Publisher:	Pocket Books
Published:	June 1999 - August 1999
Novels:	6
Timespan:	2272 - 2274

For the Delta Quadrant planet, please see New Earth.

Exploring the final frontier is one thing. Making a home there is another.

PremiseEdit

Star Trek: New Earth (continued as Star Trek: Challenger) is a series of novels published by Pocket Books in the United States of America, running for six books as part of a subseries (#89-94) in the Pocket TOS line.

It depicted the events of a second five-year mission taking place between the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Some major events shown are the switch to the newer Starfleet uniform design of the later movie, and James T. Kirk's reluctance to accept a position at the admiralty rather than as a starship captain.

StorylineEdit

Main CharactersEdit

New EarthEdit

• Rear Admiral James T. Kirk
• Commander Spock
• Doctor Leonard McCoy
• Commander Montgomery Scott
• Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu
• Lieutenant Pavel Chekov
• Lieutenant Commander Uhura

ChallengerEdit

• Commander Nick Keller

CreatorsEdit

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Concept by Diane Carey and John J. Ordover
• Authors:
  • Diane Carey
  • L.A. Graf
  • Dean Wesley Smith
  • Kathy Oltion
  • Jerry Oltion
  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch

NovelsEdit

New EarthEdit

1. TOS #89: Wagon Train to the Stars
2. TOS #90: Belle Terre
3. TOS #91: Rough Trails
4. TOS #92: The Flaming Arrow
5. TOS #93: Thin Air
6. TOS #94: Challenger

ChallengerEdit

• Gateways #2: Chainmail
  • What Lay Beyond (conclusion)

External linksEdit

• Star Trek: New Earth at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek: Challenger at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works