Description[]
Based on the epic two-part television episode, here now is the story STAR TREK™ fans have awaited for five long years, the story that bring together Spock -- the enigmatic Vulcan who personified the original, classic STAR TREK -- with the crew of the Next Generation.
Screenwriter Jeri Taylor brings all the excitement and wonder that have captivated fans of the smash television series STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION™ to this story of Spock's forbidden journey into the heart of the Romulan Empire -- and the U.S.S. Enterprise's desperate attempts to discover the reasons for his mission there.
Join now with Captain Picard, Lieutenant Commander Data, and the rest of the Next Generation crew on a voyage of unsurpassed adventure, a voyage that brings them to the edge of history -- and forces them to confront a shattering betrayal!
Picard and the Enterprise crew are sent to investigate what appears to be the defection of Ambassador Spock to Romulus. Captain Picard and Lt. Cmdr. Data disguise themselves as Romulans and are transported to Romulus. There they discover that Spock is actually attempting the reunification of Vulcan and Romulus, and working with a Romulan underground movement. Picard's Romulan nemesis, Commander Sela, reappears and captures the Starfleet officers and the ambassador, all as part of a plan to conquer Vulcan. The three must escape from their Romulan prison and foil Sela's plans for invasion.
Summary[]
Picard is informed by an old friend, Admiral Brackett, that Ambassador Spock has been sighted on Romulus with no explanation. Picard travels to Vulcan and meets the increasingly confused and dying Sarek, who suggests Spock might have contacted Senator Pardek, a moderate Romulan politician with whom he has a long-standing friendship. Picard is able to secure the services of a cloaked Klingon ship and he and Data travel to Romulus disguised as Romulans.
Meanwhile, Riker and the Enterprise investigate the discovery of a Vulcan deflector array on a crashed Ferengi ship. They discover the Vulcan ship it was taken from has gone missing from a shipyard. Riker and security officer Gretchen Naylor identify a member of the Zakdorn staff who has been feeding information to a smuggler, Melcor, allowing him to obtain ship parts. The Enterprise is involved in a confrontation with Melcor's ship, which is destroyed.
Picard and Data are soon found by Pardek's people and taken to Spock, who has made contact with the Romulan Unification movement, who hope for a reunion between the Vulcan and Romulan peoples. A new proconsul, Neral, is apparently sympathetic to the movement but Picard and Spock are both suspicious of him. Meanwhile, the Enterprise uncovers evidence that Melcor was part of a network smuggling Vulcan ship parts to the Romulans at Galorndon Core.
Neral and Pardek turn out to be working with Sela, who takes Picard, Spock and Data prisoner while Neral's troops massacre members of the Unification movement. Sela reveals the Romulans have acquired three Vulcan ships which will transport an invasion force to Vulcan: A faked message from Spock will claim they are a peace envoy seeking reunification. Her prisoners manage to overpower Sela and her guards and use the message to warn the Enterprise and Vulcan of the invasion. The Enterprise pursues the stolen Vulcan ships which are destroyed by a Romulan warbird rather than let their people be captured.
Picard, Spock and Sela escape from Sela's base and meet the survivors of the unification movement, who have taken refuge in another cave network. Picard and Data prepare to return to the Klingon ship but Spock chooses to remain behind, believing one day the movement will cause the Romulans to embrace Vulcan philosophy.
- This summary is based on the novelisation. Some details differ from the televised version.
References[]
Characters[]
Part I characters[]
- B'iJik • Bennett • Ruah Brackett • Beverly Crusher • Data • Klim Dokachin • Gates • Jae • Jaron (aka Koramar) • K'Vada • Kassem • Geordi La Forge • Perrin Landover • Lopez • Martinez • Nelson • Neral • Pardek • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Dennis Russell • Sarek • Spock • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh • USS Enterprise-D computer
Part II characters[]
- Amarie • Calandra • Beverly Crusher • D'Tan • Data • Jaron (aka Koramar) • K'Vada • Kassem • Geordi La Forge • Neral • Omag • Pardek • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Dennis Russell • Sela • Spock • Tagus • Tamarith • Telak (aka Toraan) • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- James T. Kirk
Novelization characters[]
- Amarie • B'iJik • Ruah Brackett • Beverly Crusher • D'Tan • Danut • Data • Klim Dokachin • Gelfina • Janicka • Jaron • K'Vada • Klarg • Geordi La Forge • Perrin Landover • Mot • Gretchen Naylor • Neral • Miles O'Brien • Omag • Pardek • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Sarek • Sela • Severson • Shalote • Shern • Spock • Stumpy • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Barash • B'Etor • Devil • Frank • Gowron • Amanda Grayson • Guinan • I-Chaya • Kahless • K'kam • K'Tal • James T. Kirk • Lursa • Melcor • Meldet • Lhian Mendak • Minuet • Monroe • Nard • Casey Naylor • Keiko O'Brien • Molly O'Brien • Maurice Picard • Robert Picard • Yvette Gessard Picard • Renninum • Annie Riker • Kyle Riker • Ro Laren • Tomalak • T'Pel • Lwaxana Troi • Natasha Yar
Starships and vehicles[]
- antigrav pod • D'deridex-class (warbird) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Ghandi • IKS Kruge (Klingon bird-of-prey) • Melcor's ship • T'Pau (Merchant-class)
- Referenced only
- Barolian freighter • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-C • Ferengi cargo shuttle • USS Reliant • Rutian archaeological vessel • USS Tripoli
Locations[]
- Dartha • Dektenb • the galaxy • Galorndon Core • Irnilt • Krocton Segment • Masfarik • M'Narth • Qualor II • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus • Sector 213 • Shern's Palace • Starbase 234 • Stumpy's • Surplus Depot Z15 • Ten-Forward • Valley of Chula • Vulcan • Zakdorn
- Referenced only
- Alaska • Betazed • Cardassia • Death Valley • Doraf I • Dulisian IV • Dulisian system • Earth • Eden • Firefalls of Gath Gal'thong • France • Hanolin asteroid belt • Hell • Hoalot • Indiana • La Barre • Lambdor • Memphis • Nason Barta • New Orleans • New York • North America • Qo'noS • Rateg • Romii • Starbase 314 • Talemstra • Tennessee
Races and cultures[]
- Android • Betazoid • Bolian • Ferengi • Filimase • Human (French • Irish • Japanese • Terran) • Klingon • Nason Barta native • Romulan • Talemstra native • Vulcan • Zakdorn
- Referenced only
- Barolian • Breen • Cardassian • Catelox • Murdoth • Pakled • Phylosian • Siblite • Skorr • Talarian
States and organizations[]
- Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Romulan Guard • Romulan Senate • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Klingon High Council • Skidmore University • Starfleet Academy • United States of America
Ranks and titles[]
- accountant • admiral • ambassador • Arbiter of Succession • archaeologist • architect • arms trader • barber • bookkeeper • bridge duty officer • bureaucrat • cadet • captain • chief • chief engineer • chief of security • commander • commanding officer • cook • counselor • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • fleet admiral • general • helmsman • historian • junior officer • junior security officer • king • legal intercessor • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • mapmaker • messenger • navigator • officer • pediatric nurse • physician • prince • proconsul • prostitute • quartermaster • ranking officer • scientist • second officer • security guard • security officer • senator • senior officer • smuggler • soldier • spy • superior officer • tactical officer • tailor • technician • transporter chief • uhlan • waiter • warrior
Science and technology[]
- adrenaline • atmosphere • Bendii syndrome • binary star system • blood • bone • brain • cloaking device • command chair • communicator • computer • cruiser • data bank • disruptor • electricity • evolution • fifth-phase reactor • fire • flagship • galaxy • gem polisher • hair • heart • holodeck • holographic recording • hologram • hypospray • interferometric scanner • keyboard • lamp • laser edge • life support • long-range scanner • monitor • navigational deflector • optical scanner • padd • palm beacon • phaser • phaser array • phaser bank • replicator • robot • Romulan information net • scanner • scout • sensor • shields • space • space-time distortion • starbase • starship • steam quill • subspace marker • sword • tractor beam • transmitter • transponder • transporter • transporter pad • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • viewscreen • VISOR • warp drive • warship
Lifeforms[]
- alien • animal • Bardakian pronghorn moose • bird • Caldorian eel • carrot • cinnamon • Circassian cat • corn • flower • fruit • gagh • grape • herb • humanoid • lagga flower • leonine • lion • mint • plant • porcine • puppy • rat • rose • sehlat • sheepdog • shriva bird • slug • snake • soybean • strawberry • toad • tree • vegetable • wagi • weed • wild goose • worm
Other references[]
- 1925 • 20th century • Aktuh and Melota • Andorian blues • away mission • barbershop • bat'leth • blues • book • bread • bridge • butter • capital city • Cardassian War • cargo bay • carrier wave • catsup • century • champagne • Circassian plague • city • civil war • claustrophobia • clothing • coin • colony • communication process • conference lounge • continent • cool suit • "cowboy diplomacy" • day • decade • dentarium • deuterium • dinglh • distress call • Earl Grey • egg • emotion • empathy • engineering • fencing • funeral • gargoyle • ghost • glass • gletten • granite • graveyard • history • homeworld • honey • honky-tonk • hospital • hour • ice • insect • iron • jacket • jazz • jigsaw puzzle • jolan tru • jumpsuit • kekogen • Khitomer Conference • kilometer • Klingon Civil War • Klingon opera • laboratory • language • lava • leather • light-year • logic • lung • map • marble • marriage • matter • Melor Famagal • metal • metaphasic eye shadow • meter • military • mind meld • mint tea • minute • mirror • money • month • moon • mountain • music • napkin • nation • net • nursery • oatmeal • oil • omelet • opera • orbit • oxygen • palag cracker • philosophy • piano • piggyback • planet • potato casserole • prejudice • quadrant • quantum filament • quarters • ready room • red alert • reunification • rice bread • rock • rope • salad • salt • sausage • school • science • second • sector • sesketh • sickbay • snow • sock • song • soup • spice stick • split-pea soup • stand-up bass • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform • star system • steel • subspace • suck salt • sugar • synthetic biopolymer • taka • tart • tea • technology • thunder • time • timpani • torch • toy • transporter room • Trastor ale • trombone • uniform • universe • video log • vineyard • Vulcan language • Vulcan neck pinch • warp factor • water • weapon • winter • wood • year
Appendices[]
Images[]
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Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: The Game |
TNG episode aired | Next episode: A Matter of Time |
| Previous episode: The Game |
TNG episode produced | Next episode: A Matter of Time |
| Previous novelization: Encounter at Farpoint |
TNG novelizations | Next novelization: Relics |
| Previous novel: first novel |
Novels by: Jeri Taylor |
Next novel: Mosaic |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Dementia in D Minor |
Next Adventure: Last Words | |
| Previous Adventure: Dementia in D Minor |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Last Words |
Translations[]
- 1994
- Japanese : ヴァルカン大使スポック, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
- 1995
- German : Die Zusammenkunft, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
- 1995
- Italian : Il Segreto di Spock, translated by Annarita Guarnieri. (Fanucci)
External links[]
- Unification article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Unification article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Unification article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.