Introduction (blurb)
Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on a planet hundreds of light years away - much too far to travel in a starship. Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplomats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar directly during the brief period of time that the rift will be open.
Mr. Spock leads the Federation party as they travel by shuttle through the rift just as a group of the aliens arrive in Federation space. The meetings go smoothly until the Calligar take Spock's party hostage and Kirk discovers that the aliens are keeping a deadly secret. With angry Tellarite and Andorian fleets ready to attack the Calligar, Kirk must save Spock and the others before war breaks out and the rift closes for another fifty years.
Summary
Characters
Alt • Caitlin Barry • Christopher Pike • Ecma • Garison • Hikaru Sulu • J. Mia Colt • James T. Kirk • José Tyler • Leonard McCoy • Macro • Montgomery Scott • Nils Pitcairn • Number One • Nyota Uhura • Pavel Chekov • Phillip Boyce • Richard Daystrom • Spock • Vina • Vincent • Viola • Yamata • Zyo
Referenced
John Muir • God • Louis XIV of France • Venus • Valdini
References
Starships
Locations
Vega IX • Rigel • Gamma Quadrant • Jupiter • Worldnet • Brigadoon • Argus X
Species
Human • Vulcan • Talosian • Calligar • Orion • Klingon
Governments and Organizations
Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Klingon Empire
Other
hyperdrive • dilithium • tri-ox • handshake • Harmony • A3 Interface Module • Model 83 Logic Integrator • Spanish • Jefferies tube • Vulcan lyre
Information
- This story takes place in two time frames, in 2254 when the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and Christopher Pike makes first contact with the Calligar, shortly after "The Cage", and aboard the Enterprise-A in 2287, shortly after Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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