The Kobayashi Maru

For other uses, see Kobayashi.

The Kobayashi Maru
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series No. 47
Author(s):	Julia Ecklar
Narrator(s):	James Doohan
Publication information
Published:	paperback - December 1989
Pages:	254
ISBN:	ISBN 0671658174
Chronology
Date:	2273

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

Anne • Baasch • Cantini • Robert Cecil • Sasha Charles • Pavel Chekov • Rachel Coan • Constrev • Laurel Gugin • Hohman • Howell • Tetsuo Inomata • Janda • Gregory Jao • James T. Kirk • Arthur Kobrine • "Kozor" • Aldous Kramer • Leonard McCoy • Nabuda • Narv • Maria Theresa Perez-Salazar • Montgomery Scott • Shoji • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Walgren • Westbeld

Referenced only

Agrippa • Babin • Cheryl • George Custer • Friendly John • Fr'nir • Garth of Izar • Rube Goldberg • Hoshe-Igga • Korrd • Das Res-Pamudan • Shaitani • George Temmu • Von

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Enterprise-subclass refit) • USS Exeter • USS Farragut • Halley (shuttlecraft) • "IKS Kh'yem" (Klingon cruiser) • "SS Kobayashi Maru" (neutronic fuel carrier) • USS Potemkin • USS Saratoga • USS Yorktown

Locations

bridge • Gast • Isrando-on-Sheshwar • recreation hall • shuttlebay • sunside • Tiatris • transporter room

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 • Ohio • Old El Cerrito • 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 • the galaxy • Gamma Hydra • Hohweyn • Klingon Neutral Zone • Magellan sector • Menak • Murasaki sector • Rigel • Rukbat • Sol system

Races and cultures

Andorian • Altarian • Barbarbaar'yoat • Human (Asian • Cheyenne people • Maori • Russian) • Klingon • Romulan • Tseyluri • Vulcan

States and organizations

Babin's sixth fleet • Cadet Bloc G • Cadet Bloc W • Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Academy Command School • Starfleet Academy Engineering School • United Federation of Planets • Venkatsen Research Group • 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 • Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry • Starfleet uniform • star system • Tellurian greencat • trinary star • uniform

Appendices

Background

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: Spaceflight Chronology. Which ship it might represent from the story is unclear, although it seems implied that the Tritium image might represent the SS Kobayashi Maru herself.

Images

Cover image.

Sulu.

Scotty.

Kirk.

Tritium-class starship.

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.