The Captain's Daughter.
Description[]
- When Demora Sulu, an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense, everyone is stunned. No one is more grief-stricken than her father, Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Excelsior. Determined to learn the truth behind his daughter's bizarre death, Sulu goes to the planet where she was killed, and finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu's reputation and his life!
References[]
Characters[]
- Anik • Morgan Bateson • Beauregard • Boothby • Pavel Chekov • Tracy Dane • John "Blackjack" Harriman • John Harriman • Kris Hernandez • James T. Kirk • Li • Susan Ling • Magnus • Leonard McCoy • Annie Rand • Janice Rand • Saavik • Tommy Singer • Demora Sulu • Hikaru Sulu • Maggie Thompson • Adrian Tobler • Nyota Uhura • Z'on
- Referenced only
- Matthew Blumberg • Ozymandias
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Bozeman (Soyuz-class cutter) • USS Enterprise-B (Excelsior-class explorer) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class explorer)
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Donatti • Hell • Starbase 9
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Blumberg
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- alien • alternate universe • animal • atmosphere • beacon • blood • clone • cloud • communications • communicator • computer • distress beacon • electronic • fingernail • fur • hair • heart • hour • light • M-9 computer • missile • monitor screen • phaser • Sakuro's disease • starship • subspace • throat • time • tooth • vacuum • vocoder • wind
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • archaeologist • bartender • captain • commander • communications officer • crewman • doctor • ensign • first officer • king • king of kings • lieutenant • lieutenant junior grade • medical technician • navigator • officer • science officer • trainee • waiter
Other references[]
- 23rd century • American Civil War • archaeology • belt • botanical garden • boulder • bridge • brig • "Bushel and a Peck" • chair • chocolate mousse • city • day • death • desert • distress call • emotion • empire • The Flying Dutchman • funeral • ghost • Guys and Dolls • landing party • language • Latin language • mess hall • military • musical • mutiny • orange juice • paper • planet • poem • predator • puma • quarantine • quarters • reprimand • screwdriver • seat cushion • sickbay • song • statue • steak knife • technology • uniform • vodka • weapon • year
Chronology[]
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS movie: The Motion Picture
- TOS movie: The Wrath of Khan
- TOS movie: The Search for Spock
- TOS movie: The Voyage Home
- TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country
- TNG movie: Generations
- TOS episode: "The Enemy Within"
- TOS episode: "Shore Leave"
- TOS episode: "The Squire of Gothos"
- TNG episode: "Cause and Effect"
- ST - Enterprise Logs short story: "Shakedown"
- ST - TLE novel: Serpents Among the Ruins
Background[]
- This novel has been heavily referenced by other authors in more recent stories featuring John Harriman, Demora Sulu, and the EnterpriseB.
Images[]
Cover image.
Cover art by Keith Birdsong.
Back cover image.
Original German language edition cover image.
German language re-issue edition cover image.
Sulu.
Excelsior.
The Enterprise.
Connections[]
| Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| episodes/movies | The Undiscovered Country • Flashback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novels | The Undiscovered Country • The Fearful Summons • The Captain's Daughter • The Ashes of Eden • Starfleet Academy • The Captain's Table: War Dragons • The Lost Era: The Sundered • Excelsior: Forged in Fire • Flashback • The Lost Era: One Constant Star • Burning Dreams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| short stories | "Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comics | Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome) • A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Captain's Log: Sulu • The Undiscovered Country • The Veteran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain Sulu Adventures (audiobooks) |
Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| games | Shattered Universe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| characters | Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Janice Rand • Dmitri Valtane • Leonard James Akaar • Lojur • Tuvok • Altos Viger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: First Frontier |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Twilight's End |
| Previous story: Q-Squared |
Stories by: Peter David |
Next story: Wrath of the Prophets |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Sundered Chapter 25 |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Engines of Destiny Chapter 2 |
| Previous adventure: The Sundered Chapter 25 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Engines of Destiny Chapter 2 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2294. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 4 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: The End of Night |
2271 Chapters 5-12 |
Next adventure: The Lost Years |
| Previous adventure: Deep Domain |
2278 Chapters 15-17 |
Next adventure: Wagon Train to the Stars three months earlier |
| Previous adventure: Pathways Chapter 14, Section 1 |
2284 Chapters 18-19 |
Next adventure: Future Imperfect alternate 2284 |
| Previous Pocket adventure: Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor Previous MB adventure: The Apocalypse Scenario |
2285 Chapters 20-21 |
Next adventure: The Voyage Home |
Translations[]
- 1998
- German : Die Tochter des Captain, translated by Bernhard Kempen. (Heyne)
External link[]
- The Captain's Daughter article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.