Before he was an officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise...
Publisher's description[]
Cadet Worf arrived at Starfleet Academy as the first Klingon to gain entrance since the Federation-Klingon Peace Treaty. Raised on Earth by human parents, Worf wonders is he is still a Klingon, the proud member of an honorable warrior race, or is he more...human? Where does he fit in?
Command-level classes fill his schedule, but nothing prepares him for his fellow cadets, among them his human foster brother. Intelligent, ambitious, and confident, the Academy cadets make life difficult for the young warrior. How can he win over his classmates - including the always logical Vulcans and the fierce Brikar - if they are still trained to think of him as the enemy?
When a routine trip to a training satellite turns into an unexpected disaster, Worf must unite the cadets and risk his life before a terrible accident destroys the entire mission!
Summary[]
Worf Rozhenko and his adopted brother Simon begin attending Starfleet Academy and instantly clashes with Zak Kebron, a Brikar who mistrusts Klingons because of stories he has heard about them. The academy staff had already predicted they wouldn't get on, so they have been assigned as roommates in the hope they will get used to each other.
Simon pulls together a study group but Worf ignores the friendly overtures of Tania Tobias, who knows of his history because her father served on the Intrepid, believing she only sees him as a curiosity. He also fails to pick up on the fact Simon is struggling with life at the academy.
Worf humiliates Kebron during a self-defence class and Kebron retaliates by getting most of their classmates to emphasise Federation-Klingon hostilities during combat discussion. Ensign Geordi La Forge, who has just graduated from the academy, suggests to Worf that he might help cadets learn how to cope with the unknown and recommends he volunteers for the Prometheus Run, which involves a trip to an ancient space station, Prometheus, for routine checks.
A faulty circuit means the cadets are unaware of a Romulan attack until the last minute. With the station badly damaged and then supervising officer Clark dead, Worf attempts to lead the other cadets to the shuttlebay but fails and the station explodes...revealing it was merely a holo-programme, designed to test reactions to life and death situations.
Simon, who fell apart during the apparent crisis, chooses to leave the academy, having realised it isn't for him. Despite both denying it, Worf and Kebron start to get along.
References[]
Characters[]
- Briggs (Cadet) • Clark (Commander) • Anita DelVecchio • Fincher • Finnegan (Cadet) • Zak Kebron • Geordi La Forge • Lupisky • Lynch (Professor) • Mark McHenry • Helena Rozhenko • Sergey Rozhenko • Simon Rozhenko • Soleta • Sulak • Tania Tobias • Worf
- Referenced only
- Robert April • Data • Matthew Decker • Devil • Sean Finnegan • Rachel Garrett • James T. Kirk • George McHenry • Mogh • Jean-Luc Picard • Stanislaw • Tobias
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-C (Ambassador-class) • USS Farragut • USS Intrepid • USS Stargazer
Locations[]
- Earth • Golden Gate Bridge • San Francisco
- Referenced only
- Argelius • Chernobog • Eminiar VII • Gault • Khitomer • Maxia Zeta system • Narendra III • Prometheus Station • Russia • Vendikar
Races and cultures[]
- Brikar • Eminian • Human (German • Russian) • Klingon • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Cardassian • Ferengi • Gorn • Orion • Pamanian • Rigelian • Romulan • Tholian
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
- antimatter • holoparlor • VISOR
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- aikido • bat'leth • Battle of Chernobog • boot • brass • Code Seven Ten • The Cold Equations • doe • elf • gold-pressed latinum • guinea pig • IDIC • Jeffries tube • Khitomer Conference • knife • lirpa • monkey bars • nail • orange • Picard Maneuver • Prime Directive • Prometheus Run • quarterstaff • Rimbor Engagement • seesaw • sock • sunglasses • tae kwon do • tunic • uniform • Yiddish
Appendices[]
Background[]
Images[]
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: first book in series |
TNG books | Next novel: Line of Fire |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Losing the Peace Chapter 12, section 3 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Line of Fire |
| Previous Adventure: Mosaic Chapter 16 |
Next Adventure: Line of Fire | |
Translations[]
- 1994
- French : La première aventure de Worf, translated by Bruno Billion. (Fleuve Noir)
- 1995
- German : Worfs erstes Abenteue, translated by Uwe Anton. (Heyne)
- 1995
- Hebrew : תחנת פרומתאוס בסכנה, translated by Inbal Sagiv. (Snow)
External links[]
- Worf's First Adventure article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.