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Revelation and Dust is a novel from author David R. George III. It is the first of five novels making up the Star Trek: The Fall miniseries which centers around the Federation and the Typhon Pact. The focus of the novel is the new Deep Space 9 becoming operational and an event that will shake the people of the Federation.

Description

Welcome to the new Deep Space Nine.

After the destruction of the original space station by a rogue faction of the Typhon Pact, Miles O'Brien and Nog have led the Starfleet Corps of Engineers in designing and constructing a larger, more advanced starbase in the Bajoran system. Now, as familiar faces such as Benjamin Sisko, Kasidy Yates, Ezri Dax, Odo, and Quark arrive at the new station, Captain Ro Laren will host various heads of state to an impressive dedication ceremony. The dignitaries include not only the leaders of allies—such as Klingon Chancellor Martok, Ferengi Grand Nagus Rom, the Cardassian castellan, and the Bajoran first minister—but also those of rival powers, such as the Romulan praetor and the Gorn imperator. But as Ro's crew prepares to open DS9 to the entire Bajor Sector and beyond, disaster looms. A faction has already set in action a shocking plan that, if successful, will shake the Alpha and Beta Quadrants to the core.

And what of Kira Nerys, lost aboard a runabout when the Bajoran wormhole collapsed? In the two years that have passed during construction of the new Deep Space 9, there have been no indications that the Celestial Temple, the Prophets, or Kira have survived. But since Ben Sisko once learned that the wormhole aliens exist nonlinearly in time, what does that mean with respect to their fate, or that of the wormhole… or of Kira herself?

Summary

The Federation is preparing for the launch of the new Deep Space 9, which is to be attended by the leaders of several Alpha Quadrant powers. The Robinson and Aventine are also on station, allowing Sisko and Ezri to join their former crewmates. A problem arises when the Cardassian castellan, Rakena Garan, is forced to leave the station prior to the dedication ceremony to deal with unrest caused by the extremist group Cardassia First, leaving Lustrate Enevek Vorat to deputize. Meanwhile, Federation President Bacco has Sisko arrange a meeting with Odo, who is asked to aid with the examination of a substance that may be an infant Changeling.

However, during the dedication ceremony, President Bacco is assassinated. Enkar Sirsy, the aide of Bajoran First Minister Asarem Wadeen, is discovered unconscious in the booth where the fatal shots were fired and claims not to remember what happened. Initially, all the evidence points to her guilt but Asarem stands by her. When an attempt is made to poison Enkar, a subcutaneous device is found which suggests that she has been framed by the Tzenkethi.

Meanwhile, in the Celestial Temple, Kira receives a vision where she sees herself as Keev Anora, a member of a terrorist group in what appears to be Bajor's past freeing Bajora slaves from the oppressive Aleira. She is suspicious of Altek Dans, an Aleira who joins her cell, but eventually starts a relationship with him.

The wormhole abruptly opens and releases a Tear of the Prophets, which when beamed aboard Deep Space 9 discharges Altek. Meanwhile, another orb deposits Kira with the believed dead Taran'atar.

References

Science and technology

airlock • alien • animal • antenna • arithmetic • atmosphere • audio pickup • autopilot • beacon • benzodiazepine • biobed • blood • bomb • bone • Borg drone • brain • centimeter • chemical • cloaking device • clock • combadge • command chair • communicator • companel • computer • computer interface • containment field • control panel • corporeal • dampening field • defense monitor • dermal regenerator • detector • dimension • docking clamp • docking port • docking pylon • drill • drug • earpiece • electric charge • electromagnetic wave • emergency bulkhead • emergency medical transport • emitter • energy • energy weapon • energy-weapon inhibitor • environmental suit • explosive charge • feather • feeding tube • fire • firearm • force field • fusion reactor • gas • gas lamp • generator • genetic engineering • glowpane • gravitational eddy • gravity • gravity well • hair • handheld beacon • heart • holodeck • hologram • holophoto • holosuite • hose • hour • humanoid • hydration tube • hydraulic pump • hyperwarp • hypoxia • ice • impulse engine • indicator • internal security grid • kilometer • lamp • lamp post • laser scalpel • leaf • life support • lifeform • lightning • lighting panel • light-year • liquid • low-gravity envelope • lung • manual auger • Mark-XIII fusion reactor • medical tricorder • metal detector • meter • minute • mirror • muscle • nacelle • navigational beacon • Orb of Destiny • Orb of the Prophets • orbit • padd • paraspinal muscle • pericardial effusion • pericardiocentesis • phaser • phaser bank • phaser emitter • piston • plasma shock • portable transporter • power grid • power junction • processor • projectile weapon • quantum slipstream • quantum slipstream drive • quantum torpedo • radiation • refresher • replicator • revolver • rib • right ventricle • root • satellite • second • self-sealing stembolt • sensor • sensor array • sensor block • sensor platform • shapeshifter • shield emitter • shield generator • shields • simulation matrix • simulation tester • skull • slipstream corridor • solar sail • sonic wave • space • space station • space suit • spring • starbase • star • starship • star system • subspace • tachyon detection grid • tachyon eddy • tentacle • thermal column • thoracic spine • thoracotomy • thoron shield • thoron shield generator • time • timepiece • timer • torpedo • transponder signal • transporter • transporter inhibitor • tricobalt • tricorder • turbolift • universe • viewscreen • warp core • warp engine • warp speed • weapons port • wing • wormhole

Ranks and titles

abolitionist • admiral • advance scout • agent • aide • ambassador • artist • assassin • attorney • bodyguard • botanist • businessman • business magnate • campaign director • captain • Castellan of the Cardassian Union • catcher • chancellor • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chief • chief engineer • chief medical officer • chief of staff • cleric • colonel • commander • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • communications officer • computer specialist • conn officer • constable • councillor • counselor • courier • crewman • crewwoman • dabo boy • dalin • deputy • dignitary • diplomat • doctor • Emissary of the Prophets • engineer • ensign • envoy • executive officer • Federation envoy • First Minister of the Republic of Bajor • first officer • freedom fighter • governor • Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance • gul • holophotographer • Imperator of the Gorn Hegemony • journalist • judge • kai • lawyer • liaison • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant junior grade • liquidator • Lustrate of the Cardassian Union • manager • metalwright • nagal bodyguard • nurse • officer • patrol officer • physician • pitcher • politician • Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire • president • President of the United Federation of Planets • President Pro Tempore of the United Federation of Planets • office worker • science officer • scientist • second-in-command • Second Minister of the Republic of Bajor • second officer • security chief • security guard • security officer • slave • slaveholder • soldier • speechwriter • spy • surgeon • tactical officer • teacher • vedek • vintner • waiter

Other references

19th century • Alonis language • alpha shift • Andorian reproductive crisis • Anthem of the United Federation of Planets • antimony • arboreal • Argelian sweet corn • assassination • asteroid • asteroid belt • atrium • auditorium • Bajor at Peace • ball • bandage • barium • baseball • baseball bat • baseball diamond • baseball field • bathroom • Battle of Wolf 359 • beach • beard • belt • bench • bird • birthday • biscuit • blanket • bolero jacket • bolt • boot • Borg Invasion of 2381 • brandy • bridge • bucket • bulkhead • bungalow • café • campfire • candle • canvas • canyon • capital city • caramel • cargo bay • cargo hatch • cargo hold • carpet • catcher's mask • catcher's mitt • ceasefire • century • Chiraltan tea • city • claustrophobia • clothing • coal • cobalt • cockpit • coffee • colony • communications • communications blackout • conference room • conn • constellation • control booth • cork • corridor • crate • crawlspace • curtain • dabo • dabo wheel • dagger • dance • dartboard • dashiki • day • decade • dedication ceremony • deka tea • democracy • Denebian slime devil • derrick • dessert • diburnium • Dominion War • dom-jot • door chime • dress uniform • duffel • duty roster • election • emerald snake • emotion • engineering • equator • Federation Standard • Ferengi Rule of Acquisition • fishing pole • flight suit • flower • food • fortress • fruit • genocide • ghost • glass • glove • goatee • god • Gorn language • government • graduation • grass • grilled seitan • grolanda stew • hailing frequency • hara cat • hardwood dagger • headdress • helmet • history • home run • homeworld • horn • hospice • hospital • hull • industrial laundry • insignia • iron • jacket • jazz • joist • juice • jumja tea • katterpod • kava fruit • kava root • Khitomer Accords • kis • kiss • kitchen • klaxon • knife • kona • krelo bear • laboratory • ladder • language • latinum • lead • leather • library • liquor • Lissepian Lottery • logic • magic • mapa bread • map • marble • marriage • mattress • memorial service • metal • milaberry biscuit • military • mining • moba fruit • monastery • money • month • moon • morgue • mountain • museum • music • mustache • mysticism • napkin • nation • nationalist • nerak blossom • nightcap • Occupation of Bajor • ocean • operating theater • operations station • orb ark • ore • pagh'tem'far • painting • paper • photograph • planet • plaque • podium • poker • pooncheenee • portfolio • post-traumatic stress • potato • prejudice • pylchyk • pyramid • quadrant • quarantine • quarters • racism • rainbow moon • raktajino • rank • rank pip • ready room • red alert • red one transmission • religion • repair bay • restaurant • roasted potato • robe • rock • root cellar • rope • sand • saucer section • school • sculpture • sector • seitan • self destruct • senior staff • sensor log • shirt • shoe • slavery • sledge • sleeping roll • smoky paprika • smuggling • snake • snifter • soap • sock • sofa • soil • spade • spinach salad • sponge • springwine • Starfleet uniform • The Stars Within Reach • steel • stockade • strawberry • summer • support beam • survivor's guilt • sweetener • swimsuit • sword • Tarkalean hawk • tavern • tea • technology • temple • theater • three-dimensional chessboard • toasted almond • toast • tool • towel • transporter room • trapdoor • tree • Tzenkethi War • underwear • uniform • university • vegetable • vest • warp core breach • war • wargames • war hawk • washbasin • washcloth • water • water bottle • water tank • weapon • week • When the Prophets Cried • wine • winery • wood • year

Chronology

2377
2379

Appendices

Timeline

Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise are said to be on Cardassia, a reference to the events of the next Star Trek: The Fall novel, The Crimson Shadow.

Appendices

Background

The first working title for this novel was Time and Revelation. It was later changed to Revelations and Dust before dropping the pluralization of Revelation for the final title.

Connections

Published Order
Previous novel: first in series	Star Trek: The Fall	Next novel: The Crimson Shadow
Previous story: Allegiance in Exile	Stories by: David R. George III	Next story: One Constant Star

External link

Revelation and Dust article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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 ===Races and cultures===
-:[[Alonis]] • [[Andorian]] • [[Ascendant]] • [[Bajoran]] • [[Benzite]] • [[Bolian]] • [[Capellan]] • [[Cardassian]] • [[Changeling]] • [[Clarus IV natives]] • [[Ferengi]] • [[Gorn]] • [[Human]] ([[Asian]] • [[Australian]]) • [[Jem'Hadar]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Orion]] • [[Prophets]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tellarite]] • [[Trill]] • [[Vulcan]]
+:[[Alonis]] • [[Andorian]] • [[Ascendant]] • [[Bajoran]] • [[Benzite]] • [[Bolian]] • [[Capellan]] • [[Cardassian]] • [[Changeling]] • [[Clarus IV native]] • [[Ferengi]] • [[Gorn]] • [[Human]] ([[Asian]] • [[Australian]]) • [[Jem'Hadar]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Orion]] • [[Prophets]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tellarite]] • [[Trill]] • [[Vulcan]]
 {{ref}} [[Borg]] • [[Boslic]] • [[Breen]] • [[Eav'oq]] • [[Lurian]] • [[Pah-wraith]] • [[Quist]] • [[Tholian]] • [[Tzenkethi]] • [[Venetan]] • [[Vorta]]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch publications and stories
Novels	A Stitch in Time • Avatar, Book One‎ • Avatar, Book Two • Abyss • Demons of Air and Darkness • Twilight • This Gray Spirit • Cathedral • Lesser Evil • Rising Son • The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One • The Left Hand of Destiny, Book Two • Unity • "Cardassia: The Lotus Flower" • "Andor: Paradigm" • "Trill: Unjoined" • "Bajor: Fragments and Omens" • "Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed" • "The Dominion: Olympus Descending" • Warpath • Fearful Symmetry • The Soul Key • The Never-Ending Sacrifice • The Missing • Sacraments of Fire • Ascendance • Force and Motion • The Long Mirage • Enigma Tales • Original Sin
Miniseries and anthologies	The Lives of Dax • Divided We Fall • Mission Gamma • Worlds of Deep Space Nine (Volume One, Two & Three)
Short stories and novellas	"Horn and Ivory" • "The Officers' Club" • Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) • Rules of Accusation • I, The Constable
Comics	N-Vector • "Crossfire" • "No Quarter" • "All Fall Down" • "United We Stand"
Omnibuses	Twist of Faith • These Haunted Seas
Related	Star Trek: Section 31 • Star Trek: Terok Nor • Star Trek: Destiny • Star Trek: Typhon Pact • Star Trek: The Fall • Star Trek: Coda

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Changes: Revelation and Dust

Revision as of 20:00, 24 June 2019

Contents

Description

Summary

References

Characters

Locations

Starships and vehicles

Races and cultures

States and organizations

Science and technology

Ranks and titles

Other references

Chronology

Appendices

Timeline

Appendices

Related stories

Background

Connections

External link