Protectors is a Star Trek: Voyager novel by Kirsten Beyer published by Pocket Books in January 2014. It is the ninth VOY novel set after the series and the fifth of those taking place after Destiny. It centers around the re-discovery of a species of subspace distortions and newly resurrected Kathryn Janeway fighting for leadership of the Full Circle Fleet.
Description[]
- From the back cover
- Following the destruction of four fleet vessels at the hands of the Omega Continuum, the USS Voyager and USS Demeter set course for a region of the Delta Quadrant far beyond anything previously explored. Captain Chakotay is determined to prove to Starfleet Command that the fleet's ongoing mission is vital to Federation interests… and the key to doing so may lie in a distress call Voyager received nine years earlier, but could not investigate. Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway is recalled to the Alpha Quadrant for an evaluation period to determine her next assignment. Given the trauma she has recently endured, Admiral Akaar, Starfleet's Commander-in-Chief, questions Janeway's fitness to command the fleet. Janeway's primary concern remains the fleet's safety. For their mission to continue, she must find a way to secure the resources they require. But the uncertainty of her superior officers has left her powerless to act in their best interests. The USS Galen is dispatched to return Janeway to Earth and tasked thereafter with a mission to a remote starbase in the Beta Quadrant where an individual they believe to be a member of the Caeliar gestalt has been recovered. The Doctor's experience with Seven of Nine is vital to their efforts, but he soon discovers that their patient is more than meets the eye. As the remaining fleet struggles to communicate with a dangerous and mysterious alien technology that may hold the key to unlocking an ancient civilization, Janeway searches for the path to her future and the Doctor finds himself forced to betray one he holds dear to prevent the spread of a new plague now ravaging several Federation worlds.
References[]
Characters[]
- USS Voyager personnel
- Gaines Aubrey • Hugh Cambridge • Chakotay • Nancy Conlon • Gleez • Aytar Gwyn • Harry Kim • Kula • Kenth Lasren • Miral Paris • Tom Paris • Devi Patel • Seven of Nine • Sharak • B'Elanna Torres • Vanessa Waters
- Referenced only
- Tuvix
- USS Demeter personnel
- Brill • Sten Falto • Atlee Fife • Liam O'Donnell • Url Lask • Thomas Vincent
- Referenced only
- DeFrehn • Garvin Elkins • Stulhatan
- USS Galen personnel
- Reginald Barclay • The Doctor • Clarissa Glenn
- USS Vesta personnel
- Phinnegan Bryce • Decan • Regina Farkas • Kathryn Janeway • Jepel Omar • Malcolm Roach • El'nor Sal
- Starbase 185 personnel
- Jax Dreshing • Janis • Hars Kaydn • Sakrys Mai • Stacker • Terral • Lawrence Verdell
- Referenced only
- Lud
- Other Starfleet personnel
- Leonard James Akaar • Rori Austen • Jefferson Briggs • Carrington • Downs • Tillum Drafar • Pauline Frist • Icheb • Pyotr Jens • Kenneth Montgomery • Jean-Luc Picard • Hiro Lin Verdell • Vorik • Naomi Wildman
- Referenced only
- Mackenzie Calhoun • Xin Chan • Brenna Covington • Beverly Crusher • Sebastian Dagny • Lukas Dasht • Parimon Dasht • Data • Afsarah Eden • Erika Hernandez • Bal Itak • Edward Janeway • Sadie Johns • Noah Lessing • Owen Paris • William T. Riker • Elizabeth Shelby • Stilten • Thrivven • Justin Tighe • Deanna Troi • Tuvok • Varia • Derek Waverly • Waxser • Samantha Wildman • Lewis Zimmerman
- CIF Twelfth Lamont personnel
- Creak • Eleoate • Emmits • Mattings
- Other characters
- Axum • Greer Everett • Gretchen Janeway • Phoebe Janeway • Monster • Neelix • Julia Paris
- Referenced only
- Alana • Andrew Ellis • Arturis • Nanietta Bacco • Willem Batiste • Liam Boothby • Borg Queen • Captain Proton • Caretaker • Selena Dasht • Dexa • Elieth • Florian • Flotter • Riley Frazier • Forra Gegan • Greskrendtregk • Guinan • Carla Johnson • Mark Johnson • Kahless, son of Kahless • Kes • Ione Kitain • Korok • Kurros • Meegan McDonnell • Kathleen Paris • Moira Paris • Rene Jacques Robert Francois Picard • Q • Q (Junior) • Sokath • T'Pel • Sarah Williams
Starships and vehicles[]
- Delta Flyer II • USS Demeter (Theophrastus-class) • Devore attack cruiser • USS Enterprise (Sovereign-class) • USS Galen (Galen-class) • shuttlecraft • CIF Twelfth Lamont • USS Vesta (Vesta-class) • USS Voyager (Intrepid-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Achilles (Mulciber-class) • ark • USS Aventine (Vesta-class) • Borg scout • Borg supercube • Caeliar city ship • central plexus • USS Curie (Merian-class) • Einstein • USS Equinox (Nova-class) • escape pod • USS Esquiline (Vesta-class) • USS Hawking (Merian-class) • Home Free • mining vessel • USS Planck (Merian-class) • USS Quirinal (Vesta-class) • Think Tank • USS Titan (Luna-class) • Van Cise
Locations[]
- Alpha Quadrant • asteroid belt • Ark Planet • Beta Quadrant • Delta Quadrant • Earth (California • Federation Park • Indiana • Montecito • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Sandrine's • Starfleet Headquarters) • First World • Gateway to the First World • Milky Way Galaxy • New Talax • Starbase 185 • Underspace • Utopia Planetia yards
- Referenced only
- Aldebaran • Ardana • Arehaz • Betazed • Brunali homeworld • Caretaker Array • Cestus III • Coridan • Deneva • Earth (Marseilles • Mediterranean Sea) • Femra • Hell • Kerovi • McKinley Station • Omega Continuum • Persephone • Q Continuum • Starbase 123 • transwarp hub • Twelfth District • Unimatrix Zero • Void
Races and cultures[]
- Bajoran • Betazoid • Brunali • Capellan • Devore • Human (Terran) • Klingon • Kriosian • Ktarian • Lendrin • Leodt • Mysstren • Talaxian • Tamarian • Trill • Turei • Vaadwaur • Vulcan • Waveform/Distortion Ring (Proctor • Sentry)
- Referenced only
- Bolian • Borg • Caeliar • Cardassian • Changeling • Children of the Storm • El-Aurian • Human (English) • Malon • Nacene • Neyser • Ocampa • Parasite • Q • Seriareen • Species 116 • Tarkon • Voth • Xenexian
States and organizations[]
- Confederacy Interstellar Fleet • Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant • Federation Institute of Health • Kinara • Project Full Circle • Project Pathfinder • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Borg Collective • Caeliar gestalt • Dominion • Federation Council • Federation Family Court • Indign • qawHaq'hoch • Starfleet Medical Research • Warriors of Gre'thor
Science and classification[]
- airponics • algorithm • alternate timeline • assimilation • astronomy • biology • Borg drone • Borg implant • bulkhead • calculus • cartography • catomic plague • catomic tag • cellular composite neural scan • class M planet • cloaked space • cloaking field • cloaking matrix • communications • deflector shield • electromagnetism • fire • force field • fossil • frequency • matter • measurement • technology • EM frequency • EM radiation • EM spectrum • gamma radiation • gravimetric displacement • harmonics • harmonic wave • hologram • hyperemesis gravidarum • hyronalin • ico-spectrogram • ion • ion storm • light • light particle • light physics • light-year • lupus monstrabilis • magnetic field • mass • mathematics • matter • meter • metallurgy • mineral • mining • miscarriage • moon • morning sickness • multiverse • mutation • natural selection • nebula • neuron • Neyser canister • organism • paleontology • parsec • phase pulse • physics • plasma • pollination • pregnancy • quantum physics • radiation • refraction • regeneration cycle • sensor echo • shields • site-to-site transport • subspace • subspace bubble • subspace corridor • subspace distortion • subspace tunnel • tachyon • tachyon pulse • telepathy • temporal mechanics • terraforming • tetryon • triaxilating subspace fold • ultraviolet • warp factor • warp field • xenobiology
Astronomy[]
- asteroid • G-class star • galaxy • gas giant • planet • quadrant • space • star • star system • time • universe
Biology[]
- apple • blood • cell • fruit • lifeform • medicine • nutrition • pumpkin • seed • tomato • vegetable
Lifeforms[]
- animal • annelid • bacteria • beetle • bird • carnivore • deer • dog • fungus • humanoid • iguana • insect • plant • tree • ungulate • virus • willow
Anatomy and medicine[]
- adrenaline • analgesic • antibiotics • bacteria • bone • brain • coma • euthanasia • genetics • heart • lectrazine • supplement • trinephedrine • vitamin • virus
Communications[]
- The Adventures of Captain Proton • book • combadge • communication relay • communications buoy • database • distress call • English language • language • subspace communications • subspace relay • universal translator
Materials and substances[]
- acid rain • atmosphere • benamite • blood • bone • calcium phosphate • carbon dioxide • catom • crystal ball • dilithium • drink • flame suppressant • food • gas • ice • ice cube • kilogram • kilometer • lectrazine • liquid • metal • nitrogen • Omega molecule • protein • quadroline • solid • synthehol • tetryon plasma • tracker deposit • trinephedrine • water
Food and drink[]
- apple • bread • brownie • butter • candy • caramel brownies • cider • coffee • flat bread • fruit • grain • ice • ice cube • iced tea • meat • pretzel • pumpkin • sandwich • scotch • seed • spiced pumpkin bread • stew • supplement • synthehol • tea • tomato • water • wheat bread • whiskey • vegetable • venison • vitamin
Measurement[]
- chronometer • century • day • decade • milliliter • year
Technology and weapons[]
- armor • auditory receptor • biobed • burner • candle • cannon • chronometer • class-1 probe • cloaking field generator • combadge • command chair • communication relays • communications buoy • computer • cortical node • data terminal • energy weapon • environmental suit • field generator • impulse engine • inertial dampener • Omega particle generator • phaser • phaser cannon • photon torpedo • quantum slipstream drive • sensor • sonic shower • starship • subspace relay • television • transporter • transporter pad • tricorder • turbolift • Emergency Medical Hologram • holodeck • holographic generator • holographic nanny • holosuite • hypospray • laser scalpel • maturation chamber • memory buffer • microscope • nanoprobe • navigational deflector • neural inhibitor • neural monitor • padd • pattern enhancer • probe • regenerative circuit • replicator • universal translator • viewscreen • warp drive • warp nacelle • waste reclamation conduit
Occupations and titles[]
- admiral • aide • ambassador • botanical geneticist • botanical specialist • cadet • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • commanding officer • counselor • crewman • diplomat • Director of Covert Operations • doctor • EC • Emperor of the Klingon Empire • engineer • ensign • first officer • fleet admiral • fleet commander • flight controller • general • JC • JP • lawyer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • mission specialist • nurse • officer • operations officer • physician • pilot • poet • professor • President of the United Federation of Planets • Presider of the Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant • prima ballerina • professor • rank • ranking general • science officer • scientist • security chief • senior officer • sensor technician • surgeon • tactical officer • transport officer • vice admiral
Other references[]
- airponics bay • angel • Anser genera • astrometrics • autumn • away team • ballet • bassinet • Battle of Deneva • birthday • blanket • Borg Invasion of 2381 • bridge • cape • carafe • cargo bay • cervidae • chastity belt • clothing • collage construction • colony • commendation • conservation park • court martial • currency • dedication plaque • demon • dress uniform • duty shift • elastic band • empathy • engineering • evasive maneuvers • Federation Standard • fish • flower • forest • garden • genocide • ghabjebaQjoqngogh • ghost • Gordian knot • graminoid • grass • graveyard • gym • hammer • helmet • herbivore • history • Holocaust • hour • hymnal • internship • kal-toh • keekit • kerchief • kitchen • klaxon • lamp • language • lapdog • logic • magic • marriage • memorial service • mess hall • metal • military • mind meld • minute • mirror • month • moon • mountain • mug • mutiny • My Darling Clementine • needle • ocean • orchid • painting • paper • pip • preschool • Prime Directive • pumila • puzzle • quadrant • quarters • racquetball • ready room • red alert • refresher • reptile • restaurant • rock • rodent • sand castle • second • shark • sheet • sickbay • sofa • spider • spoon • star chart • stardate • technology • tissue dispenser • torture • towel • toy • transporter room • transporter station • uniform • university • velocity • volcano • weapon • xenophobia • yellow alert • zoo
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- VOY comic: "Twisted"
- TNG novel: Before Dishonor
- Star Trek: Destiny
- VOY novels: Full Circle, Unworthy, Children of the Storm, The Eternal Tide
Background[]
- The German translation of the novel was released by Cross Cult in 2016. It was translated by René Ulmer and featured new cover art by Martin Frei.
- Protectors is the first novel in a trilogy of Voyager novels celebrating its 20th anniversary.
- While Axum and Mattings are portrayed in this novel, their species weren't named until Acts of Contrition.
Images[]
Cover image.
Translated German cover.
The Delta Flyer II.
The Doctor.
Admiral Janeway.
Captain Chakotay.
The refit USS Voyager.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
The novel runs from September of 2381 through January 2382, the fourth to eighth month of the Full Circle Fleets 3-year mission in the Delta Quadrant. It begins three years and eight months after the final Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Endgame".
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Eternal Tide |
Voyager novels (post-finale) |
Next novel: Acts of Contrition |
| Previous novel: The Eternal Tide |
Novels by: Kirsten Beyer |
Next novel: Acts of Contrition |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Synthesis |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Watching the Clock Chapter 8 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in September 2381. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in four other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Watching the Clock Chapter 8 |
October 2381 Chapter 11-17 |
Next Adventure: Once Upon a Tribble |
| Previous Adventure: Once Upon a Tribble |
November 2381 Chapters 18-19 |
Next Adventure: Watching the Clock Chapters 11&12 (page 273-284) |
| Previous Adventure: Watching the Clock Chapters 11&12 (page 273-284) |
December 2381 Chapters 20-25 |
Next Adventure: Rough Beasts of Empire Chapter 38-39 |
| Previous Adventure: Rough Beasts of Empire Chapter 38-39 |
January 2382 Chapters 26-27, epilogue |
Next Adventure: Acts of Contrition Prologue, chapters 1-8 |
Translations[]
- 2016
- German : Bewahrer, translated by René Ulmer. (Cross Cult)
External links[]
- Protectors article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.