Enterprise to the rescue! Kirk must save both a planet and McCoy's daughter!
Crisis on Centaurus is a Pocket TOS novel – #28 in the numbered series – written by Brad Ferguson. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in March 1986.
Summary
- From the book jacket
- Massive computer malfunctions are plaguing the Enterprise when Kirk suddenly receives a shocking message from Starfleet Command: Centaurus has been bombed and annihilated; thousands are dead. Give whatever help you can. Centaurus is a beautiful, peaceful planet, home to many Humans – including McCoy's daughter Joanna.
- The crew risks beaming down to investigate. But Kirk is thrown into a deadly struggle between violent enemy terrorists and vengeful Centaurians. Now Lt. Uhura, left alone in command, must jeopardize the crippled Enterprise to save Centaurus, Kirk – and Joanna McCoy!.
Background information
- This is the first Star Trek novel by Brad Ferguson.
- The Science Fiction Book Club released a special edition of the novel in hardback in June 1986.
- This novel was collected in the Star Trek: The Twentieth-Anniversary Collection II boxed set.
- Though the stardate implies the events take place after Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the ranks and cover image suggest a date during the five-year mission. Furthermore Uhura taking command of the Enterprise places this novel before "The Lorelei Signal" (2269), but at least two years after "Court Martial" (2267) as per references to Samuel Cogley.
Characters
Main
Other
- Joanna McCoy
- Nurse
- MacPherson
- Chief
- Peter Siderakis
- Navigator
- Saul Weinstein
References
- Barnard
- Hospital ship.
- Centaurus
- Fourth planet in the Alpha Centauri system.
- USS Conrad
- Scout ship.
- USS Constitution
- in drydock.
- USS Cook County
- small impulse-only cargo craft.
- Edith Cavell
- Red Cross rescue ship – British Confederacy – destroyed.
- Named for famous British World War I nurse and humanitarian.
- USS Gagarin
- Scout class – former posting of Montgomery Scott – decommissioned.
- USS Farragut
- former posting of James T. Kirk.
- USS Hood
- New Athens
- capital city of Centaurus (destroyed).
- Sakharov
- Red Cross rescue ship – Eurasian Union – destroyed.
- Semmelweiss
- Hospital ship.
- Thomas Dooley
- Red Cross rescue ship – USA – destroyed.
- Tutu
- Hospital ship.
External links
- Crisis on Centaurus at Wikipedia
- Crisis on Centaurus at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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