Author(s):	Jean Lorrah
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS #38 Titan Books #7
Published:	February 1988
Pages:	278
Stardate:	Unknown (2267)
Reference(s):	ISBN 067170768X

It is a killer. And something far worse.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Memorable Quotes 3 Background Information 4 Characters 4.1 Canon Characters 4.2 Non-Canon Characters 5 References 6 External links

SummaryEdit

From the book jacket

I.D.I.C. - Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it is the cornerstone of their philosophy.

Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being put to the sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, Human, Klingon and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague has sprung up. A plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept...

Interstellar War.

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Memorable QuotesEdit

"How late will we be?"
"Six days."
"Not six-point-one-three-seven?"
"Six-point-two-five-two. Mother, is it not illogical to be annoyed when Father or I give you a precise figure yet ask for such precision when we do not?"
"No, just Human."

- Amanda and Spock

"Last time ve couldn't get to Wulcan. This time ve can't get avay from it!"

- Chekov

"Nature is more dangerous than an acknowledged enemy, for it so often appears one's friend that one never expects the moment it turns and casually kills."

- Kevin Katasai

"Klingon scientists. Intriguing. I should like to meet them."

- Sarek

"Chaucer died before he finished the work. I always thought that if he'd finished it, there would have been bandits. And probably a sixth husband for the Wife of Bath."

- Kirk

Background InformationEdit

• This was a sequel to #20, The Vulcan Academy Murders.
• James Kirk is shown in a blue science tunic instead of his usual gold on the cover art of the novel.

CharactersEdit

Canon CharactersEdit

James T. Kirk

Spock

Leonard McCoy

Montgomery Scott

Pavel Chekov

Uhura

Christine Chapel

Sarek

Amanda Grayson

M'Benga

Non-Canon CharactersEdit

Borth 

Orion reprentative to the Nisus Council and Seela's uncle.

Daniel Corrigan 

Human doctor and longtime friend and colleague of the Vulcan healer, Sorel. Married to T'Mir.

Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders.

Beau Deaver 

Human/Orion hybrid medic and mathematician.

Korsal Katasai 

Klingon thought master and engineer.

Kevin Katasai 

Korsal's human/klingon hybrid son, who wants to attend Starfleet Academy.

Karl Katasai 

Korsal's youngest son. Also a human/klingon hybrid.

Seela 

Korsal's Orion wife.

Sorel 

Vulcan healer. Friend and colleague of Daniel Corrigan and father of T'Mir.

Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders

T'Kar 

Vulcan nurse.

T'Mir 

Wife of Daniel Corrigan and daughter of Sorel.

Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders. Not to be confused with the T'Mir who appears in ENT: "Carbon Creek", as they are unrelated characters.

T'Pina 

Adopted daughter of T'Kar.

Sendet 

One of the Followers of T'Vet, a Vulcan philosophy which rejects the teachings of Surak.

Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders.

Satat 

The leader of the Followers of T'Vet.

ReferencesEdit

ahn-woon; Andorian; Enterprise, USS (NCC-1701); ESP; Eugenics Wars; IDIC; Kahs-wan; katra; Klingon; Klingon Empire; lirpa; Orion; pon farr; Rigellian; Romulan; Surak; Tellarite; Vulcan

External linksEdit

• The IDIC Epidemic at Wikipedia
• The IDIC Epidemic at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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