Author(s):	Michael Jan Friedman
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Star Trek: Stargazer #2
Published:	1 May 2002
Pages:	288
Stardate:	Unknown (2333)
Reference(s):	ISBN 0743427947

Continuing the adventures of Captain Picard's first command!

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 3 References 4 External link

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

Thirty years before the days of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard was thrust unexpectedly into command of another proud vessel: the USS Stargazer. Surrounded by a crew he doesn't entirely know or trust, the young Picard must answer the challenges of leadership....

While Picard and his senior staff accompany Chief Engineer Simenon to his homeworld of Gnala to undergo a ritual, his second officer, Elizabeth Wu, is left in command of the Stargazer. Responding to a distress call from a nearby star system, Wu finds herself in the middle of a mystery involving a damaged ship and a peculiar interstellar phenomenon -- one that threatens to destroy the Stargazer if she can't learn its secret.

Meanwhile, on Gnala, Picard must help his friend undergo the ritual -- and find out who is trying to sabotage their chances of completing it before they're all killed!

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CharactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard

Simenon

Elizabeth Wu

ReferencesEdit

Gorn

External link Edit

• Stargazer: Progenitor at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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