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:	Stardate 9521.6 (2293) July 19, 1969 Stardate 6021.6 (2269)

Contents 1 Publisher's description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Planets and locations 3.3 Starships and vehicles 3.4 Species 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Titles and ranks 3.7 Science and technology 3.8 Other 4 Information 5 Related Stories 6 External link 7 Connections

Publisher's descriptionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Azetbur • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Dellas • Isis • James T. Kirk • Roberta Lincoln • Leonard McCoy • Pardek • Esteban Rodriguez • Sarek • Montgomery Scott • Septos • Gary Seven • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Valeris

Referenced only 

Neil Armstrong • James Bond • Bob Dylan • George Harrison • Robert A. Heinlein • Jimi Hendrix • J. Edgar Hoover • Gorkon, son of Toq • Edith Keeler • John F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Carl Kolchak • Janice Lester • Peter Marx • Peter Max • Paul McCartney • Midnight (cat) • Emma Peel • Rod Serling • Jaime Sommers • Benjamin Spock • Mao Tse-Tung • Tepesch

Planets and locationsEdit

811 East 68th Street • Camp Khitomer • Duwamish • Duwamish system • Earth • Khitomer • New York City • United States of America

Referenced only 

Andromeda system • District of Columbia • East Village • Eminiar VII • Great Wall of China • Iowa • Janus VI • Luna • Manhattan • Moscow • Neutral Zone • Pyris VII • Remus • Romulus • Three Mile Island • Vulcan

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class), ChR Gladiator (D7-class), Unnamed Romulan starships

Referenced only 

RMS Queen Mary • Saturn rocket • Skylab

SpeciesEdit

Human • Klingon • Martian • Romulan • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Andorian • Gorn • Horta • Tholian • Tribble

States and organizationsEdit

Klingon Empire • NASA • Romulan Star Empire • Soviet Union • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets • United States of America • University of Moscow • Vulcan Science Academy

Titles and ranksEdit

Ambassador • Captain • Chairman • Chancellor • Chief engineer • Commander • Colonel • Diplomat • Doctor • Ensign • Helmsman • Lieutenant • Minister • Nurse • President • President of the United Federation of Planets • Science officer • Secretary • Security officer • Supervisor 146 • Supervisor 194 • Yeoman

Science and technologyEdit

Artificial gravity • Beta-5 • Blood • Cloaking device • Clone • Computer • Deflector shield • Disruptor • Duranium • Emergency beacon • Excedrin • Dental fillings • Intercom • Medical tricorder • Multipurpose Controller • Nova • Phaser • Satellite • Sensor • Servo • Shield • Transporter • Tricorder • Turbolift • Viewscreen • Wormhole

OtherEdit

1960s • 1968 • 1969 • 2269 • 2293 • 20th century • 23rd century • 24th century • Age of Aquarius • AIDS • Apartment • Apollo 11 • Apple • Assassination • The Avengers • Barrel • The Beatles • Belt (clothing) • Bonnie and Clyde • The Brain Eater • British • Captain's log • Cat • Chewing gum • Chinese • Cockroach • Cocktail glass • Coffee • Corridor • Couch • Cuban Missile Crisis • Cybernauts • April Dancer • Dr. Strangelove, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb • Earth Cold War • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. • Grand Coulee Dam • Handbag • Hornet • Khitomer Conference • Kleenex • Jacket • Japanese • Jeans • John Drake • Fail-Safe • Funny Girl • The Monkees • Movie • Necktie • Mission: Impossible • Money • Nobel Prize • P.F. Flyers • Planet of the Apes • Popcorn • Prime Directive • Quarters • The Questor Tapes • Red alert • Robe • Russian • Sector • Scottish • Sickbay • Space age • Stranger in a Strange Land • 2001: A Space Odyssey • T-shirt • Uniform • Watergate • 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 Eaters. This is a reference to a real life 1958 film 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.
• After the Enterprise was force through a wormhole, Kirk worried that the distance to return could take 75 years. He even thought it could make quite an adventure. This was in reference to Star Trek: Voyager.

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

External linkEdit

• Assignment: Eternity article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

ConnectionsEdit

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

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Stories featuring Gary Seven
Episode	Assignment: Earth
Miniseries	The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth
Comics	The Peacekeeper • Split Infinities • Future Imperiled • Brighter Than a Thousand Suns • Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow • My Name Is Legion • We Have Met the Enemy... • Too Many Presidents • Ah-Ha!
Novels	Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
Short stories	The Aliens Are Coming! • Seven and Seven • Assignment: One • Rocket Man • Time Line