Publisher's description
The story begins with the launching of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) and the mysterious disappearence of Captain James T. Kirk. Then, seventy-eight years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) receives a distress call from a remote scientific observatory.
Picard learns that a newly developed superweapon has been stolen by a desperate scientist with an insane plot. Facing the most difficult task of his career, Captain Picard must seek out the one person with the power to help him, a person long thought dead, Captain James T. Kirk.
Together, the two captains will be tested as they've never been before. And both men will be forced to make the greatest sacrifices of their careers to save countless millions from a madman with a plan of mass destruction.
Summary
References
Characters
- Antonia • B'Etor • Butler • Pavel Chekov • Beverly Crusher • Data • Djugashvili • Shandra Docksey • Farrell • Guinan • John Harriman • Hayes • Jae • Kellogg • James T. Kirk • Geordi La Forge • Lojur • Lursa • Carol Marcus • Leonard McCoy • Mendez • Alyssa Ogawa • Paskall • Elise Picard • Jean-Luc Picard • Madison Picard • Matthew Picard • Mimi Picard • Olivia Picard • René Picard • Thomas Picard • Qorak • Janice Rand • William Riker • Montgomery Scott • Tommy Singer • Tolian Soran • Spock • Spot • Demora Sulu • Hikaru Sulu • Mark Tobiaston • Deanna Troi • Uhura • Masoud Valtane • Voight • Worf
- Referenced only
- Will Decker • Irina Galliulin • Gorkon • Edith Keeler • Aurelan Kirk • Peter Kirk • Sam Kirk • David Marcus • Joanna McCoy • Gary Mitchell • Heihachiro Nogura • Marie Picard • Robert Picard • Sarek • Noonien Soong • Emo Soran • Leandra Soran • Mara Soran
Locations
- Amargosa • Amargosa observatory • Amargosa system • Earth • Earth spacedock • Nexus • San Francisco • Veridian III • Veridian system
- Referenced only
- Arabian Peninsula • B'renga • Chalna • China • Clarus • El-Auria • El Capitan • Farpoint • Forcas III • Gorik IV • Iowa • Khitomer • Lorenze Cluster • Mars • Moscow • Mount Seleya • Ogus II • Pluto • Rura Penthe • Sadorah City • Scotland • Sherman's Planet • Starbase 23 • Talaal • Thanatos sector • Themis • Turkana IV • Veridian IV • Vulcan • Yosemite National Park
Starships and vehicles
- D12-class bird-of-prey • HMS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-B (Excelsior-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • USS Farragut (Nebula-class) • SS Lakul (Whorfin-class) • SS Robert Fox (Whorfin class) • USS Trosper (Oberth-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Bozeman • USS Enterprise • USS Reliant
Races and cultures
- Betazoid • Bolian • El-Aurian • Halkan • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Borg • Breen • Ferengi
States and organizations
- House of Duras • Klingon Empire • Marcuslabs • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Klingon High Council • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Vulcan Science Academy
Other references
- antimatter • Battle of Trafalgar • cat • Christmas • Christmas tree • clock • deflector dish • dog • Don Juan • Earl Grey • emotion chip • firewatch • flagship • holo • holodeck • Horatio Hornblower • inertial damper • katra • Ktarian egg • lifeboat • logic • magnetic interlock • nanoprobe • neutrino • orbital skydiving • palm beacon • photon torpedo • plasma coolant • sailing vessel • saucer separation • Saurian brandy • sextant • shield frequency • stellar cartography • subspace field • technical journal • Thirellian mint tea • tractor beam • tricorder • trilithium • turbolift • VISOR • Vulcan mandala • warp nacelle
Information
- The novelization features a forty page behind-the-scenes section on the making of Star Trek Generations written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
- The hardcover version features an ending based on the originally-filmed (yet ultimately deleted) ending of the film. The paperback version features a rewritten ending based on that which ultimately appeared in the finished feature film.
Related Stories
- The Voyages of the USS Enterprise-B continue in:
Images
The Enterprise crashing into the atmosphere of Veridian III.
The USS Farragut.
External Links
- Generations article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Generations article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek Generations article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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| chronological order | ||
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Next Adventure: The Best and the Brightest "Summer", Chapter 10 | |
| Previous Adventure: Tooth and Claw |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Final voyage of the Enterprise-D |
| Previous Adventure: First voyage of the Enterprise-B |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) |
Next Adventure: The Captain's Daughter |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2371. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Shadows on the Sun Books 1, 3 |
2293 Chapter 1 |
Next Adventure: The Last Roundup |
| Previous Adventure: The Lights in the Sky |
2293 Stardate 9715.5 Chapters 2-5 |
Next Adventure: One of Forty-seven |