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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

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!

Summary

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References

Races and cultures

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

States and organizations

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

Other references

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

Appendices

Background information

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.

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

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

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

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+'''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 [[2000|August 2000]]. In [[2002]] it was reprinted in the paperback omnibus [[Have Tech, Will Travel]].
+==Publisher's description==
+The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|U.S.S. Enterprise]]'' has defeated a gigantic marauding starship from parts unknown. Now that the immediate threat has been neutralized, the [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers|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 ''[[USS da Vinci|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!
 ==Summary==
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-'''From the back cover:''' The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|U.S.S. Enterprise]]'' has defeated a gigantic marauding starship from parts unknown.  Now that the immediate threat has been neutralized, the [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers|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 ''[[USS da Vinci|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!
-==Reviews==
+==References==
-==Information==
+===Characters===
+:[[110]] • [[111]] • [[Carol Abramowitz]] • [[Jil Barnak]] • [[P8 Blue]] • [[Domenica Corsi]] • [[Beverly Crusher]] • [[Data]] • [[Kieran Duffy]] • [[Bart Faulwell]] • [[David Gold]] • [[Sonya Gomez]] • [[Geordi La Forge]] • [[Elizabeth Lense]] • [[Ina Mar]] • [[David McAllan]] • [[Jean-Luc Picard]] • [[William T. Riker]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Fabian Stevens]] • [[Deanna Troi]] • [[Christine Vale]] • [[Songmin Wong]]
+{{ref}} [[Julian Bashir]] • [[Rachel Gilman]] • [[Salek]]
+===Starships and vehicles===
+:"[[The Beast]]" • ''{{dis|Cook|II}}'' ([[Type-11 shuttlecraft]]) • {{USS|da Vinci}} ({{class|Saber}}) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} ({{class|Sovereign}})
+{{ref}} {{USS|Lexington|NCC-61832}} • {{USS|Sentinel|Akira class}} ({{class|Akira}})
+===Locations===
+:[[Blossom IV]] • [[Folnar system]]
+{{ref}} [[New York City]]
+===Races and cultures===
+:[[Atrean]] • [[Bajoran]] • [[Betazoid]] • [[Bynar]] • [[Human]] • [[Nasat]] • unnamed insectoid race
+===States and organizations===
+:[[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Admiralty]] • [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]
+===Other references===
+:[[Academy Marathon]] • [[black hole propulsion drive]] • [[Dominion War]] • [[Earl Grey]] • [[emotion chip]] • [[environmental suit]] • [[phaser]] • [[quantum singularity]] • [[transporter]] • [[tricorder]]
+==Appendices==
+=== Background information ===
 *This story marks the introduction of ''Enterprise'' chief security officer [[Christine Vale]], who would become a primary character in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' ''[[A Time to...]]'' [[miniseries]], and the ongoing ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' [[novel]] series.
+*The German translation was released by [[Cross Cult]] in [[2014|April 2014]]. It was translated by [[Susanne Picard]] and featured new cover art by [[Martin Frei]].
-*This eBook is reprinted in the ''SCE'' print compilation ''[[Have Tech, Will Travel]]''.
-==External Links==
+===Related stories===
+{{SCE stories}}
+===Timeline===
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+===External link===
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+[[Category:SCE eBooks]]

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