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Author: John Vornholt
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Series: TNG #39
Published: 1 March 1996
Pages: 288
Year: 2370
Stardate: XXXX.X
Reference #: ISBN 0-671-54917-0

Rogue Saucer (novel) The USS Enterprise is divided and under attack!

Summary

From the book jacket
While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the USS Enterprise 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.

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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

  • 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.

Characters

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.

References

Maquis, Pakled, Primary hull, Secondary hull, Saucer separation


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