Description[]
- Tracking a shuttle's distress signal to the nearly deserted Arbuk system, the USS Voyager crew encounters an unusual weapon a thousand times more powerful than the starship. Inside the shuttle, the crew discovers an unconscious alien and no more information about the device. Soon Captain Janeway and her crew are attacked by a group of mysterious warships with an interest in the weapon's power. With warp power off line, the crew of the Starship Voyager must find a way to save themselves from a group of aliens desperate to control the superweapon.
References[]
Characters[]
- Basatt • Joseph Carey • Chakotay • Peter Dawson • The Doctor • Marta Dvorak • Paul Fairman • Pablo Iglesias • Kathryn Janeway • Kes • Harry Kim • Neelix • Richard N'gara • Pietr Ogdanovich • Dmitri Onasis • Tom Paris • Sezau • Sozoas • B'Elanna Torres • Tuvok • Li Wong
- Referenced only
- Englehardt • Dorian Schweitzer
Locations[]
- Arbuk • Delta Quadrant • Speria
- Referenced only
- Alpha Quadrant • Earth • Feldersk IV (Feldersk) • Helorius VII • Mernical III • New Russia • Ordinia IX
Starships and vehicles[]
- A-Zha-Gor • A-Zir-Toin • A-Zna-Tas • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
Races and cultures[]
- Human • Klingon • Ocampa • Sperian • Talaxian • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Bajoran • Bandacian • Borg • Cardassian • Cyclet • Ferengi • Kazon • Romulan
States and organizations[]
- Farmers Faction • Industrial Faction • Maquis • Military Faction • Starfleet Academy • Tech Faction • United Federation of Planets
Science and technology[]
- alien • binary star • biobed • communicator • computer • electrolyte • external power supply • fire extinguisher • holonovel • hour • hydroponics • metathorax • minute • quasar • red giant • replicator • Tetramyzol • tetsorum D • thermal mittens • time • viewscreen • warp accelerator • white dwarf
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- Artelian sweetbread • Blaxan pudding • bureaucracy • Class M • coffee • dabinroot • distress call • Drayonian red sauce • durasteel • engineering • Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2370 • food • galley • haggling • Hamlet • juice • maga-berry • marble • money • Morse code • paga • paga stew • pagaloaf • paperwork • peace treaty • Pegrina Mating Chant • phu • planet • politics • pot • quadrant • science • spindle-kitten • Verosan goulash • war • week • Wuthering Heights • Xantaxan mushroom • year • Yerma sauce
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
- The doomsday machine is mentioned (TOS episode: "The Doomsday Machine").
- The Star Trek Fiction Timeline places this novel before the events of "Phage". However, Kes is the Doctor's assistant in this novel, so it should be afterwards.
Background[]
- The stardate is given as 48135.6. The Star Trek Fiction Timeline adjusts this date to 48531.6 to make it compatible with other stardates given in Voyager's first season.
- On page 73, Captain Janeway incorrectly refers to Lieutenant Tuvok as her first officer.
Images[]
Cover image.
French language edition cover image.
German language cover image.
German language reprint cover image.
Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay.
Planetary body.
Planetary bodies.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Violations |
Voyager numbered novels | Next novel: The Murdered Sun |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Life Support |
Next Adventure: The Orb of Opportunity | |
| Previous Adventure: Violations |
Journey of the USS Voyager | Next Adventure: Phage |
Translations[]
- 1996
- German : Der Arbuk Zwischenfall, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
- 2000
- French : Incident à Arbuk, translated by Marie Gonthier. (Ada)
External link[]
- Incident at Arbuk article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.