Summary
From the back cover: Elcidar Beta Three - a tranquil, undisturbed planet strategically located between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Home to the Midgwins, a race of people who throughout all time have lived in peace with their planet and themselves. But now, times are changing. Unwilling to embrace any form of technology, the Midgwins have exhausted their world's natural resources, and stand on the brink of global famine.
When Captain Kirk and the Enterprise arrive to aid the Midgwins, they find themselves caught up in that race's struggle for survival...a struggle who climatic battle pits them against a creature of darkness and shadow - an entity who roams the Enterprise corridors as if it owned them - an enemy who will not hesitate to kill to achieve its ultimate goal...
References
Characters
- Emiko Adams • Thetas Farnakos Sredii Akunas • Kailin Arxoras • Bergdahl • Bistie • Bray • John Brunowski • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Mei Chu • Dawe • DeSalle • Sean Finnegan • Fontana • Fphargn • Yarblis Geshkerroth • Tracy Giacomo • Gilden • Gomez • Helen Gordon • Nomias Gzin • Khoaltar • James T. Kirk • John Kyle • L'jian • Mahase • Maynooth • Leonard McCoy • Dan Miller • Oba • Organa • Oyama • Reilly • Montgomery Scott • Shorak • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Urak • Zink
- Referenced only
- Horace Frill • God • Radovic Ja'an • Ka'th Ka'who • Edith Keeler • Thomas Robert Malthus • McDonough • Mendez • R. Neary, Jr. • Phillips • Redjac • Rhea • Ruth • Sargon • Yngash
Starships and vehicles
- cargo runner • Copernicus • Herschel • USS Enterprise • shuttlecraft
- Referenced only
- USS Farragut • Saladin-class cruiser
Locations
- bridge • Elcidar Beta • Midgwis • rec room • sickbay
- Referenced only
- Argelius II • Delta Cygnus • Deneb Cantios IV • Giermos • Iolos VI • Lyra Omicron VI • M-428 • Marcipor II • Mars • Memory Alpha • Morocco • Persis Nova • Rigel V • Starbase 9 • Starbase 12 • Trigonis• Tycho system
Races and cultures
- Andorian • Argellian • Human (Irish • Navajo • Oriental • Russian • Scottish) • Klingon • Midgwin • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Denovian • Drommian Belter • Halkan • Marcipex • Organian • Suriap
States and organizations
- Bindigo Warren • Columbia University • Klingon Empire • Ministry of Expansion • Oxford Institute • Oxford University Press • Pan-Sentient League • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet • United Contact Council • United Federation of Planets • Vorodny Institute • Walpuk Warren • Xenological Research Institute
Ranks and titles
- anthropsychologist • captain • doctor • ensign • lieutenant • patriarch • photographer • warrior • xenoanthropologist • yeoman
Lifeforms
- aetavis spengleris • alien • animal • Antraean garbage worm • ape • Bargump • cat • cicada • Denebian slime devil • Dikironium cloud creature • electrostasis lifeform • espikotherae • Flaygrub • flendag • flower • galfirdach • Hooting • horse • Humanoid • hymenoptera • insect • licat • lizard • Man-Eating Monster • mint • nialig • parasite • pfugux • rat • sheefla • spindar • tree • vampire • werewolf
Science and technology
- artificial intelligence • battery • bulb insufflator • chronometer • communicator • computer • crystal-optic transmitter • data wafer • dehumidifier • disruptor • dot player • electronic kyrillian field • electrospectroplate • engine nacelle • flashlight • flimsiplast • food conveyor • food slot • ganymede driver • hypospray • infrascope • intercom • Jeffries tube • laser cannon • life-support • lumenpanel • magnifier • motion sensor • nuclear accelerator • phaser • pin welder • power exchanger • proton-acceleration field • proton converter • remixer • servocam • sonic wrench • stapler • subspace radio • tractor beam • transparent aluminum • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • ventilator • visicom • voder-vocoder • warp drive
Other references
- 20th century • Analects of a Warrior • Arkresh-670 • atom • bagpipe • Battle of Plethak • blancmange • blood • bourbon • bowling alley • brain • Brodnax cover • bulkhead • camomile • campfire • cancer • candle • carbon • Castorian Wars • chocolate bonbon • class-3 colony • coffee • Consciousness Web • constellation • cribbage • dilithium • duraplast • Earthlog • electricity • electron • Emergency Quarantine • emergency ration • English language • eschak • Federation Charter • First Contact • galaxy • gas • ghost • goggles • hair • harmonica • Hippocratic Oath • hydrogen • Institute Special Collection • Interstellar Studies • intruder alert • jigsaw puzzle • Journal of Alien Pathologies • Journal of Intercultural Contacts • katra • keval sap • khaki • kolihnar • landing party • leather • licorice tea • liquor • Margolian novel • martial arts • Martian bronze • memmietieff • methoamyline • mi'ik • mind-meld • m'lu • Mongese romances • month • moon • Morse code • Murlgau passion play • neuron • nitrogen • Organian Peace Treaty • oxygen • photograph • piano • planet • Planet Mother Spirit • plastic • Prime Directive • pylon • rhodium • Romulan chili • rope • scholarship • selenite • seppuku • Settlement Accords • Shaken to the Bones • silver • slipper • Songs of the Midgwins • Starfleet Officers Manual • star • sun • survival blanket • sweet-and-sour pork • tattoo • telepathy • The Shirt Off His Back • trichemizone • velfoam • virus • water • wine • xyrene • year
Connections
- Ghost-Walker article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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