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Revision as of 09:23, 8 February 2007
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| Author: | John M. Ford |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TOS #16; Worlds Apart #1 |
| Published: | May 1984 |
| Pages: | 253 |
| Year: | |
| Stardate: | 8303.4 (framing sequence) |
| Reference #: | ISBN 0671038532 |
Only a Klingon warrior can save the Federation from total war!
Summary
- From the book jacket
- Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. But on a mission to Earth, Krenn learns a lesson in peace. Suddenly he must fight a secret battle of his own. His empire has a covert plan to shatter the Federation. Only Krenn can prevent a war -- at the risk of his own life!
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Memorable Quotes
"Be sure to tell your superiors."
(beaming his crew away, with their much-better transporter) "Of course. They'll want to know why it makes that horrible noise."
- - A UFP Officer and Krenn, after UFP demonstration of 'unique' transporter technology
"I wouldn't tell the lie of carrying [a weapon]."
- - Tagore, on going unarmed
Background Information
- This book makes heavy use of the chronology and ships of the non-canon Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology.
- Presents a richly and fully developed non-canon background of the Klingons (much of which was further used by FASA for their Star Trek Role Playing Game) that has unfortunately been partially contradicted by later additions to the canon.
- "The Final Reflection" is mentioned on the back covers of the Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels.
Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.
Framing sequence
McCoy.
Rand.
- James T. Kirk
- Captain of the Enterprise. Kirk finds the mood of the ship's crew odd after shore leave on Starbase 12 ends. In particular, Kirk notices some crewpersons have adopted Klingon hairstyles or are discussing space battles. He questions Spock and McCoy on the matter but they are reticient to answer regarding the recent historical novel, The Final Reflection.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise CMO. Dr. McCoy recommends The Final Reflection to Kirk based on the space-battle material in the book, he admonishes the Captain to take a hardbound copy of the book -- McCoy doesn't want to keep it.
- Spock
- Montgomery Scott
- Janice Rand
Main story
- Krenn vestai-Rustazh
- Klingon captain.
Carter Winston. (TAS: "The Survivor")
- Carter Winston
- Luther Whitetree
- Starfleet admiral
- Douglas Tancred Shepherd
- Starfleet admiral
Spock as a child.
- Spock
- As a young boy.
- Kodon vestai-Karum
- Klingon squadron captain, commander of IKS Blue Fire.
- Kadi
- Klingon captain of IKS Death Hand.
- Kian
- Klingon captain of IKS Fury.
- Kessum
- Klingon captain of IKS Two Fingers.
- Kev
- Klingon commander, executive of Blue Fire.
- Kotkhe
- Klingon helmsman of Blue Fire.
- Merzhan
- Klingon, youngest security officer on Blue Fire.
- IKS Blue Fire weapons officer
- Female Klingon officer.
- Aghi
- Crewmember, on long-term leave from IKV Fencer.
- Koth
- Fictional character in command of Battlecruiser Vengeance.
References
- Alshanai Rift
- Sector of space, bordering Klingon and Federation territory. The worlds along the Alshanai Rift were subject to Klingon-purchased Orion pirate attacks, in the interest of having them abandon their allegience to the Federation.
- USS Avebury
- Federation survey vessel.
- Blockader
- A klin zha game piece. The live player wears studded hide armor. "Clouded Game" version of klin zha is hardest on a Blockader.
- Battlecruiser Vengeance
- Long running Klingon episodic space opera entertainment program, featuring the adventures of Captain Koth of the Vengeance. All episodes end with the same line. Humans, Romulans, Kinshaya, other races who manage to enter space, all ask their conqueror who he was, and the answer is always; "I am Captain Koth. Koth of the Vengeance. And this ship is my prize." Half the ships Koth of the Vengeance capture have an Orion female aboard, all green, all beautiful past imagining. Battlecruiser Vengeance remained in production throughout the 23rd century. Taped episodes of Battlecruiser Vengeance are popularly traded among Klingon Defense force crews.
- IKS Blue Fire
- Klingon D4 class cruiser, under command of Squadron Leader Kodon.
- Blue lights
- Klingon Defense Force slang. "Blue lights" = that's right, similar to the human expression "greenlighted". Other novels attribute this to Klingons seeing a different visual spectrum to humans, with different reactions to color.
- Clouded Game
- A klin zha variation. The Clouded Game is hardest on a Blockader.
- IKS Death Hand
- Klingon D4 class cruiser of Captain Kadi.
- IKV Devisor
- Klingon warship, first to make contact with a Federation vessel.
- USS Enterprise
- IKC Fencer
- Klingon cruiser of Captain Krenn
- The Final Reflection
- Book read by Kirk and crew.
- USS Flying Fortress
- Federation Rickenbacker-class maximum security transport destroyed by Klingons.
- IKS Fury
- Klingon cruiser of Captain Kian.
- USS Glasgow
- Federation Baton Rouge-class starship of Admiral Luther Whitetree.
- USS Hokkaido
- Federation Baton Rouge-class starship.
- IKS Mirror
- Klingon D5 class cruiser
- USS Savannah
- Federation Baton Rouge-class vessel
- USS Savannah II
- Federation vessel, commanded by Admiral Shepherd.
- USS Sentry
- Federation starship, made first contact with the Klingons.
- IKS Two Fingers
- Klingon D4 class cruiser of Captain Kessum.
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