NOVEL
Challenger
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 94
Miniseries:	New Earth, No. 6
Author(s):	Diane Carey
Publication information
Published:	paperback - 1 August 2000
Pages:	396
ISBN:	ISBN 067104298X
Chronology
Date:	2279

A new world breeds new heroes… — Challenger was the sixth book of Pocket Books' 2000 ministeries, Star Trek: New Earth novels. The book introduced UFPF Challenger, a scrap-built ship that was intended to headline a continuation of the New Earth series entitled Star Trek: Challenger. The installment was written by the series' co-creator Diane Carey.

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.3.1 Shipboard areas 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Technology and weapons 3.7 Substances and energies 3.8 Lifeforms 3.9 Foods and beverages 3.10 Ranks and titles 3.11 Other references 4 Appendices 4.1 Connections 4.2 External link

DescriptionEdit

Far from the reaches of the Federation, the starship Enterprise has been guiding the development of a once-obscure planet upon whose fate the future of the galaxy may now depend. The Enterprise has been the sole representative of the Federation, fighting a constant battle to protect the colonists from enemy aliens and standing alone against all those who have their own designs on the colony world.

But all adventures come to an end. It is time for Captain Kirk and the Enterprise to turn over the guardianship of the colony to another ship and crew. The new ship arrives in the midst of a deadly attack on the colony—and is destroyed. With the Enterprise off fighting a new and powerful enemy that threatens the colony as well as its enemies, Commander Nick Keller, first officer and ranking survivor of the decimated crew, is marooned and at first alone—but he must find a way to complete his original mission and come to the aid of the Enterprise in what might be its most desperate hour.

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Baker • Zane Bonifay • Tracy Chan • Pavel Chekov • Ted Gyler • Derek Hahn • Joe Hurley • Nick Keller • James T. Kirk • Roger Lake • Billy Maidenshore • Makarios • Tim McAddis • Leonard McCoy • Lucy Quinones • Savannah Ring • Montgomery Scott • Shucorion • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Vellyngaith • Zoa

Referenced only 

Cleopatra • Leonardo da Vinci • Barry Giotto • Harrison (Doctor) • Hippocrates • Laviolette • Michaelangelo • Moses • Evan Pardonnet • Sanjai • Tut

Starships and vehiclesEdit

UFPF Challenger ("Mongrel-class" composite frigate) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class Enterprise-subclass heavy cruiser) • USS Peleliu (Chesapeake-class cruiser) • Pandora's Box

Referenced only 

CST Beowulf (combat support tender) • Challenger (space shuttle) • destroyer • USS Reliant (Miranda-class cruiser)

LocationsEdit

Belle Terre • Occult • Quake Moon • Sagittarius Cluster • the galaxy

Referenced only 

Berengaria • Big Muddy • Earth, Sol system, sector 001 (Iowa • Mecca • Nevada • Santa Fe, New Mexico • Yukon)

Shipboard areasEdit

USS Enterprise 

bridge • captain's office • hangar deck

USS Peleliu 

bridge • hangar deck • turbolift • referenced: engineering • sickbay

Races and culturesEdit

Blood Many • Human (Egyptian • Eskimo • Greek • Italian • Jewish • Polynesian • Spanish) • Kauld • Rassua • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

All Kauld • Blood Many • Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Headquarters • Starfleet Special Services Rescue Unit • Starfleet Planetary Law Enforcement Agency

Referenced only 

United States of America • NASA

Technology and weaponsEdit

communicator • data crystal • deflector shield • dynoscanner • hand phaser • impulse engine • intercom • knife • laser • laser knife • phaser • phaser pistol • phaser rifle • pressure pad • probe • rifle • robot • sensor • starship • stylus • tetragrid • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive

Substances and energiesEdit

amino acid • blood • electricity • gamma radiation • gas • gold • glycerin • gravity • ice • leather • lead • liquid • methane • olivium • paraffin • petroleum • platinum • polymer • toxin • solid • Tavola methane • tripolymer • wax

LifeformsEdit

crocodile • dog • fungus • gorilla • humanoid • snake • tumbleweed

Foods and beveragesEdit

banana • bay leaf • milk • peach • potato

Ranks and titlesEdit

ambassador • bosun • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • crewman • drill sergeant • doctor • engineer • ensign • first officer • governor • gunner • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • navigator • nurse • rear admiral • science officer • second officer • security • security chief • sergeant • sheriff • specialist • tactical officer

Other referencesEdit

alien • asteroid • boot • candle • chemistry • clothing • colony • coin • communications • court martial • desert • disease • drink • energy • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • flu • food • galaxy • Gamma Night • gas giant • government • hair • hour • lifeform • magnetism • matter • meteor • minute • moon • nation-state • planet • psychology • quantum mechanics • races and cultures • rank • red alert • space • spore • star • star system • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • technology • time • title • uniform • weapon

AppendicesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: Thin Air	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: Swordhunt
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Thin Air	Pocket	Next Adventure: Chainmail

External linkEdit

• Challenger (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.