Live by the Code

Live by the Code
Cover by Doug Drexler.
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: Enterprise
Miniseries:	Rise of the Federation No. 4
Author(s):	Christopher L. Bennett
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	eBook and paperback - March 2016
Pages:	352
ISBN:	ISBN 9781476779133
Chronology
Date:	July 8—December 29, 2165

Live by the Code is the fourth novel in the Rise of the Federation series by Christopher L. Bennett, and was released 29 March 2016.

Blurb

Admiral Jonathan Archer has barely settled in as Starfleet Chief of Staff when new crises demand his attention. The Starfleet task force commanded by Captain Malcolm Reed continues its fight against the deadly Ware technology, but one of the task force ships is captured, its Andorian crew imprisoned by an interstellar Partnership that depends on the Ware for its prosperity. Worse, the Partnership has allied with a renegade Klingon faction, providing it with Ware drone fleets to mount an insurrection against the Klingon Empire. Archer sends Captain T'Pol and Endeavour to assist Reed in his efforts to free the captured officers. But he must also keep his eye on the Klingon border, for factions within the Empire blame Starfleet for provoking the Ware threat and seek to take revenge. Even the skill and dedication of the captains under Archer's command may not be enough to prevent the outbreak of the Federation's first war!

Summary

The Klingons request Phlox's assistance in investigating the death of their chancellor M'Rek. Phlox quickly establishes that he died from a genetically engineered virus created by Krit, the son of Antaak, triggering the succession process.

The Vol'Rala continues Starfleet's mission to eradicate the Ware. They come across the Partnership of Civilizations, a race who used the Wares by having volunteers run them for a few months each, being replaced before they suffer permanent damage. However, the Vol'Rala deactivates the Wares on each world in turn, leaving behind support ships to assist the change. Vabion allies himself with a Klingon privateer, Lokog, and together they protect the next planet in the chain and help them capture the Vol'Rala. In return, Lokog is provided with Ware drone ships.

The Pioneer heads to investigate only to learn that the Partnership races are incapable of having a technological society without the Wares. Furthermore, races not suited to the environments on the planets where the Wares have been deactivated have died in their tens of thousands. Meanwhile, B'orel, one of the candidates for Klingon leadership who has advocated the annihilation of the QuchHa', has ordered the massacre of one of their colonies, prompting senior QuchHa' to turn to Lokog's drone ships in order to fight a rebellion.

Phlox invites Archer and the crew of the Endeavour to the wedding of his daughter Vaneel and an Antaran, Pehle Retab. However, Phlox's Antaran-hating son, Mettus, kills Pehle's father Sohon shortly after the ceremony. Although he is to be extradited to Antar, Mettus is abducted by anti-Denobulan Antarans who intend to hold a show trial and execution. Phlox convinces the Antaran authorities to rescue him. Mettus is jailed on Antar and begins to rebuild his relationship with Phlox.

The Endeavour joins the Pioneer: En route, Sato is informed of Tucker's survival. They and Vabion separately track the origin of the Ware: A company created them for profit, gaining a monopoly on all products, but soon became so obsessed with profit that they failed to train any engineers to maintain them. Following their program to the letter, the Ware began the process of abducting people to replace its computer processes, eventually destroying the civilisation. Starfleet offer to help the Partnership by replacing the volunteers with computer processors but early experiments only destroy the Ware.

The war-like Klingon factions decide to declare war on both the Ware and the Federation. Deqan, the Arbiter of Succession, manages to alert the Federation to the first attacks and declares whoever ends the Ware-supported rebellion will be chancellor. Section 31, using information from Olivia Akomo, supply the Klingons with the means to destroy the Ware, with which they invade Partnership space. Starfleet are forced to retreat, taking as many refugees as possible to the worlds already free of the Ware. The Vol'Rala crew are restored to their ship and sacrifice themselves to cover the withdrawal. "Collier" is blamed for the information leak by Section 31, forcing Tucker to assume a new identity.

New Klingon Chancellor Khorkal ends the rebellion. Laneth kills Bo'rel in a duel (secretly using a poisoned blade) and K'Vagh replaces him on the High Council.

Tucker discovers Abramson has assumed a new identity as Akharin, supported by Akomo and Vabion. Now completely disillusioned with Section 31, he proposes an alliance.

References

Characters

USS Endeavour personnel

Elizabeth Cutler • Pedro Ortega • Phlox • Aranthanien ch'Revash • Hoshi Sato • T'Pol •

Referenced only 

Michel Romaine

USS Pioneer personnel

Olivia Akomo • Bodor chim Grev • Ediz Kemal • Samuel Abraham Kirk • Travis Mayweather • Katrina Ndiaye • Malcolm Reed • Reynaldo Sangupta • Regina Tallarico • Charles Tucker III (Philip Collier) • Valeria Williams • Sandra Yuan

Referenced only 

Therese Liao

USS Essex personnel

Miguel Avila • Morgan Kelly • Steven Mullen • Caroline Paris • Bryce Shumar

Referenced only 

Ling

USS Vol'Rala personnel

Hari Banerji • Ramnaf Breg • Giered Charas • Tavrithinn th'Cheen • Silash ch'Gesrit • Zharian th'Lesinas • Resthenar sh'Prenni • Antocadra sh'Thyfon • Kitazoanra zh'Vethris

Starfleet and Section 31 personnel

Jonathan Archer • Zheusal zh'Ethar • Mov chim Flar • Matthew Harris • Senthofar ch'Menlich • Kulef nd'Orelag • Alexis Osman • Molsetev sh'Retsu • Thy'lek Shran • T'Viri • Marcus Williams

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Maxwell Forrest • Samuel Gardner • W.M. Jefferies • Takashi Kimura • George La Forge • Finirath ch'Mezret • Uttan Narsu • Donna O'Neill • Chelienal sh'Regda • Veneth Roos • Trenev Sharn • Menteshay th'Zaigrel

SuD Qav personnel

Ghopmoq • Kalun • Krugt • Lokog • Vhelis

Klingon High Council

Alejdar • B'orel • Deqan • Ja'rod, son of Duras • K'Vagh, son of Wor'maq • Khorkal • M'Rek • Nevokh • Ramnok

Andorians

Vinithnel sh'Mirrin

Referenced only 

Lecheb sh'Makesh • Avaranthi sh'Rothress

Antarans

Fintar Bokal • Mathas Kajel • Pehle Retab • Sohon Retab • Golouv Ruehn

Referenced only 

Hudak

Denobulans

Deemal • Feezal • Kornob • Lonixa • Mettus • Nullim • Rempal • Thesh • Tullis • Vaneel • Vesena • Vleb • Vunim

Referenced only 

Bybix • Doulin • Dresp • Filoona • Groznik • Kovlin • Kronna • Morren • Palbak • Rabb • Tresc

Humans

Danica Erickson • Flint (Willem Abramson • Antonius Taranullus) • Hong Sun-woo • Jeremy Lucas

Referenced only 

Haroun al-Rashid • Zefram Cochrane • Emory Erickson • Michelangelo • Arik Soong • Elizabeth Tucker

Klingons

Antaak • D'Khur • Kholar • Klorek • Kon'Jef • Kor, son of Kaltar • Korok • Krell • Krit, son of Antaak • Laneth, daughter of Garjud • Muqad • Worik

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Bakokh • Duras, son of Toral • Garjud • Kahless the Unforgettable • Kaltar • Krim • M'Tar • Marab, son of K'Vagh • Mur'Eq • Rynar • Tygrak

Nierl

Rulii • Vuulg

Orions

Korem-Gaas • Gyrai

Referenced only 

D'Nesh • Maras • Navaar

Xavoth

Vinik-Hev • Havek-Tal • Bexa-Xak

Other characters

Rinheith Chep • Chouerd • Fendob • Garaver • Boda Jahlet • Porthos • Ronled • Wylbet Skos • Tchoneth • Turim • Umplor • Daskel Vabion • Tefcsm var Skos

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Boshar • Santa Claus • Gondob • Groll • Kera • Koss • Lazarus • Maltuvis • Mindlen • Nimthu • Min glasch Noar • Phinda • Dworra Sindar • Sorbod • Elizabeth T'Les Tucker • Uzaveh • V'Las • Urwen Zeheri

Starships and vehicles

Andorian shuttle • USS Atlirith (Kumari-class) • Atmospheric transport craft • Balduk destroyer • USS Docana (Kumari-class) • USS Endeavour (Columbia-class) • USS Essex (Daedalus-class) • USS Flabbjellah (Sevaijen-class) • freight shuttle • IKS Gantin (Raptor-class) • IKC Haj (D5-class) • USS Kinaph (Sevaijen-class) • IKS Krim (Klingon bird-of-prey) • USS Pioneer (Intrepid-class) • police skimmer • shuttle • SuD Qav/Last Chance (corvette) • USS Tashmaji (Ilthirin-class) • USS Thelasa-vei (Kumari-class) • USS Trenkanshent sh'Lavan (Sevaijen-class) • Ware battleship • USS Vol'Rala (Kumari-class) • Xarantine freighter

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ambulance skimmer • USS Apollo (Columbia-class) • USS Ares (Columbia-class) • USS Buran (Columbia-class) • USS Ceres (Ceres-class) • USS Charybdis (Columbia-class) • DY series • Enterprise (NX-class) • escape pod • Ganges-class • hovertrain, J-class • Karik-tor (Maymora-class) • Marshall-class • Neptune-class • USS Phoenix (Columbia-class) • Poseidon-class • Ronuas • USS Shenlong (Columbia-class) • skimmer, USS Soyuz (Columbia-class) • Tajtiq-class • Tellarite freighter • IGS Thalisar • USS Valiant (Columbia-class) • USS Zabathu (Ilthirin-class)

Locations

Alpha Centauri (Centauri VII) • Andor (Laikan) • Antar (Capital Metrocomplex • Enphera Desert • Tileb Prison) • Ardan IV • Arvospu system (Cometary belt) • Avathox (Zytheel) • Beta Lankal • Borderland • Briar Patch/Klach D'Kel Bracht • Cotesc system (Cotesc) • Denobula (Gronim River • Kaybin District; Tregnig Towers, Gronim City • Morxin Prison Complex) • Earth (Golden Gate Bridge; Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco • Sausalito) • Etrafso • Mempa (Mempa VII) • Menvoq (Menvoq VI) • Nierl home system • Pebru homeworld • Pheniot V • Qo'noS (Qam-Chee) • Qu'Vat colony • Rastish (Oceantop City) • Rastish system • Sris • Ware construction complex • Ware orbital station • Ware origin world • Ware repair station • Ware trading post

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Alpha Centauri III • Alrond • Antar (Vemton District) Arken II • B'Saari II • Coridan III • Da'Kel • Delphic Expanse • Deneva • Denobula (Central Desert • Gintoril rainforest) • Earth (Canada • China • Hokkaido • São Paulo • Tokyo) • Ghahak • Gre'thor • Kaferia • Kandari sector • Kromnoth sector • Mempa II • Mempa VIII • Narendra • Pegenor • Pheben (Pheben III) • Qu'Vat sector • Rigel (Rigel IV) • Sauria • Sol system • Starbase 12 • Sto-vo-kor • Tellar • Theta Cygni (Theta Cygni XII) • Tiburon • Titan • Unroth III • Vanot • Venus • Vulcan (Irinthar Mountains) • Yeq • Zenubex

Races and cultures

Andorian (Alrondian • Talish • Thalassan) • Antaran • Arkenite • Balduk • Boslic • Centauran • Denobulan • Enlesri • Human (British • English) • Hurraait • Jelna • Klingon (HemQuch • QuchHa') • Monsof • Nierl • Nuvian • Orion • Pebru • Pegenoi • Sris'si • Tellarite • Vanotli • Vulcan • Ware • Xavoth

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Arkonian • Borg • B'Saari • Coridanite • Guidon • Human (Augment • Greek • Hindu • Mesopotamian) • Krutuvub • Kyraw • Manochai • Mempan • Menaik • Nausicaan • Pheben • Reehansa • Romulan • Saurian • Theta Cygnian • Tiburon • Tyrellian • Vegan • Vissian • Xarantine • Zami

States and organizations

Abramson Industries • Antaran Council • Anti-Antaran movement • Central Investigation Bureau • Clan of Cheen • Federation Commission • Federation Starfleet (Andorian Guard • Alpha Centauri Space Research Council • Tellar Defense Force • UESPA • Vulcan Space Service) • House of Antaak • House of Duras • House of Mur'Eq • House of Palkar • Interspecies Medical Exchange • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Orion Syndicate • Partnership of Civilizations • Partnership judicial council • Police • Section 31 • Silver Armada • Starfleet Command • True Sons of Antar • United Federation of Planets • Ware task force • Worldwide Automatics

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Andorian Empire in exile • Denobulan Curia • Federation Council • First Families of Rigel • Grennex Aerospace • Guidon Pontificate • Habitat for Humanoids • House of Kor • Keepers of the Throne • Lechebists • Martian Colonies • Rigellian Children's Fund • Romulan Star Empire • Smithsonian Institution • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Intelligence • Terra Prime • United Earth • United Earth Starfleet • Vegan Choriomeningitis Society • Vulcan High Command • The Ware Corporation

Ranks and titles

admiral • agent • ambassador • Arbiter of Succession • Arkonian Ambassador to the Federation • armory officer • artist • biochemist • businesswoman • captain • cha'DIch • chairman • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chirurgeon • chief engineer • chief medical officer • chief of staff • Chief of Staff for the Federation Starfleet • commander • commanding officer • commodore • communications officer • constable • councillor • crewman • cyberneticist • diplomat • Director of the Central Investigation Bureau • doctor • Emperor of the Klingon Empire • engineer • ensign • farmer • Federation Commissioner of Defense • first officer • fleet admiral • fleet commander • general • genetic engineer • geneticist • governor • gunner • helmsman • historian • industrialist • jeghpu'wI' • lawyer • legislator • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • linguist • linguistics officer • mercenary • merchant princess • miner • mission specialist • navigator • overmate • performance artist • physician • pilot • pirate • potter • President of the United Federation of Planets • prosecutor • protocol officer • quantum engineer • racketeer • relief science officer • researcher • scholar • science officer • scientist • security chief • Senior Partner • sensor officer • sensor technician • slave • soldier • spy • stormtrooper • tactical officer • technician • terrorist • tribune • undermate • Undersecretary for External Affairs • Vulcan Administrator • warden • warrior • xenobotanist • yeoman • zhavey

Science and technology

adrenaline • agriculture • airlock • anaerobic • antenna • anlac'ven • antigrav • antimatter • antimatter reactor • arcology • arthropod • atmosphere • autopsy • awakening protocol • azotosome • bacteriological warfare • base-pair • biochemistry • bioelectric field • biology • bioneural circuitry • biosensor • biosphere • bioweapon • biped • blood • bomb • bone • brachiator • brain (pituitary gland) • carbon dioxide • carnivore • celebium • cell • chemical warfare • chemosensor tendril • chimera • chronometer • cognitive therapy • communications • communications relay • communicator • cybernetics • cytogenic process • cytolytic process • data core • data slate • data terminal • database • deflector shield • deuterium • dilithium • disease • disruptor • disruptor bank • disruptor cannon • distress call • DNA • earpiece • echolocation • echolocation node • ecology • ecosystem • electromagnetic field • engineering • environmental suit • ethane • evolution • Fesoan class • fire • fluorine • fluorocarbon • fluorocarbon-sulfer • gene • genetic engineering • genetic sequencer • genetics • genome • granite • gravity • gravity plate • hair • hallucination • hardware • heating grid • hibernation • hominid • horticulture • hydrogen • ice • impact crater • impulse pod • inertial dampener • infrared pit • invertebrate • ion trail • jar • Jovian • kilometer • Life support • light-year • lightning rod • lipid • long-range sensor • Lor'veln cycle • magnetic boots • magnetic field • magnetic sense • mammal • mathematics • medicine • metaphasic radiation • methane • minefield • mining • Minshara-class • molecular engineering • moonlet • navigational deflector • neural implant • neuroplastic therapy • nitrogen • nuclear propulsion • oxygen • Pa'nar Syndrome • particle beam • particle cannon • pathogen • phase cannon • phase pistol • phase rifle • phased nadion energy • phaser • photon torpedo • photonic torpedo • physical therapy • physics • planet • plasma • plasma conduit • poison gas pellet • pollution • power relay • probe • processor • Qu'Vat virus • quantum entanglement • quantum fluctuation • quantum state • radiation • radiation pulse • radio frequency • recognition code • replicator • retrograde • reverse-engineering • sandstone • sedative • sensor • sensor artifact • sensor interference module • shield emitter • shield generator • sickbay • signal array • signal interceptor • skeleton • symbiosis • software • stellar wind • sterile field generator • stun pistol • subspace • subspace amplifier • subspace communications • sulfur • sulfur dioxide • sulfuric acid • supernova remnant • telepathy • temperature • tendril • text translation device • theoretical astronomy • thruster • tractor beam • translation matrix • transparent aluminum • transplant • transporter • transporter scrambler • Trellium-D • tup • universal translator • virus • vitamin supplement • volcanic gas • Ware security sentry • warp bubble • warp coil • warp drive • warp factor • warp field • warp five engine • warp nacelle • warp reactor • warp trail • wetware

Dates and events

1895 • 2122 • 2135 • 2152 • 2157 • 2164 • 2190 • 2080s • 19th century • 20th century • calendar • centiphase • Coridan disaster • Denobulan-Antaran Wars • Earth-Romulan War (Battle of Cheron) • Eugenics Wars • Evacuation of Ardan IV • Fesoan Lor’veln Year • Lor'veln cycle • milliphase • November • October • Phase • QuchHa' uprising (Battle of Beta Lankal • Battle of Da’Kel • Battle of Ghahak • Battle of Mempa VII • Battle of Menvoq • Battle of Qu'Vat) • Temporal Cold War • Thirdmoon • Ware crisis (Evacuation of Cotesc • Evacuation of Rastish) • Xindi crisis

Other references

accent • Altarian marsupial • amphitheater • Andorii • antelope • anaerobic • art • assassination • bacchanalia • baptism • bar • bat'leth • beagle • Berengarian dragon • Bhaku • Biblical • blackmail • bloodwine • briar plant • bridge • Buddhism • Captain's log, USS Vol'Rala • cheese • choker • church • coffee/qa'vIn • colony • continent • corgi • corn • Coup d'état • The Creation of Adam • d'k tahg • Denobulan lemur • Denobulan wine • desert • destruct protocol • dictatorship • distress signal • dolphin • economy • emu • engineering • English language • execution • extinction • famine • firm • first contact • flabbjellah • flegnar beast • The Forgotten Enterprise • garden • garotte • gauntlet • genocide • granite • Great Reform • grishnar cat • gymnasium • Ha'DIbaH • hallucinatorium • hate group • hazelnut • HomneH • hospital • hunting • Hurraait language • hurricane • IDIC • interrogation • ja'chuq • jury duty • ’’khest'n • klongat • knife • laboratory • lava • legislature • library • lithograph • manacle • ’’Mauk-to'Vor • medical clinic • mind meld • mocha • monarchy • monsoon • movie • music • mythology • ocean • office • ostrich • park • parley • pavilion • philosophy • pinkskin • plant • pottery • prejudice • Prime Directive • propaganda • protectorate • public bath • qeS'a' • raptor-wolf • restaurant • riot • Rite of Succession • river delta • robe • sand • sandstone • school • sculpture • sea-hornet mound • sexuality • shelthreth • sia lenthar • slavery • soap opera • statue • storehouse • studio • targ • tavern • tax • temple • terrace • terrorism • theater • tlhIngan Hol • torture • treason • vghlar beetle • voat • walrus • war • water • wine • wedding • xenophobia • yurhaath • zabathu • zero-gravity combat training • ziggurat

Notes

• Author Christopher Bennett noted on Trekbbs the reasons behind the disappearance of the Ware and the Partnership in later chronologically set stories:
  • Honestly, my goal was to explain why all these species -- not to mention the Ware -- were never seen again in the 23rd or 24th century. They've basically ceased to exist as starfaring entities. Mostly, they've either reverted to a basically animal existence in the wilds of their home/colony worlds or become subsumed into the Klingon Empire, or both (although I implied that the Klingons wouldn't find them useful enough to enslave). The lucky ones are under the protection of the Balduk, but they aren't likely to have much of an interstellar presence ever again. The "conglomeration of races" is gone, period. It has no future. The individual species will endure, but their Ware-enabled collective civilization is destroyed forever. That sucks, but it's essential to the story. And even though it was the Klingons who did the deed, the outcome is the consequence of Section 31's actions, and arguably of Starfleet's intervention in general. And it's a terrible loss -- not as bad as the total extinction of the species involved, because I'm not David Mack , but still drastic and irreversible. And that's what motivates Archer's decision to push for a non-interference policy and Trip's decision to turn on Section 31. So I can't let the Federation off the hook by reversing this loss, by going "Oh, it's okay, the Partnership got all better again." Essentially, most of Ware space is Klingon space from now on. It's that "peninsula" of Klingon territory adjacent to the Romulan Neutral Zone on the Star Charts maps. Though some portion of it may eventually be Federation territory.
• He also used the story to suggest why Denobulans were far from visible in the later Federation.
  • I initially considered coming up with a more drastic explanation, maybe something similar to what David A. Goodman posited in Federation: The First 150 Years (that they were devastated by a Klingon attack and retreated from space), but I decided there was a simpler solution. Given what Enterprise had canonically established about their preference for clustering together on a single continent, it stood to reason that only a minority of them would be inclined to wander far from home.
• Certain events in the novel were inspired by Keith R.A. DeCandido's The Klingon Art of War, as Bennett also noted on TrekBBS:
  • That event was established by Keith R.A. DeCandido in The Klingon Art of War, as were the events surrounding the death of the previous chancellor. If Keith thought it was in character for Klingons to use such a tactic, then I'm sure it is. 

Timeline

Chronology

This novel covers the period from July 8 to December 29 in 2165.

Production history

Published Order
Previous novel: Uncertain Logic	Enterprise novels	Next novel: Patterns of Interference
Previous story: Uncertain Logic	Stories by: Christopher L. Bennett	Next story: Time Lock

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USS Vol'Rala.

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External links

• Live by the Code article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Author's Annotations