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On the planet Stentor, silence is not only golden; it is the key to maintaining peace in world devastated by a great war. But that calm is shattered when a group known as the Ghazi create a new technology that intercepts old Earth radio signals and rebroadcasts them across the planet. Each day the din grows more deafening. When Captain Sulu and the crew of the USS Excelsior are summoned to investigate sub-space interference emanating from Stentor, Sulu and his communications officer Terra Spiro discover that the Ghazi actually believe the signals are the voices of the gods.
Now, Sulu must somehow convince the Ghazi — without violating the Prime Directive — that the transmissions are not a divine voice before violence erupts on Stentor once again.

Summary[]

The Excelsior has been sent on a follow-up mission to Stentor, a world the Federation has made first contact with, although only the ruling class, the Sensorial, are aware of this. The Sensorial are the ones who commune with the flute trees, which contain the whispers of their ancestors, and maintain a peaceful contemplative existence following a great war.

The Excelsior experiences a communications blackout and it becomes clear a dissident, Ghazi, has been receiving old Earth transmissions and believes them to be messages from the gods, forming a religion around them. He is broadcasting throughout the world using the flute trees as an amplifier, but this is wrecking them and also causing paranoia in the Sensorial.

Sulu sends science officer Terra Spiro undercover to shut down the transmissions, then beams Ghazi aboard the Excesior. This exposure to the truth results in him making peace with Sensorial leader Krandravex and beginning to spread the words of Sulu instead.

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Characters[]

Ghazi (Voiced by Lee Wilkof)Kandravex (Voiced by Lynne Thigpen)Stuart Mulligan (Voiced by Simon Jones)Terra Spiro (Voiced by Maryann Plunkett)Hikaru Sulu (Voiced by George Takei)
Referenced only
Sylvia

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Excelsior

Locations[]

Stentor

Races and cultures[]

HumanStentorian

Other references[]

flute treeSensorialThe Ghaziwindsong

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Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu
episodes/movies The Undiscovered CountryFlashback
novels The Undiscovered CountryThe Fearful SummonsThe Captain's DaughterThe Ashes of EdenStarfleet AcademyThe Captain's Table: War DragonsThe Lost Era: The SunderedExcelsior: Forged in FireFlashbackThe Lost Era: One Constant StarBurning Dreams
comics Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome)A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1234) • Captain's Log: SuluThe Undiscovered CountryThe Veteran
Captain Sulu Adventures
(audiobooks)
CacophonyEnvoyTransformations
games Shattered Universe
characters Hikaru SuluPavel ChekovJanice RandDmitri ValtaneLeonard James AkaarLojurTuvokAltos Viger
Star Trek: The Original Series audiobooks
Peter Pan Records "Passage to Moauv" • "In Vino Veritas" • "The Crier in Emptiness" • "The Time Stealer" • "To Starve a Fleaver" • "The Logistics of Stampede" • "A Mirror for Futility" • "The Man Who Trained Meteors" • "The Robot Masters" • "Dinosaur Planet" • "The Human Factor"
Captain Sulu Adventures CacophonyEnvoyTransformations
Alien Voices Spock vs. QSpock vs. Q: The Sequel
Adaptations Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeStrangers from the SkyEnterprise: The First AdventureWeb of the RomulansThe Entropy EffectYesterday's SonTime for YesterdayFinal FrontierSpock's WorldStar Trek V: The Final FrontierThe Lost YearsThe Kobayashi MaruPrime DirectiveStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryProbeFaces of FireBest DestinyWindows on a Lost WorldShadows on the SunSarekFederationThe Ashes of EdenThe ReturnAvengerVulcan's ForgeSpectreDark VictoryVulcan's HeartPreserverThe Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2The Last RoundupCaptain's PerilExodusCaptain's BloodCaptain's GloryExilesEpiphanyStar Trek

Timeline[]

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Transformations
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Envoy
Previous story:
Q-Squared
Stories by:
Peter David
(as J.J. Molloy)
Next story:
The Captain's Daughter
Chronological Order
Previous adventure:
"jubHa'"
Pocket Books Timeline Next adventure:
Envoy
Previous adventure:
Klingon Academy
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
Envoy
Previous story:
War Dragons
Voyages of the USS Excelsior Next story:
Envoy

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