The Belly of the Beast

The Belly of the Beast is the first installment in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series, written by Dean Wesley Smith and published in August 2000. In 2002 it was reprinted in the paperback omnibus Have Tech, Will Travel.

Publisher's description[edit | edit source]

The U.S.S. Enterprise has defeated a gigantic marauding starship from parts unknown. Now that the immediate threat has been neutralized, the S.C.E. has been called in to probe the vanquished hulk in search of both new technology and the secret of its origin. Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge has temporarily transferred from the Enterprise to assist Captain David Gold and the crew of the S.C.E. ship, the U.S.S. da Vinci, on this fascinating mission. La Forge works with Gold and his top-of-the-line group of technical specialists to unravel the high-tech mysteries of the supposedly dead alien vessel, only to discover that the real danger has just begun!

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References[edit | edit source]

Races and cultures[edit | edit source]

Atrean • Bajoran • Betazoid • Bynar • Human • Nasat • unnamed insectoid race

States and organizations[edit | edit source]

Starfleet • Starfleet Admiralty • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • United Federation of Planets

Other references[edit | edit source]

Academy Marathon • black hole propulsion drive • Dominion War • Earl Grey • emotion chip • environmental suit • phaser • quantum singularity • transporter • tricorder

Appendices[edit | edit source]

Background information[edit | edit source]

This story marks the introduction of Enterprise chief security officer Christine Vale, who would become a primary character in the TNG A Time to... miniseries, and the ongoing Star Trek: Titan novel series.
The German translation was released by Cross Cult in April 2014. It was translated by Susanne Picard and featured new cover art by Martin Frei.

Related stories[edit | edit source]

Star Trek: Corps of Engineers stories and publications
eBooks	The Belly of the Beast • Fatal Error • Hard Crash • Interphase (Part One • Part Two) • Cold Fusion • Invincible (Part One • Part Two) • The Riddled Post • Here There Be Monsters • Ambush • Some Assembly Required • No Surrender • Caveat Emptor • Past Life • Oaths • Foundations • Enigma Ship • War Stories • Wildfire • Home Fires • Age of Unreason • Balance of Nature • Breakdowns • Aftermath • Ishtar Rising • Buying Time • Collective Hindsight • The Demon • Ring Around the Sky • Orphans • Grand Designs • Failsafe • Bitter Medicine • Sargasso Sector • Paradise Interrupted • Where Time Stands Still • The Art of the Deal • Spin • Creative Couplings • Small World • Malefictorum • Lost Time • Identity Crisis • Fables of the Prime Directive • Security • Wounds • Out of the Cocoon • Honor • Blackout • The Cleanup • Progress • The Future Begins • Echoes of Coventry • Distant Early Warning • 10 is Better Than 01 • Many Splendors • Turn the Page • Troubleshooting • The Light • The Art of the Comeback • Signs from Heaven • Ghost • Remembrance of Things Past
Short stories	"Field Expediency" • "An Easy Fast"
Omnibuses	Have Tech, Will Travel • Miracle Workers • Some Assembly Required • No Surrender • Foundations • Wildfire • Breakdowns • Aftermath • Grand Designs • Creative Couplings • Wounds • Out of the Cocoon • What's Past

Timeline[edit | edit source]

published order
Previous eBook: First in Series	SCE eBooks	Next eBook: Fatal Error
Previous story: Thin Air	Stories by: Dean Wesley Smith	Next story: Planet Killer
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Riddles	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Fatal Error

External link[edit | edit source]

The Belly of the Beast article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.