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With a dangerous cargo at stake, Commander Sisko must battle a band of hijackers!
Antimatter is a Pocket DS9 novel – #8 in the numbered series – written by John Vornholt. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in November 1994.
Summary[]
- From the book jacket
- The Bajoran shipyard is assigned to build an engine for a new starship, a project which could be instrumental in revitalizing the planet's war-ravished economy. As Commander Sisko awaits the arrival of a tanker containing the antimatter that will power the starship, a band of hijackers captures the extremely valuable cargo and escapes through the wormhole.
- When the hijacking spurs a political debate, Major Kira struggles to mediate the dispute between the opposing factions. Meanwhile, Sisko makes a desperate move to retrieve the antimatter. With the stability of the Bajoran economy at stake, Sisko, Dax, and Odo infiltrate the hijackers, a move that could have deadly consequences for them and the planet Bajor.
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Background information[]
- As with Rogue Saucer, author John Vornholt was inspired by passages from the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual; on this occasion, the discussion of antimatter transfer using tankers in Section 5.4: Antimatter Storage and Transfer. (Voyages of Imagination, pp. 232-233)
- This is one of few novels which have a Starfleet vessel constructed on a planetary surface, this case the Ambassador-class vessel Hannibal.
Characters[]
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket DS9 characters.
Regular and recurring characters[]
- Benjamin Sisko
- Starfleet commander, the CO of Deep Space 9.
- Kira Nerys
- Odo
- Julian Bashir
- Jadzia Dax
- Quark
- Jake Sisko
- Miles O'Brien
External link[]
- Antimatter at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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