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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
Regular characters
James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Nyota Uhura
Other characters
Alan Baasch • Anne • Cantini • Robert Cecil • Sasha Charles • Constrev • Laurel Gugin • Howell • Gregory Jao • "Kozor" • Aldous Kramer • Nabuda • Shoji • Walgren • Westbeld
- Referenced only
- Agrippa • Babin • Friendly John • Fr'nir • George Custer • Garth of Izar • Hoshe-Igga • Korrd • Shaitani • Von
Starships and vehicles
- Constitution-class
- USS Exeter • USS Farragut • USS Saratoga • USS Potemkin • USS Yorktown • USS Enterprise (Enterprise-subclass refit)
- other vehicles
- Halley (shuttlecraft) • "Kobayashi Maru" (neutronic fuel carrier) • "IKS Kh'yem" (Klingon cruiser)
Locations
Gast • Tiatris
Shipboard and stationbound locations
bridge • transporter room • recreation hall • shuttlebay
Planetary locations
Iowa • Kare Conference Hall • Little Bighorn • North America • Old El Cerrito • Ohio • Rhineland • San Francisco
Stations and outposts
Aslan Industrial Station
Planets and planetoids
Altair VI • Earth • Hohweyn VII • Luna • Rukbat V
Stars and systems
Gamma Hydra • Hohweyn • Rukbat • Sol system
Stellar regions
Klingon Neutral Zone • Magellan sector
Races and cultures
Andorian • Barbarbaar'yoat • Human (Asian • Cheyenne • Russian) • Klingon • Romulan • Tseyluri • Vulcan
States and organizations
Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Venkatsen Research Group • Cadet Bloc G
Technology and weapons
computer • deflector shield • environmental suit • gravitic mine • impulse drive • phaser • photon torpedo • plasma weapon • record tape • subspace radio • tranporter • warp drive
Materials, substances and energies
antimatter • iron • kurite • light • liquid nitrogen • neutrino • nickel • ozone
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
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 • court martial • drugs • food • Georgian Russian • gravity • gravitic anomaly • hypothermia • Klingonese • Kobayashi Maru scenario • medicine • medikit • mihka • Modern Russian • Muscovite High Russian • particle beam • planet • psychology • raisin • Reinhold pirouette • sector • shore leave • solitaire • star system • Starfleet uniform • 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: 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
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Cry of the Onlies |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Rules of Engagement |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Pawns and Symbols |
Next Adventure: Home is the Hunter | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2273. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in four other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Better Man Chapter 1, Section 6 |
2244 Chapter 8 |
Next Adventure: Final Frontier 2244 |
| Previous Adventure: A Test of Character |
2254 Chapter 2 |
Next Adventure: Legacy 2255 |
| Previous Adventure: The Covenant of the Crown 2258 |
2259 Chapter 6 |
Next Adventure: Burning Dreams 2260 |
| Previous Adventure: The Better Man Chapter 7, Section 2 |
2266 Chapter 4 |
Next Adventure: The Corbomite Maneuver |
External link
- The Kobayashi Maru article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.