NOVELIZATION
Trials and Tribble-ations
Attribution
Series:	Deep Space Nine
Author(s):	Diane Carey
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - 1 December 1996
Pages:	180
ISBN:	ISBN 0671009028
EPISODE
Story by:	Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Teleplay by:	Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria
Directed by:	Jonathan West
Episode no.:	5x06
Production no.:	503
First aired:	4 November 1996
Chronology
Date:	2373/2267
Stardate:	4523.3 - 4523.7

When the Defiant is sent back in time, Sisko and his crew must stop a vengeful Klingon spy from killing Starfleet's most famous member - James T. Kirk.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 DS9-era characters 2.1.1 Main 2.1.2 Other 2.2 TOS-era characters 2.2.1 Main 2.2.2 Novelization only 2.2.3 Other 2.3 Referenced 3 References 3.1 Locations 3.2 Species 3.3 Starships and small craft 3.4 States and Organizations 3.5 Other 4 Information 5 Related Stories 6 Images 7 Connections

SummaryEdit

Almost a century ago, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise first encountered the irresistible (and astonishingly prolific) lifeform known as the tribbles, resulting in one of the most unusual adventures in the annals of Starfleet. Now Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are transported back in time to that historic occasion, where Darvin, a devious Klingon spy, plots revenge against Captain Kirk. Using the seemingly harmless tribbles, Darvin attempts to destroy Kirk - but for the misplaced residents of Deep Space 9, saving the original Enterprise will be nothing but "tribble."

CharactersEdit

DS9-era charactersEdit

MainEdit

• Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
• Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
• Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
• Worf, son of Mogh (Michael Dorn)
• Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
• Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
• Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
• Quark (Armin Shimerman)

OtherEdit

• Barry Waddle (Charlie Brill)
• Dulmer (Jack Blessing)
• Gariff Lucsly (Jim Jansen)
• Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
• Arlan (James Lee Stanley)
• Nevis

TOS-era charactersEdit

MainEdit

• James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
• Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
• Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley)
• Montgomery Scott (James Doohan)
• Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols)
• Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig)

Novelization onlyEdit

• Fitzpatrick
• Koloth

OtherEdit

• Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams)
• Arne Darvin (Charlie Brill)
• Jerry Freeman (Paul Baxley)
• Lurry (Whit Bissell)
• Korax (Michael Pataki)
• Walt Mathison (Guy Raymond)
• Dave Galloway (David Ross)
• Nilz Baris (William Schallert)
• Ed Leslie (Eddie Paskey)
• Dierdre Watley (Deirdre Imershein)
• Security officer (David Gerrold)
• Engineering lieutenant (Charles Chun)
• Roger Lemli

ReferencedEdit

James Cook • Curzon Dax • Emony Dax • Kenneth Dodge • Francis Drake • Leif Ericson • Father Fitzpatrick • Gorn captain • Jonah • Kandal • Nadee • Horatio Nelson • Keiko O'Brien • Seledon

ReferencesEdit

LocationsEdit

Cardassia • Deep Space 9 • Deep Space Station K-7 • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office

Referenced only 

Antares system • Atlantic Ocean • Bajor • Cambridge • Canada • Cestus III • Earth • England • Hall of Warriors • Inverness • Iota Geminorum IV • Ireland • Miami • Mississippi • Russia • Scotland • Sherman's Planet

SpeciesEdit

Bajoran • Changeling • Ferengi • Human • Klingon • Trill • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Cardassian • Gorn

Starships and small craftEdit

Class F shuttlecraft • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • IKS Gr'oth (D7-class) USS Nash (Sydney-class) • Spacematic

Referenced only 

USS Hood • USS Lexington • moon shuttle • RMS Titanic

States and OrganizationsEdit

Bajoran Militia • Federation Department of Temporal Investigations • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Referenced only 

Earth Navy • Klingon High Command • Imperial Intelligence • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Medical • University of Mississippi

OtherEdit

aircraft carrier • alternate timeline • Antarean glow water • antimatter • antimatter pod • Bajoran prophecy • biotechnology • Blarney Stone • chicken sandwich • chroniton • cloaking device • coffee • command division • communicator • deep space station • Denebian slime devil • duotronic • fish juice • food synthesizer • garbage scow • gemstone • genetic engineering • gymnastics • "Earther" • Halloween • internal sensor • keva • Klingonese • medical tricorder • milliwat • navigational computer • Occupation of Bajor • operations division • orb • Orb of Prophecy and Change • Orb of Time • Orb of Wisdom • PADD • predestination paradox • priority one • q'apla • quadrotriticale • raktajino • Regulan bloodworm • sciences division • shore leave • space station • Spican flame gem • stardate • Starfleet rules, regulations and exams • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) • subspace silence • Tarkalean tea • technical journal • temporal investigator • temporal mechanics • temporal violation • three-dimensional chess • transporter • transtator • tribble • tricobalt • tricobalt device • tricorder • trillium • triticale • turbolift • Undersecretary for Agriculture • viewscreen • warp nacelle • wheat • yeoman

InformationEdit

• The writer of the TOS episode The Trouble with Tribbles, David Gerrold, had a cameo in the episode as an Enterprise crewman. Gerrold also wrote the introduction for the novelization. Ronald D. Moore wrote the afterword.
• The Ebook The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations focuses on the episode.

Related StoriesEdit

• The Trouble With Tribbles (TOS episode and novelization)

This episode is a sequel to and takes place in within the events of The Trouble With Tribbles.

• "Blood Oath"

Established Jadzia and Curzon's relationship with Koloth.

• Old Souls (DS9 short story - The Lives of Dax)

Depicts Emony Dax meeting Leonard McCoy as referenced in this episode.

• Tribbles on Deep Space 9

The consequences of tribble infestation of DS9 are depicted in the comic Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen and the New Worlds, New Civilizations short story Second Chances.

• Dulmur and Lucsly

The Temporal Investigations personnel have appeared in a number of stories, including: Trapped in Time, "Gods, Fate, and Fractals", "Almost... But Not Quite", "The Road to Edos" and the Star Trek Online novel The Needs of the Many. They are also mentioned in the Star Trek: Section 31 novel Rogue as having interviewed Jean-Luc Picard about the events of Star Trek: First Contact. DTI: Watching the Clock, and the novel about the Department of Temporal Investigations (including Dulmur and Lucsly).

• Tribbles

Tribbles have appeared in many other stories, see the Tribble article for a more complete listing. Following "Trials and Tribble-ations", "The Tribbles' Pagh" shows them arriving on Bajor.

• Imbalance (TNG novel)

Further information on the O'Brien family in Dublin is revealed in this novel.

ImagesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

• Trials and Tribble-ations (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Trials and Tribble-ations (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Trials and Tribble-ations article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

published order
Previous novelization: The Way of the Warrior	DS9 novelizations	Next novelization: Call to Arms...
Previous episode: The Assignment	DS9 episode produced	Next episode: Let He Who Is Without Sin...
Previous episode: The Assignment	DS9 episode aired	Next episode: Let He Who Is Without Sin...
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Sacred Ground	Pocket	Next Adventure: Future's End
Previous Adventure: Honor Bound	Deep Space Nine Adventures	Next Adventure: Let He Who Is Without Sin...
Previous Adventure: Beneath the Skin	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribals
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2373. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe:
Previous Adventure: The Trouble with Tribbles concurrently with Trials and Tribble-ations	2267	Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribals