Introduction (blurb)
Starfleet's highest law has been broken. Its most honored captain is in disgrace, its most celebrated starship in pieces, and the crew of that ship scattered among the thousand worlds of the Federation...
Journey with Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the former crew of the Starship Enterprise to Talin - the planet where their careers ended. A world once teeming with life that now lies ruined, its cities turned to ashes, its surface devastated by a radioactive firestorm - because of their actions. There, they must find how - and why - this tragedy occured...and discover what has become of their captain.
Summary
References
Characters
- Artinton • Mario Cardinali • Christine Chapel • Alise Chavez • Pavel Chekov • Jorge Frietas • Anne Gauvreau • Glissa • Glynis • Penn Grossman • Hammersmith • Sukio Hirashito • James T. Kirk (alias Sam Jameson) • Krulmadden • John Kyle • Lasslanlin • Ed Leslie • Alexander Llorente • Marita Llorente • Jabilo M'Benga • Carole Mallett • Leonard H. McCoy • Carolyn Palamas • Raycheba • Alonzo Richter • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Lawrence Styles • Hikaru Sulu • Sytok • Nyota Uhura • Zalan Wilforth
- Referenced only
- Robert April • Colonel Green • Christopher Pike • Glynis Kestell Tabor • Ronald Tracey
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- Gamma 7A system • Lunar Hall of Justice • Memory Alpha • Miracht • Paris • Rigel VIII • Talin IV • Tholian Annex
Species and cultures
States and organizations
- Antares Corona Worlds • Centaurus Concordium • Cochrane Institute • Federation Council • First Contact Office • Information Office • Interworld Construction • Justice Division • La Légion étrangère • Space Safety Board • Resource Management Board • Richter Institute • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Operations • Stellar Institute Press • Students for Stars for the People • T'Prar Foundation • Technology Support Division • United Federation of Planets
Other
- Articles of the United Federation of Planets • Askor • Big Bang • bloodrinds • Civil Conversation • Eugenics Wars • Federation Rules of Order • first contact • Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies • General Order Number One • A Historical Analysis of the Five-Year Missions • Kera • Lagrange colony • mutual assured destruction • Nobel and Z. Magnees Prize • Phinda • Richter Scale of Culture • Romulan Wars • S-type asteroid • Siryk Variations • skrak • Speaker of the Council • Special Advisor to the First Contact Office • Starfleet Command Regulations • tak • Tesare • Third World War • Trader Tongue
Information
Robert Orci, one of the writers of the eleventh Star Trek movie (2009), lists this as one of his two favorite Star Trek books. Scenes from this book were used as readings for casting calls for the movie. He reported that there would be nods to some of the lore in this novel in the movie. (http://trekmovie.com/2008/09/19/orci-kurtzman-trek-very-true-to-canon-even-books/)
Connections
- Prime Directive (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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