Author(s):	T.L. Mancour
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TNG #20
Published:	20 February 1992
Pages:	256
Stardate:	Unknown (2367)
Reference(s):	ISBN 1852864192 (paperback) ASIN B000FC0UMQ (Kindle)

For a race of slaves, the USS Enterprise-D is all that stands between freedom and destruction.

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

Answering a distress call, the USS Enterprise-D finds a damaged Velman vessel called the Freedom. Jared, their captain, asks for assistance in repairing his ship, assistance Captain Picard and the Enterprise are only too happy to provide. Their relief efforts are interrupted by the arrival of an entire fleet from Vemla who claim that Jared and his crew are escaped slaves.

As Jared and his people plea for protection and the right to be free, Captain Picard is caught between the demands of his conscience and the dictates of the Prime Directive. And when the Vemlan fleet threatens to fight if the Enterprise doesn't stand aside, Picard must choose between the safety of his ship... and the annihilation of an entire race.

Memorable QuotesEdit

"I have learned that politeness and manners, when practiced universally, alter the behavior of both the practitioner and the recipient in a favorable manner."

- Data

Background InformationEdit

• This is the only Star Trek novel written by T.L. Mancour.

CharactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard

William T. Riker

Data

Jared 

Captain of the Velman vessel Freedom.

Marks 

Ensign.

ReferencesEdit

Prime Directive

External link Edit

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