The Rift

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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 Science and technology 3.7 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Timeline 4.3 External link

[edit] Introduction (blurb)

Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on a planet hundreds of light years away - much too far to travel in a starship. Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplomats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar directly during the brief period of time that the rift will be open.

Mr. Spock leads the Federation party as they travel by shuttle through the rift just as a group of the aliens arrive in Federation space. The meetings go smoothly until the Calligar take Spock's party hostage and Kirk discovers that the aliens are keeping a deadly secret. With angry Tellarite and Andorian fleets ready to attack the Calligar, Kirk must save Spock and the others before war breaks out and the rift closes for another thirty-three years.

[edit] Summary

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[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Alt • Caitlin Barry • Boyajian • Phillip Boyce • Pavel Chekov • J. Mia Colt • Richard Daystrom • Dorkin • Ecma • Robert Fox • Garison • Hicks • Khund • James T. Kirk • Winona Kirk • Macro • Leonard McCoy • Meyer • Newman • Number One • Christopher Pike • Nils Pitcairn • Regger • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Stanzia • Hikaru Sulu • Thak • Tooch • José Tyler • Nyota Uhura • Vandor • Vina • Vincent • Viola • Yamata • Zyo

Referenced only 

Flaherty • Galahad • Ghu • God • Lancelot • Landru • Louis XIV of France • M-5 • Carol Marcus • David Marcus • John Muir • Oracle of the People • Santa Claus • Valdini • Venus

[edit] Starships and vehicles

Belligerent • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • USS Potemkin • Secord • Stealth • Yonada

Referenced only 

Andorian class D-3 ship

[edit] Locations

Argus X • Brigadoon • Delta Vega • Earth • Eminiar VII • Gamma Quadrant • Iowa • Jupiter • Luna • Rigel • Rimbor • Saturn • Starfleet Headquarters • Tellar • Uranus • Vega IX • Vulcan • Worldnet

Referenced only 

hall of heroes • madrigal

[edit] Races and cultures

Andorian • Calligar • Human • Klingon • Orion • Rigelian • Talosian • Tellarite • Vulcan

[edit] States and organizations

Federation Council • Federation Intergalactic Studies Council • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • United Federation of Planets

[edit] Science and technology

A3 Interface Module • cordrazine • dilithium • duotronic • holodeck • hyperdrive • Illidium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator • Jefferies tube • lithium • medibed • Model 83 Logic Integrator • television • timewarp • transparent aluminum • transwarp • tri-ox • warp-sled

[edit] Other

1812 Overture • cowboy • cyclops • Dixie • Down from Saturn and up Uranus • elephant • elf • Fly Me to the Moon • handshake • Harmony • horse • IDIC • Italian • jerk • knight • Latin • mukkup • Nobel Prize • pop • Prime Directive • Quakerism • Rigelian candigal • Rockabye Baby • snafu • snah phu • Spanish • turnip • tribble • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star • vodka • Vulcan lyre • waltz • wizard • Worldmind • Zankar-Bowles Prize • Z-Magnees Prize •

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Related stories

Stories featuring Christopher Pike
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • "Cloak and Dagger" • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • "The Fallen" • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" • "Alien Spotlight: Orions" • "Mirror Images, Issue 1" • "Mirror Images, Issue 2" • "Mirror Images, Issue 4" • "Mirror Images, Issue 5" • "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity" • "Spock: Reflections, Issue 2"
Novels		Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • "A Less Perfect Union" • To Thine Own Self
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"
Episodes		"The Cage" • "The Menagerie"	Movie	Star Trek

[edit] Timeline

• This story takes place in two time frames, in 2254 when the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and Christopher Pike makes first contact with the Calligar, shortly after "The Cage", and aboard the Enterprise-A in 2287, shortly after Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Published Order
Previous novel: Legacy	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: Faces of Fire
Previous story: Q-in-Law	Stories by: Peter David	Next story: The Disinherited
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Pathways Chapter 14, Section 2	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Pathways Chapter 14, Section 3
Previous adventure: Pathways Chapter 14, Section 2	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: "A Rude Awakening"
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2287. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: Burning Dreams Chapters 7 & 15	2254 Chapters 1-7	Next adventure: Burning Dreams Chapters 10 & 15

[edit] External link

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