Changes: Enterprise: The First Adventure

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Now, the untold story - Captain Kirk's First Mission!

Summary

From the book jacket: James T. Kirk is the youngest man to be promoted to the rank of captain in Federation history. His crew consists of a first officer who finds him impetuous; a chief engineer who finds him arrogant; a chief medical officer who finds him trifling; and a helmsman who wants a transfer.; But the young crew, which would later become the legendary space explorers, quickly puts aside their differences when a monstrous starship appears on their nascent flight path.

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Memorable quotes

"...and I know that Captain Kirk will find the Enterprise and its crew as faithful as I did."

- Christopher Pike

"No, he treats me like I'm fifteen. That's when he met me. He treats you like you're eight."

- Sam Kirk

"I believe that what Ms. Lukarian is trying to tell you is that you are a doctor, not a magician."

- Spock

"I do not control the worldship, James. I control the universe."

- Scarlet

Background information

The choice of date for the story's setting is taken from VOY: "Q2", which sets Kirk's taking command of the Enterprise in 2265. No such mention of the official year is mentioned in the novel.
The audiobook adaptation was performed by George Takei and Leonard Nimoy, and was released on cassette and as part of the Star Trek 25th Anniversary Audio Collection CD set.
Janice Rand's age is given as sixteen. This would place the year of her birth in 2249.

Cover gallery

Characters

James T. Kirk: Captain.
Spock: Commander.
Leonard McCoy: CMO.
Montgomery Scott: Lt. Commander.
Hikaru Sulu: Lieutenant.
Uhura: Lieutenant.
Janice Rand: Yeoman.
Christine Chapel
Gary Mitchell
Carol Marcus
Christopher Pike: Captain, promoted to commodore.
Noguchi: Admiral.
Mark Piper: Doctor.
Kyle: Chief.
Winona Kirk
Sam Kirk

Mentioned

Philip Boyce

CMO of Starbase 32.

Hunter

Captain of the Aerfen.

Captain Hunter previously appeared in "The Entropy Effect", also written by Vonda N. McIntyre.

References

Spacedock
Starbase 13
Starbase 32

External link

Enterprise: The First Adventure at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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 | image             = The First Adventure.jpg
 | Author            = [[Vonda N. McIntyre]]
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 | ISBN              = 0586073213
 | AB                = Yes
+| ABAbridged        = Yes
 | ABReadBy          = [[George Takei]] with [[Leonard Nimoy]] as the voice of [[Spock]]
 | ABRunTime         = 90 minutes<br />(on 1 Cassette)
 | ABPublisher       = [[Simon and Schuster Audioworks]]
 | ABPublished       = {{d|15|March|1988}}
-| ABISBN            = 0671629514
+| ABISBN            = 0671629514 (cassette)<br />{{ASIN|B0000547G5}} (Audible)
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 ''Now, the untold story - Captain Kirk's First Mission!''
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-== Memorable Quotes ==
+== Memorable quotes ==
-"''...and I know that Captain Kirk will find the ''Enterprise'' and its crew a faithful as I did.''"
+"''...and I know that Captain Kirk will find the ''Enterprise'' and its crew as faithful as I did.''"
 : - '''Christopher Pike'''
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 : - '''Scarlet'''
-== Background Information ==
+== Background information ==
 * The choice of date for the story's setting is taken from {{VOY|Q2}}, which sets Kirk's taking command of the ''Enterprise'' in [[2265]]. No such mention of the official year is mentioned in the novel.
-* The [[audio]]book adaptation was performed by [[George Takei]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]], and was released on cassette and as part of the [[Star Trek 25th Anniversary Audio Collection]] CD set.
+* The [[audio]]book adaptation was performed by [[George Takei]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]], and was released on cassette and as part of the ''[[Star Trek 25th Anniversary Audio Collection]]'' CD set.
-* [[Janice Rand]]'s age is given as sixteen.  This would place the year of her birth in [[2249]].
+* [[Janice Rand]]'s age is given as sixteen. This would place the year of her birth in [[2249]].
-=== Cover Gallery ===
+=== Cover gallery ===
 <gallery>
 File:EnterpriseTFAInsideCoverArt.jpg|Inside cover art
 File:EnterpriseTFAAudio.jpg|Audiobook cover
 </gallery>
 == Characters ==
-; [[James T. Kirk]] :[[Captain]].
+; [[James T. Kirk]] : [[Captain]].
 ; [[Spock]] :[[Commander]].
-; [[Leonard McCoy]] :[[CMO]].
+; [[Leonard McCoy]] : [[CMO]].
-; [[Montgomery Scott]] :[[Lt. Commander]].
+; [[Montgomery Scott]] : [[Lt. Commander]].
-; [[Hikaru Sulu]] :[[Lieutenant]].
+; [[Hikaru Sulu]] : [[Lieutenant]].
-; [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] :Lieutenant.
+; [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] : Lieutenant.
-; [[Janice Rand]] :[[Yeoman]].
+; [[Janice Rand]] : [[Yeoman]].
 ; [[Christine Chapel]]
 ; [[Gary Mitchell]]
 ; [[Carol Marcus]]
-; [[Christopher Pike]] : Captain, promoted to [[Commodore]].
+; [[Christopher Pike]] : Captain, promoted to [[commodore]].
 ; Noguchi : [[Admiral]].
 ; [[Mark Piper]] : [[Doctor]].
 ; [[Kyle]] : [[Chief]].
-; Winona Kirk
+; [[Winona Kirk]]
 ; [[Sam Kirk]]
 ==== Mentioned ====
 ; [[Philip Boyce]]: CMO of Starbase 32.
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