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Kirk and his crew face certain death... while journeying deep into their own pasts!
Summary
- From the back cover
- A freak shuttlecraft accident - and suddenly Captain Kirk and most of his senior officers find themselves adrift in space, with no hope of rescue, no hope of repairing their craft, or restoring communications - with nothing, in short, but time on their hands.
- Time enough for each to tell the story of the Kobayashi Maru - the Starfleet Academy test given to command cadets. Nominally a tactical exercise, the Kobayashi Maru is in fact a test of character revealed in the choices each man makes - and does not make.
- Discover how Starfleet Cadets Kirk, Chekov, Scotty, and Sulu each faced the Kobayashi Maru...and became Starfleet officers.
References
Characters
- James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Nyota Uhura • Baasch • Anne • Cantini • Robert Cecil • Sasha Charles • Rachel Coan • Constrev • Laurel Gugin • Hohman • Howell • Tetsuo Inomata • Janda • Gregory Jao • Arthur Kobrine • "Kozor" • Aldous Kramer • Nabuda • Narv • Maria Theresa Perez-Salazar • Shoji • Walgren • Westbeld
- Referenced only
- Agrippa • Babin • Cheryl • Das Res-Pamudan • Friendly John • Fr'nir • George Custer • Garth of Izar • Hoshe-Igga • Korrd • Shaitani • George Temmu • Von
Starships and vehicles
- USS Exeter • USS Farragut • USS Saratoga • USS Potemkin • USS Yorktown • USS Enterprise (Enterprise-subclass refit) • Halley (shuttlecraft) • "SS Kobayashi Maru" (neutronic fuel carrier) • "IKS Kh'yem" (Klingon cruiser)
Locations
- Gast • Isrando-on-Sheshwar • Tiatris • bridge • transporter room • recreation hall • shuttlebay • sunside
Planetary locations
- Aberdeen • Allegheny Mountains • Australia • California • Fisherman's Wharf • Golden Gate Bridge • Golden Gate Park • Iowa • Japan • Kare Conference Hall • Little Bighorn • Los Angeles • Mexico • Mexico City • Mount Tam • North America • Oakland • Old El Cerrito • Ohio • Palace of Fine Arts • Rhineland • San Francisco • Scotland • Tempe
Stations and outposts
- Aslan Industrial Station • Station F9
Planets and planetoids
- Altair VI • Carstair's Planet • Earth • Hohweyn VII • Luna • Menak III • Rigel V • Rukbat V
Stellar
- Altair • Gamma Hydra • Hohweyn • Menak • Rigel • Rukbat • Sol system • Klingon Neutral Zone • Magellan sector • Murasaki sector • the galaxy
Races and cultures
- Andorian • Altarian • Barbarbaar'yoat • Human • Asian • Cheyenne • Maori • Russian • Klingon • Romulan • Tseyluri • Vulcan
States and organizations
- Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Venkatsen Research Group • Cadet Bloc G • Cadet Bloc W • Babin's sixth fleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Academy Command School • Starfleet Academy Engineering School • World Library
Technology and weapons
- computer • coolant system • deflector shield • environmental suit • gravitic mine • impulse drive • phaser • photon torpedo • plasma weapon • record tape • subspace radio • torpedo launcher • tranporter • warp drive
Materials, substances and energies
- antimatter • coolant • iron • kurite • light • liquid nitrogen • neutrino • nickel • ozone • radiation • titanium
Events
- Battle of Tiatris • Hoshe Offensive
Other references
- Aberdeen Solution • asteroid • biology • black hole • blood • chemotherapy • court martial • crane • drugs • duck • earthworm • Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design • Filbert • food • Georgian Russian • glioblastoma • gravity • gravitic anomaly • hypothermia • iguana • Japanese • Klingonese • Kobayashi Maru scenario • medicine • medikit • mihka • Modern Russian • Muscovite High Russian • origami • parrot • particle beam • Perera Field Theory • philosophy • planet • psychology • raisin • Reinhold pirouette • Rosserian ivy • sector • shore leave • solitaire • starbase • star system • Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry • Starfleet uniform • Tellurian greencat • trinary star • uniform
Appendices
Information
On the cover of the book, the USS Tritium is shown, having been modeled based on a painting by Rick Sternbach originally created for the TOS reference: Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology. Which ship it might represent from the story is unclear, although it seems implied that the Tritium image might represent the Kobayashi Maru herself.
Connections
Timeline
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Cry of the Onlies |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Rules of Engagement |
| Previous story: first work |
Stories by: Julia Ecklar |
Next story: most recent solo work (see L.A. Graf) |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Pawns and Symbols |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Home is the Hunter |
| Previous adventure: "Domain of the Dragon God!" |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Home is the Hunter Chapters 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 38, 44, 51 & 52 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2273. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 4 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: The Better Man Chapter 1, Section 6 |
2244 Chapter 8 |
Next Pocket adventure: Final Frontier 2244 Next MB adventure: "Spock: Reflections, Issue 1" |
| Previous adventure: "A Test of Character" |
2254 Chapter 2 |
Next adventure: Legacy 2255 |
| Previous Pocket adventure: The Covenant of the Crown 2258 Previous MB adventure: D-A-C |
2259 Chapter 6 |
Next adventure: Burning Dreams 2260 |
| Previous Pocket adventure: The Better Man Chapter 7, Section 2 Previous MB adventure: "Alien Spotlight: Romulans" |
2266 Chapter 4 |
Next Pocket adventure: "The Corbomite Maneuver" Next MB adventure: UK comic strips, second story arc |
External link
- The Kobayashi Maru article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.