Descent
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| NOVELIZATION | |
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| Descent | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Next Generation |
| Author(s): | Diane Carey |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | Paperback - 1 October 1993 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-671-88267-8 |
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| Teleplay by: | Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria |
| Directed by: | Alexander Singer |
| Episode no.: | 6x26 and 7x01 |
| Production no.: | 252 and 253 |
| First aired: | 21 June 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2369 |
| Stardate: | 46982.1 |
Contents |
[edit] Introduction (blurb)
The Borg are back -- and nastier than ever. No longer mindless, inhuman drones but cyborg soldiers on a mission to assimilate all intelligent life, their new goal is the complete destruction of the Federation. And in the midst of facing the Borg again, Captain Picard learns that he may be the cause of the change.
Commander Data is changing as well. For the first time in his life, Data feels a genuine emotion -- and that emotion is deadly, destructive rage. When it is revealed that the Borg are commanded by an old enemy out of Data's past, Data must choose between his allegiance tot he Federation and the one thing he wants above all else...
[edit] Summary
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[edit] References
[edit] Characters
- Albert Barnaby • Corelki • Crosis • Beverly Crusher • Data • Goval • Harlock • Hugh • Kalin • Geordi La Forge • Lore • Alynna Nechayev • Jean-Luc Picard • Powell • Remmis • William Riker • Salazar • Solario • Zandra Taitt • Torsus • Towles • Deanna Troi • Trossin • Wallace • Worf
- Holograms
- Albert Einstein • Stephen Hawking • Isaac Newton
- Referenced only
- Brooks • Copernicus • Galileo • Adolf Hitler • Locutus • Michelangelo • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Noonien Soong
[edit] Starships and vehicles
[edit] Locations
- Referenced only
- Devala Lake
[edit] Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Borg Collective
[edit] States and organizations
- Referenced only
- Federation • Starfleet
[edit] Other
- acting captain • log • EM field • combadge • emotion • VISOR • phaser • torpedo • tachyon matrix • transwarp conduit • atmosphere • ensign • meters • brother • humor • brain damage • Dr. Soong's chip • carrier wave • ethical program • phased kedion pulse • savior (idea) • caverns • pain receptors • nanocortial fibers • brain cells • positronic matrix • interlink system • [[tranceiver] • phased pulse • phase modulation circuitry • flux inhibitor • transporter • warp engine • shields • metaphasic shielding • rads • Celsius • hull • sailing • swimming • buoyancy • kilometer • servos • neural net
[edit] Appendices
[edit] Related stories
- Avatar (DS9 novel) - While experiencing flashbacks induced by the Orb of Memory Data recalls deactivating Lore, from this episode.
[edit] Timeline
| published order | ||
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| Previous episode: Timescape | TNG episode produced | Next episode: Liaisons |
| Previous episode: Timescape | TNG episode aired | Next episode: Liaisons |
| Previous novelization: Relics | TNG novelizations | Next novelization: All Good Things... |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Farewell Gift | Next Adventure: In the Hands of the Prophets | |
| Previous Adventure: The Farewell Gift | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) | Next Adventure: Engines of Destiny |
[edit] Images
 A hologram of Albert Einstein |
[edit] External links
- Descent article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Descent, Part II article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Descent (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
