Transformations

Transformations is an original audio drama that launched the short-lived Captain Sulu Adventures series. Unlike most Trek audiobooks released by Simon and Schuster that adapted previously published novels, Transformations and its followups were original-to-audio storylines performed by several actors.

Description

In the most spellbinding Star Trek audio program ever, experience the incredible sensation of ambisonic 3-D sound as it envelops your mind and transports you to the center of the action in Star Trek: Transformations, the first Captain Sulu audio adventure.

Star Date 11611.8: As Starfleet diplomat Captain Hikaru Sulu speeds alone across the galaxy in his state-of-the-art shuttlecraft, he is abducted by powerful, frightening dreams that return him to the once desolate, desert world of Sigma Cameron Four. It was here, as Commander of the USS Excelsior twenty years earlier, that he discovered traces of the ancient Shalakai — a ruthless culture who, legend held, had once uncovered the secret to eternal life. Driven to find that secret, Sulu's brilliant science officer, Commander Flynn Konner, launched a fateful mission whose outcome would forever haunt the Excelsior crew.

Now, twenty years later, as the distinguished archeologist Dr. Constance Allenwood moves closer to uncovering the Shalakai's secrets on Sigma Cameron Four, Sulu must race to stop her before she unleashes a disastrous chain of events. With its dazzling audio effects and original score, Star Trek: Transformations is sure to leave you breathless.

Summary

References

Characters

USS Excelsior personnel: Flynn Konner (Voiced by Daniel Gerroll) • Hikaru Sulu (Voiced by George Takei)
Referenced only: B'Nai • Jita Khan • O'Sullivan

Others: Constance Allenwood (Voiced by Dana Ivey)
Referenced only: Doreen Allenwood • Leteur • Sarek • Heinrich Schliemann • Thomas Volgerson • Zahn

Starships and vehicles

USS Excelsior • Nelson • Rattan

Locations

Sigma Cameron IV
Referenced only: Alpha Centauri • Clarion VII • Levi's Maelstrom • Starbase 21 • Starfleet Academy • Vega X

Races and cultures

Human • Shalakai
Referenced only: Vegan • Vulcan

States and organizations

Starfleet • Vegan Traders Guild

Other references

archaeology • Bendii syndrome • Class M • fencing • field generator • holodisc • holorecorder • katra • King Tut's Tomb • Much Ado About Nothing • pyramid • retinal pattern • Rosetta Project • Troy

Appendices

Background

This story is told entirely in an epistolary format, through the log entries and communiqués of the three main characters.

Images

Connections

Media featuring the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) under Captain Hikaru Sulu
episodes/movies	The Undiscovered Country • Flashback
novels	The Undiscovered Country • The Fearful Summons • The Captain's Daughter • The Ashes of Eden • Starfleet Academy • The Captain's Table: War Dragons • The Lost Era: The Sundered • Excelsior: Forged in Fire • Flashback • The Lost Era: One Constant Star • Burning Dreams
short stories	"Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend" • "Housewarming"
comics	Tests of Courage (The Tabukan Syndrome) • A Wolf in Cheap Clothing (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Captain's Log: Sulu • The Undiscovered Country • The Veteran
Captain Sulu Adventures (audiobooks)	Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations
games	Shattered Universe
characters	Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Janice Rand • Dmitri Valtane • Leonard James Akaar • Lojur • Tuvok • Altos Viger

Star Trek: The Original Series audiobooks
Peter Pan Records	"Passage to Moauv" • "In Vino Veritas" • "The Crier in Emptiness" • "The Time Stealer" • "To Starve a Fleaver" • "The Logistics of Stampede" • "A Mirror for Futility" • "The Man Who Trained Meteors" • "The Robot Masters" • "Dinosaur Planet" • "The Human Factor"
Captain Sulu Adventures	Cacophony • Envoy • Transformations
Alien Voices	Spock vs. Q • Spock vs. Q: The Sequel
Adaptations	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Strangers from the Sky • Enterprise: The First Adventure • Web of the Romulans • The Entropy Effect • Yesterday's Son • Time for Yesterday • Final Frontier • Spock's World • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • The Lost Years • The Kobayashi Maru • Prime Directive • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • Probe • Faces of Fire • Best Destiny • Windows on a Lost World • Shadows on the Sun • Sarek • Federation • The Ashes of Eden • The Return • Avenger • Vulcan's Forge • Spectre • Dark Victory • Vulcan's Heart • Preserver • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • The Last Roundup • Captain's Peril • Exodus • Captain's Blood • Captain's Glory • Exiles • Epiphany • Star Trek

Timeline

published order
Previous audiobook: First adventure	Captain Sulu Adventures	Next audiobook: Cacophony
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Serpents Among the Ruins	Pocket	Next Adventure: Mind Meld (Chapter 16)
Previous Adventure: Serpents Among the Ruins	Voyages of the USS Excelsior	Next Adventure: Burning Dreams

External links

Transformations article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.