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A renegade ship's captain threatens the USS Enterprise and the Federation!

Summary

From the book jacket: The USS Enterprise is assigned to the planet K'Trall – a planet just coming out from under the heel of barbarous suppression. When the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rogue ship attacking Federation shipping, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids.

But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to resurgence of the despotic cruelty they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Captain Picard must see his way past a maze of deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.

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The Enterprise is sent to the planet K'Trall near the Romulan Neutral Zone, to deal with a pirate that has been disrupting shipping in the area. He is called Blaze, and has at his disposal a refitted Constitution-class vessel. Blaze's ship, dubbed the Glory, even has a cloaking device installed and manages to damage the Enterprise in a sneak attack.

J'drahn, the overlord of K'trall, seems reluctant to offer his assistance in capturing Blaze, and Captain Picard becomes suspicious. He sends Riker, La Forge, and Lt. Dorn, a security officer from Starbase 37, on an undercover mission. Posing as disgraced spacers, the three manage to become a part of Blaze's crew.

Picard soon becomes convinced that J'drahn is in league with Blaze. Unfortunately, the only man that can stop him is his father, the war-hero General H'druhn. The general, however, refuses to believe anything bad about his son.

Hoping that he can convince H'druhn of the truth, Picard rescues Colonel Z'gral, an old friend of the general. While there, the captain learns that the Romulans have a large force on K'Trall and are planning to assassinate General H'druhn.

Aboard the Glory, Riker discovers that Blaze's first mate is a spy for the Romulans, and that there is a cloaked Warbird in puruit of the Enterprise. He manages to get off a warning message, but is badly wounded, and Lt. Dorn is killed. Blaze himself kills the traitor and saves Riker's life.

With the Glory's help, the Enterprise defeats the Romulans in space and thwart General H'druhn's assassination. Blaze is allowed to leave with his ship, but must restrict his piracy to Romulan space.

Memorable quotes

"There he goes," said Riker. He shook his head. "The Romulans outfitted his ship, and now he's going to use it against them. That's what I call nerve."
"It's what I call poetic justice," said Picard.

- Riker and Picard

Background information

Story is set before TNG: "Force of Nature".

Characters

Jean-Luc Picard
William T. Riker
Geordi La Forge

References

USS Enterprise-D

External link

Blaze of Glory (novel) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-'''Blaze of Glory (novel)'''
 ''A renegade ship's captain threatens the USS ''Enterprise'' and the Federation!''
-==Book Jacket==
+== Summary ==
+;From the book jacket
-:''The [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'']] is assigned to the [[planet]] K'Trall- a planet just coming out from under the heel of barbarous suppression. When the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rouge ship attacking [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] shipping, [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and his crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids.''
+:''The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}} is assigned to the [[planet]] K'Trall &ndash; a planet just coming out from under the heel of barbarous suppression. When the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rogue ship attacking [[Federation]] shipping, [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and his crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids.''
-:''But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to ressurgence of the despotic cruelty they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Captain Picard must see his way past a maze of deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.''
+:''But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to resurgence of the despotic cruelty they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Captain Picard must see his way past a maze of deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.''
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+The ''Enterprise'' is sent to the planet K'Trall near the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]], to deal with a [[pirate]] that has been disrupting shipping in the area.  He is called Blaze, and has at his disposal a refitted {{Class|Constitution}} vessel.  Blaze's ship, dubbed the ''Glory'', even has a [[cloaking device]] installed and manages to damage the ''Enterprise'' in a sneak attack.
-==Plot Summary==
+J'drahn, the overlord of K'trall, seems reluctant to offer his assistance in capturing Blaze, and Captain Picard becomes suspicious.  He sends [[William T. Riker|Riker]], [[Geordi La Forge|La Forge]], and Lt. Dorn, a [[security officer]] from [[Starbase|Starbase 37]], on an undercover mission.  Posing as disgraced spacers, the three manage to become a part of Blaze's crew.
-''Chapter Summary needed''
+Picard soon becomes convinced that J'drahn is in league with Blaze.  Unfortunately, the only man that can stop him is his father, the war-hero General H'druhn.  The general, however, refuses to believe anything bad about his son.
-<!--
-==Background Information==
-* ''Background Info needed''
+Hoping that he can convince H'druhn of the truth, Picard rescues Colonel Z'gral, an old friend of the general.  While there, the captain learns that the [[Romulan]]s have a large force on K'Trall and are planning to assassinate General H'druhn.
-===Memorable Quotes===
-* ''Quotes needed'' -->
+Aboard the ''Glory'', Riker discovers that Blaze's first mate is a [[spy]] for the Romulans, and that there is a cloaked [[Warbird]] in puruit of the ''Enterprise''.  He manages to get off a warning message, but is badly wounded, and Lt. Dorn is killed.  Blaze himself kills the traitor and saves Riker's life.
+With the ''Glory''{{'}}s help, the ''Enterprise'' defeats the Romulans in space and thwart General H'druhn's assassination.  Blaze is allowed to leave with his ship, but must restrict his piracy to Romulan space.
-==Characters==
-* [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
+== Memorable quotes ==
+"There he goes," said Riker.  He shook his head.  "The Romulans outfitted his ship, and now he's going to use it against them.  That's what I call nerve."<br />
+"It's what I call poetic justice," said Picard.
+: - '''Riker''' and '''Picard'''
+== Background information ==
-==References==
+* Story is set before {{TNG|Force of Nature}}.
-[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)]]
+== Characters ==
+; [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
+; [[William T. Riker]]
+; [[Geordi La Forge]]
+== References ==
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