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+ | :''With their [[sun]] about to go [[nova (star)|nova]], the people of Epictetus III face annihilation. Although the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'']] has come to lead the rescue operation, there is no way to evacuate a population of over twenty million, leaving [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] to make an agonizing decision. Should he try to salvage the [[planet]]'s children, its greatest leaders and thinkers, or its irreplaceable archeological treasures? No matter what he decides, millions must be sacrificed -- unless another solution can be found. |
:''With time running out, [[Data]] proposes a revolutionary scientific experiment that could save all of Epictetus III, or doom both the planet and the Enterprise as well. |
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| Author: | Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski |
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| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TNG |
| Published: | November 1996 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Year: | |
| Stardate: | Unknown |
| Reference #: | ISBN 0671527037 |
A dying sun threatens the USS Enterprise with total destruction!
Summary
- From the book jacket
- With their sun about to go nova, the people of Epictetus III face annihilation. Although the USS Enterprise has come to lead the rescue operation, there is no way to evacuate a population of over twenty million, leaving Captain Picard to make an agonizing decision. Should he try to salvage the planet's children, its greatest leaders and thinkers, or its irreplaceable archeological treasures? No matter what he decides, millions must be sacrificed -- unless another solution can be found.
- With time running out, Data proposes a revolutionary scientific experiment that could save all of Epictetus III, or doom both the planet and the Enterprise as well.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- William T. Riker
- Data
- Beverly Crusher
- Deanna Troi
- Worf
- Geordi La Forge
- Alexander Rozhenko
- Guinan
- Miles O'Brien
- Jeremy Curtis
- Lxiti Lonsz
- Raul Zender
- Ensign Ganesa Methta
- Admiral Pietro Barbieri
- Ensign Chang Jun Shing
- Lieutenant Anita Obrion
- Yeoman Parwiz Bodonchor
- Ensign Hughes Holman
- Lieutenant Jacques Bulero
- Lieutenant Commander Iris Liang
References
- Federation Council; Starfleet; Epictetus III
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