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| Author(s): | Peter David |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | New Frontier #1 |
| Published: | 1 July 1997 |
| Pages: | 168 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2353, 2363, 2373) |
| Reference(s): | ISBN 0671013955 |
A new ship, a new crew, a new mission! -- The Thallonian Empire has collapsed and Starfleet sends the USS Excalibur with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun to Sector 221-G.
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Summary 
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"House of Cards" starts off the New Frontier novel series by starting to introduce the main characters and giving background on USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)'s Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. It also provides information on the life of Lieutenant Soleta.
Background Information Edit
- Jean-Luc Picard is the one who recruited Mackenzie Calhoun into Starfleet.
- Collected in the Star Trek: New Frontier Omnibus.
Characters Edit
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in New Frontier characters.
Main cast and recurring characters Edit
- Mackenzie Calhoun
- Starfleet captain of USS Excalibur
- Elizabeth Shelby
- Starfleet commander, Excalibur executive officer.
- Si Cwan
- Thallonian royal family member, a refugee of the Thallonian Empire collapse.
- Selar
- Starfleet medical officer, CMO of Excalibur.
- Soleta
- Starfleet science officer. Soleta previously appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy series.
- Spock
- Half-Vulcan ambassador.
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Starfleet captain of the Enterprise-E.
- Edward Jellico
- Starfleet admiral.
- D'ndai
- Xenexian.
- Falkar
- Danterian.
- Kally
- Nickname of Kallinda, Si Cwan's sister.
- Morgan Korsmo
- Former captain of Excalibur.
- Ryjaan
- Yoz
Other characters Edit
- Kristian Ayre
- Enterprise-E conn lieutenant.
- Barsamis
- Trader.
- Bragonier
- Danteri.
- Jack Crusher
- Stargazer officer.
- Delina
- Danteri.
- Giniv
- Vulcan.
- Seth Goddard
- Starfleet commander.
- Voltak
- Selar's late husband.
- Krassus
- Orion.
- Paige
- Enterprise-E tactical officer, a lieutenant
- Zina
References Edit
- Calhoun
- Xenexian village.
- Battle of Condacin
- One of a number of military conflicts where M'k'n'zy cemented his role as leader, and liberator, of Xenex.
- Danteri
- Humanoid species.
- Danterian Empire
- Government.
- Deep Space 5
- Federation starbase.
- USS Enterprise-E
- Federation starship.
- USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)
- Ambassador-class starship.
- IDIC
- katra
- USS Grissom
- Federation starship.
- Mojov Station
- Space station.
- The Pit
- Plains of Seanwin
- pon farr
- Search for Allways
- Sector 221-G
- Sector 221-H
- Starfleet Academy
- USS Stargazer
- Thal
- Thallon
- Thallonian Empire
- Government.
- Thallonian steed
- Thallonian Summit
- Vulcan
- warhoon
- Xenex
- Planet.
- Xenexian
- Humanoid species.
Timeline Edit
External link Edit
- House of Cards at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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