NOVEL
Dark Allies
Attribution
Series:	New Frontier, No. 8
Author(s):	Peter David
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	paperback - November 1999
Pages:	256
ISBN:	ISBN 0671020803
Chronology
Date:	2376

Contents 1 Description 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Species and cultures 2.5 Governments and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Information 4 External link

DescriptionEdit

The continuing voyages of the Starship Excalibur!

Many years ago, a bizarre alien life-form known as the Black Mass consumed and destroyed an entire solar system in what was then the Thallonian Empire. Now the Black Mass has returned and its target is Tulan IV, homeworld of the fearsome Redeemers. Faced with near-certain destruction the Overlord of the Redeemers is forced to turn to an unlikely ally: Captain Calhoun and the Starship Excalibur.

Busy coping with the return of his rebellious son, Calhoun is none too eager to come to the aid of his despotic enemy, but when innocent lives are threatened he has no choice but to confront the unstoppable Black Mass. But how can one starship turn back a force capable of consuming entire suns?

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Mackenzie Calhoun

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Excalibur

LocationsEdit

Tulan IV

Species and culturesEdit

Black Mass • Redeemers

Governments and organizationsEdit

Thallonian Empire

OtherEdit

InformationEdit

• Calhoun admits to Shelby that he's still in love with her during this novel
• The destruction of the Excalibur is mentioned in this novel, but the exact circumstances causing it are not revealed until the Excalibur miniseries.

External link Edit

• Dark Allies article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: The Quiet Place	NF numbered novels	Next novel: Excalibur #1: Requiem
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Quiet Place	Pocket	Next Adventure: Survival Instinct
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: Mosaic Chapter 8	2349 Twenty Years Earlier	Next Adventure: The First Virtue

Star Trek: New Frontier publications and stories
Novels	House of Cards • Into the Void • The Two-Front War • End Game • Martyr • Fire on High • Once Burned • Double or Nothing • The Quiet Place • Dark Allies • Excalibur (Requiem • Renaissance • Restoration) • Cold Wars • Being Human • Gods Above • Stone and Anvil • After the Fall • Missing in Action • Treason • Blind Man's Bluff
Short stories and novellas	"Death After Life" • No Limits ("Loose Ends" • "All That Glisters..." • "Waiting for G'Doh, or, How I Learned to Stop Moving and Hate People" • "Lefler's Logs" • "Alice, on the Edge of Night" • "Revelations" • "Turning Point" • "'Q'uandary" • "Oil and Water" • "Singularity" • "The Road to Edos" • "A Lady of Xenex" • "Making a Difference" • "Performance Appraisal" • "Redemption" • "Out of the Frying Pan" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "A Little Getaway") • "Stone Cold Truths" • "Pain Management" • "Cutting Ties" • "Homecoming"
Comics	Double Time • Turnaround ("Part I" • "Part II" • "Part III" • "Part IV" • "Part V")
Omnibuses	New Frontier • Prometheans • Turnaround	German omnibuses	Kartenhaus • Zweifrontenkrieg