NOVEL
How Much for Just the Planet?
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 36
Miniseries:	Worlds Apart, No. 2
Author(s):	John M. Ford
Publication information
Published:	paperback - October 1987
Pages:	253
ISBN:	ISBN 0671629980
Chronology
Date:	2268

How Much for Just the Planet? was a Star Trek novel written by John M. Ford.

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 2.1 In Space, No One Can Fry an Egg 2.1.1 Educational Short Subject 2.2 The Dilithium Crystal as Big as the Ritz 2.2.1 Historical Interlude 2.3 Organian Jumpball 2.4 Overtures 2.5 All's Fair in Love and Dilithium 2.6 The Dawn Patrol 2.7 Afternoon Matinee 2.8 All Through the Night 2.9 Come Up and See Me Sometime 2.10 Dilithium Split 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.3.1 Shipboard areas 3.3.2 Stations and outposts 3.3.3 Planets and planetoids 3.3.4 Stars and systems 3.3.5 Astronomical regions 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Technology and weapons 3.7 Substances and energies 3.8 Lifeforms 3.9 Food and beverages 3.10 Ranks and titles 3.11 Other references 4 Appendices 4.1 Background 4.2 Connections 4.3 External links

DescriptionEdit

Dilithium.

In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships...and the Klingon Empire's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-way planet named Direidi, the greatest fortune in dilithium crystals ever seen has been found.

Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planet will go to the best side able to develop the planet and its resources. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of its fleet. For the Federation - Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise. For the Klingons - Captain Kaden Vestai-Oparai and the Fire Blossom.

Only the Diredians are writing their own script for the contest - a script that propels the crew of the Enterprise into their strangest adventure yet!

SummaryEdit

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In Space, No One Can Fry an EggEdit

Educational Short SubjectEdit

The Dilithium Crystal as Big as the RitzEdit

Historical InterludeEdit

Organian JumpballEdit

OverturesEdit

All's Fair in Love and DilithiumEdit

The Dawn PatrolEdit

Afternoon MatineeEdit

All Through the NightEdit

Come Up and See Me SometimeEdit

Dilithium SplitEdit

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Arizhel • Aperokei • Askade • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Kaden vestai-Oparai • James T. Kirk • Maglus • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Uhura • Ilen the Magian • T'Vau • Tellihu • Ross Flyter • Tatyana Trofimov • Charlotte Sanchez

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Jefferson Randolph Smith (Sulek-class surveyor) • Fire Blossom (D7C-class battle cruiser) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)

Referenced only 

USS Dawson City (mining ship) • USS Robert Moses (planetformer) • Sopwith Camel • unnamed Klingon starships (Kaden's B5-class destroyer) • unnamed Klingon starships (light attack cruiser) • warship • escape pod • unnamed starships (Tellarite freighters)

LocationsEdit

Miskatonic University

Shipboard areasEdit

USS Enterprise 

bridge • officer's mess

IKS Fire Blossom 

bridge • officer's mess

USS Smith 

bridge • officer's mess

Stations and outpostsEdit

Starbase 1

Planets and planetoidsEdit

Direidi • Earth

Referenced only 

Reynaud II

Stars and systemsEdit

Pi Pharosi • Sol

Referenced only 

Reynaud

Astronomical regionsEdit

Cygnus-Carina Fringe • Organian Treaty Zone • the galaxy

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Klingon • Vulcan • Withiki

Referenced only 

Romulan • Andorian • Organian

States and organizationsEdit

Black Fleet • Federation • Starfleet (Starfleet Command • Starfleet Resources Division • Starfleet Exploration Command • Starfleet Psychological Division) • Klingon Empire • Klingon Defense Force

Technology and weaponsEdit

computer • deployable practice target • food synthesizer • magnetic bottle • starship • warp drive • disposal cubicle

Substances and energiesEdit

antimatter • chromium • dilithium • liquid • metal • oil • polymer • rubber • sugar • Hecht radiation

LifeformsEdit

lion • yeast

Food and beveragesEdit

bacon • battertoast • birdseed • butter • Canadian bacon • coffee • cream cheese • eggs • English muffin • fried fish • fruit juice • grape • grape juice • grapefruit • grapefruit juice • grilled cheese • grits • ham • kelp • kipper • liver • mayonnaise • milk • milkshake • mushroom • n'gaan • oatcake • omelet • orange juice • Romulan ale • sandwich • soya salad • soya wafer • spinach • steak • strawberry jam (strawberry) • syrup • toast • vinegar • waffle cone • watercress sandwich • wheat toast • sugar

Ranks and titlesEdit

admiral • captain • commander • commanding officer • first officer • ensign • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • force leader • science officer • chief medical officer • helmsman • tactical officer • navigator • communications officer • chief engineer • zan

Other referencesEdit

animal • astronomy • beverage • chess • credit • energy • food • government • hull • Klingon language (g'day't • iraltu cha'puj) • lifeform • moon • nation-state • newsfax • photosphere • planet • plant • races and cultures • space • star • starbase • star system • Starfleet Institute Proceedings • technology • Wars of Internal Dissension • weapon • orbit • cislunar orbit • "I Got Plenty o' Nothing"

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• The novel is written in the style of a musical comedy, with various numbers throughout which are set to the tune of existing songs [1], including the "Theme from Rawhide," "Falling in Love Again," and "Just a Gigolo."
• A number of characters in the book are based on Ford (stage manager), Neil Gaiman (Ilen the Magian) [2], Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet and her husband, David [3], and Ford's fellow Star Trek authors, including A.C. Crispin, Diane Duane, Janet Kagan (and her husband, Rick), and Peter Morwood.

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: Rihannsu, Book 2: The Romulan Way	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: Bloodthirst
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Spock's Brain	Pocket	Next Adventure: Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Previous Adventure: Spock's Brain	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: Is There In Truth No Beauty?

External linksEdit

• How Much for Just the Planet? article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• How Much for Just the Planet? article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.