NOVEL
The Galactic Whirlpool
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Author(s):	David Gerrold
Publication information
Publisher:	Bantam Books
Published:	October 1980
Pages:	223
ISBN:	ISBN 0553241702
Chronology
Date:	4496.1 (2267)

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.3.1 Starbases and spacestations 3.3.2 Stellar 3.3.3 Planets, planetoids, and moons 3.3.4 Planetary 3.4 Species 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 3.6.1 Animals 3.6.2 Clothing 3.6.3 Elements, compounds, and substances 3.6.4 Food and Drink 3.6.5 Technology 3.6.6 Weapons 4 Chronology 5 Appendices 6 External Links

Introduction (blurb)Edit

Beyond the realm of the Federation, beyond the edge of the galaxy, a lost colony of humans in space drifts inexorably toward the galactic whirlpool. Kirk blazes new star trails to these strange people, isolated for centuries. Unless he can convince them that the Enterprise crew members are not "demons," they will be sucked into a churning one-way funnel of doom!

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Arex Na Eth • Katholin Arven • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Frost • Marilyn Garcia • Jesus Garcia Gomez • green-Linda • Hobie • Susan Kelly • James T. Kirk • Lasker • M'ress • MacMurray • Leonard McCoy • Munker • Mante N'Komo • Micah Omara • Kevin Riley • Montgomery Scott • Specks • Spock • Ussef Stokely • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura

Referenced only 

Alphonse • Baal • Beelzebub • Augustus Caesar • Julius Caesar • Tiberius Caesar • Caligula • Arthur C. Clarke • Claudius • Devil • Albert Einstein • Finagle • Fred • God • Graves • Charles Gridley • Koloth • La Forge • George La Forge • Lucifer • Murphy • Nero • Isaac Newton • Noah • Christopher Pike • Robert the Wise • Satan • Shiras • Solomon Short • Shadow • Signpost • Spock's great-great-grandmother • T'Pshaw • Harry S. Truman

Starships and vehiclesEdit

catapulter • USS Detroit • dragon-class • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • landrover • Marco Polo • torchship • Wanderer • warp tug

LocationsEdit

Hell

Starbases and spacestationsEdit

Deep Space Station K-7 • Gagarin Station • L5 colony • Lost Cometary Colony • San Francisco Ship Yards

StellarEdit

Capella • Ellison's Star • Fred • Hero's Star • Polo's Bolos • Shadow • Signpost • Sirius-B • Wolf 359

Planets, planetoids, and moonsEdit

Arthur • Donatu V • Earth • Guinevere • Jupiter • L5 Trojan • Lancelot • Luna • Malavar • Malcor's Pride • Mars • Mordred • Mussourgsky • Neptune • Noah • Orion • Pluto • Satlin • Titan • Uranus • Venus • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet

PlanetaryEdit

Africa • Baba Yaga • California • Centauri colony • Gernsback Crater • Hawaii • Hollywood • Jovian Colonies • Lake Marathon • Lunar Station • New York • Old City • Roanoke Colony • Rome • Spiderport • Van Nuys • Virginia

SpeciesEdit

Andorian • Capellan • Cro-magnon man • English • Human • Klingon • Neanderthal • Vulcan • Wanderers

States and organizationsEdit

Boy Scouts of America • Council • Japan • L5 Nations • MacMurray Empire • Martian Settlements • Science Council • Solar Alliance • Soviet Union • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Ten Lost Tribes of Israel • Third World Alliance • Tri-Planetary Titan Development Corporation • United Federation of Planets • United States of America • Wolf Pack #11340

OtherEdit

air-bums • algae • baba yaga • balloon • bandersnatchi • basketball • Battle of Donatu V • bench • black hole • Capellan choir • Cherenkov radiation • chess • clover • dalm tree • demon • Dissemination of Human Knowledge Policy • DNA • drifter • Dungeon • The Elder and the Child • fennel • fiesta • First Contact Mode • ghost • gremlin • hobo-jungle • The Hut of Baba Yaga • Justaman curve • Kirk evasion • Kirk's Law • The Last of the Claudians • MacMurray Encounter • The Moscow Solution • Murphy's Law • New Federation Charter • Oath of Service • Royal High Minister Plenipotentiary in Total Command of the Universe • Royal Merchant Marine Emperor of the Galaxy • shadow-wraith • Space War • staplegun • Star-Colonel • Starfleet Charter • Starfleet Code • Starfleet Code of Ethics • Starside Syndrome • three-dimensional chess • Tiberian reverse • Trojan position • witch • The Worry of the Headstrong Captain

AnimalsEdit

ant • baboon • bear • bee • boa constrictor • chicken • chimpanzee • dog • dragon • dragonbird • duck • elephant • firefly • Great Bird of the Galaxy • horse • monkey • python • rat • sehlat • spider • stingfish

ClothingEdit

battle-suit • flash helmet • jacket • kilt • robe • sandle • shorts • singlet • slipper • spacesuit • spectacles • tunic • vest

Elements, compounds, and substancesEdit

adrenal-4 • antimatter • brass • coal • deo-five • glass • gold • hydrogen • krystallin-G • methane • mylar • natural gas • neoplast • nitrogen • oil • oxygen • plastic • plasti-flex • redwood

Food and DrinkEdit

alcohol • basil • butter • cake • chicken soup • dalm • drug-spice • E-ration • egg • fruit • gingerbread • sage • salad • salami • strawberry • tea • tomato • tuber

TechnologyEdit

communicator • flashbeam • growler • holo-tape • hypospray • impulse drive • infrared goggles • O-pack • prowler • ramjet • squirt • subspace radio • television • Transporter Coordinating Platform • tricorder

WeaponsEdit

bolo • cannon • crossbow • dart gun • disruptor • knife • laser • machete • O-field • paralyzer • phaser • phaser-cannon • spear • stungun • stun rifle

ChronologyEdit

720 BCE 

The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel are scattered across Asia by the Assyrians. (Referenced as example of missing peoples)

68 

The Julio-Claudian dynasty ends. (Referenced in Chapter 1 to explain Kirk's disdain over his middle name)

1587 

Roanoke Colony goes missing. (Referenced as example of missing peoples)

1700s 

The King of Hawaii was bargained with in a fashion that inspired James T. Kirk during the MacMurray Encounter. (Referenced in recap of MacMurray Encounter)

1997 

Admiral George La Forge commisions the USS Detroit for Starfleet. (Referenced in Chapter 1 by Kirk)

2082 

The Wanderer was built in Earth's Trojan position. (Referenced for historical framing)

2103 

Mars is settled by Earth colonists. Earth is divided between the L5 nations and the Third World nations. (Referenced as historical benchmark)

After the colonization of Mars 

The Wanderer leaves Earth orbit and begins traveling back and fourth through the Sol system providing transport out to the Jovian Colonies. (Referenced as historical benchmark)

2117 

The Marco Polo discovers Polo's Bolos. (Referenced to explain impending doom)

2100s 

The Lost Cometary Colony is never heard from again. (Referenced as example of lost peoples)

2161 

The New Federation Charter is signed by Spock's great-great-grandmother. (Referenced in The Elder and the Child)

2250 

Admiral La Forge recommends a young James T. Kirk to Starfleet Academy. (Referenced in Chapter 1 by Kirk)

Prior to Stardate 4496.1 

The United Federation of Planets surrenders unconditionally on the planet Noah. James T. Kirk is pronounced Royal High Minister Plenipotentiary in Total Command of the Universe by Royal Merchant Marine Emperor of the Galaxy MacMurray in the MacMurray Encounter. (Referenced as example of Kirk's policies)

After the MacMurray Encounter 

Starfleet institutes the Dissemination of Human Knowledge Policy. (Referenced as example of Kirk's influence)

2267 

The USS Enterprise travels to Mordred, Guinevere, Arthur, and the science station at Lancelot. (Referenced in Chapter 1 to frame story)

Stardate 4496.1 

The USS Enterprise locates a missing Human ship, the Wanderer. (Chapter 1)

Before Stardate 4523.3 

The USS Enterprise saves the Wanderer from Polo's Bolos and departs for Deep Space Station K-7. (Final Chapter)

AppendicesEdit

• Riley's command is a quotation of Admiral George Dewey's famous command from 1898, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley. Riley misquotes the name as 'Grisly', a mistake that was also used as a gag in Looney Tunes cartoons referencing the same quote.
• This novel references that Spock's great-great-grandmother had signed the New Federation Charter. Other sources mention his great-grandfather as a signatory of the Articles of the Federation. (ENT novel: Last Full Measure)

External LinksEdit

• The Galactic Whirlpool article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
Previous novel: Perry's Planet	TOS unnumbered novels	Next novel: Death's Angel
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Beneath the Skin Pages 12-19
Previous Adventure: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse	Pocket	Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribbles
Previous Adventure: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribbles