- 0 Talk
-
Assignment: Eternity
| NOVEL | |
|---|---|
| Assignment: Eternity | |
| |
| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Original Series, No. 84 |
| Author(s): | Greg Cox |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | Paperback - 1 January 1998 |
| Pages: | 278 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671001175 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2269 Stardate 6021.6 and 9521.6 |
Contents |
Introduction (blurb)
Edit
Captain Kirk first encountered Gary Seven on twentieth-century Earth. Now Seven, a time-traveling operative for unknown alien forces, makes a surprise visit to the USS Enterprise. Kirk is on an urgent mission to bring relief to a disaster-ravaged planet, but Seven has an agenda of his own -- and he's not above hijacking the Starship Enterprise and sending it on a perilous journey deep into the heart of the Romulan Empire.
Kirk must dare to trust Gary Seven once again, as he confronts the possibility that the enigmatic stranger may bring death and destruction to Kirk's own era.
SummaryEdit
CharactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
StarshipsEdit
LocationsEdit
SpeciesEdit
States and OrganisationsEdit
OtherEdit
- The Avengers • James Bond • The Brain Eater • April Dancer • Dr. Strangelove, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb • John Drake • Fail-Safe • Funny Girl • Carl Kolchak • Mission: Impossible • Planet of the Apes • The Questor Tapes • Jaime Sommers • 2001: A Space Odyssey • Zorro
InformationEdit
- This novel is a sequel to TOS episode: "Assignment: Earth".
- The 2269 sequences take place a week after the events of TOS episode: "Turnabout Intruder" and almost three years after those of TOS episode: "The City on the Edge of Forever".
- Roberta Lincoln tells Spock that he reminds her of an extraterrestrial from the science fiction film The Brain Eater. This is most likely a reference to a real life 1958 science fiction-horror B-movie with a similar title, The Brain Eaters, in which Leonard Nimoy made a brief appearance. However, he did not play an alien in the film but a human character named Professor Cole.
- Roberta refers to Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone. In real life, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan and George Takei all made guest appearances on the series, as did numerous other Star Trek actors. She also refers to Mission: Impossible, in which Shatner and Nimoy likewise appeared.
- Kirk has never heard of the James Bond franchise.
Related StoriesEdit
- TOS episode Assignment: Earth
- TOS episode Turnabout Intruder
- TOS film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- TOS novel The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1
- TOS novel The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
- TNG episode Unification, Part I
- TNG episode Unification, Part II
- TAS episode The Counter-Clock Incident
ReviewsEdit
ConnectionsEdit
Assignment: Eternity article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Heart of the Sun | TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Republic |
| Previous story: The Black Shore | Stories by: Greg Cox | Next story: Q-Space |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: "Turnabout Intruder" | Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: "As Others See Us" |
| Previous adventure: "Empty" | Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: "As Others See Us" |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2269. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 2293 Prologue, Chapter 19 & Epilogue | Next Pocket adventure: "One Last Adventure" Sections 2-17 Next MB adventure: "Do Not Close Your Eyes" Prologue & Epilogue |
| This article or section is incomplete |
|---|
| This article is marked as lacking essential detail, and needs attention. Information regarding expansion requirements may be found on the article's talk page. Feel free to edit this page to assist with this expansion. |
