Immortal Coil
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| NOVEL | |
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| Immortal Coil | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Author(s): | Jeffrey Lang |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | Paperback - 2002 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0743405927 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2374 |
Contents |
[edit] Introduction
From the back cover: He is perhaps the ultimate human achievement: a sentient artificial life-form -- self-aware, self-determining, possessing a mind and body far surpassing that of his makers, and imbued with the potential to evolve beyond the scope of his programming. Created by one of the most brilliant and eccentric intellects the Federation has ever known, the android Data has always believed he was unique, the one true fulfillment of a dream to create children of the mind.
But is he?
Investigating the mysterious destruction of a new android created by Starfleet, Data and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise uncover startling secrets stretching back to the galaxy's dim past. That knowledge is coveted by beings who will stop at nothing to control it, and will force Data to redefine himself as he learns the hidden history of artificial intelligence.
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[edit] Characters
Beverly Crusher | Data | Geordi LaForge | Jean-Luc Picard | William Riker | Deanna Troi
Reginald Barclay | Blinken | Casciato | Doctor Ira Graves | Admiral Haftel | Commander Heyes | Ranul Keru | Roger Korby | M5 | Bruce Maddox | Rhea McAdams | Nod | ONeil | Medical Technician Po | Qoz | Ensign Rixa | Ruk | Sam | Doctor Noonien Soong | Spot | Nurse Maury Sullivan | Juliana Tainer | Tellisar | Tolman | Ensign Umbango | Emil Vaslovik (aka Flint, Akharin) | Ensign Welles | Winken
- Referenced only
- Keiko O'Brien • Miles O'Brien • Vog • Worf
[edit] References
[edit] Locations
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- Deep Space 9 • Starbase 105 • Tzenketh
[edit] Species
- Andorian • Betazoid • Human • Klingon
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- Antedean • Atrean • Borg • Breen • Romulan • Tzenkethi
[edit] Starships
- USS Enterprise
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- USS Defiant
[edit] Starship classes
- Sovereign-class
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- Breen destroyer
[edit] States and Organisations
- Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Fellowship of Artificial Intelligences
- Referenced only
- Dominion
[edit] Other
- Ak'voh • Android • Autarch of the Tzenkethi Coalition • Dominion War • Exocomp • Hologram • Holotronic brain • Thot
[edit] Related stories
- TOS episode: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
- TNG episode: "The Schizoid Man"
- TOS episode: "Return to Tomorrow"
- TOS episode: "Requiem for Methuselah"
- TOS episode: "The Ultimate Computer"
[edit] Connections
- Immortal Coil article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Genesis Wave, Book 3 | TNG unnumbered novels | Next novel: A Hard Rain |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Soft Room | Next Adventure: One Little Ship | |
| Previous Adventure: The Soft Room | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) | Next Adventure: Q-Space |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2374. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Burning Dreams 2260 | 2261 Chapter 19 | Next Adventure: Burning Dreams 2261 |
| Previous Adventure: Pathways Chapter 14, Section 5 | 2304 Seventy Years Ago | Next Adventure: Iron and Sacrifice 2310 |
