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| Author = [[Barbara Hambly]]
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| Artist = [[Keith Birdsong]]
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| class="even" | [[Barbara Hambly]]
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| Publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
 
| Series = [[Pocket TOS]] #71
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| Published = {{m|August|1994}}
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| Pages = 274
| class="even" | [[Keith Birdsong]]
 
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| Year = [[2270]]
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| Stardate = 6251.1
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| ISBN = 0671793233
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| class="even" | [[Pocket TOS]] #71
 
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| class="even" | [[August 1994]]
 
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| class="even" | 274
 
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| class="even" | [[2269]]
 
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''Kirk must stop a power-hungry alliance from destroying the Federation.''
 
''Kirk must stop a power-hungry alliance from destroying the Federation.''
   
==Summary==
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== Summary ==
From the book jacket:
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;From the book jacket:
:''The crew of the ''Nautilus'', a battered [[starship]] of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the starship ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]''. The group claims they are freedom fighters from the [[far future]] working to save the [[Federation]] from the Consilium, a group of corrupt power-seekers.
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:''The crew of the ''Nautilus'', a battered [[starship]] of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the starship ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]''. The group claims they are freedom fighters from the [[far future]] working to save the [[Federation]] from the Consilium, a group of corrupt power-seekers.''
   
 
:''When the ''Nautilus'' crew members then seize control of the USS ''Enterprise'', and a starship from the future arrives to arrest the renegades, Kirk must separate his true allies from those who wish to destroy the Federation.''
 
:''When the ''Nautilus'' crew members then seize control of the USS ''Enterprise'', and a starship from the future arrives to arrest the renegades, Kirk must separate his true allies from those who wish to destroy the Federation.''
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===Chapter One===
 
FURTHER SUMMARY
 
   
 
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==Background Information==
 
BACKGROUND
 
   
===Memorable Quotes===
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== Memorable quotes ==
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"''They have forgotten now&ndash; Kirk and his crew, who answer to no master but their duties as they see them, and the dictates of their judgments and their hearts. And this is as it should be. But I have not forgotten. Nor will I, so long as I live...''"
QUOTES
 
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: - '''Varos'''
   
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==Characters==
 
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"''But friends do not forget their friends.''<br />
* [[James T. Kirk]]
 
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''McKennon had let him die.''<br />
* [[Spock]]
 
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''The Consilium had let him die.''"
* [[Leonard H. McCoy]]
 
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: - '''Varos''', contemplating his friend's demise
* [[Montgomery Scott]]
 
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* [[Uhura]]
 
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* [[Hikaru Sulu]]
 
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"''You are my past, but I am not necessarily your future. There are a thousand possible futures, and one degree of difference in a trajectory can change a starship's path by thousands of parsecs, to destroy, or to save, a world. All we can do is try.''"
* [[Pavel A. Chekov]]
 
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: - '''?'''
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"''A thousand possible futures. Whether one was thirty-four going into a five-year mission, or thirty-nine coming out of one, wondering what the future would bring. Whatever the future actually was.''"
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== Characters ==
 
; [[James T. Kirk]]
 
; [[Spock]]
 
; [[Leonard McCoy]]
 
; [[Montgomery Scott]]
 
; [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]
 
; [[Hikaru Sulu]]
 
; [[Pavel A. Chekov]]
 
;Lao Zhiming : 21-year old [[Starfleet]] [[ensign]]
 
;Lao Zhiming : 21-year old [[Starfleet]] [[ensign]]
 
;Mahásë
 
;Mahásë
:[[Communications]] [[lieutenant]]
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:[[Communications]] [[lieutenant]].
:: ''Mahásë first appeared in [[Diane Duane]]'s "[[The Wounded Sky]]" ([[Pocket TOS]] #13).''
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::''Mahásë first appeared in [[Diane Duane]]'s ''[[The Wounded Sky]]'' ([[Pocket TOS]] #13).''
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[[File:ToniaBarrows.jpg|thumb|Tonia Barrows.]]
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;[[Tonia Barrows]] : [[Operations division]] lieutenant. Kirk noted, four years and nine-months into the [[five-year mission]], that Barrows was one of the crew that had been there from the start.
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;Winfield : [[Engineer]]ing lieutenant
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;Dykstra : [[Bridge]] [[operations officer]] [[crewman]].
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[[File:DeSalle.jpg|thumb|DeSalle.]]
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;[[DeSalle]] : Assistant engineer.
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;[[Kyle]] : [[transporter]] chief.
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;Rial Varos : [[Romulan]] starship captain. Commander of the ''Savasci''.
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;Dylan Arios :
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;Sharnas :
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;Adajia :
   
==References==
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== References ==
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;[[Bowling alley]] : [[Recreation]] area aboard ''Enterprise''.
;[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] : Federation starship.
 
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;{{class|Constitution}} : Type of Federation starship
;gymnasium : Located on deck 8 of the ''Enterprise''.
 
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;Crossroad Nebula : [[Nebula]]. Following the disappearance of a Federation [[scout]], the nebula was declared a "standing hazard".
;''Nautilus'' : [[Alternate future]] [[Constitution class]] starship.
 
 
;{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} : Federation starship.
 
;[[gymnasium]] : Located on deck 8 of the ''Enterprise''.
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;H.P. Lovecraft : [[Earth]] author who had described fantastic and detailed evil in his writings, which were similar to the real-life horror of the ''yagghorth''.
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::''See also {{wikipedia|H.P. Lovecraft}}''.
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;USS ''Harriet Tubman'' : Federation [[scout]], crew of 12, disappeared near the Crossroad Nebula in [[2265]].
 
;''Nautilus'' : [[Alternate future]] {{class|Constitution}} starship.
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;''p'laaka'' : [[Vulcan language]] term for something prone to unpredictable events, like the Crossroad's [[sector]].
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;''Sagittarius'' : Free trader vessel lost near the Crossroad.
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;space buoy : Placed around Tau Lyra system.
 
;Tau Lyra system : [[Star system]].
 
;Tau Lyra system : [[Star system]].
 
;Tau Lyra III : [[Planet]].
 
;Tau Lyra III : [[Planet]].
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;Turtledove Anomaly Point : Type of [[spatial distortion]] reputed to exist in the Crossroad.
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;''yagghorth''
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Kirk must stop a power-hungry alliance from destroying the Federation.

Summary

From the book jacket
The crew of the Nautilus, a battered starship of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the starship Enterprise. The group claims they are freedom fighters from the far future working to save the Federation from the Consilium, a group of corrupt power-seekers.
When the Nautilus crew members then seize control of the USS Enterprise, and a starship from the future arrives to arrest the renegades, Kirk must separate his true allies from those who wish to destroy the Federation.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

Memorable quotes

"They have forgotten now– Kirk and his crew, who answer to no master but their duties as they see them, and the dictates of their judgments and their hearts. And this is as it should be. But I have not forgotten. Nor will I, so long as I live..."

- Varos


"But friends do not forget their friends.
McKennon had let him die.
The Consilium had let him die."

- Varos, contemplating his friend's demise


"You are my past, but I am not necessarily your future. There are a thousand possible futures, and one degree of difference in a trajectory can change a starship's path by thousands of parsecs, to destroy, or to save, a world. All we can do is try."

- ?


"A thousand possible futures. Whether one was thirty-four going into a five-year mission, or thirty-nine coming out of one, wondering what the future would bring. Whatever the future actually was."

- ?


Characters

James T. Kirk
Spock
Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Uhura
Hikaru Sulu
Pavel A. Chekov
Lao Zhiming
21-year old Starfleet ensign
Mahásë
Communications lieutenant.
Mahásë first appeared in Diane Duane's The Wounded Sky (Pocket TOS #13).
File:ToniaBarrows.jpg

Tonia Barrows.

Tonia Barrows
Operations division lieutenant. Kirk noted, four years and nine-months into the five-year mission, that Barrows was one of the crew that had been there from the start.
Winfield
Engineering lieutenant
Dykstra
Bridge operations officer crewman.
File:DeSalle.jpg

DeSalle.

DeSalle
Assistant engineer.
Kyle
transporter chief.
Rial Varos
Romulan starship captain. Commander of the Savasci.
Dylan Arios
Sharnas
Adajia

References

Bowling alley
Recreation area aboard Enterprise.
Constitution-class
Type of Federation starship
Crossroad Nebula
Nebula. Following the disappearance of a Federation scout, the nebula was declared a "standing hazard".
USS Enterprise
Federation starship.
gymnasium
Located on deck 8 of the Enterprise.
H.P. Lovecraft
Earth author who had described fantastic and detailed evil in his writings, which were similar to the real-life horror of the yagghorth.
See also H.P. Lovecraft at Wikipedia.
USS Harriet Tubman
Federation scout, crew of 12, disappeared near the Crossroad Nebula in 2265.
Nautilus
Alternate future Constitution-class starship.
p'laaka
Vulcan language term for something prone to unpredictable events, like the Crossroad's sector.
Sagittarius
Free trader vessel lost near the Crossroad.
space buoy
Placed around Tau Lyra system.
Tau Lyra system
Star system.
Tau Lyra III
Planet.
Turtledove Anomaly Point
Type of spatial distortion reputed to exist in the Crossroad.
yagghorth

External link


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