NOVEL
The Final Reflection
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 16 Worlds Apart, No. 1
Author(s):	John M. Ford
Publication information
Published:	May 1984 - Paperback
Pages:	253
ISBN:	ISBN 0671473883
Omnibus:	The Hand of Kahless
Chronology
Date:	8405.15 late 2270s (framing story); 2230s (main story)

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Information 5 Related stories 6 External links

Introduction (blurb)Edit

Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. But on a mission to Earth, Krenn learns a lesson in peace.

Suddenly he must fight a secret battle of his own. His Empire has a covert plan to shatter the Federation. Only Krenn can prevent a war - at the risk of his own life!

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Regulars

James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Janice Rand • Spock

Others

Akhil • Akten • Ankhisek • Antaan • Atro • Auloh • Amos Blakeslee • Dezhe • Wallace Duquesne • Graade • Maxwell Grandisson III • Amanda Grayson • Kadi • Kafter • Kagga • Kalim • Kandel • Kang • Kelag • Kelly (Klingon) • Kepool • Keppa • Kessum • Kethas epetai-Khemara • Kev • Kezhke (Kezhke zantai-Adion) • Khidri (Khidri tai-Gensa) • Kian • Kirtann • Klimor • Kodon (Kodon vestai-Karum) • Koll • Konli • Koth • Kotkhe • Kovar • Kreg • Krenn (aka Vrenn, Vrenn Khemara, Krenn sutai-Rustazh) • Kurrozh • Samuel Landers • Lucy • Mabli vestai-Galann • Maida • Maktai • Mara • Margon sutai-Demma • Marks • Maskan • Thomas Jackson McCoy • Merzhan • Meth • Muros • Nesheim • Odise • Takashi Onoda • Sally Parker • Jael Rabinowich • Ragga • Rogaine • Rokis • Ruzhe • Sarek • Segon • Douglas Tancred Shepherd • Sinon • Sovin • Sudok • Emanuel Tagore • Tatell • Tirian • T'tain • Marcus van Diemen • Voloh • Luther Whitetree • Carter Winston • Isoroku Yamamoto • Zharn • Zhoka

Linenames

Adion • Galann • Gensa • Karum • Khemara • Rustazh

Starships and vehiclesEdit

Klingon Defense Force

IKS Blue Fire • IKS Death Hand • IKV Devisor • IKV Fencer • IKV Fury • IKS Mirror • IKS Two Fingers • D4 class • D5 class • Vengeance

Starfleet

USS Avebury • USS Flying Fortress • USS Glasgow • USS Hokkaido • USS Savannah • USS Savannah II • USS Sentry • Baton Rouge class • Mann class • Rickenbacker class

LocationsEdit

Alshanai Rift • Atlanta • Aviskie • Cibola • Deneva • Earth • Federa-Terra • Florida • Georgia • Juarez-El Paso Station • Klinzhai • Rigel • Serkash II • Starbase 6 • Starbase 12 • Triskelion • White Sands

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Kinshaya • Klingon • Orion • Rigellian (furred) • Romulan • Vulcan • Willall • Withiki

States and organizationsEdit

Akademgorodok • Atlanta Constitution • Back-to-Earth Movement • Emory Medical Center • Imperial Intelligence • Klingon Contacts Branch • Klingon Empire • Makropyrios • Romulan Star Empire • Terra-Return League • United Federation of Planets • University of New Bombay • University of Chicago • University of Edinburgh • University of the Ocean of Storms

OtherEdit

anemone • apple juice • Argelian nine-layer cocktail • Babel Conferences • Battlecruiser Vengeance • brandy • chess • Dinartian Poison • gel pastry • grape juice • kafei • klin zha • latrunculo • orange juice • pineapple juice • prune juice • salt fish • "The Vengeance Flies at Morning" • "Undefeated" • whitefang • whitefang steak • zan

InformationEdit

• In August 1999, this novel was reprinted as Book 1 of the Worlds Apart miniseries along with How Much for Just the Planet?. In 2004, it was reprinted with the TNG novel: Kahless as the Signature Edition book The Hand of Kahless.
• Published in 1984, this makes use of the timeline, events, and ships of the Spaceflight Chronology and the FASA RPG, and predates much material developed for later movies and series, which leads to some difficulties in adapting it to the now-canon chronology. For example, the relative ages of Spock and McCoy, with Spock about eight years older, stem from the best estimates of the time, but have since been superseded by later canon references.
• It is stated in the novel that at least ten years have passed since the signing of the Organian Peace Treaty, placing the framing story sometime later than 2277. If the dating relative to the Sentry/Devisor incident is accurate, the framing story is in 2283 or 2284. However, the situations presented in the framing story do not match other events of 2277, 2283, or 2284. Calibrating the FASA/SFC timeline to a canonical timeline instead would place the framing story some time in the late 2270s, and the main events throughout the 2230s.
• The Prologue establishes that in its "current year", a book was published called The Final Reflection, by an author called J.M. Ford. This device was used in similar ways in Mudd's Angels, Strangers from the Sky and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The main body of the novel is a work of historical fiction in-universe, with events told by Krenn to Tagore to Ford, and misremembered facts, artistic license and Starfleet classification potentially explaining any contradictions.

Related storiesEdit

• TOS episode: "Errand of Mercy"
• TOS episode: "Day of the Dove"

External linksEdit

• The Final Reflection article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• The Final Reflection article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: Corona	TOS novels	Next novel: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Entropy Effect	Pocket	Next Adventure: Garth of Izar
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2270. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in three other timeframes:
Previous Adventure: Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer	2233 Part One	Next Pocket Adventure: Burning Dreams Next MB Adventure: Star Trek Chapters 1 (section 2) & 2
Previous Adventure: Last Full Measure (framing story)	2239 Part Two	Next Pocket Adventure: The Final Reflection Part Three Next MB Adventure: Star Trek Chapter 3 (sections 1-3)
Previous Pocket Adventure: The Final Reflection Part Two Previous MB Adventure: Nor Iron Bars a Cage	2244 Part Three	Next Pocket Adventure: Seeds of Rage Next MB Adventure: Final Frontier Chapter 1-24