Thin Air is the fifth of six books in the Star Trek: New Earth miniseries, the 93rd novel in the Pocket TOS line of numbered novels, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith, published in August 2000. This was the last of the New Earth books to focus solely on the TOS crew, as the follow-up novel Challenger would shift storyline focus to the UFPF Challenger in preparation for the series being spun off as Star Trek: Challenger.
Description[]
- Many light-years away from the safety of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise stands guard over an alien world whose unique natural resources could change the balance of power throughout the galaxy. The ship's crucial assignment: to maintain a Federation presence on the planet below, to defend the world's newly arrived inhabitants from hostile aliens, and to fight a solitary battle against all who would claim the planet's riches for their own.
- Against all odds, Kirk and his crew have preserved the struggling Federation colony on Belle Terre, but their heroic efforts may have been in vain. In a last-ditch attempt to drive the entrenched settlers off their new home, the alien Kauld have contaminated the planet's atmosphere with a destructive biochemical agent that will soon render the entire world inimical to human life. With only weeks to spare, Spock races to find a scientific solution to their dire predicament, while Kirk takes the battle to the enemy, determined to wrest the secret of their salvation from the very forces out to destroy the future of this new Earth!
References[]
Characters[]
- Akins • Ayaricon • Benny • Barbara Bonnie • Branch • Lilian Coates • Reynold Coates • Gary Don • Francie Evans • Gillespie • Stephen Haines • Bonnie Harrow • Immi • Jeffries • Kilvennan • James T. Kirk • Mary • Leonard McCoy • Nova • Evan Pardonnet • Redmond • Relaagith • Montgomery Scott • Bill Skaerbaek • Spock • Betty Sterling • Len Sterling • Dan Stevens • Hikaru Sulu • Thomsen • Nyota Uhura • Charles Welch • Tegan Welch • Yanorada
- Referenced only
- Ellay • Bettie Stevens • Vellyngaith
Starships and vehicles[]
- Brother's Keeper • USS Enterprise • Hunter's Moon • Kauld warship (warship) • Little Brother • Little Sister • Northwest Passage • USS Peleliu (Chesapeake-class) • Royal York
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- alien • allergy • command chair • communications • computer • control panel • fail-safe stop device • Gamma Night • gun • hailing frequency • hair • hour • mechanism • minute • nanoassembler • olivium • orbit • phaser • polymer • screen • second • self-replicating nanomachine • siliconic gel • sweat • time • ultrasonic • wind
Ranks and titles[]
- assistant • captain • chief engineer • communications officer • guard • inventor • lieutenant • science officer • warlord
Other references[]
- asteroid • bridge • brig • cat • chair • colony • day • engine room • government • helm • homeworld • logic • military • planet • quarters • rock • science • sickbay • soil • soul • war • weapon • year • yellow alert
Appendices[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: The Flaming Arrow |
TOS numbered novels | Next story: Challenger |
| Previous story: The Flaming Arrow |
New Earth | Next story: Challenger |
| Previous story: First Steps |
Stories by: Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Next story: Planet Killer |
| Previous story: Belle Terre |
Stories by: Dean Wesley Smith |
Next story: The Belly of the Beast |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Flaming Arrow |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: Challenger |
| Previous adventure: The Smell of Dead Roses Section 1 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Challenger |
External link[]
- Thin Air article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.