Infinity's Prism
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| Author(s): | Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner and James Swallow |
| Artist(s): | John Picacio |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Myriad Universes #1 |
| Published: | 22 July 2008 |
| Pages: | 527 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (various) |
| Reference: | ISBN 1416571809 ISBN 1416578943 (eBook) |
Infinity's Prism is the first volume of the Star Trek: Myriad Universes series and contains three short stories of "what-if" tales.
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- A LESS PERFECT UNION by William Leisner: More than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth, humanity is once again at a fork in the river of history... and the path it follows may ultimately be determined by the voice of a single individual: the sole surviving crewmember of the first Starship Enterprise.
- PLACES OF EXILE by Christopher L. Bennett: Midway through Voyager's journey across the galaxy, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay must choose whether to brave a deadly war zone or abandon their quest for home. But an attack by Species 8472 cripples the ship, and the stranded crew must make new choices that will reshape their destinies... and that of the Delta Quadrant itself.
- SEEDS OF DISSENT by James Swallow: Khan victorious! Almost four centuries after conquering their world, genetically enhanced humans dominate a ruthless interstellar empire. But the warship Defiance, under its augmented commander, Princeps Julian Bashir, makes a discovery that could shake the pillars of his proud civilization: an ancient sleeper ship from Earth named the Botany Bay.
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[edit] A Less Perfect Union
[edit] Places of Exile
[edit] Seeds of Dissent
[edit] Background Information
- An excerpt from "Art of War", a story in the third volume of Star Trek: The Manga, "Uchu", appears in the collection. The reverse also takes place, with an excerpt from "A Less Perfect Union" appearing in the manga.
- The final cover for the collection features Kathryn Janeway, Julian Bashir, James T. Kirk, T'Pol and an image which could either be Sarek or the Romulan Commander. The original solicitation cover showed multiple images of Jean-Luc Picard.
- An extract from "A Less Perfect Union" appeared in Star Trek Magazine issue 138.
- Memory Alpha receives an acknowledgment in "A Less Perfect Union".
[edit] Cover gallery
 Solicitation cover |
[edit] Characters
[edit] "A Less Perfect Union"
- Carter Winston
- Prime Minister of United Earth in 2264.
- Christopher Pike
- Captain of the United Earth Starship Enterprise.
[edit] "Seeds of Dissent"
- Julian Bashir
- Princeps of the Earthfleet Starship Defiance.
[edit] References
[edit] "A Less Perfect Union"
- Terra Prime
- Xenophobic movement. In 2155, members of Terra Prime hijacked the Mars Verteron Array and vaporized Starfleet Command in San Francisco. The surviving Starfleet leaders demanded that John Paxton be tried on Earth for crimes against Humanity. However, the incident was successful in creating a popular political movement which dominated Earth politics and isolated United Earth from the developing Interstellar Coalition.
- UESS Enterprise
- UESPA starship, Constitution-class. Represented Earth at the 2264 Babel Conference.
[edit] "Seeds of Dissent"
- Defiance
- Earthfleet starship, assigned to the Bajor Sector, under the authority of Lord-Commander Sisko of station D9.
[edit] External link
- Infinity's Prism at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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