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Kirk and his crew face certain death... while journeying deep into their own pasts!

Description

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 • Filbert • 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 • Jesus Christ • 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 • engine room • engineering • Gast • Isrando-on-Sheshwar • phaser bay • recreation hall • shuttlebay • sickbay • sunside • Tiatris • torpedo bay • 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 locations

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

Other references

asteroid • Battle of Tiatris • bulkhead • butterfly • butter • city • court martial • diplomacy • dog • duck • earthworm • Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design • field jacket • food • Georgian Russian • glass • helm • Hoshe Offensive • iguana • Japanese • Klingonese • Kobayashi Maru scenario • library • locker • mihka • Modern Russian • Muscovite High Russian • origami • parrot • philosophy • planet • psychology • rabbit • raisin • Reinhold pirouette • Rosserian ivy • sector • shore leave • solitaire • Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry • Starfleet uniform • Tellurian greencat • uniform • water • weapon

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

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: "Denial of Destiny" (role-playing game)	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.

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 |narrator = [[James Doohan]]
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 ''Kirk and his crew face certain death... while journeying deep into their own pasts!''
-==Summary==
+==Description==
-;From the back cover : ''A freak [[shuttlecraft]] accident - and suddenly [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and most of his [[senior staff|senior]] [[officer]]s 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.
+:''A freak [[shuttlecraft]] accident—and suddenly [[Captain]] [[james T. Kirk|Kirk]] and most of his [[senior staff|senior]] [[officer]]s 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 scenario|Kobayashi Maru]]'' - the [[Starfleet Academy]] test given to [[CO|command]] [[cadet]]s.  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.''
+:''Time enough for each to tell the story of the ''[[Kobayashi Maru scenario|Kobayashi Maru]]'' - the [[Starfleet Academy]] test given to [[cO|command]] [[cadet]]s. 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, [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]], [[Scotty]], and [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]] each faced the ''Kobayashi Maru''...and became [[Starfleet]] officers.
+:''Discover how [[Starfleet]] Cadets Kirk, [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]], [[Scotty]], and [[hikaru Sulu|Sulu]] each faced the ''Kobayashi Maru''...and became [[Starfleet]] officers.''
 ==References==
 ===Characters===
+:[[Anne]] • [[Baasch]] • [[Cantini]] • [[Robert Cecil]] • [[Sasha Charles]] • [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Rachel Coan]] • [[Constrev]] • {{dis|Filbert|plant}} • [[Laurel Gugin]] • [[Hohman]] • [[Howell]] • [[Tetsuo Inomata]] • [[Janda]] • [[Gregory Jao]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Arthur Kobrine]] • [[Kozor]] • [[Aldous Kramer]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Nabuda]] • {{dis|Narv|23rd century}} • [[Maria Theresa Perez-Salazar]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Shoji]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Nyota Uhura]] • [[Walgren]] • [[Westbeld]]
-====Regular characters====
-[[James T. Kirk]] • [[Spock]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Nyota Uhura]]
+{{ref}} [[Agrippa]] • [[Babin]] • [[Cheryl]] • [[Jesus Christ]] • [[George Custer]] • [[Friendly John]] • [[Fr'nir]] • [[Garth of Izar]] • [[Rube Goldberg]] • [[Hoshe-Igga]] • [[Korrd]] • [[Das Res-Pamudan]] • [[Shaitani]] • [[George Temmu]] • [[Von]]
-====Other characters====
-[[Constrev]] • [[Howell]] • [[Gregory Jao]] • [[Shoji]] • [[Walgren]]
-{{ref}} [[Agrippa]] • [[Babin]] • [[Friendly John]] • [[Fr'nir]] • [[George Custer]] • [[Garth of Izar]] • [[Hoshe-Igga]] • [[Korrd]] • [[Shaitani]] • [[Von]]
 ===Starships and vehicles===
+:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{subclass|Enterprise|23rd century}} [[refit]]) • {{USS|Exeter|NCC-1672}} • {{USS|Farragut|NCC-1647}} • ''[[Halley]]'' ([[shuttlecraft]]) • "{{IKS|Kh'yem}}" ([[Klingon cruiser]]) • "{{pre|SS|Kobayashi Maru}}" ([[neutronic fuel carrier]]) • {{USS|Potemkin|NCC-1657}} • {{USS|Saratoga|Constitution class}} • {{USS|Yorktown|Constitution class}}
-;{{class|Constitution}} : {{USS|Exeter|Constitution class}} • {{USS|Saratoga|Constitution class}} • {{USS|Yorktown|Constitution class}} • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{subclass|Enterprise|23rd century}} [[refit]])
-;other vehicles : ''[[Halley]]'' ([[shuttlecraft]]) • [[neutronic fuel carrier]] • [[Klingon battlecruiser]]
 ===Locations===
+:[[bridge]] • [[engine room]] • [[engineering]] • [[Gast]] • [[Isrando-on-Sheshwar]] • [[phaser bay]] • [[recreation hall]] • [[shuttlebay]] • [[sickbay]] • [[sunside]] • [[Tiatris]] • [[torpedo bay]] • [[transporter room]]
-[[Gast]] • [[Tiatris]]
-====Shipboard and stationbound locations====
-[[bridge]] • [[transporter room]] • [[recreation hall]] • [[shuttlebay]]
 ====Planetary locations====
-[[Iowa]] • [[Kare Conference Hall]] • [[Little Bighorn]] • [[Old El Cerrito]] • [[San Francisco]]
+:[[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]]
-====Planets and planetoids====
+====Stations and outposts====
-[[Earth]] • [[Hohweyn VII]] • [[Luna]] • [[Rukbat V]]
+:[[Aslan Industrial Station]] • [[Station F9]]
-====Stars and systems====
+====Planets and planetoids====
-[[Hohweyn]] • [[Rukbat]] • [[Sol system]]
+:[[Altair VI]] • [[Carstair's Planet]] • [[Earth]] • [[Hohweyn VII]] • [[Luna]] • [[Menak III]] • [[Rigel V]] • [[Rukbat V]]
-====Stellar regions====
+====Stellar locations====
-[[Klingon Neutral Zone]] • [[Magellan sector]]
+:[[Altair]] • [[the galaxy]] • [[Gamma Hydra]] • [[Hohweyn]] • [[Klingon Neutral Zone]] • [[Magellan sector]] • [[Menak]] • [[Murasaki sector]] • [[Rigel]] • [[Alpha Sagittarii|Rukbat]] • [[Sol system]]
 ===Races and cultures===
-[[Andorian]] • [[Human]] ([[Asian]] • [[Cheyenne]]) • [[Klingon]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Vulcan]]
+:[[Andorian]] • [[Altarian]] • [[Barbarbaar'yoat]] • [[Human]] ([[Asian]] • [[Cheyenne people]] • [[Maori]] • [[Russian]]) • [[Klingon]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tseyluri]] • [[Vulcan]]
 ===States and organizations===
-[[Klingon Empire]] • [[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[United Federation of Planets]] • [[Venkatsen Research Group]]
+:[[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===
+===Science and classification===
+:[[Aberdeen Solution]] • [[atom]] • [[biology]] • [[black hole]] • [[blood]] • [[brain]] • [[chemotherapy]] • [[command chair]] • [[communications]] • [[computer]] • [[constellation]] • [[coolant system]] • {{dis|crane|machine}} • [[deflector shield]] • [[disruptor]] • [[drug]] • [[engine]] • [[environmental suit]] • [[glioblastoma]] • [[gravitic anomaly]] • [[gravitic mine]] • [[gravity]] • [[heart]] • [[hour]] • [[hypothermia]] • [[impulse drive]] • [[intercom]] • [[jamming]] • [[kilometer]] • [[lamp]] • [[mathematics]] • [[medicine]] • [[medikit]] • [[meter]] • [[multiship field system]] • [[muscle]] • [[nerve]] • [[orbit]] • [[particle beam]] • [[Perera Field Theory]] • [[phaser]] • [[phaser bank]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[plant]] • [[plasma weapon]] • [[radio]] • [[reader]] • [[record tape]] • [[star system]] • [[starbase]] • [[starship]] • [[subspace radio]] • [[time]] • [[torpedo]] • [[torpedo launcher]] • [[transporter]] • [[trinary star]] • [[warp drive]]
-[[computer]] • [[deflector shield]] • [[gravitic mine]] • [[impulse drive]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[record tape]] • [[subspace radio]] • [[tranporter]] • [[warp drive]]
-===Materials and substances===
+====Materials, substances and energies====
-[[antimatter]] • [[iron]] • [[kurite]] • [[nickel]] • [[ozone]]
+:[[adrenaline]] • [[antimatter]] • [[coolant]] • [[hair]] • [[ice]] • [[iron]] • [[kurite]] • [[light]] • [[liquid nitrogen]] • [[neutrino]] • [[nickel]] • [[ozone]] • [[radiation]] • [[titanium]]
 ===Ranks and titles===
-[[admiral]] • [[cadet]] • [[captain]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commander]] • [[commanding officer]] • [[commodore]] • [[communications officer]] • [[doctor]] • [[ensign]] • [[first officer]] • [[helmsman]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[navigator]] • [[science officer]] • [[security chief]]
+:[[admiral]] • [[cadet]] • [[captain]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[commander]] • [[commodore]] • [[communications officer]] • [[crewman]] • [[doctor]] • [[engineer]] • [[first officer]] • [[helmsman]] • [[liaison officer]] • [[navigator]] • [[officer]] • [[phaser chief]] • [[pilot]] • [[science officer]] • [[security chief]] • [[student]] • [[yeoman]]
-===Events===
-[[Battle of Tiatris]] • [[Hoshe Offensive]]
-===Institutions===
-[[Starfleet Academy]] • [[Starfleet Academy Command School]] • [[Starfleet Academy Engineering School]] • [[World Library]]
 ===Other references===
-[[Aberdeen Solution]] • [[asteroid]] • [[black hole]] • [[blood]] • [[drugs]] • [[gravity]] • [[gravitic anomaly]] • [[Kobayashi Maru scenario]] • [[medicine]] • ''[[mihka]]'' • [[planet]] • [[psychology]] • [[Reinhold pirouette]] • [[shore leave]] • [[star system]] • [[trinary star]]
+:[[asteroid]] • [[Battle of Tiatris]] • [[bulkhead]] • [[butterfly]] • [[butter]] • [[city]] • [[court martial]] • [[diplomacy]] • [[dog]] • [[duck]] • [[earthworm]] • ''[[Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design]]'' • [[field jacket]] • [[food]] • [[Georgian Russian]] • [[glass]] • [[helm]] • [[Hoshe Offensive]] • [[iguana]] • [[Japanese]] • [[Klingonese]] • [[Kobayashi Maru scenario]] • [[library]] • [[locker]] • ''[[mihka]]'' • [[Modern Russian]] • [[Muscovite High Russian]] • [[origami]] • [[parrot]] • [[philosophy]] • [[planet]] • [[psychology]] • [[rabbit]] • [[raisin]] • [[Reinhold pirouette]] • [[Rosserian ivy]] • [[sector]] • [[shore leave]] • [[solitaire]] • [[Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[Tellurian greencat]] • [[uniform]] • [[water]] • [[weapon]]
 ==Appendices==
-===Information===
+===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 {{r|TOS|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.
+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 {{r|TOS|Spaceflight Chronology}}. Which ship it might represent from the story is unclear, although it seems implied that the ''Tritium'' image might represent the {{pre|SS|Kobayashi Maru}} herself.
-===Connections===
+===Images===
+<gallery>
-{{Timeline|
+maru.jpg|Cover image.
-type1=novel|
+the Kobayashi Maru German cover.jpg|Translation cover image.
-series1=TOS|
+suluKM.jpg|Sulu.
-format1=numnov|
+scottyKM.jpg|Scotty.
-before1=[[The Cry of the Onlies]]|
+jtkKM.jpg|Kirk.
-after1=[[Rules of Engagement (novel)|Rules of Engagement]]|
+KMship.jpg|{{class|Tritium}} [[starship]].
-prevpocket=[[Pawns and Symbols]]|
+</gallery>
-nextpocket=[[Home is the Hunter]]|
-timeframe=Timeframe4|
+===Timeline===
-primary=[[2273]]|
+{{Timeline-published}}
-date1=[[2244]]{{bsmall|Chapter 8}}|
+{{Published order|
-prevdate1=[[The Better Man]]{{bsmall|Chapter 1, Section 6}}|
+type= novel|
-nextdate1=[[Final Frontier]]{{bsmall|2244}}|
+seriesformat= [[TOS]] numbered [[novel]]s|
-date2=[[2254]]{{bsmall|Chapter 2}}|
-prevdate2=[[A Test of Character]]|
+before= ''[[The Cry of the Onlies]]''|
-nextdate2=[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]{{bsmall|2255}}|
+after= ''[[Rules of Engagement (novel)|Rules of Engagement]]''|}}
-date3=[[2259]]{{bsmall|Chapter 6}}|
+{{Author order|
-prevdate3=[[The Covenant of the Crown]]{{bsmall|2258}}|
+author= [[Julia Ecklar]]|
-nextdate3=[[Burning Dreams]]{{bsmall|2260}}|
+before= first work|
-date4=[[2266]]{{bsmall|Chapter 4}}|
+after= most recent solo work (see [[L.A. Graf]])|}}
-prevdate4=[[The Better Man]]{{bsmall|Chapter 7, Section 2}}|
-nextdate4=[[The Corbomite Maneuver]]|
+{{Timeline-chronology}}
+{{Pocket order|
+prevpocket=''[[Pawns and Symbols]]'' |
+nextpocket=''[[Home is the Hunter]]''|}}
+{{MB order|
+prevMB= "[[Denial of Destiny]]" (role-playing game)|
+nextMB= ''[[Home is the Hunter]]'' {{bsmall|Chapters 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 38, 44, 51 & 52}}|}}
+{{Timeline-chronology+|type=MBPocket |primary=[[2273]] |number= 4|}}
+{{Chronology order|
+date= [[2244]]{{bsmall|Chapter 8}} |
+prevdate=''[[The Better Man]]''{{bsmall|Chapter 1, Section 6}}|
+nextdate=''[[Final Frontier]]''{{bsmall|2244}}|
+nextMB="[[Spock: Reflections, Issue 1]]"|
+}}
+{{Chronology order|
+date=[[2254]]{{bsmall|Chapter 2}}|
+prevdate="[[A Test of Character]]"|
+nextdate=''[[Legacy (novel)|Legacy]]''{{bsmall|2255}}|
+}}
+{{Chronology order|
+date=[[2259]]{{bsmall|Chapter 6}}|
+prevdate=''[[The Covenant of the Crown]]''{{bsmall|2258}}|
+prevMB=''[[D-A-C]]''|
+nextdate=''[[Burning Dreams]]''{{bsmall|2260}}|}}
+{{Chronology order|
+date=[[2266]]{{bsmall|Chapter 4}}|
+prevdate=''[[The Better Man]]''{{bsmall|Chapter 7, Section 2}}|
+nextdate="[[The Corbomite Maneuver]]"|
+prevMB="[[Alien Spotlight: Romulans (2008)|Alien Spotlight: Romulans]]"|
+nextMB=[[UK comic strips, second story arc]]|
 }}
+{{end box}}
 ===External link===
-*{{memoryalpha}}
+* {{memoryalpha}}
+[[category:tOS novels]]
-[[Category:Books|Kobayashi Maru, The]]
-[[Category:TOS Novels|Kobayashi Maru,The]]

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