Rise of the Federation: Live by the Code (31 page)

APPENDIX

Featured vessels and personnel

STARFLEET—FEDERATION SPACE

STARFLEET COMMAND

Admiral Jonathan Archer

(Human male) chief of staff, United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA)

Admiral Thy’lek Shran

(Andorian
thaan
) chief of staff, Andorian Guard (AG)

Fleet Commander T’Viri

(Vulcan female) chief of staff, Vulcan Space Service

Admiral Mov chim Flar

(Tellarite male) chief of staff, Tellar Defense Force

Admiral Alexis Osman

(Human female) chief of staff, Alpha Centauri Space ­Research Council

Captain Marcus Williams

(Human male) executive assistant to Admiral Archer

U.S.S. ENDEAVOUR
NCC-06
(
Columbia
-class, UESPA; crew complement 132)

Captain T’Pol

(Vulcan female) commanding officer

Commander Aranthanien ch’Revash

(Andorian
chan
) executive officer

Commander Michel Romaine

(Human male) chief engineer

Lieutenant Commander Hoshi Sato

(Human female) communications and protocol officer

Lieutenant Elizabeth Cutler

(Human female) science officer

Doctor Phloxx-tunnai-oortann

(Denobulan male) chief medical officer

Ensign Pedro Ortega

(Human male) flight controller

U.S.S. ESSEX
NCC-173
(
Daedalus
-class, UESPA; complement 116)

Captain Bryce Shumar

(Human male) commanding officer

Commander Caroline Paris

(Human female) executive officer

Lieutenant Commander Steven Mullen

(Human male) science officer

Lieutenant Commander Mazril

(Tiburonian female) chief medical officer

Lieutenant Morgan Kelly

(Human female) armory officer

Ensign Miguel Avila

(Human male) communications officer

U.S.S. DOCANA
AGC-7-19
(
Kumari
-class, AG; complement 85)

Captain Senthofar ch’Menlich

(Andorian
chen
) commanding officer

U.S.S. ATLIRITH
AGC-7-45
(
Kumari
-class, AG; complement 86)

Captain Molsetev sh’Retsu

(Andorian
shen
) commanding officer

STARFLEET—WARE TASK FORCE

U.S.S. PIONEER
NCC-63
(
Intrepid
-class, UESPA; complement 46)

Captain Malcolm Reed

(Human male) commanding officer

Lieutenant Commander Travis Mayweather

(Human male) executive officer

Lieutenant Commander Therese Liao

(Human female) chief medical officer

Lieutenant Reynaldo Sangupta

(Human male) science officer

Lieutenant Valeria Williams

(Human female) armory officer

Lieutenant Samuel Kirk

(Human male) historian

Charles Tucker III (alias Philip Collier)

(Human male) acting chief engineer/Section 31
operative

Ensign Bodor chim Grev

(Tellarite male) communications officer

Ensign Regina Tallarico

(Human female) flight controller

Olivia Akomo

(Human female) mission specialist

U.S.S. VOL’RALA
AGC-7-10
(
Kumari
-class, AG; complement 87)

Captain Reshthenar sh’Prenni

(Andorian
shen
) commanding officer

Commander Giered Charas

(Andorian
chan
) executive officer/security chief

Commander Silash ch’Gesrit

(Andorian
chan
) chief engineer

Lieutenant Commander Hari Banerji

(Human male) science and communications
officer

Lieutenant Tavrithinn th’Cheen

(Andorian
thaan
) tactical officer

Chirurgeon Lieutenant Zharian th’Lesinas

(Andorian
thaan
) chief medical officer

Ensign Ramnaf Breg

(Arkenite female) helm officer

Ensign Kitazoanra zh’Vethris

(Andorian
zhen
) navigator

Ensign Antocadra sh’Thyfon

(Andorian
shen
) relief science and communications
officer

U.S.S. THELASA-VEI
AGC-7-48
(
Kumari
-class, AG; complement 85)

Captain Menteshay th’Zaigrel

(Andorian
thaan
) commanding officer

U.S.S. FLABBJELLAH
AGC-6-16
(
Sevaijen
-class, AG; complement 38)

Captain Zheusal zh’Ethar

(Andorian
zhen
) commanding officer

Chirurgeon Veneth Roos

(Andorian
thaan
) chief medical officer (deceased)

U.S.S. KINAPH
AGC-6-34
(
Sevaijen
-class, AG; complement 38)

Captain Kulef nd’Orelag

(Arkenite male) commanding officer

U.S.S. TRENKANSHENT SH’LAVAN
AGC-6-49
(
Sevaijen
-class, AG; complement 40)

Captain Trenev Sharn

(Andorian
shen
) commanding officer

U.S.S. ZABATHU
AGC-11-09
(
Ilthirin
-class courier, AG; complement 10)

Commander Finirath ch’Mezret

(Andorian
chan
) commanding officer

U.S.S. TASHMAJI
AGC-11-15
(
Ilthirin
-class courier, AG; complement 10)

Commander Chelienal sh’Regda

(Andorian
shen
) commanding officer

Acknowledgments

L
ESS THAN A WEEK
into the writing of this novel, Leonard Nimoy died. There are few people who deserve more acknowledgment for their contributions to the
Star Trek
universe. Everything we do, even in series where Spock never appeared, owes enormously to Mr. Nimoy’s accomplishments. The sincerity and intelligence he brought to his ­performance helped make
Star Trek
the meaningful creation it became. For myself, I would not be the person I am today without the example set by Mr. Spock, as realized by ­Mr. Nimoy.

The technology I call the Ware was introduced in
Star Trek: Enterprise
: “Dead Stop,” written by Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong. Abramson, also known as Akharin and (eventually) Flint, is from
Star Trek
“Requiem for Methuselah,” written by Jerome Bixby.

For my portrayal of the Andorians in this and other novels, I am indebted to sources including the novel
Andor: Paradigm
by Heather Jarman (appearing in
Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Volume One), the
Enterprise
episode “Proving Ground” (written by Chris Black) for the layout of the
Kumari
-class bridge, and the
Enterprise
novel
The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wing
by Michael A. Martin for information contributing to my interpretation of the Andorian calendar. (In case you’re wondering, an Andorian phase is 28.14
hours long, so a centiphase is just under 17 minutes and a milliphase is 101 seconds.)

I’m especially indebted to my good friend Keith R.A. DeCandido for his contributions to the Klingon material portrayed herein. Certain events depicted in this novel, specifically the assassination of Chancellor M’Rek and its aftermath, the conflict over Ardan IV, and Captain Worik’s role in that conflict, were conceived by Keith for his book
The Klingon Art of War
, and are dramatized here with his blessing. He also provided helpful advice and consultation for the Klingon portions of the book, and the character of Ja’rod, son of Duras, was his suggestion. (This is not the same Ja’rod who betrayed Worf’s father in
Star Trek: The Next Generation
, but a namesake ancestor, like Duras himself.) His novel
Star Trek: The Lost Era—The Art of the Impossible
provided guidance on the Klingon Rite of Succession, while his novella “The Unhappy Ones” in
Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins
provided information on the ancestry of the House of Mur’Eq, including the existence of Kor, father of Rynar (and grandfather of the canonical Kor played by John Colicos).

Chancellor M’Rek was established in
Star Trek: Enterprise
: “The Expanse,” written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga. Doctor Antaak (John Schuck), Fleet Admiral Krell (Wayne Grace), General K’Vagh (James Avery), and Marab (Terrell Tilford) are from
Star Trek: Enterprise
: “Affliction,” teleplay by Mike Sussman, story by Manny Coto, and “Divergence,” written by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Laneth (Kristin Bauer) is from “Divergence.” Korok (Robertson Dean) is from
Star Trek: Enterprise
: “Marauders,” teleplay by David Wilcox, story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga. The
Mempa system and sector were established in
Star Trek: The Next Generation
: “Redemption, Part I” and “Redemption, Part II,” written by Ronald D. Moore. Details about the specific planets in the system come from “The Unhappy Ones” and from
Excelsior: Forged in Fire
by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels. The latter novel provided additional information about Kor’s House (therein called the House of Ngoj, but then, Klingon Houses frequently change their names), as well as details about Doctor Antaak’s later career.

The class name
Tajtiq
for the fighter used by Laneth in “Divergence” is my own coinage based on a weapon name from
The Klingon Art of War
. The
Raptor
class is from
Enterprise
: “Sleeping Dogs,” written by Fred Dekker. Though it was not identified therein as a Bird-of-Prey, its design was similar, and its twelve-person complement matched the description of Worik’s Bird-of-Prey in
The Klingon Art of War
. The term
qa’vIn
for Klingon coffee, and its backstory as a modification of the human beverage, comes from
Star Trek: Klingon for the Galactic Traveler
by Marc Okrand. Thanks to TrekBBS poster “loghaD” for pointing this out to me.

The full name of Doctor Phlox, Phloxx-tunnai-oortann, was given in the
Enterprise
writers’ bible, though it was never used onscreen. Mettus and the Antarans were established in
Enterprise
: “The Breach,” teleplay by Chris Black & John Shiban, story by Daniel McCarthy. Other information about Phlox’s family comes largely from
Enterprise
episodes written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga, including “A Night in Sickbay,” which elaborated on the size and structure of Phlox’s family; “Stigma,” which introduced Feezal (Melinda Page Hamilton) and named Vesena and Groznik as a contentious married couple; and “Zero Hour,” which established that Groznik and Phlox’s first wife had a child together. Though Vesena was not explicitly identified with Phlox’s first wife, it seems likely to me given the dialogue in the two episodes. The suggestion that bisexuality is normative for Denobulans, including Phlox, came from John Billingsley in an article for
Dreamwatch
#123 (Titan Magazines, December 2004).

The idea of methane-based cold-planet life based on complex lipids in place of proteins (the Nierl) and that of hot-planet life based on fluorocarbons in liquid sulfur (the Xavoth) were both proposed by Isaac Asimov in his classic essay “Not As We Know It,” from the September 1961 issue of
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
. The term “azotosome” for a nitrogen-based cell membrane viable in a methane solvent was coined in the paper “Membrane alternatives in worlds without oxygen: Creation of an azotosome” by James Stevenson, Jonathan Lunine, and Paulette Clancy in
Science Advances
27 Feb 2015: Vol. 1 no. 1 e1400067.

The destruction of Theta Cygni XII was established and explained in
Star Trek
: “Operation: Annihilate!” written by Steven W. Carabatsos. The
Marshall
-class starships first appeared in the
Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology
by Stan and Fred Goldstein, and were designed by Rick Sternbach. The
Ceres
class was proposed by the Advanced Starship Design Bureau’s
Journal of Applied Treknology
site and designed by Alan E. Baker. I have interpreted the specifics of the class somewhat differently, the better to fit the continuity of the novels. The
Poseidon
class is from the video game
Star Trek: Legacy
. The Andorian starship
Atlirith
is the namesake of an Interstellar Guard ship from the alternate timeline depicted in
Star Trek: Myriad Universes—The Tears of Eridanus
by Steve Mollmann and Michael Schuster. The Guidon Pontificate comes from
The Tears of Eridanus
and the same authors’ “Meet With Triumph and Disaster” in
Star Trek: The Next Generation—The Sky’s the Limit
.

About the Author

C
HRISTOPHER
L. B
ENNETT
is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor’s degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed
Star Trek
novels as
Ex Machina
and
The Buried Age
; the
Star Trek: Titan
novels
Orion’s Hounds
and
Over a Torrent Sea
; the
Department of Temporal Investigations
series, including the novels
Watching the Clock
and
Forgotten History
and the novellas
The Collectors
and
Time Lock
; and the
Enterprise: Rise of the Federation
series, whose previous volumes include
A Choice of Futures
,
Tower of Babel
, and
Uncertain Logic
. His shorter works include stories in the anniversary anthologies
Constellations
,
The Sky’s the Limit
,
Prophecy and Change
, and
Distant Shores
. Beyond
Star Trek
, he has penned the novels
X-Men: Watchers on the Walls
and
Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder
. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel
Only Superhuman
, as well as several novelettes in
Analog
and other science fiction magazines, several of which have been compiled in the e-book collection
Hub Space: Tales from the Greater Galaxy
. More information and annotations, plus the author’s blog, can be found at
christopherlbennett.wordpress.com
.

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