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Challenger (novel)
| NOVEL | |
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| Challenger | |
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| 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.
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Description
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- 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.
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Characters
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- 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
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- Cleopatra • Leonardo da Vinci • Barry Giotto • Harrison (Doctor) • Hippocrates • Laviolette • Michaelangelo • Moses • Evan Pardonnet • Sanjai • Tut
Starships and vehicles
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- UFPF Challenger ("Mongrel-class" composite frigate) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class Enterprise-subclass heavy cruiser) • USS Peleliu (Chesapeake-class cruiser) • Pandora's Box
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- CST Beowulf (combat support tender) • Challenger (space shuttle) • destroyer • USS Reliant (Miranda-class cruiser)
Locations
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- Berengaria • Big Muddy • Earth, Sol system, sector 001 (Iowa • Mecca • Nevada • Santa Fe, New Mexico • Yukon)
Shipboard areas
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- USS Enterprise
- bridge • captain's office • hangar deck
- USS Peleliu
- bridge • hangar deck • turbolift • referenced: engineering • sickbay
Races and cultures
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- Blood Many • Human (Egyptian • Eskimo • Greek • Italian • Jewish • Polynesian • Spanish) • Kauld • Rassua • Vulcan
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- Klingon
States and organizations
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- All Kauld • Blood Many • Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Headquarters • Starfleet Special Services Rescue Unit • Starfleet Planetary Law Enforcement Agency
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- United States of America • NASA
Technology and weapons
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- 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 energies
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- 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
Lifeforms
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Foods and beverages
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Ranks and titles
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- 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 references
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- 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
Appendices
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Connections
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| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: Thin Air | TOS numbered novels | Next novel: Swordhunt |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Thin Air | Next Adventure: Chainmail | |
External link
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- Challenger (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.