NOVEL
Planet X
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: The Next Generation
Author(s):	Michael Jan Friedman
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - 1998
Pages:	265
ISBN:	ISBN 0671019163
Chronology
Date:	2374

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 Characters 3.1 Regulars 3.2 Starfleet personnel 3.3 Xaldians 3.4 X-Men 3.5 Holodeck characters 3.6 Other 3.7 Referenced only 4 References 4.1 Starships and small craft 4.2 Locations 4.3 Species 4.4 States and Organisations 5 Related Stories 6 Images 7 Connections

Introduction (blurb)Edit

On the planet Xhaldia, ordinary men and women are mutating into bizarre creatures with extraordinary powers. But is this a momentous evolutionary leap or an unparalleled catastrophe? The very fabric of Xhaldian society is threatened as fear and prejudice divide the transformed from their own kin.

Dispatched to cope with the growing crisis, Captain Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise receive some unexpected visitors from another reality -- in the form of the group of mutant heroes known as the uncanny X-Men. Storm, leader of the X-Men, offers their help in resolving a situation that is agonizingly similar to the human/mutant conflicts of their own time and space.

But when hostile aliens appear in orbit around Xhaldia to try and abduct the transformed for use as a superpowered force in an attack on the Federation, even the combined forces of the crew of Starfleet and the X-Men may be unable to prevent an inferno of death and destruction.

Starfleet's finest crew and Earth's greatest mutant heroes will need all their powers and abilities to save the Xhaldian people and stop a deadly threat to the Federation.

SummaryEdit

CharactersEdit

RegularsEdit

Reginald Barclay • Beverly Crusher • Data • Geordi La Forge • Guinan • Jean-Luc Picard • Sariel Rager • William T. Riker • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh

Starfleet personnelEdit

Bertaina • Calderon • Clark • Detemer • Ditko • Glavin • Kane • Yoshi Kashiwada • Kirby • Miles O'Brien • Marco Palmieri • B.G. Robinson • Saffron • Sovar • Stevenson • Suttles • Lee Wayne • Wilkes • Yeowell

XaldiansEdit

Praddis Amon • Corba • Denara • Leyden • Osan • Paldul • Rahatan • Seevyn • Erid Sovar • Tollit

X-MenEdit

Warren Worthington ("Archangel") • Sean Cassidy ("Banshee") • Piotr Rasputin ("Colossus") • Kurt Wagner ("Nightcrawler") • Charles Xavier ("Professor X") • Kitty Pryde ("Shadowcat") • Ororo Munroe ("Storm") • Wolverine

Holodeck charactersEdit

The Blob • Juggernaut • Sabretooth • Unas the Untouchable • Charles Xavier

OtherEdit

Ben • The Watcher

Referenced onlyEdit

Jadzia Dax • Nikti Eilo • Khan • Tessa Mollic • Alexander Rozhenko • Benjamin Sisko • Stanley • Traveler

ReferencesEdit

Starships and small craftEdit

Connharakt • USS Defiant • USS Enterprise • Onizuka • Chris Pike • Voltaire

Referenced only 

USS Venture

LocationsEdit

Starbase 42 • Starbase 88

Referenced only 

Deep Space 7 • Deep Space 9 • Gamma Quadrant • Kataan

SpeciesEdit

Betazoid • Chardeni • Draa'kon • Human • Klingon • Xhaldian

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Douwd • Jem'Hadar • Pandrilite • Trill

States and OrganisationsEdit

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • X-Men

Referenced only 

Dominion • Founder

Related StoriesEdit

• "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS episode)
• Star TreX (TOS comic)
• Retrospect (TOS comic)
• Star Trek: First Contact (TNG film)
• Second Contact (TNG comic)
• "You Are Cordially Invited..." (DS9 episode)

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

• Planet X (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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