To Brave the Storm
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| NOVEL | |
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| To Brave The Storm | |
| Cover by Doug Drexler | |
| Attribution | |
| Series: | Enterprise |
| Miniseries: | The Romulan War |
| Author(s): | Michael A. Martin |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Published: | trade paperback - October 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2156-2161 |
To Brave The Storm is a Star Trek: Enterprise novel published by Pocket Books in 2011. It is the second book in a multi-part story about The Romulan War miniseries, and a direct and concluding continuation of the narrative from Beneath the Raptor's Wing and other books in the Pocket's Enterprise novel series. It chronicles five years of Earth-Romulan War and the founding of the Federation.
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Publisher's description
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EARTH STANDS ALONE The Coalition of Planets has shattered, with Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar abrogating the treaty. Their pledge to come to the mutual defense of any power that is attacked has been shunted aside. Horrified by how easily the Romulans can seize control of their advanced starships, turning them into weapons, Andor and Tellar have joined Vulcan on the sidelines. Humanity is now the only thing that stands between the Romulan Star Empire and total domination of the galaxy.
To drive humans from the stars, the Romulans employ ruthless and murderous tactics . . . and even dare to strike on the Vulcan homeworld with the hopes of demoralizing their Vulcan brethren. Heartened by their victories, the Romulans carry their all-out war assault closer to the heart of humanity-Earth.
But the tattered remains of Starfleet stand unwavering, with the resolution that never again would any enemy strike ever reach Earth. On the front lines of the Earth- Romulan War is the United Earth flagship, the Starship Enterprise. Her captain, Jonathan Archer, has seen his vessel of exploration become a battleship. Once hailed for his work bringing the Coalition of Planets into existence, Archer is now a pariah. Undaunted, the captain keeps fighting, searching for allies and determined to do his duty: to save Earth and forge a new federation of planets.[1]
Summary
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With the rest of the Coalition having withdrawn from the war with the Romulans, Prime Minister Samuels chooses to conduct a purely defensive war. With Enterprise patrolling near Earth space, Archer begins to build a relationship with other races to try and get help and information.
On Vulcan, it is eventually discovered Romulan infiltrators were responsible for the Mount Seleya explosion. When Terix goes missing, Tucker goes after him, he finds he has regained his original memories and Tucker is captured by the Romulans. He is kept alive to help find the Ejhoi Ormiin's warp seven ships and, with Nijil having been executed for his involvement, the task of getting them operational is given to him.
The Romulans win their war with the Haakonans by deploying the Loque'eque virus and commit their full forces to the humans. Enterprise helps foil an attempt to bomb the Martian colony with explosives hidden in meteors and Lieutenant Mayweather, who uncovered the plot, rejoins the crew.
Tucker sends Enterprise a message saying the Romulans are gathering their forces at Cheron and Archer convinces Gardner to let him take a force there. The human fleet is outnumbered, despite the assistance of a group of privateers led by Shran and Kolos and Tucker providing the prefix codes. Tucker's minder T'Luadh, who he believes to be a Vulcan agent, gets him to an escape pod but it is later destroyed. The arrival of a group of Vulcan, Andorian and Tellarite ships sent by T'Pau sees the Romulans forced to retreat.
The Romulans sue for peace and, with Enterprise decomissioned, Archer is a signatory on the treaty and the Federation Charter. Valdore is assassinated by First Consul T'Leikha who is herself killed by Terix. T'Pau turns down a seat on the Federation and resigns as administrator, unhappy at being forced to order violence. Twenty-five years later, a journalist attempting to track T'Pol down for an interview catches a glimpse of the officially dead Tucker with her and their two children, posing as the family gardener.
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Characters
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- Ahrrek • Haroun al-Rashid • Jonathan Archer • Gannet Brooks • Mike Burch • George Casey • Cerebrar • Chulak • Costa • Crenq • Dagarth • Davis • Tobin Dax • Denak • Anishtalla zh'Dhaven • Thirijhamel zh'Dhaven • Drennik • Fraddok • Samuel Gardner • Genorex • Gora bim Gral • Selma Guitierrez • Bote J'Ref • W.M. Jefferies • Emily Jensen • Michael Kenmore • Khazara • Takashi Kimura • Kolos • Krell • L'Nel • Elrene Leydon • Jie Cong Li • Lydia Littlejohn • Lorian • Makar • Travis Mayweather • Rachel McCullers • M'Rek • Nijil • O'Malley • Donna O'Neill • Ogilvy • Phlox • Alexandre Robert Picard • Qaletaqu • R'Tal • Malcolm Reed • Rhadak • Hans Ruden • S'Ten • Miguel Salazar • Owen Salazar-Tucker • Nathan Samuels • Sarahd • Hoshi Sato • Shianek • Silok • Sitav • Skon • Soval • Stephens • Richard Stiles • Eric Stillwell • T'Luadh • T'Linaek • T'Maran • T'Met • T'Mir • T'Pak • T'Velekh • Taith • Talok • Terix • Thenir • Threl • Tivarh • T'Leikha • Tomal • T'Pau • T'Pol • T'Rama • Albert Tucker • Charles Tucker III • Pell Underhill • Anlenthoris ch'Vhendreni • Valdore i'Kaleh tr'Ihaimehn • Thomas Vanderbilt • Ych'a • Yienek • Grethe Zhor
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- Amarcan • Zefram Cochrane • Elizabeth Cutler • Daniels • Lela Dax • Duvall • Ehrehin • Einstein • C. S. Forester • Gaavrin • Harris • Jennings • Kaitaama • Rebecca Mayweather • Nash McEvoy • John Milton • Karzan • Keisha Naquase • Martin Niemöller • Tinh Hoc Phuong • Porthos • Carlos Ramirez • William Shakespeare • Skalaar • Solkar • Sophocles • Surak • Syrran • T'Vet • V'Las • Vrax
Locations
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- 83 Leonis A • 83 Leonis B • Alpha Centauri • Alpha Centauri III • Andoria • Bayview Heights • Beta Quadrant • Bradbury Spaceport • Candlestick Auditorium • Carraya sector • Cheron • Dartha • Draylax • Earth • Earth Outpost 1 • Earth Station McKinley • Galorndon Core • Gamma Hydra sector • Gasko II • Haakona • Hall of Deliberation • Hall of State • Iceberg Fourteen • Mars • Nevasa • New Chicago • New Samarkand • Northern Wastes • Palace of Technology • Pi 3 Orionis system • Prantares • Presidio • Qam-Chee • Qo'noS • Quebec sector • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus • San Francisco • Shikahr • Sol system • Starfleet Headquarters • Surak's Peak • T'Khut • T'Klass's Pillar • Vissia • Vissia Prime • Vorkado system • Vulcan
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- Adigeon Prime • Africa • Altair VI • Antarctica • Apnex Sea • Arizona • Atacama Desert • B'Saari II • Calder II • Carraya IV • Caves of Mak'ala • Charon • Chile • Coridan Prime • Deimos • Delphic Expanse • Delta Pavonis • Deneva • Earth Outpost 2 • Europe • Eyjafjallajökull • Fire Plains • Florida • Gamma Tucanae • Germany • Glintara • Henry Archer Hall • Iceland • Ireland • Iota Virginis • Iuruth City • Iveragh Peninsula • Jia'anKahr City • Krios Prime • Madrid • Margaritifer Terra • McMurdo Dry Valleys • Mount Seleya • Mount Tarhana • Mu Arae • N'Vak colony • Palais de la Concorde • Phobos • Pluto • Qu'Vat colony • Romulan Neutral Zone • Sagan Station • Sahara Desert • Saturn • Scottsdale • Tarsus IV • Tellar • Tenebia • Times Square • Trill • Tunis • Utopia Planitia • Urquat • Voroth Sea • Vulcan's Forge • Vuldi Gorge • Yosemite National Park
Starships and vehicles
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- USS A.G. Robinson (Daedalus-class) • IRW Aoi'fvienn • USS Armstrong (Daedalus-class) • automobile • IRW Dabhae • Eireth • Enterprise (NX-class) • escape pod • USS Franklin Roosevelt (Daedalus-class) • Grukhai • hovercar • Intrepid (Intrepid-class) • USS Jein (Daedalus-class) • Kilhra'en • Khuea • ChR Nel Trenco • USS Okuda (Daedalus-class) • IRW Pontilus • ChR Ra'kholh • IRW Raon • Republic (Intrepid-class) • Sepok (D'Kyr-class) • Shuttlepod 1 • ChR Terrh'Dhael
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- USS Cowpens • USS Gettysburg • ECS Horizon • ECS Kobayashi Maru • USS Lovell • USS Nez Perce • Nyran • Phoenix • USS William Clark
Races and cultures
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- Aenar • Andorian • Denobulan • Draylaxian • Human • Klingon • Neethian • Romulan • Tellarite • Tenebian • Trill • Vulcan • Vissian
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- Arkonian • B'Saari • Haakonan • Kreetassan • Kriosian • Loque'eque • M'klexa • Nausicaan • Orion • Retellian • Takret • Yridian • Xindi
States and organizations
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- Andorian Imperial Guard • Coalition of Planets • Coalition of Planets Security Council • Cochrane Institute • Confederacy of Vulcan • Continuing Committee • Dytallix-Barsoon Resource Extraction Corporation • Earth Starfleet • Ejhoi Ormiin • Federation News Service • Grand Moot • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Military Assault Command Operations • Romulan Star Empire • Section 31 • Solarcorp News Service • Starfleet Command • Tal Shiar • United Earth • United Earth Space Probe Agency • United Federation of Planets • V'Shar • Vulcan Defense Force
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- Bureau of Extraterrestrial Resource Extraction • Federation Council • Orion Syndicate • Romulan Senate • Royal Navy • San Francisco 49ers • San Francisco Giants • Starfleet Corps of Engineers • Starfleet Intelligence • Terra Prime • Terraforming Aurthority • Vulcan Diplomatic Service • Vulcan Science Academy
Ranks and titles
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- Administrator • admiral • advocate • ambassador • armory officer • captain • centurion • Chancellor of the Klingon Empire • chief engineer • chief medical officer • chief technologist • colonel • commander • commodore • corporal • crewman • decurion • doctor • ensign • First Consul • first officer • First Monarch • Foreign Minister of Tellar • Foreign Minister of the Andorian Empire • Foreign Minister of the Confederacy of Vulcan • general • Grand Moot Moderator • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • major • Martian Representative • Minister • Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire • President of United Earth • private • Senator • sergeant • Special Aenar Representative • special agent • subaltern • subcenturion • subcommander • uhlan • United Earth Environment Minister • United Earth Interior Minister • United Earth Prime Minister • vice admiral • Vissian Minister of Science • Vulcan Peace Minister
Events
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- Battle of Cheron • Battle of Galorndon Core • Battle of Gamma Hydra • Battle of Prantares • Battle of Vorkado
Other references
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- alam-vedik • Allies • atomic warhead • avaihh lli vastam • Axioms • baseball • bat'leth • beaver • biobed • Blue Horizon • catfish • Coalition Compact • cobalt • cogenitor • Communism • cosmozoa • decontamination chamber • dilithium • disruptor • Earth-Romulan War • environmental suit • eolh iarr'voi • escape pod • executive order • favinit • Federation Charter • Federation Day • First Battle of Altair VI • flea • football • Flying Dutchman • g'teth • gespar • grappler • gravitic mine • gravity plating • Green Sahara • harmonica • heliopause • helium • HemQuch • hla-meth • Honor Blade • Hornblower and the Hotspur • hydrogen • i'su'ke • ic'tan • Kal Rekk • katra • Kir'Shara • lanka-gar • laser • le-matya • Levodian flu • magnetic boots • magnesium • mind meld • Napoleonic Wars • nar'ru • Newstime • Old Common Andorian • Old High Vulcan • Operation Hotspur • Pa'nar Syndrome • padd • Paradise Lost • Permanent Embargo on Technology Transfers to Immature Civilizations Act • phase pistol • phase rifle • photonic torpedo • platinum • plomeek • post-traumatic stress • pulse cannon • QuchHa' • Rigelian fever • Right of Statement • rillan gourd • Romulan mind probe • Second Battle of Altair VI • shelthreth • sickbay • Siphonaptera • sous • Suus Mahna • symbiosis • Syn lara • tactical alert • targ • The Teachings of Surak • tractor beam • transporter • Treaty of Versailles • trellium • trinesium • tungsten • turbolift • V'tosh ka'tur • Valentine's Day • verteron array • voreborer • warp coil • whiskey • World War I • windshield wiper • Year of Kahless
Timeline
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Chronology
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| Published Order | ||
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| Previous novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing | ENT novels | Next novel: Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures |
- 2011, October, first published in mass market paperback by Pocket Books.
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Background
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Related stories
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- ENT episode: "Minefield"- Malcolm Reed references the time his leg was impaled by a Romulan mine.
- ENT episode: "Zero Hour"- During the signing of the Federation Charter, Archer considers how his younger self is watching the ceremony.
- ENT episodes: "Affliction", "Divergence"- Phlox's assistance in helping the Klingons survive hurts Earth's chances of gaining assistance from the Empire.
- ENT episode: "Kir'Shara"- T'Pau recalls helping heal T'Pol's Pa'nar Syndrome.
- ENT episode: "These Are the Voyages..."- Charles Tucker acts confused about when his "death" took place: after the signing of the Coalition Compact or the Federation Charter.
- ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru- Archer references the disaster involving the destruction of the ECS Kobayashi Maru multiple times.
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- ↑ http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Star-Trek-Enterprise-Romulan-War-Michael-A-Martin/9781451607154-item.html?ikwid=star+trek&ikwsec=Books%7CChapters-Indigo, retrieved August 28, 2011.
External link
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- To Brave the Storm article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.