The Fearful Summons

   

Publisher's descriptionEdit

Captain Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior and his crew are kidnapped. When Federation-conducted negotiations come to a standstill, Captain James T. Kirk and the former officers of the U.S.S. Enterprise reunite to rescue their old comrade.

The officers learn carrying out their mission could prove difficult when they encounter the kidnappers - a greedy, little-known race called the Thraxians, who believe their way is the only way. Now the Thraxians are demanding super-powerful weapons in exchange for the hostages.

With no other alternatives, Kirk is forced to consider giving in to the Thraxians to save the Excelsior crew - a decision that could save a few, but endanger the lives of an entire star system...

SummaryEdit

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

A'ron • Barush • Violet Bays • Belzie • B'huto • Cavanaugh • Pavel Chekov • David • Dramin • Caius Fesidas • Julius Fesidas • Garth Flanagan • Spiros Focus • Garith • Peter Garvin • Handler • Bernard Hans • Henrey • Kannish • James T. Kirk • Kornish • Licus • Maldari • Eugene Marasco • Leonard McCoy • Melgood • Mikali • Barbara O'Marla • Sandra Pastur • Puss-in-Boots • Janice Rand • Reiss • Russel Roose • Sarek • Nora Schmidt • Montgomery Scott • Sencus • Silky Way • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Norquist Svenson • Taras Tarquin • Rockefeller Thaylor • Nyota Uhura • Vegune

Referenced only 

Akara • Robert April • Capulets • Chang • Jacques Cousteau • Gaia • Guardian of Forever • Hamlet • Harrison • Kerla • Montagues • Samuel Morse • Mother Earth • Christopher Pike • Polonious • William Shakespeare • Singh • Valeris • Masoud Valtane • Zieglar

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • Plush Princess • Shanghai Expresscraft • Sundew

Referenced only 

Calypso • HMS Enterprize • USS Enterprise-A • IKS Krogshat (B'rel-class) • Yonada

LocationsEdit

Hades

Starbases, Space Stations and Orbital FacilitiesEdit

Starbase 499

Planets and planetoidsEdit

Alpha Memory • Beta Prometheus 1 • Beta Prometheus 2 • Beta Prometheus 3 • Beta Prometheus 3a • Earth • Gamon VI • Luna • Mars • Memory Alpha • Mirage • Talos IV • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Cytrops 469 • Jupiter • Orgon • Pollux IV • Qo'noS • Rakatan • Rangoren • Rura Penthe • Venus

Plantary locationsEdit

Archnos • Central Reference Library • China Beach • Conclave Hall • Eurosphere • Globe Theatre • Health Science Center • Highlands • Leningrad • London Intergalactic • Mercury Room • New York • North America • Pacific Ocean • San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Shikar • Siberian continent • Starfleet Headquarters • Starship's Wharf • Sutro Selestial Baths • Telegraph Hill • T'Khasi

Referenced only 

Africa • Chinatown • England • Mandelaport • South Africa • Troy

Bars and RestaurantsEdit

Asian Paradox • Flag and Grog • Heaven's Hearth • Nebulae • No Where cantina • Pluto's Inn • Poseidon • Star Club

Star Systems and Sellar LocationsEdit

Beta Promethean system • Beta Quadrant • Neutral Zone • Orion Nebula • Sol system

Referenced only 

Delta Triciatu system • Deuteronimous system • Murasaki 312 • Vornok system

Races and culturesEdit

Being • Beta Promethean • Betazoid • Caltarian • Deltan • Dolpheel • Human • Kartoan • Kitarian • Klingon • Octoan • Phylosian • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Andorian • Aurelian • Caitian • Centaurian • Chameloid • Chemizoid • Cytrops 469 native • Kaferian • Legaran • Melkotian • Romulan • Tellarite

States and organizationsEdit

Conclave • Deltan Duo • Federation Council • Gaian • Inner Council • Intergalactic Geographic Museum • Intergalactic News Network • Inter-Galactic Systems • Maritime Museum • Melpomene Players • Office of the President of the Federation Council • People of Light • Ruling Family • Shrewdest Ones • Spiritual Leaders • Starship Historical Preservation Society • Trans-Universal Shipping • The Trendoids • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan Science Academy

Referenced only 

Byzantine Empire • Dilithium Mining Corps

StarfleetEdit

Alien Language Translation • Communications Satellite Tracking • Department of Humanoid Resources • Galaxy Vegetation Research • Humanoid Resource Records • Navigational Research Division • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Navigation Group

Ranks and titlesEdit

king • knight • pirate • President of North America • President of the United Federation of Planets • Press Liaison • Zone Governor

Other referencesEdit

19th century • 20th century • alcohol • Alien Parks • anabolic protoplaser • ant • antigravity plasticine • Aphasia • Asian • asteroid • Basic Orders • Berengaria dragon • Bon Voyage • Book of Muharbar • brainwashing • bridge • cacoa • Calypso • cetacean • chess • Christmas • Cobanian cigar • communicator • conference room • conn • databank • datapadd • Debellium brain rot disease • desert • dilithium • disruptor • distress signal • dolphin • Dos Vidaniya • ducat • dwarf • eel • elephant • enviropod • European • fal-tor-pan • Fantasy Stimulator • firestorm • fog • Gaelic • gold • golf • Greek • Grog optoman, nokt ingo • G-string • Hamlet • helmsman • Higher Calling • holodoc • infoport • Interior Architecture • ivory • kern • Kitarian Cloud Rock • knife • Kobayashi Maru scenario • Kolchinsky gambit • Kwaheri • Latin • linguacode • logic • Luxury Worlds • macrobiotic food • medical tricorder • Mediterranean • Mercury bourbon • Mongolian • Mongolian Tea • Morse code • mushroom • navigator • Norwegian • Only Way • Oudachy • Pan Gow • pearl • phaser • photon torpedo • Phylosian cognac • piano • Picades • popsicle • Prime Directive • radiation • radio • reptilian • robot • Romeo and Juliet • Romulan ale • Russian • Saurian brandy • Scottish • Semper Fidelis • sensor • sheep • shields • silver • Slán agat • spray applicator • squirt gun • Star Yachts • Swahili • telegraph • Thaylor Expedition • Tholian Web • titanium • toadstool • transporter • tricorder • Trojan Horse • turbolift • Ukrainian • universal translator • vacation • viewscreen • volcano • Vulcan neck pinch • water • Winter Solstice • zoo

InformationEdit

• The back cover blurb calls the Beta Prometheans "Thraxians", which they are never called in the novel.
• The story is dated to spring 2294; the Pocket Books Timeline adjusts this date 2293 to make it compatible with the Star Trek Chronology. The claim that Kirk has been retired for six months is also disregarded.
• Mirage is stated to be one hundred fifty billion years old, making it ten times older than the universe itself.
• Valtane's first name is given as Masoud. This was later contradicted canonically in Star Trek: Voyager.
• Scotty speaks of travelling "hundreds of millions of light-years into deep space", which surely must be an exaggeration, as it would place them in another galaxy.

ConnectionsEdit

• The Fearful Summons article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.