The Best and the Brightest
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| NOVEL | |
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| The Best and the Brightest | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Next Generation |
| Author(s): | Susan Wright |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | paperback - February 1998 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671015494 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2368-2372 |
The Best and the Brightest was a novel released in 1998 by Pocket Books as an unnumbered installment of The Next Generation series. Written by Susan Wright, the novel did not primarily focus on TNG characters, instead being centered around a Starfleet Academy class, although several TNG and DS9 characters appear.
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Description
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- Every year, Starfleet Academy in San Francisco attracts many of the most talented and ambitious young people in the Federation. They come from all over the Alpha Quadrant, from hundreds of worlds and species, to prepare themselves for the challenges of the final frontier.
- Meet a new generation of cadets: a newly joined Trill just beginning the first of many lives; a Bajoran vedek who finds himself torn between his vows and an unspoken love; a reckless young man fond of pushing the limits; a feline alien raised among Humans; a brilliant but immature young woman with a lot to learn; and a native-born Earth woman with a talent for engineering.
- Together they will learn about courage, life, teamwork, and themselves. Their future is just beginning—but one of them will not survive!
Summary
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Characters
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- Aston • Reginald Barclay • B'll • Boothby • Andrea Brand • Ho Campbell • Chapman • Beverly Crusher • Data • Jadzia Dax • Dontorn • Elma • Moll Enor • Guinan • Ijen • Jaresh-Inyo • Bobbie Ray Jefferson • Jord • Karol • Keethzarn • Kriss • Johnny Madden • Eto Mahs • Leyton • Yllian Mantegna • Meesa • Meg'han • Jayme Miranda • Marley Miranda • Raylin Miranda • Nev Reoh • Oxitar • Jean-Luc Picard • Puller • Qita • Reeves • William T. Riker • Sendonii • Starsa Taran • Maree Taran • Tho • Hammon Titus • T'Rees • Vestabo • Worf • Buck Wu • Lewis Zimmerman
- Referenced only
- Joshua Albert • Bareil Antos • B'Etor • Tyler Brannigan • Brendenson • Wesley Crusher • Curzon Dax • Richard Galen • Rachel Garrett • Harry Kim • James T. Kirk • Nicholas Locarno • Lursa • Dani Miranda • Miles O'Brien • Ran Sisla • Ro Laren • Sito Jaxa • Tolian Soran • B'Elanna Torres • Deanna Troi • Winn Adami
Locations
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- Alpha Quadrant • Amargosa • Bajoran wormhole • Beltos • Beltos IV • Deep Space 9 • Deng Observatory • Earth • Jupiter Station • Oppalassa • Paris • Rahm-Izad • San Francisco • Starbase 3 • Station 14 • Starfleet Academy campus • Veridian • Veridian III
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- Allora • Antaranan • Antwerp • Bajor • Browder IV • Canadian River • Cardassia • Cydonia • Deep Space 2 • Dytallix B • Gagarin IV • Gamma Quadrant • Indri VII • Karor • Kurl • Omarion Nebula • Rigel • Shunt • Sothis III • Texas • Trill • Ventax II • Veridian IV
Starships
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- Belle Star (Pa'a transport ship) • USS Cochrane (Oberth-class) • Dilithium Node (shuttle) • USS Enterprise (Galaxy-class) • USS Gandhi (Ambassador-class) • Klingon bird-of-prey
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- USS Copernicus • USS Defiant • USS Enterprise • USS Voyager
Races and cultures
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- Antaranan • Bajoran • Bolian • El-Aurian • Izad • Klingon • Kostolain • Oppalassa • Orion • Pa'a • Rahm • Rex • Risan • Trill • Vulcan
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- Borg • Cardassian • Ferengi • Horta • Jem'Hadar • Romulan • Ventaxian
States and organizations
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- Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Trill Symbiosis Commission • United Federation of Planets
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- Dominion • Maquis • Nova Squadron • Obsidian Order • Red Squad • Starfleet Medical School • Tal Shiar
Other references
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- antara • Arcturian fizz • Bajoran religion • cadet • dilithium • dicosilium • eidetic memory • Emergency Medical Hologram • ensign • holosuite • Izad Revolution • kai • Kurlan naiskos • Orion animal woman • Parrises squares • seismic regulator • synchrotron radiation • tricorder • trilithium • vedek
Appendices
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Background
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- The Best and the Brightest suggests B'Elanna Torres was born in 2350.
Related stories
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- Although it is a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, several events from episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are mentioned, including "The Collaborator", "The Search", "Equilibrium", "Life Support", "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast", "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost".
- Some sections of The Best and the Brightest take place during Star Trek Generations.
External link
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- The Best and the Brightest article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Connections
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| published order | ||
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| Previous novel: Triangle: Imzadi II | TNG unnumbered novels | Next novel: Planet X |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Time's Arrow | Next Adventure: Realm of Fear | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2369. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in five other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story | 2370 Year Two | Next Adventure: Journey's End |
| Previous Adventure: The Search | 2371 Year Three | Next Adventure: Pathways Chapter 12, Sections 2-5 |
| Previous Adventure: Star Trek Generations | 2371 Summer; Chapter 10 | Next Adventure: Tribble in Paradise |
| Previous Adventure: Solemn Duty | 2371 Summer; Prologue | Next Adventure: The Change of Seasons |
| Previous Adventure: The Die is Cast | 2371 Year Four | Next Adventure: Faces |
