Introduction (blurb)
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!
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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 technology
- 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
Information
Related Stories
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Flaming Arrow |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Challenger |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Flaming Arrow |
Next Adventure: Challenger | |
External link
- Thin Air article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
