshere • physics • planetoid • polarization • polaron modulator • propulsion system • proximity alert • psychosis • quantum slipstream drive • rabies • radiation poisoning • reality • recording • red giant • red supergiant • regenerator circuit • replicator • respirator • rotor • sample buffer • satellite • sensor • sensor grid • sensor-pod • shield • shield bubble • shield regeneration routine • ship-to-ship transport • singularity drive • siren • software • solar-jump drive • sonic shower • space • space chart • speaker • spotlight • stabilizing fin • star • stellar cartography • subspace communications • subterranean gravity generator • sun • super-isolated transfer conduit • technology • telepathy • temperature • therapy • thruster • tidal force • time • tractor beam • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • universe • visual spectrum • voice control • warp core • warp drive • white dwarf • white rot • windshield • xenopsychology
Anatomy and physiology[]
- antenna • arm • bone • brain (synapse) • brainwave • eye • hair • heart • leg • muscle • organ • retina • saliva • shell • skin • skull • tentacle
Life-forms[]
- algae • amphibian • animal • dog • dragon • hara cat • humanoid • humpback whale • insect • lifeform • rassaris • salmon • single-celled organism • sloth • tree • turtle • vulture
Materials and substances[]
- alcohol • atom • blood • chaotic radiation • energy • energy burst • fire • gas • graviton • isotope • latinum • light • matter • metal • molecule • ore • photon • poison • polaron • polaron radiation • psychoactive radiation • protomatter • radiation • radionuclide • sedative • sulfur • sulfur dioxide • synthehol • tekasite • tetryon • tetryon radiation • thalaron radiation • trilithium • verteron • verteron radiation • warp plasma • water
Weapons[]
- Acouak • bat'leth • blade • bomb • d'k tahg • dagger • disruptor • disruptor rifle • energy weapon • explosive • gun • klongat • knife • Mark-XII phaser array • ordnance • painstik • phaser bank • photon torpedo • pistol • quantum torpedo • rifle • self-destruct • sickle • sword • tajtIq • time bomb • torpedo launcher • turret • weapon
Other references[]
- 2335 • 2345 • 2364 • 2369 • 2370 • 2373 • 2375 • 2377 • 2380 • 2381 • 2382 • 2383 • 3rd century • 23rd century • algae growth station • Ancient Reds • Andorian reproduction crisis • Andorran genders • Antedian pond skater • apartment • armor • arranged marriage • art and entertainment industry • assassination • assembly hall • Attack mode Alpha • away team • bag • bar • bar bill • barrel • basuudh • bathroom • Battle of Andor • Battle of Cardassia • Battle of Deneva • Battle of Vulcan • belt • bloodwine • boarding dril • boatswain's whistle • Bolian language • book • boot • Borg Invasion of 2381 • bowl • brasserie • breastplate • bri • briefing room • bulkhead • burial urn • café • Caitian motion meditation • candle • carrion • Cartographic Archive • cassock • cave • chalice • Chelon egg keeper • city • clothing • club • cockpit • cocktail • coffee • coffee grinder • Coffee, special blend Adams-02 • colonization • comm cabin • comm station • command chair • command division • crate • crystal • dabo • dais • dancing • debris • December • distress call • Dominion War • dust • embassy • Embassy of Distance • encrypting routine • engineering • environmental control station • epidemic • evasive maneuvers • execution • expedition • fabric • Federation-Klingon War of 2372-2373 • firing squad • First Battle of Chin'toka • First Battle of Deep Space 9 • first contact • flagship • flyer • food • frond • gamma shift • genocide • ghojmoq • giaku • glass • glowing sponge • goblet • god • golf • gong • government • graffiti • Gray Storage • hailstone • harbor • harbor town • Harmony of Spheres • holding cell • holster • homeworld • honor guard • house • hull • hut • Iad's Awakening • identification code • impact crater • incense • Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee • Jolan tru • jungle • katheka • Kera & Phinda • khitarr • Khitomer Accords • Klingon opera • Kobayashi Mari scenario • Lamat tea • landing pad • lava • leather • Lembatta crisis • ley • library • listening post • Liturgy from the Temple of Uzaveh • logic • logistics • luggage • manual control • market • marram grass • mashka • mask • massif • mattress • medical bay • medical division • medical supplies • medical staff • medkit • mess hall • metal processing plant • milk • mind meld • mining facility • mirror • mountain • mug • multi-vector assault mode • museum • music • mythology • nation-state • newscast • nightclub • November • Occupation of Bajor • ocean • October • office • Operation Return • Override code Omega-178-Z • pants • paper • parade • phosphorescent oil • photograph • poker • poster • protocol • Q'babi juice • QongDaq • quarantine • record • red alert • red-skin • rehab facility • religion • retirement • ritual suicide • rock • ruins • sacrificial alter • safety protocol • sciences division • seatbelt • secession • sector blockade • shelthreth • shore leave • snow • sofa • soil • speech • sponge • staffroom • Starfleet uniform (2373-2386) • status report • steel net • stone • storm • suicide attack • summer • tactical defense mode theta two • tapestry • tavern • tea • temple • Thousands of years ago • tlhIngan Hol • tool • torture • tsunami • tuber • tunic • volcano • war • Wescott Room • whale song • winter • wood • workshop • xenophobia • Xhehenem Resolution • yellow alert • zekar
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Timeline[]
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Novels by: Christian Humberg & Bernd Perplies |
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External links[]
- Ins Herz des Chaos article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- In the Heart of Chaos article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.