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'''''The Dark Veil''''' will be the second original [[novel]] for the [[television]] series ''{{sT|Picard}}'', written by [[James Swallow]], published in {{srcdate|2021|January}}.
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'''''The Dark Veil''''' is the second original [[novel]] for the [[television]] series ''{{sT|Picard}}'', written by [[James Swallow]], published in {{srcdate|2021|January}}.
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==Description==
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:''"As I utter the words now, we will conduct this tribunal in [[Federation Standard]], in deference to [[Captain]] [[william Riker|Riker]]'s presence," continued [[Kastis]], "and in the interests of ''openness'' with the [[United Federation of Planets]]".''
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:''The [[judicator]] said the word as if it was sour to her, ashen and [[alien]] on her [[tongue]]. She indicated the three shadowy forms around her. "[[Tribune]] {{dis|Delos|Tribune}} will observe for [[Major]] [[Helek]]. Tribune [[Nadei]] will observe for Commander [[Medaka]] and the [[Romulan Senate]]. And our… visiting advocate will observe for the [[Human]] captain".''
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:''Riker shielded his [[eye]]s, trying to peer past the light from the [[glow-globe]]s to get a good look at the person assigned to him, but it was impossible to pick out anything. The shadow gave him nothing, no face, no hint of gender, only uncertainty.''
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:''He knew little of [[Romulan]] [[law|legal]] practices. Was Riker's silent watcher his [[lawyer]], his [[judge]]? [[Executioner]], even? He banished that last notion with a grimace.''
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:''Will Riker stood foursquare behind his every decision, even after everything that had happened over the last few [[day]]s. What that would mean here and now in this place, he couldn't know. But there would be no obfuscation from him, no wordplay and clouding of the truth.''
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:''And once again, something came back to Riker, something [[jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] had said to him, [[year]]s earlier on their very first mission together.'' If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.
   
 
==References==
  
==References==
 
===Characters===
  
===Characters===
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:[[Benem]] • [[Cantua]] • [[Dasix]] • [[Delos (Tribune)]] • [[Desseh]] • [[Jonathan East]] • [[Felle]] • [[Friend]] • [[Garn]] • [[Hade-Tah]] • [[Sansar Helek]] • [[Macha Hernandez]] • [[Hosa]] • [[Hutor]] • [[Kastis]] • [[Keret]] • [[Ranul Keru]] • [[Kono (Kelpien)]] • [[Kort (Romulan)]] • [[Laris]] • [[Lebre]] • [[Livnah]] • [[Maian]] • [[Karen McCreedy]] • [[Joron Medaka]] • [[Moritz]] • [[Nadei]] • [[Phosia]] • [[Hanee Phosia]] • [[Jean-Luc Picard]] • [[Qaylan]] • [[Ra'ag]] • [[Redei]] • [[William T. Riker]] • [[Sabem]] • [[Shae]] • [[Shelsa]] • [[Spock]] • [[Talov]] • [[Tarsin]] • [[T'Pir]] • [[Deanna Troi]] • [[Thaddeus Troi-Riker]] • [[Umbran]] • [[Vadrel]] • [[Christine Vale]] • [[Veyen]] • [[Hal Westerguard]] • [[Yasil]] • [[Zade]] • [[Zhaban]]
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:[[William T. Riker]] • [[Deanna Troi]]
  
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{{ref}} [[Anij]] • [[Victor Bordson]] • [[Brote]] • [[Beverly Crusher]] • [[Data]] • [[Alidar Jarok]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Geordi La Forge]] • [[Lore]] • [[Mazone]] • [[Miles O'Brien]] • [[Scoville]] • [[Shinzon]] • [[Kestra Troi-Riker]] • [[Worf]]
   
 
===Starships and vehicles===
  
===Starships and vehicles===
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:{{ship||Armstrong|USS Titan}} • ''[[Coltrane]]'' • ''[[ellington III|Ellington]]'' • {{ship||Holiday|shuttlecraft}} • {{uSS|Titan}} ({{class|Luna}} [[reconnaissance science vessel]]) • {{iRW|Othrys}} ({{class|Mogai}}) • {{class|D'deridex}} • [[Jazari generation ship]]
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:{{uSS|Titan}} ({{class|Luna}} [[cruiser]])
  
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{{ref}} {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} • {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} • {{uSS|Lionheart|Nova class}} • {{uSS|Patton|NCC-101}} • {{uSS|Robinson|NCC-71842}}
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===Locations===
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;[[the galaxy]]'s [[alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]: [[Jazari star system]] • [[Ochre Dome]] • [[Reclaim Zero Four]]
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;USS ''Titan'': [[bridge]]
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{{ref}} [[Andromeda Galaxy]] • [[Avenue of Right]] • [[Beta Stromgren]] • [[Deneva]] • [[Devolin]] • [[Galorndon Core]] • [[Ki Baratan]] • [[Lembatta Cluster]] • [[Mars]] • [[Praxis]] • [[Remus]] • [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] • [[Romulus]] • [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]] • [[Vega]] • {{planet|Vulcan}}
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===Races and cultures===
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:[[Android]] • [[Antican]] • [[Betazoid]] • [[Deltan]] • [[Denobulan]] • [[El-Aurian]] • [[Garidian]] • [[Human]] • [[Jaylah's species]] • [[Jazari]] • [[Kelpien]] • [[Reman]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Taurhai]] • [[Trill]] • [[Vulcan]]
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{{ref}} [[Aenar]] • [[Andorian]] • [[Bajoran]] • [[Ba'ku]] • [[Bolian]] • [[Borg]] • [[Cairn]] • [[Cardassian]] • [[Founder]] • [[Jem'Hadar]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Lurian]] • [[Makers (Andromedans)|Makers]] • [[Nausicaan]] • [[Norkanian]] • [[Pakled]] • [[Talarian]] • [[Tellarite]] • [[Tezwan]] • [[Vulcan]]
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===States and organizations===
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:[[Borg Collective]] • [[Cardassian Union]] • [[Dominion]] • [[Federation]] • [[Jazari Governing Sept]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Academy]] • [[Tal Shiar]] • [[Taurhai Unity]] • [[Zhat Vash]]
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===Science and classification===
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:[[energy]] • [[lifeform]] • [[matter]] • [[neural sequencing]] • [[omega molecule]] • [[plasma storm]] • [[red matter]] • [[space]] • [[technology]] • [[time]] • [[universe]] • [[weapon]]
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====Lifeforms====
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:[[humanoid]] • [[warrigul]]
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====Materials and substances====
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:[[atmosphere]] • [[blood]] • [[gas]] • [[metal]]
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====Technology and weapons====
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:[[combadge]] • [[command chair]] • [[EPS relay]] • [[plasma bolt]] • [[starship]]
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===Ranks and titles===
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:[[captain]] • [[centurion]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[crewman]] • [[decurion]] • [[ensign]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2380s)]] • [[judicator]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[major]] • [[praetor]] • [[sublieutenant]] • [[tribune]] • [[uhlan]]
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===Other references===
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:[[Admonition]] • [[clothing]] • [[Condition Dagger]] • [[Condition Scythe]] • [[Earth-Romulan War]] • [[government]] • [[imzadi]] • [[insignia]] • [[Kelu]] • ''[[Le Petit Prince]]'' • [[nation-state]] • [[races and cultures]] • [[rank]] • [[rank insignia]] • [[ryetalyn]] • [[science]] • [[Starfleet uniform (2380s)]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[title]] • [[tunic]] • [[uniform]]
   
 
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===Background===
  
===Background===
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*Branded as a ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' series entry, this book will feature certain characters and elements seen in the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' series, although like ''[[The Last Best Hope]]'' it will most likely retcon references to the [[Relaunch novels timeline|Relaunch continuity]] in favour of the newly established canon as seen in on-screen in ''Picard''.
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* Although this is branded as a ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' series entry, this book focuses on elements of the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' series: [[Captain]] [[William Riker]], [[Deanna Troi]] and the {{uSS|Titan}}.
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*The blurb for the book describes the novel as following the story of "a catastrophic incident on the Romulan-Federation border" following the destruction of the Mars shipyards in [[2385]]. As such the novel will begin around the same time the previous novel, ''The Last Best Hope'', ended.
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* The blurb for the book describes the novel as following the story of "a catastrophic incident on the [[Romulan]]-[[Federation]] border" following the destruction of the [[Mars]] [[shipyard]]s in [[2385]]. As such the novel begins around the same time the previous novel, ''[[The Last Best Hope]]'', ends, and is another prequel to the ''Picard'' [[television]] series.
   
 
===Images===
  
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darkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|Cover image.
  
darkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|Cover image.
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darkVeil back.jpg|Back cover image.
 
rikerDarkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|[[William T. Riker]].
  
rikerDarkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|[[William T. Riker]].
 
deannaDarkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|[[Deanna Troi]].
  
deannaDarkVeilSTPICARD.jpg|[[Deanna Troi]].
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derDunkleSchleier.jpg|German language edition cover.
 
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Revision as of 19:59, 21 August 2021

The Dark Veil is the second original novel for the television series Picard, written by James Swallow, published in January 2021.

Description

"As I utter the words now, we will conduct this tribunal in Federation Standard, in deference to Captain Riker's presence," continued Kastis, "and in the interests of openness with the United Federation of Planets".
The judicator said the word as if it was sour to her, ashen and alien on her tongue. She indicated the three shadowy forms around her. "Tribune Delos will observe for Major Helek. Tribune Nadei will observe for Commander Medaka and the Romulan Senate. And our… visiting advocate will observe for the Human captain".
Riker shielded his eyes, trying to peer past the light from the glow-globes to get a good look at the person assigned to him, but it was impossible to pick out anything. The shadow gave him nothing, no face, no hint of gender, only uncertainty.
He knew little of Romulan legal practices. Was Riker's silent watcher his lawyer, his judge? Executioner, even? He banished that last notion with a grimace.
Will Riker stood foursquare behind his every decision, even after everything that had happened over the last few days. What that would mean here and now in this place, he couldn't know. But there would be no obfuscation from him, no wordplay and clouding of the truth.
And once again, something came back to Riker, something Picard had said to him, years earlier on their very first mission together. If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are.

References

Characters

Benem • Cantua • Dasix • Delos (Tribune) • Desseh • Jonathan East • Felle • Friend • Garn • Hade-Tah • Sansar Helek • Macha Hernandez • Hosa • Hutor • Kastis • Keret • Ranul Keru • Kono (Kelpien) • Kort (Romulan) • Laris • Lebre • Livnah • Maian • Karen McCreedy • Joron Medaka • Moritz • Nadei • Phosia • Hanee Phosia • Jean-Luc Picard • Qaylan • Ra'ag • Redei • William T. Riker • Sabem • Shae • Shelsa • Spock • Talov • Tarsin • T'Pir • Deanna Troi • Thaddeus Troi-Riker • Umbran • Vadrel • Christine Vale • Veyen • Hal Westerguard • Yasil • Zade • Zhaban
Referenced only
Anij • Victor Bordson • Brote • Beverly Crusher • Data • Alidar Jarok • James T. Kirk • Geordi La Forge • Lore • Mazone • Miles O'Brien • Scoville • Shinzon • Kestra Troi-Riker • Worf

Starships and vehicles

Armstrong • Coltrane • Ellington • Holiday • USS Titan (Luna-class reconnaissance science vessel) • IRW Othrys (Mogai-class) • D'deridex-class • Jazari generation ship
Referenced only
USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-E • USS Lionheart • USS Patton • USS Robinson

Locations

the galaxy's Alpha and Beta Quadrant
Jazari star system • Ochre Dome • Reclaim Zero Four
USS Titan
bridge
Referenced only
Andromeda Galaxy • Avenue of Right • Beta Stromgren • Deneva • Devolin • Galorndon Core • Ki Baratan • Lembatta Cluster • Mars • Praxis • Remus • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards • Vega • Vulcan

Races and cultures

Android • Antican • Betazoid • Deltan • Denobulan • El-Aurian • Garidian • Human • Jaylah's species • Jazari • Kelpien • Reman • Romulan • Taurhai • Trill • Vulcan
Referenced only
Aenar • Andorian • Bajoran • Ba'ku • Bolian • Borg • Cairn • Cardassian • Founder • Jem'Hadar • Klingon • Lurian • Makers • Nausicaan • Norkanian • Pakled • Talarian • Tellarite • Tezwan • Vulcan

States and organizations

Borg Collective • Cardassian Union • Dominion • Federation • Jazari Governing Sept • Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Tal Shiar • Taurhai Unity • Zhat Vash

Science and classification

energy • lifeform • matter • neural sequencing • omega molecule • plasma storm • red matter • space • technology • time • universe • weapon

Lifeforms

humanoid • warrigul

Materials and substances

atmosphere • blood • gas • metal

Technology and weapons

combadge • command chair • EPS relay • plasma bolt • starship

Ranks and titles

captain • centurion • chief engineer • commander • commanding officer • crewman • decurion • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks (2380s) • judicator • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • major • praetor • sublieutenant • tribune • uhlan

Other references

Admonition • clothing • Condition Dagger • Condition Scythe • Earth-Romulan War • government • imzadi • insignia • Kelu • Le Petit Prince • nation-state • races and cultures • rank • rank insignia • ryetalyn • science • Starfleet uniform (2380s) • Starfleet uniform • title • tunic • uniform

Appendices

Related media

Background

Images

Connections

Timeline

published order
Previous novel:
The Last Best Hope 		Picard unnumbered novels Next novel:
Rogue Elements
Previous novel:
Fear Itself 		Novels by:
James Swallow 		Next novel:
The Ashes of Tomorrow
chronological order


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