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A hidden cache of superweapons – a deadly race to prevent galactic war!

Summary

From the book jacket: Deep in the uncharted regions of the our galaxy, the Kreel, a primitive, warlike race have stumbled upon weapons powerful beyond their wildest imagination. The Kreel have used those weapons to attack their most bitter enemies, the Klingons.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D are called in to mediate the dispute by ferrying diplomatic teams from the two warring races to the source of their conflict, the mysterious planet where the weapons were discovered, in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and discover the origins of the super-powerful weapons.

Before the galaxy erupts into full-scale war...

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Background information

This is author Peter David's first of many Star Trek novels. His best-known work is arguably the New Frontier series.
This novel picks up an abandoned Peter David comics story arc from the first DC series.
Data is erroneously portrayed as being able to use contractions on four pages. David corrected this mistake in later novels, and even used it as a plot device in his novel Imzadi.

Characters

Jean-Luc Picard

Enterprise-D captain.

William T. Riker

Enterprise-D first officer.

Data

Android Enterprise-D operations officer.

Geordi La Forge

VISOR-sighted Enterprise-D chief engineer.

Katherine Pulaski

Enterprise-D chief medical officer.

Deanna Troi

Enterprise-D counselor.

Wesley Crusher

Acting ensign, Enterprise-D flight controller.

Worf

Enterprise-D security chief.

Guinan

Enterprise-D bartender.

Budian

Kreel.

Aneel

Kreel.

Tron

Klingon.

Spyre

Klingon.

Deni

Klingon commander

Commander in charge of the Kothulu.

Bobbi Chase

Named for Marvel Comics editor Bobbie Chase.

Marks

Lieutenant.

Taka Nagai

Ambassador

Kobry

Klingon ambassador.

Kobry's backstory indicates he may be the albino Klingon named Moron (later "Bernie"), seen in Star Trek (DC volume 1) comic book stories penned by Peter David. (KOBRY = KOnom and Nancy BRYce, his Starfleet guardians.)

Westerby

Admiral

Jaan Baat-Utuul-Bayn-Devin

A Selelvian "elf".

Gava

Bors

Tom Chafin

Starfleet ensign who served a relief flight controller on the Enterprise-D. Chafin vocalized a disrespectful comment about Wesley Crusher during a conference on the bridge. Picard took the out-of-turn remark as a sign the ensign needed a change of scenery, and reassigned Chafin to security. Chafin was later tricked by Jaan into abandoning his guard post.

Chafin appeared again as a lieutenant in Vendetta and is named after the author's friend, T.A. Chafin.

Sklar
Derl
Tuttle
LaVelle
Palmeiro
Dykstra
Meyer: Enterprise-D security.
Boyajian: Enterprise-D security.
Amy

References

Cantos V

Cognoscente

Daedalus IV

DQN1196 ("Hellhole")

flarg

Expletive used by the Kreel, as in "How the flarg do we get though there?".

Gamma Origi III

Klingons

IKS Kothulu

Klingon battle cruiser.

Possibly named for the Cthulhu stories created by horror master H.P. Lovecraft.

Kreel

The Kreel were a race of humanoids that live in the Alpha Quadrant. They had three fingers, no neck, and a triangular torso. Their mortal enemy was the Klingons. They prided themselves on their bodies and were considered parasites or scavengers.

The Kreel appear again in later novels by David, and are even used by other authors.

Selelvians

Selelvians appear again in the Star Trek: New Frontier series (see: Star Trek: New Frontier characters).

Timeline

2290s
2365

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External link

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-''A hidden cache of superweapons -- a deadly race to prevent galactic war!''
 ==Summary==
 ;From the book jacket:
-:''Deep in the uncharted regions of [[the galaxy|our galaxy]], the Kreel, a primitive, warlike [[races and cultures|race]] have stumbled upon [[weapons]] powerful beyond their wildest imagination. The Kreel have used those weapons to attack their most bitter enemies, the [[Klingons]].
+:''Deep in the uncharted regions of the [[Milky Way Galaxy|our galaxy]], the Kreel, a primitive, warlike [[race]] have stumbled upon [[weapon]]s powerful beyond their wildest imagination. The Kreel have used those weapons to attack their most bitter enemies, the [[Klingon]]s.''
-:''[[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel|crew]] of the [[USS Enterprise-D|USS ''Enterprise'']] are called in to mediate the dispute by ferrying [[diplomacy and law|diplomatic]] teams from the two warring races to the source of their [[military conflicts|conflict]], the mysterious [[planet]] where the weapons were discovered, in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and discover the origins of the super-powerful weapons.''
+:''[[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel|crew]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} are called in to mediate the dispute by ferrying [[diplomacy and law|diplomatic]] teams from the two warring races to the source of their [[military conflicts|conflict]], the mysterious [[planet]] where the weapons were discovered, in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and discover the origins of the super-powerful weapons.''
-:''Before the galaxy erupts into full-scale war...
+:''Before the galaxy erupts into full-scale war...''
 {{review}} <!--
-==Memorable Quotes==
+==Memorable quotes==
 QUOTES -->
-==Background Information==
+==Background information==
-* This is author [[Peter David]]'s first of many ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[novels]].  He is best known for his work of the ''[[New Frontier]]'' series.
+* This is author [[Peter David]]'s first of many ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[novels]].  His best-known work is arguably the ''[[New Frontier]]'' series.
-* This novel picks up an abandoned [[Peter David]] [[comics]] story arc from ''[[Star Trek (DC volume 1)]]''.
+* This novel picks up an abandoned [[Peter David]] [[comics]] story arc from the [[Star Trek (DC volume 1)|first DC series]].
-* [[Data]] is erroneously portrayed as being able to use contractions on four pages.
+* [[Data]] is erroneously portrayed as being able to use contractions on four pages. David corrected this mistake in later novels, and even used it as a plot device in his novel ''{{dis|Imzadi|novel}}''.
 ==Characters==
 ;[[Jean-Luc Picard]] : ''Enterprise''-D captain.
-;[[William Riker]] : ''Enterprise''-D [[first officer]].
+;[[William T. Riker]] : ''Enterprise''-D [[first officer]].
-;[[Data]] : [[Android]] ''Enterprise''-D [[operations manager]].
+;[[Data]] : [[Android]] ''Enterprise''-D [[operations officer]].
 ;[[Geordi La Forge]] : [[VISOR]]-sighted ''Enterprise''-D [[chief engineer]].
 ;[[Katherine Pulaski]] : ''Enterprise''-D [[chief medical officer]].
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 ;Budian : Kreel.
 ;Aneel : Kreel.
-;Tron : Klingon.
+;Tron : [[Klingon]].
-;Spyre : Klingon.
+;Spyre : [[Klingon]].
 ;Deni
 ;Klingon commander : [[Commander]] in charge of the ''Kothulu''.
-;Bobbi Chase :
+;Bobbi Chase
-::''Named for [[Marvel Comics]] editor [[Bobbie Chase]].
+::''Named for [[Marvel Comics]] editor [[Bobbie Chase]].''
 ;Marks : [[Lieutenant]].
 ;Taka Nagai : [[Ambassador]]
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 ;Gava
 ;Bors
-;Tom Chafin : [[Starfleet]] ensign who served a relief [[flight controller]] on the ''Enterprise''-D. Chafin vocalized a disrespectful comment about Wesley Crusher during a conference on the bridge. Picard took the out-of-turn remak as a sign the ensign needed a change of scenery, and reassigned Chafin to [[security]]. Chafin was later tricked by Jaan into abandoning his guard post.
+;Tom Chafin : [[Starfleet]] ensign who served a relief [[flight controller]] on the ''Enterprise''-D. Chafin vocalized a disrespectful comment about Wesley Crusher during a conference on the bridge. Picard took the out-of-turn remark as a sign the ensign needed a change of scenery, and reassigned Chafin to [[security]]. Chafin was later tricked by Jaan into abandoning his guard post.
-::''Chafin would appear again as a [[lieutenant]], in "[[Vendetta]]".''
+::''Chafin appeared again as a [[lieutenant]] in ''[[Vendetta]]'' and is named after the author's friend, [[T.A. Chafin]].''
 ;Sklar
 ;Derl
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 ;Daedalus IV
 ;DQN1196 ("Hellhole")
-;''flarg'' : Expletive used by the Kreel, ''"How the ''flarg'' do we get though there?"'', for example.
+;''flarg'' : Expletive used by the Kreel, as in "''How the ''flarg'' do we get though there?''".
 ;Gamma Origi III
 ;[[Klingon]]s
-;IKS ''Kothulu'' : Klingon [[battlecruiser]].
+;IKS ''Kothulu'' : Klingon [[battle cruiser]].
-::''Possibly named for the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu|Cthulhu]] stories created by horror master [[wikipedia:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]].''
+::''Possibly named for the {{w|Cthulhu}} stories created by horror master {{w|H.P. Lovecraft}}.''
 ;Kreel :
+:The Kreel were a race of humanoids that live in the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. They had three fingers, no neck, and a triangular torso.  Their mortal enemy was the Klingons. They prided themselves on their bodies and were considered parasites or scavengers.
 ::''The Kreel appear again in later novels by David, and are even used by other authors.''
-;Selelvians :
+;Selelvians
-::''Selelvians would appear again in the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' series. (See: [[Star Trek: New Frontier characters]])''
+::''Selelvians appear again in the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' series (see: [[New Frontier characters|''Star Trek: New Frontier'' characters]]).''
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