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Two friends are divided by a question of life or death!

Summary

From the book jacket: Continuing the powerful story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped shape a Starfleet captain...

Gary Mitchell is dead, killed by his best friend for the sake of his ship. As Captain Kirk returns home in sadness, he recalls the first time he held Gary's life in his hands: Seven years earlier, the two men have been assigned to the USS Constitution, Gary as chief navigator and Kirk as second officer, when the starship comes to the defense of an alien world menaced by ruthless invaders. An early attack leaves both the captain and the first officer in comas, and Jim Kirk must take command for the first time. He finds himself with only one chance to defeat the heavily armed enemy – but the cost may be Gary Mitchell's life!

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Background information

Second book in Michael Jan Friedman's three part My Brother's Keeper series.
On the cover artwork, the assignment patch of the Constitution is shown to be a wedge-shaped variation of the standard Enterprise arrowhead, specifically a version missing the lower point on the right side of the insignia.

Characters

James T. Kirk
Gary Mitchell
Augenthaler: Captain of Constitution.
Serling: Captain of Defiant.
Garrovick (Captain): Referred to as late captain of Farragut.
Ibrach: Klingon captain of Stormwind.
Stiles: Enterprise navigator. Lieutenant.

References

File:Constitution class, NCC-1700, Datalore.jpg

Diagram of USS Constitution

USS Carolina: Federation starship.
Constitution-class
USS Constitution: Constitution-class Federation starship of Captain Augenthaler. Kirk serves as second officer, and Mitchell as navigator.

USS Defiant orbiting Earth, 2155 — *Defiant*

USS Defiant: Constitution-class Federation starship of Captain Serling.
Delta Vega: Planet where Mitchell dies.
D7-class

USS Enterprise, TOS opening credits — *Enterprise*

USS Enterprise: Constitution-class Federation starship that Kirk ends up commanding.

Constitutions formation — *Excalibur*, *Lexington* and *Potemkin* in formation

USS Excalibur: Constitution-class Federation starship.
USS Farragut: Constitution-class Federation starship of Captain Garrovick.
Klingons
USS Lexington: Constitution-class Federation starship.
USS Potemkin: Constitution-class Federation starship.
USS Republic: Constitution-class Federation starship.
IKS Stormwind (β): Klingon D7 of Captain Ibrach.

External link

Constitution at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Constitution Novel.jpg|200px|Cover image.]]
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+| Author            = [[Michael Jan Friedman]]
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+| Artist            = [[Dru Blair]]
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+| Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
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+| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #86<br />[[My Brother's Keeper]] #2
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+| Published         = {{m|January|1999}}
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+| Pages             = 288
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+| Year              = [[2259]], [[2265]]
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+| ISBN              = 0671019198<br />ISBN 0743454030 (eBook)<br />{{ASIN|B000FBJHDK}} (Kindle)
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-| class="even" | ISBN 0671019198
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-''Two friends are divided by a question of life or death!
-==Summary==
+== Summary ==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''Continuing the powerful story of [[James T. Kirk|Jim Kirk's]] lost friend, the man who helped shape a [[Starfleet]] [[captain]]...
+:''Continuing the powerful story of [[James T. Kirk|Jim Kirk]]'s lost friend, the man who helped shape a [[Starfleet]] [[captain]]...''
-:''[[Gary Mitchell]] is dead, killed by his best friend for the sake of [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|his ship]]. As Captain Kirk returns home in sadness, he recalls the first time he held Gary's life in his hands: Seven years earlier, the two men have been assigned to the [[USS Constitution]], Gary as chief [[navigator]] and Kirk as [[second officer]], when the starship comes to the defense of an [[alien]] [[planet|world]] menaced by ruthless invaders. An early attack leaves both the captain and the first officer in comas, and Jim Kirk must take command for the first time. He finds himself with only one chance to defeat the heavily armed enemy -- but the cost may be Gary Mitchell's life!
+:''[[Gary Mitchell]] is dead, killed by his best friend for the sake of [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|his ship]]. As Captain Kirk returns home in sadness, he recalls the first time he held Gary's life in his hands: Seven years earlier, the two men have been assigned to the {{USS|Constitution}}, Gary as chief [[navigator]] and Kirk as [[second officer]], when the starship comes to the defense of an [[alien]] [[planet|world]] menaced by ruthless invaders. An early attack leaves both the captain and the first officer in comas, and Jim Kirk must take command for the first time. He finds himself with only one chance to defeat the heavily armed enemy &ndash; but the cost may be Gary Mitchell's life!''
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 FURTHER SUMMARY
+==Memorable quotes==
-==Quotes==
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+ -->
+== Background information ==
+* Second book in [[Michael Jan Friedman]]'s three part ''[[My Brother's Keeper]]'' series.
+* On the cover artwork, the [[assignment patch]] of the ''Constitution'' is shown to be a wedge-shaped variation of the standard ''Enterprise'' arrowhead, specifically a version missing the lower point on the right side of the [[insignia]].
-==Background==
+== Characters ==
-BGINFO -->
-==Characters==
 ;[[James T. Kirk]]
 ;[[Gary Mitchell]]
-;Augenthaler : Captain of [[USS Constitution|''Constitution'']].
+;Augenthaler : Captain of ''[[USS Constitution|Constitution]]''.
-;Serling : Captain of [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']].
+;Serling : Captain of ''[[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|Defiant]]''.
-;[[Garrovick (Captain)]]: Referred to as late captain of [[USS Farragut|''Farragut'']].
+;[[Garrovick (Captain)]]: Referred to as late captain of ''[[USS Farragut (23rd century)|Farragut]]''.
 ;Ibrach : Klingon captain of ''Stormwind''.
+;{{dis|Stiles|Lieutenant}}: ''Enterprise'' navigator. Lieutenant.
+== References ==
-;[[Stiles (Lieutenant)]]: ''Enterprise'' navigator.
+[[File:Constitution class, NCC-1700, Datalore.jpg|thumb|Diagram of USS ''Constitution'']]
+;{{USS|Carolina|23rd century}} : Federation starship.
-==References==
+;{{Class|Constitution}}
-[[Image:USS Constitution (Datalore).jpg|thumb|150px|Diagram of USS ''Constitution''.]]
+;{{USS|Constitution}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship of Captain Augenthaler. Kirk serves as second officer, and Mitchell as navigator.
-;[[USS Carolina|USS ''Carolina'']] : Federation starship.
+[[File:USS Defiant orbiting Earth, 2155.jpg|thumb|''Defiant'']]
-;[[Constitution class|''Constitution''-class]]
-;[[USS Constitution|USS ''Constitution'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship of Captain Augenthaler. Kirk serves as second officer, and Mitchell as navigator.
+;{{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship of Captain Serling.
-[[Image:Defiant-NCC1764overEarth.jpg|thumb|150px|''Defiant''.]]
-;[[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|USS ''Defiant'' (NCC-1764)]] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship of Captain Serling.
 ;[[Delta Vega]] : [[Planet]] where Mitchell dies.
-;[[D-7 class]]
+;{{class|D7}}
-[[Image:Ent1701mk2 orbit comp.jpg|thumb|150px|''Enterprise''.]]
+[[File:USS Enterprise, TOS opening credits.jpg|thumb|''Enterprise'']]
-;[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship that Kirk ends up commanding.
+;{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship that Kirk ends up commanding.
-[[Image:Constitutions formation.jpg|thumb|150px|''Excalibur'', ''Lexington'' and ''Potemkin'' in formation.]]
+[[File:Constitutions formation.jpg|thumb|''Excalibur'', ''Lexington'' and ''Potemkin'' in formation]]
-;[[USS Excalibur|USS ''Excalibur'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
+;{{USS|Excalibur|NCC-1664}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
-;[[USS Farragut|USS ''Farragut'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship, late of [[Garrovick (Captain)|Captain Garrovick]].
+;{{USS|Farragut|23rd century}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship of Captain {{dis|Garrovick|Captain}}.
 ;[[Klingon]]s
-;[[USS Lexington|USS ''Lexington'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
+;{{USS|Lexington|NCC-1709}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
-;[[USS Potemkin|USS ''Potemkin'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
+;{{USS|Potemkin|NCC-1657}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
-;[[USS Republic|USS ''Republic'']] : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
+;{{USS|Republic}} : ''Constitution''-class Federation starship.
-;IKS ''Stormwind'' : Klingon D-7 of Captain Ibrach.
+;{{mb|IKS Stormwind|IKS ''Stormwind''}}: Klingon D7 of Captain Ibrach.
+== External link ==
+* {{mbeta-title||Constitution}}
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