Introduction (blurb)
Revealed at last, the full story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped him become the captain we know....
Stardate 1312.4. -- A young Captain Kirk, early in his legendary career, faces the crisis of his life when he must kill his best friend in order to save the Enterprise. Later, alone in his quarters, be cannot help recalling how he first met Gary Mitchell:
At Starfleet Academy, Gary is reckless and fun-loving while Kirk is driven, ambitious, but awkward around other people -- especially women. Their friendship begins with a fistfight. Then their routine training mission on the U.S.S. Republic is diverted to a planet where centuries of bloody interplanetary conflict are about to end in a ceremony of reconciliation. Assigned to help with security on the planet's surface, Kirk and Gary quickly find themselves in the middle of a life-and-death struggle against terrorists determined to disrupt the ceremony.
With the future of two planets at stake, Kirk and Gary must find a way to work together before a mission of life and peace becomes one of death and despair.
Summary
Characters
Main
Others
- Daniel Alden
- Rollin Bannock
- Karl-Willem Brandhorst
- Hogan Brown
- Chan
- Covaleski
- Elizabeth Dehner
- Eisner
- Pearson Everett
- John Gorfinkel
- Ellen Mangione
- Gary Mitchell
- Mark Piper
- Santangelo
- Barbara Smith
- Miyko Tarsch
- Phelana Yudrin
Referenced
- Aaronson
- Chiarello
- Dandridge
- Dezago
- Sean Finnegan
- Benjamin Finney
- Garth of Izar
- Mayhar-Perth
- Dana Mitchell
- Thomas Mitchell
References
Starships
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Constitution-class
- USS Republic (NCC-1371) - Constitution-class
- Romulan Bird-of-Prey
Locations
Species
States and Organisations
Others
2156 | 2160 | atomic weapon | Axanar Peace Mission | Battle of Cheron | disruptor | Earth-Romulan War | Palm Leaf of Axanar | phaser | photon torpedo | racquetball | Romulan Neutral Zone
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