NOVEL
Grounded
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 25
Author(s):	David Bischoff
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - March 1993
ISBN:	ISBN 0671797476
Chronology
Date:	2368

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Information 4 External link

Summary Edit

From the back cover: While answering a distress call from a scientific station in a remote part of the galaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise becomes infected with a mysterious alien life form which feeds on and transforms inorganic materials.

The Starship begins to gradually disintegrate, and Starfleet is forced to order its evacuation and destruction to prevent the dangerous infection from spreading throughout the galaxy. It's the end of an era for Captain Picard and his crew, who are scheduled for transfers that will split them up among different Starfleet vessels.

But even as the end draws near for the Starship Enterprise, Captain Picard begins to formulate a desperate plan to save his ship and preserve his crew -- a plan that will force him to defy Starfleet orders and lead him to a confrontation with a malevolent alien force which has the power to destroy the entire Federation.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Data • Jean-Luc Picard

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Albedo • USS Enterprise-D

LocationsEdit

Starbase 210

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

Psychology Division • Starfleet • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets

OtherEdit

Positronic brain • Admiral

InformationEdit

External linkEdit

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

published order
Previous novel: Nightshade	TNG numbered novels	Next novel: The Romulan Prize
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Captain's Log: Jellico	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: A Matter of Dates
Previous Adventure: The Romulan Prize	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Inner Light