Description[]
- The crew of the USS Enterprise is exploring the seemingly peaceful and uninhabited world of M-3107 when a bizarre and unexplicable transporter accident causes both Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy to vanish completely. Transporter records suggest that the two men were transported somewhere, but their ultimate destination remains a mystery.
- Now in command of the Enterprise, Spock dispatches a search-and-rescue team — consisting of Security Chief Giotto, Transporter Technician John Kyle, and Chief Helmsman Hikaru Sulu — on an urgent mission to recover the missing officers.
- But then the rescue team disappears as well!
Summary[]
Chapter 1[]
After barely escaping from Psi 2000 the Enterprise is caught in a time warp following a cold-restart of the warp engines by Lt. Commander Scott. When Lt. Sulu reveals that the ship's chronometer is running backwards, Kirk orders a full stop and they find that they have traveled back in time 71 hours.
As Kirk orders the Enterprise to proceed to the rendezvous with the USS Antares, Spock stops him and reminds him that because the Enterprise has traveled back in time, there are now two Enterprises', one with no idea of the existence of the other. Not wanting to lay waiting in space for three days, Kirk decides to proceed to Tlaoli IV to collect the survey teams they left on the planet before the mission to Psi 2000.
On arrival in orbit, the Enterprise is contacted by Geological Technician Edward Fisher, who informs them that they have lost contact with one of the teams assigned to survey the cave regions of the planet. When Kirk demands to known why their assigned survey areas of changed, Fisher describes to Kirk the remains of the starships that they have found on the surface. Believing that the Enterprise could be at risk, Fisher changed the assignments.
Chapter 2[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Pavel Chekov • Robert D'Amato • Davis • Edward Fisher • Barry Giotto • Karl Jaeger • James T. Kirk • Ed Leslie • Angela Martine • Leonard McCoy • Carolyn Palamas • Palmer • Janice Rand • Kevin Riley • John Russ • Zap Sanner • Montgomery Scott • Hayden Singh • Yuki Smith • Spock • John Stiles • Hikaru Sulu • Robert Tomlinson • Nyota Uhura • Diana Wright
- Referenced only
- Samuel Boma • Kelowitz • Kulessa • Rogers-Kline • Roth
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Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Antares (survey vessel) • Edwin Drake (shuttlecraft) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • gravsled
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Beta Carinae • Earth (Bermuda Triangle • Moscow • Tibet) • Sigma Draconis • Vulcan
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- alien • antimatter • antiviral shot • astrophysics • atmosphere • chemical battery • combustion lamp • command chair • communicator • computer • concussion • data buffer • dilithium • magnetic battery • matter • mesosphere • orbit • Psi 2000 virus • quantum physics • Rogers-Kline-Roth theory • star • subspace • subspace anomaly • theta class warp shield • time • time warp • toxin screen • transperiodic element • tricorder • trifluorine • viewscreen • virus • warp core • warp factor • warp nacelle
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • first officer • geological technician • geologist • helmsman • lieutenant • officer • professor • science officer • scientist • technician
Other references[]
- 2204 • base camp • Belgian chocolate • bridge • butterfly • cave • continent • day • grassland • history • karst • lake • landing party • logic • month • moon • ocean • orienteering • planet • Planetary Sciences • plateau • salt • salt flat • saltwater • sand dune • shore leave • sickbay • stardate • suicide • swamp • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS episode: "The Naked Time"
- TOS novel: Future Imperfect
- TOS novel: Past Prologue
- TOS episode: "Charlie X"
Background[]
The Janus Gate and other concurrent publications were the first to use the full title "Star Trek: The Original Series" in their cover banners. Previous TOS works simply referred to TOS as "Star Trek".
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 |
TOS unnumbered novels | Next novel: The Janus Gate Future Imperfect |
| Previous novel: Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 |
TOS novels | Next novel: The Janus Gate Future Imperfect |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Naked Time |
Next Adventure: The Janus Gate Future Imperfect | |
| Previous Adventure: The Naked Time |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Janus Gate Future Imperfect |
External links[]
- Present Tense article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.