Author(s):	John Vornholt
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #39
Published:	1 March 1996
Pages:	288
Stardate:	Unknown (2370)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0671549170 (paperback) ISBN 9780743421164 (eBook) ASIN B000FC0TL8 (Kindle)

The USS Enterprise is divided and under attack!

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the USS Enterprise-D tests a new experimental saucer. In theory, the new saucer can survive a planetary crash landing, but will it come through intact under genuine test conditions? Riker, Data, Worf, and La Forge risk their lives to find out, and so does Admiral Nechayev of Starfleet.

But a dangerous test turns even more deadly when hostile forces seize control of the saucer — and turn it against the Enterprise.

After the saucer section is disabled during an encounter with a suspicious Pakled freighter, the weary Enterprise-D crew takes an opportunity for shore leave. Before Picard get a chance to relax, however, Admiral Nechayev shows up with an experimental saucer that's supposedly able to take-off and re-enter orbit after a crash landing. Nechayev orders Picard, along with a skeleton crew, to test this capability in a battle simulation. Little do they know that the Maquis in fact have their own plans for the new saucer.

Background InformationEdit

• The events of this novel take place shortly after TNG: "Preemptive Strike".
• Although her real name is never explicitly stated, it is heavily implied that the Architect is actually Ro Laren.
• William T. Riker wonders if the Maquis and Starfleet could ever work together, possibly referencing Star Trek: Voyager.

CharactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard

William T. Riker

Data

Worf

Geordi La Forge

Alynna Nechayev

Spot

Guinan

Mendon

Deanna Troi

Beverly Crusher

Tate 

Ensign

Bill Cody

Tim Wiley

Martinez

Vyler

Mitchell

Enright

Bartlett

Egot

Plerbo

Burt Peters

Mason

Gherink

Linda Johnson

Cronin

Duvest 

Cardassian Gul

Awarkin 

Cardassian Gul.

ReferencesEdit

Maquis; Pakled; primary hull; secondary hull; saucer separation

External link Edit

• Rogue Saucer at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works