NOVEL
Requiem
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation, No. 32
Author(s):	Michael Jan Friedman Kevin Ryan
Publication information
Published:	paperback - October 1994
Pages:	265
ISBN:	ISBN 345312653X
Chronology
Date:	2267 2369
Stardate:	46931.2 (2369)

While the Federation stands on the brink of war, Captain Picard is stranded in the past.

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 references 3 Appendices 3.1 Related Stories 3.2 Timeline 3.3 External link

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket 

Twenty-five years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard conducted breakthrough negotiations with an aggressive race called the Gorn. Now, on the anniversary of that achievement, Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise are headed for the Gorn homeworld to continue that important work.

But when the ship stops to investigate a mysterious alien artifact, Captain Picard is suddenly hurled through time and space. Just as Commander Riker and the starship Enterprise crew begin an impossible search for their captain, the Gorn summit goes terribly wrong.

As war looms over the galaxy and Picard is desperately needed on the Gorn homeworld, the captain finds himself stranded in the past on a planet called Cestus III at a crucial turning point in Federation history. Now, caught in a deadly situation that challenges Picard's most cherished beliefs, he must weigh the fate of a world against the future of the entire Federation...

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Aiello • Reginald Barclay • Gilaad Ben Zoma • Burke • Chang • Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher • Data • George • Gorn ship captain • Carter Greyhorse • Halloran • Matthew Harold • Rhonda Healy • Michael Hronsky • Hurlihy • Ilam • Kandell • Keeyah • Kelowitz • James T. Kirk • Kowalski • Geordi La Forge • Lang • Leonard McCoy • Mittleman • Persoff • Jean-Luc Picard • Martina O'Connor • Darby O'Dell • Sariel Rager • William T. Riker • Ro Laren • Julia Santos • Hans Schmitter • Spock • Tal Ephis • Travers • Deanna Troi • Varley • Vigo • Benjamin Washington • Worf • Yamaguchi

Referenced only 

Hatil • Dixon Hill • Lasker • Mison • Pakris • S'slee • William Shakespeare • Tranh

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Iroquois • USS Peerless • USS Stargazer (Constellation-class)

Referenced only 

Stargazer

LocationsEdit

Aexix • Beta Quadrant • Cestus III

Referenced only 

Alaska • Bajor • Chrysalis system • English Channel • France • Sector 145 • Starfleet Museum

Races and culturesEdit

android • Bajoran • Betazoid • Gorn • Human • Klingon

Referenced only 

Achorri • Cardassian • Iconian • Metron • Murani • Orion

States and organizationsEdit

Bon Amar • Gorn Hegemony • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Royal Air Force • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command

Other referencesEdit

airlock • aluminum • benzorite • bridge • captain • Cestus III Massacre • Chateau Briar • cloaking device • commodore • communicator • copper • credit • ensign • Gorn Summit • Guardian of Forever • Hamlet • holodeck • hypospray • lieutenant • phaser • Prime Directive • ready room • replicator • sensor • terillium • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • type-1 phaser • viewscreen • VISOR • warp drive • World War II

AppendicesEdit

Related StoriesEdit

• TOS episode: "Arena"- Many references are made to this first encounter with the Gorn, including Captain Kirk's fight with S'slee
• TNG episode: "Chain of Command"- Picard recalls his time as a prisoner of the Cardassians

TimelineEdit

published order
Previous novel: Foreign Foes	TNG numbered novels	Next novel: Balance of Power
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Dramatis Personae	Pocket	Next Adventure: Timescape
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2369. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in two other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: The Squire of Gothos	2267 Time travel	Next Adventure: Arena
Previous Adventure: Mosaic Chapter 4	2345 Prologue	Next Adventure: Alice, on the Edge of Night Section 6

External linkEdit

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