NOVEL
The Pandora Principle
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 49
Author(s):	Carolyn Clowes
Publication information
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	paperback - April 1990
Pages:	273
ISBN:	ISBN 0671658158
Chronology
Date:	2281

The Federation faces extinction from an awesome new weapon!—The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes, was the 49th novel published as part of Pocket Books's numbered series of TOS books, released in April 1990.

Contents 1 Description 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.3.1 Shipboard locations 3.3.2 Planetary locales 3.3.3 Outposts and establishments 3.3.4 Planets and planetoids 3.3.5 Stars and systems 3.3.6 Stellar regions 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Technology and weapons 3.7 Materials and substances 3.7.1 Food and drink 3.8 Lifeforms 3.9 Communications and language 3.10 Ranks and titles 3.11 Other references 4 Chronology 5 Appendices 5.1 Images 5.2 Connections 5.3 External link

DescriptionEdit

A Romulan bird-of-prey mysteriously drifts over the Romulan Neutral Zone and into Federation territory. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise investigate, only to find the ship dead in space. When Starfleet orders the derelict ship brought to Earth for examination, the Enterprise returns home with perhaps her greatest prize.

But the bird-of-prey carries a dangerous cargo, a deadly force that is soon unleashed in the heart of the Federation. Suddenly, the only hope for the Federation's survival lies buried in the tortured memory of Commander Spock's protégée, a cadet named Saavik. Together, Spock and Saavik must return to the nightmare world of Saavik's birth—a planet called Hellguard, to discover the secret behind the Romulans' most deadly threat of all…

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Achernar • Bradley • Pavel Chekov • Conklin • Fred DiMuro • Malcomb Dorish • Janet Goldman • Robert Harper • Maxim Kinski • James T. Kirk • James Komack • Jessie Korbet • Leonard McCoy • Michaels • Nelson • Heihachiro Nogura • Obo • Ayla Renn • El-Idorn Rakir • Richards • Saavik • Salok • Sarek • Montgomery Scott • Spock • George Stocker • S'tvan • Hikaru Sulu • Tahn • Nyota Uhura • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • unnamed Dantrians • unnamed Humans • unnamed Romulans • unnamed Starfleet personnel • unnamed Vulcans

Referenced only 

Katia Harper • T'Pren • T'Pau • T'Sai

Starships and vehiclesEdit

Achernar's transport • Federation travel pod • unnamed Romulan starships (Romulan bird-of prey, Romulan warship, other attacking ships)

Enterprise-subclass (Constitution refit) class XI heavy cruiser 

USS Constitution • USS Enterprise • USS Potemkin

Vulcan survey ships 

Constant • Criterion • Diversity • Perceptor • Symmetry

LocationsEdit

Shipboard locationsEdit

USS Enterprise 

bridge • corridor • engineering • quarters (Spock's, Kirk's, Saavik's) • sickbay • turbolift

Romulan bird-of-prey 

bridge • corridor • engineering • quarters (Commander's) • sickbay • turbolift

Planetary localesEdit

Earth 

Life City • San Francisco

Vulcan 

Gol

Outposts and establishmentsEdit

Starfleet Headquarters • The Vault • Spacedock • Starfleet Academy

Referenced only 

Gamma Eridani research station • Gol • Starbase 10

Planets and planetoidsEdit

Earth • Hellguard (Romulan worlds)

Referenced only 

Belandros • Dantria IV • Mars • Vulcan

Stars and systemsEdit

872 Trianguli • Sol

Referenced only 

Dantria • Gamma Eridani • Vulcan system

Stellar regionsEdit

Romulan Neutral Zone • the galaxy

Referenced only 

Gamma Hydra sector

Races and culturesEdit

Belandrid • Dantrian • Human • Vulcan • Romulan

Referenced only 

Klingon • Orion

States and organizationsEdit

United Federation of Planets • Federation Council • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • Romulan Star Empire • The Ten • Vulcan Council

Technology and weaponsEdit

airlock • blade • cloaking device • CoffeeTech • command chair • communicator • computer • dagger • damping field • environmental suit • food synthesizer • hand-held weapon • impulse engine • intercom • life support • log buoy • paper • pencil • phaser • phaser pistol • photon torpedo • pistol • plasma torpedo • record tape • recorder • servo-miner • ship-mounted weapon • signal buoy • space station • starship • sword • torpedo launcher • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • universal translator • viewscreen • warp coil • warp engine

Materials and substancesEdit

antimatter • atom • blood • bloodstone • coolant • cyanide • dilithium • element • neutronium • silicon

Food and drinkEdit

alcohol • ale • coffee • Glenlivet • potato • ration pack • Romulan ale • Romulan wine • Scotch • wine

LifeformsEdit

animal • bird • flower • humanoid • lizard • plant • Vulcanoid

Communications and languageEdit

distress call • Planetary Contingency Code • Romulan language • Rosecrypt • Vulcan language

Ranks and titlesEdit

adjutant • admiral • ambassador • cadet • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • commodore • communications officer • doctor • engineer • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • first officer • fleet admiral • healer • helmsman • IDIC • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • midshipman • officer • praetor • president • President of the United Federation of Planets • rear admiral • science officer • security • security chief • specialist • subcommander • tactical officer • technician • weapons officer

Other referencesEdit

alien • baseball • binary star • calendar • clothing • colony • communication • day • desert • DNA • earthquake • electromagnetism • emotion • fifth planets • galaxy • gamma ray • genetic hybrid • government • Grand Design • gravity • hour • Kolinahr • language • law • lifeform • light • logic • matter • memory • meter • mind meld • minute • molecular virus • moon • nation-state • Neutral Zone Treaty • ops manual • orbit • planet • planetary classification • pon farr • races and cultures • rank • rape • red alert • religion • sector • space • spectroanalysis • sports and games • star • star system • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • suicide • technology • third planets • time • title • treaty • tree • uniform • virus • weapon • yellow alert

ChronologyEdit

See the continuing voyages of the USS Enterprise

2274 

Enterprise attempts to rescue T'Pren, Spock pursues her origin on Hellguard. (A year prior to Spock's tutelage of Saavik)

2275 

Spock attempts to civilize Saavik. (Six years prior to the story)

2281 

Saavik enters the Academy, Enterprise discovers the derelict. (Date of Academy entrance in ST reference: Star Trek Chronology')

AppendicesEdit

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous novel: Rules of Engagement	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: Doctor's Orders
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Foundations, Book Three Chapters 2-7	Pocket	Next Adventure: Dwellers in the Crucible
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2281. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: Pawns and Symbols Chapters 9-14, Epilogue	2274 Chapter 1	Next Adventure: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh (Chapter 22)

External linkEdit

• The Pandora Principle article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.