NOVEL
The First Virtue
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation, No. 56
Miniseries:	Double Helix, No. 6
Author(s):	Michael Jan Friedman and Christie Golden
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - August 1999
Pages:	304
ISBN:	ISBN 0671032585
Chronology
Date:	2350

Contents 1 Publisher's description 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Locations 2.3 Starships 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Information 4 External link

Publisher's descriptionEdit

An insidious plot for revenge has spanned several years in the life of Jean-Luc Picard, but how did this merciless vendetta get started? Like a double helix curling back on itself, the final answer lies at the very beginning...

A series of terrorist attacks have heightened tensions between two alien races, bringing an entire sector to the brink of interplanetary war. While Picard, captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer, struggles to keep the peace, Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher must team up with a Vulcan officer named Tuvok to uncover the hidden architect of the attacks, but the outcome of their quest would breed dire consequences for the future.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Gerda Asmund • Idun Asmund • Gilaad Ben Zoma • Tricia Cadwallader • Beverly Crusher • Jack Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Mella Cwan • Tae Cwan • Carter Greyhorse • Peter Joseph • Jean-Luc Picard • Phigus Simenon • Gerrid Thul • Tuvok • Vigo

Referenced only 

Karl Broadnax

LocationsEdit

Debennius VI

Referenced only 

Deep Space 3 • Deben-niusll

StarshipsEdit

USS Stargazer (Constellation-class)

Referenced only 

USS Wyoming

Races and culturesEdit

Benniari • Human • Thallonian • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

OtherEdit

latinum • trilanium

InformationEdit

• The Double Helix series was a Next Generation storyline that featured each installment crossing over with another franchise series. "The First Virtue" in particular featured elements of what would become Star Trek: Stargazer.

External linkEdit

• The First Virtue article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: Double or Nothing	TNG numbered novels	Next novel: The Forgotten War
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Dark Allies Twenty Years Earlier	Pocket	Next Adventure: A Stitch in Time Part 1; Chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19