Changes: War Dragons

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Introduction

There's a bar called "The Captain's Table" where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story… even beyond the final frontier.

Captain James T. Kirk must join forces with Captain Hikaru Sulu, new commander of the USS Excelsior, to resolve a simmering political situation in a distant star system. For more than twenty years, the ancient enmity between Nykkus and Anjiri has resisted the best efforts of Federation diplomats. Now Kirk and Sulu have one last chance to end the bloodshed—before it erupts into a full-scale interstellar war!

Summary

Kirk takes Sulu to the Captain's Table, a bar for captains which they enter near Utopia Planitia. They each tell the story of an incident that occurred near the beginning of their respective tenures as captains. Shortly after Sulu was made bridge helmsman on the Enterprise following the death of Gary Mitchell, the ship came to the aid of a stricken craft and evacuated its crew, two related reptillian species called the Anjiri and the Nykkus, the former being the planners and the latter functioning as soldiers. They requested passage to an Orion outpost where they stole a yacht. The Enterprise followed them to their home in an asteroid field where Kirk and Uhura met the Anjiri matriarch, learning they scavenged ships in order to turn them into dwellings. The Anjiri promised to avoid Federation space in future.

Twenty years later, Sulu was taking command of the Excelsior at Deep Space 3 when it was attacked by Nykkus pirates attempting to steal stealth craft, FL-70 Falcons. They also took Chekov, Sulu's first officer, and other crewmembers hostage. Learning the Nykkus' main aim was to create an army of clones, Chekov offered to guide them to a Klingon research facility in return for the others being released, hoping the Klingons would destroy them. Instead, the Nykkus managed to set a trap, crippling the Excelsior and stealing the Falcons, as well as massacring the occupants of a Klingon colony ship.

The Enterprise arrived on the scene and set course for the Klingon research facility on Kreth while Sulu and Uhura headed for the Anjiri homeworld in a shuttle. En route, the Enterprise managed to retrieve Chekov, wracked with guilt after the incident brought to mind the disastrous end to his time as first officer of the Reliant. The Enterprise could do little to help the Klingons, but after an experimental weapon left all ships crippled, Kirk and Chekov managed to rescue a handful of survivors and help them defeat a Nykkus boarding party.

Sulu and Uhura learned that an accident in egg cultivation had produced intelligent male Nykkus, who had virtually wiped out the Anjiri trying to create more like them. The Federation and the Klingons agreed to return the Nykkus pirates to help repopulate their people, after the ringleaders were killed in combat with the females. Kirk returned Chekov to his old position on the Enterprise until he was ready to be first officer. Now he is and, after leaving the bar, Sulu meets with Chekov before they head back to the Excelsior together.

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References

Characters

Akpakken • Anne • David Bailey • Wendell Barstow • Benni • Cap • Chambers • Pavel Chekov • Barry Giotto • Tim Henry • Heather Keith • James T. Kirk • Judith Klass • Koloth • Lork • Ramiro Marquez • McClain • Leonard McCoy • Nino Orsini • Peter • Plavi • Prrghh • Janice Rand • Rebovich • Darnell Renyck • Christina Schulman • Montgomery Scott • Hajime Shoji • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Tulrik • Tuvok • Nyota Uhura • Vardok • Vissith • Scott Walroth
Referenced only: Charybdis • Cheshire cat • Charles Darwin • Elizabeth Dehner • Devil • Albert Einstein • God • Amanda Grayson • Lee Kelso • Maudie • Gary Mitchell • Neely • Sandra Pastur • Mark Piper • Plottel • Rafael Sabatini • Surak • Vanderpool

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • FL-70 Falcon (Raptor-class) • Galileo • Jocelyn Bell • Nevekke • Rochester-class • Vreth-class
Referenced only: USS Farragut • Klingon bird-of-prey • ECS Kobayashi Maru • M-class courier • USS Reliant • Suga-class • USS Venture

Locations

Alpha Gaudianus • Deep Space 3 • Kreth • Mars • Pleck Station • The Captain's Table • Utopia Planitia
Referenced only: Andor • Ardana • Argelius • Colombia • Deep Space 2 • Earth • Elaphe Vulpina Nine • England • Greece • Greshik Tyrr • Hawaii • Khitomer • Klingon Neutral Zone • Omega IV • Rukbat • Russia • San Francisco • Sto'vo'kor • Tregharl cluster • Vega • White Sands

Other references

agonizer • bat'leth • black hole • blood wine • bridge • Captain's log, USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) • chicken • coffee • cutlass • dilithium • disruptor • d'k tahg • drink • football • gecko • Gondwana Pale Ale • hand grenade • Industrial Revolution • inertial dampener • Jolly Roger • K class star • Martian Red Ice Ale • meter • nitrogen • Ockham's Razor • orchid • oxygen • parrot • parsec • phaser • photon torpedo • potato • pulse cannon • scimitar • shield • shield generator • sickbay • Theory of General Relativity • tractor beam • trampoline • transparent aluminum • transporter • transporter room • tricorder • Trojan horse • turbolift • Union Jack • Universal Field Equation • universal translator • us'tar-ja • viewscreen • waystation • yellow alert

Appendices

Timeline

Published Order
Previous novel: Dark Victory	TOS novels	Next novel: Vulcan's Heart
Previous novel: first in series	The Captain's Table miniseries	Next novel: Dujonian's Hoard
Previous story: Armageddon Sky	Stories by: L.A. Graf	Next story: "Reflections"
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: The Fearful Summons	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Federation (Prologue/Epilogue)
Previous adventure: The Fearful Summons	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Federation (Prologue/Epilogue)
Previous story: My Brother's Keeper: Enterprise	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15	Next story: Dark Traveler
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2293. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: My Brother's Keeper: Enterprise	2265 Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15	Next adventure: Summon the Thunder
Previous Pocket adventure: Treaty's Law (framing story) Previous MB adventure: "Showdown!"	2290 Chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16	Next Pocket adventure: Strange New Worlds III "jubHa'" Next MB adventure: Klingon Academy epilogue

External link

War Dragons article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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 | title = War Dragons
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 | author = [[L.A. Graf]]
 | series = {{ST|The Original Series}}
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 | format = [[paperback]]
 | published = June [[1998]]
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+| date = [[2265]] and [[2290]]<br>framing story: [[2293]]
 | pages = 288
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 ==Summary==
+Kirk takes Sulu to the Captain's Table, a bar for captains which they enter near [[Utopia Planitia]]. They each tell the story of an incident that occurred near the beginning of their respective tenures as captains. Shortly after Sulu was made bridge helmsman on the ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'' following the death of [[Gary Mitchell]], the ship came to the aid of a stricken craft and evacuated its crew, two related reptillian species called the Anjiri and the Nykkus, the former being the planners and the latter functioning as soldiers. They requested passage to an [[Orion]] outpost where they stole a yacht. The ''Enterprise'' followed them to their home in an asteroid field where Kirk and [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] met the Anjiri matriarch, learning they scavenged ships in order to turn them into dwellings. The Anjiri promised to avoid Federation space in future.
+Twenty years later, Sulu was taking command of the ''Excelsior'' at [[Deep Space 3]] when it was attacked by Nykkus pirates attempting to steal stealth craft, [[FL-70 Falcon]]s. They also took [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]], Sulu's first officer, and other crewmembers hostage. Learning the Nykkus' main aim was to create an army of clones, Chekov offered to guide them to a [[Klingon]] research facility in return for the others being released, hoping the Klingons would destroy them. Instead, the Nykkus managed to set a trap, crippling the ''Excelsior'' and stealing the Falcons, as well as massacring the occupants of a Klingon colony ship.
+The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)|Enterprise]]'' arrived on the scene and set course for the Klingon research facility on [[Kreth (planet)|Kreth]] while Sulu and Uhura headed for the Anjiri homeworld in a shuttle. En route, the ''Enterprise'' managed to retrieve Chekov, wracked with guilt after the incident brought to mind the disastrous end to his time as first officer of the ''[[USS Reliant (NCC-1864)|Reliant]]''. The ''Enterprise'' could do little to help the Klingons, but after an experimental weapon left all ships crippled, Kirk and Chekov managed to rescue a handful of survivors and help them defeat a Nykkus boarding party.
+Sulu and Uhura learned that an accident in egg cultivation had produced intelligent male Nykkus, who had virtually wiped out the Anjiri trying to create more like them. The Federation and the Klingons agreed to return the Nykkus pirates to help repopulate their people, after the ringleaders were killed in combat with the females. Kirk returned Chekov to his old position on the ''Enterprise'' until he was ready to be first officer. Now he is and, after leaving the bar, Sulu meets with Chekov before they head back to the ''Excelsior'' together.
 {{incomplete}}
 ==References==
 ===Characters===
-:[[Akpakken]] • [[Anne]] • [[David Bailey]] • [[Wendell Barstow]] • [[Cap]] • [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Tim Henry]] • [[Heather Keith]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Judith Klass]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Nino Orsini]] • [[Peter]] • [[Prrghh]] • [[Janice Rand]] • [[Rebovich]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Christina Schulman]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Tuvok]] • [[Nyota Uhura]] • [[Vissith]] • [[Scott Walroth]]
+:[[Akpakken]] • [[Anne]] • [[David Bailey]] • [[Wendell Barstow]] • [[Benni]] • [[Cap]] • {{dis|Chambers|navigator}} • [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Barry Giotto]] • [[Tim Henry]] • [[Heather Keith]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Judith Klass]] • [[Koloth]] • [[Lork]] • [[Ramiro Marquez]] • [[McClain]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Nino Orsini]] • [[Peter]] • [[Plavi]] • [[Prrghh]] • [[Janice Rand]] • [[Rebovich]] • [[Darnell Renyck]] • [[Christina Schulman]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Hajime Shoji]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Tulrik]] • [[Tuvok]] • [[Nyota Uhura]] • [[Vardok]] • [[Vissith]] • [[Scott Walroth]]
+{{ref}} {{dis|Charybdis|myth}} • [[Cheshire cat]] • [[Charles Darwin]] • [[Elizabeth Dehner]] • [[Devil]] • [[Albert Einstein]] • [[God]] • [[Amanda Grayson]] • [[Lee Kelso]] • [[Maudie]] • [[Gary Mitchell]] • [[Neely]] • [[Sandra Pastur]] • [[Mark Piper]] • [[Plottel]] • [[Rafael Sabatini]] • [[Surak]] • [[Vanderpool]]
-{{ref}} [[Cheshire Cat]] • [[Elizabeth Dehner]] • [[Devil]] • [[Albert Einstein]] • [[Amanda Grayson]] • [[God]] • [[Lee Kelso]] • [[Maudie]] • [[Gary Mitchell]] • [[Sandra Pastur]] • [[Mark Piper]] • [[Plottel]] • [[Rafael Sabatini]] • [[Surak]]
 ===Starships and vehicles===
-:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} • {{USS|Excelsior|NCC-2000}} ({{class|Excelsior}}) • [[FL-70 Falcon]] ({{class|Raptor|Starfleet}}) • {{class|Rochester}}
+:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • {{USS|Excelsior|NCC-2000}} ({{class|Excelsior}}) • [[FL-70 Falcon]] ({{class|Raptor|Starfleet}}) • ''[[Galileo (NCC-1701/7) (I)|Galileo]]'' • ''[[Jocelyn Bell]]'' • ''[[Nevekke]]'' • {{class|Rochester}} • {{class|Vreth}}
+{{ref}} {{USS|Farragut|NCC-1647}} • [[Klingon bird-of-prey]] • {{pre|ECS|Kobayashi Maru}} • [[M-class courier|''M''-class courier]] • {{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}} • {{class|Suga}} • {{USS|Venture|NCC-1537}}
-{{ref}} {{USS|Farragut|NCC-1647}} • {{pre|ECS|Kobayashi Maru}} • {{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}} • {{class|Suga}} • {{USS|Venture}}
 ===Locations===
-:[[Deep Space 3]] • [[Mars]] • [[Pleck Station]] • [[The Captain's Table (location)|The Captain's Table]] • [[Utopia Planitia]]
+:[[Alpha Gaudianus]] • [[Deep Space 3]] • {{planet|Kreth}} • [[Mars]] • [[Pleck Station]] • [[The Captain's Table (location)|The Captain's Table]] • [[Utopia Planitia]]
+{{ref}} [[Andor]] • [[Ardana]] • [[Argelius]] • [[Colombia]] • [[Deep Space 2]] • [[Earth]] • [[Elaphe Vulpina Nine]] • [[England]] • [[Greece]] • [[Greshik Tyrr]] • [[Hawaii]] • [[Khitomer]] • [[Klingon Neutral Zone]] • [[Omega IV]] • [[Alpha Sagittarii|Rukbat]] • [[Russia]] • [[San Francisco]] • [[Sto-vo-kor|Sto'vo'kor]] • [[Tregharl cluster]] • [[Vega]] • [[White Sands]]
-{{ref}} [[Andor]] • [[Argelius]] • [[Colombia]] • [[Deep Space 2]] • [[Earth]] • [[Elaphe Vulpina Nine]] • [[England]] • [[Hawaii]] • [[Khitomer]] • [[Klingon Neutral Zone]] • [[Rukbat]] • [[Russia]] • [[San Francisco]] • [[Tregharl cluster]] • [[Vega]]
 ===Races and cultures===
-:[[Anjiri]] • [[Caxtonian]] • [[Elasian]] • [[Gorn]] • [[Human]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Nykkus]] • [[Orion]] • [[Vulcan]]
+:[[Anjiri]] • [[Caxtonian]] • [[Elasian]] • [[Gorn]] • [[Human]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Nykkus]] • [[Orion]] • [[Raask]] • [[Vorsk]] • [[Vulcan]]
+{{ref}} [[Andorian]] • [[Organian]] • [[Rigelian]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tellarite]]
-{{ref}} [[Andorian]] • [[Organian]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tellarite]]
 ===States and organizations===
-:[[Corps of Astronomical Engineers]] • [[Martian Parks Service]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Academy]] • [[Starfleet Headquarters]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]
+:[[Corps of Astronomical Engineers]] • [[Martian Parks Service]] • [[Federation Starfleet|Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Academy]] • [[Starfleet Headquarters]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]
+{{ref}} [[Johns Hopkins University]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Roman Empire]] • [[Starfleet Medical Academy]] • [[Vulcan Science Academy]]
-{{ref}} [[Johns Hopkins University]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Starfleet Medical Academy]] • [[Vulcan Science Academy]]
 ===Ranks and titles===
-:[[cadet]] • [[captain]] • [[chief communications officer]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commodore]] • [[doctor]] • [[ensign]] • [[executive officer]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]]
+:[[cadet]] • [[captain]] • [[chief communications officer]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[chief medical officer]] • [[commodore]] • [[doctor]] • [[ensign]] • [[executive officer]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[lieutenant commander]] • [[rear admiral]]
-===Other===
+===Other references===
-:[[bat'leth]] • [[black hole]] • [[blood wine]] • [[bridge]] • [[chicken]] • [[coffee]] • [[cutlass]] • [[dilithium]] • [[drink]] • [[gecko]] • [[inertial dampener]] • [[Jolly Roger]] • [[Martian Red Ice Ale]] • [[meter]] • [[nitrogen]] • [[Ockham's Razor]] • [[orchids]] • [[oxygen]] • [[parrots]] • [[parsec]] • [[phaser]] • [[potato]] • [[shield]] • [[shield generator]] • [[sickbay]] • [[Theory of General Relativity]] • [[tractor beam]] • [[transparent aluminum]] • [[transporter]] • [[transporter room]] • [[tricorder]] • [[turbolift]] • [[Union Jack]] • [[universal translator]] • ''[[us'tar-ja]]'' • [[Universal Field Equation]] • [[viewscreen]] • [[waystation]]
+:[[agonizer]] • [[bat'leth]] • [[black hole]] • [[blood wine]] • [[bridge]] • [[Captain's log, USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)]] • [[chicken]] • [[coffee]] • [[sword|cutlass]] • [[dilithium]] • [[disruptor]] • [[d'k tahg]] • [[drink]] • [[American football|football]] • [[gecko]] • [[Gondwana Pale Ale]] • [[hand grenade]] • [[Industrial Revolution]] • [[inertial dampener]] • [[Jolly Roger]] • [[K class star]] • [[Martian Red Ice Ale]] • [[meter]] • [[nitrogen]] • [[Ockham's Razor]] • [[orchid]] • [[oxygen]] • [[parrot]] • [[parsec]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[potato]] • [[pulse cannon]] • [[scimitar]] • [[shield]] • [[shield generator]] • [[sickbay]] • [[Theory of General Relativity]] • [[tractor beam]] • [[trampoline]] • [[transparent aluminum]] • [[transporter]] • [[transporter room]] • [[tricorder]] • [[Trojan horse]] • [[turbolift]] • [[Union Jack]] • [[Universal Field Equation]] • [[universal translator]] • ''[[us'tar-ja]]'' • [[viewscreen]] • [[waystation]] • [[yellow alert]]
 ==Appendices==
 ===Related stories===
-{{Excelsior}}
+{{USS Excelsior stories}}
 {{Captain's Table}}
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 author= [[L.A. Graf]]|
 before= ''[[Armageddon Sky]]''|
-after= "[[Reflections (Graf)|Reflections]]"|}}
+after= "[[Reflections (DS9)|Reflections]]"|}}
 {{Timeline-chronology}}
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 ===External link===
 * {{memoryalpha}}
 [[Category:TOS novels]]

Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu
episodes/movies	The Undiscovered Country • Flashback
novels	The Undiscovered Country • The Fearful Summons • The Captain's Daughter • The Ashes of Eden • Starfleet Academy • The Captain's Table: War Dragons • The Lost Era: The Sundered • Excelsior: Forged in Fire • Flashback • The Lost Era: One Constant Star • Burning Dreams
comics	Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome) • A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Captain's Log: Sulu • The Undiscovered Country • The Veteran
Captain Sulu Adventures (audiobooks)	Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations
games	Shattered Universe
characters	Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Janice Rand • Dmitri Valtane • Leonard James Akaar • Lojur • Tuvok • Altos Viger

Star Trek: The Captain's Table stories
Novels	War Dragons • Dujonian's Hoard • The Mist • Fire Ship • Once Burned • Where Sea Meets Sky
Tales from the Captain's Table short stories	"Improvisations on the Opal Sea: A Tale of Dubious Credibility" • "Darkness" • "Pain Management" • "LoDnI'pu' vavpu' je" • "The Officers' Club" • "Have Beagle, Will Travel: The Legend of Porthos" • "Iron and Sacrifice" • "Seduced" • "An Easy Fast"

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