Changes: The Covenant of the Crown

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Will the Klingons rule at last?

Summary

From the book jacket: An Enterprise shuttle is forced to crash-land in a violent storm on the barren planet Sigma 1212. Spock, McCoy and Kailyn, the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne, survive in the near disaster.

Pursued by primitive hunters and a band of Klingon scouts, they must reach the mountain where the fabulous dynastic crown is hidden. With the help of Spock and McCoy, and her own fantastic mental powers, Kailyn must prove that she alone is the true heir to the throne.

Should they fail, they will open the door for Klingon takeover of the whole quadrant.

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Background Information

This is the first written Star Trek novel to take place after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The book features an introduction by David Gerrold.
Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed with choriocytosis, the same disease which nearly killed Spock. (TAS: "The Pirates of Orion") Both instances of the diseases were written by author Howard Weinstein.
The flashback sequence establishes that James T. Kirk served aboard the USS Normandy as a lieutenant commander. This would place the flashback after his time on the USS Farragut and his run in with the dikironium cloud creature, where he was only a lieutenant. (TOS: "Obsession")

Characters

James T. Kirk: Captain.
Spock: Science Officer
Leonard McCoy: CMO
Uhura
Hikaru Sulu
Pavel Chekov
Christine Chapel
Paul Harrington: Admiral.
Kailyn: Heir to the Shaddan throne.

References

Enterprise, USS; Federation; Klingon; Organians; Treaty of Organia

Galileo: Shuttlecraft.
IKS Nightwing at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works: Klingon battle cruiser commanded by Captain Kaidin.
USS Normandy at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works: Federation starship, assignment of Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk.
Quadrant J-221
Shad: Planet.
Sigma 1212: Fourth planet in the Sigma system. Sixty-two percent of the planet's land-mass is too cold for human habitation.
Zenna Four: Planet.

Chronology

2258: Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk visits Shad while serving aboard the USS Normandy.
2276: The events of this novel.

External links

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The Covenant of the Crown at Wikipedia

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 | Author            = [[Howard Weinstein]]
 | Publisher         = [[Pocket Books]]
-| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #4
+| Series            = [[Pocket TOS]] #4<br />[[Titan Books]] #23
 | Published         = {{m|August|1981}}
 | Pages             = 191
 | Year              = [[2258]], [[2276]]
 | Stardate          = 7815.3
+| ISBN              = 0671833073 (paperback)<br>ISBN 0671700782 (paperback)<br>ISBN 0671492977 (paperback)<br>ISBN 1852861312 (paperback)<br>ISBN 0839828861 (hardcover)<br>ISBN 085997605X (hardcover)<br>{{ASIN|B000FBJHFI}} (Kindle)
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 ==Background Information==
 * This is the first written ''Star Trek'' novel to take place after {{film|1}}.
-* Features an introduction by [[David Gerrold]].
+* The book features an introduction by [[David Gerrold]].
 * Guest character Kailyn is diagnosed with [[choriocytosis]], the same disease which nearly killed Spock. ({{TAS|The Pirates of Orion}}) Both instances of the diseases were written by author [[Howard Weinstein]].
 * The flashback sequence establishes that James T. Kirk served aboard the USS ''Normandy'' as a [[lieutenant commander]].  This would place the flashback after his time on the {{USS|Farragut|23rd century}} and his run in with the [[dikironium cloud creature]], where he was only a [[lieutenant]]. ({{TOS|Obsession}})
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 ==References==
-[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'', USS]];  [[Federation]]; [[Klingon]]; [[Organians]]; [[Treaty of Organia]]
+[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'', USS]];  [[Federation]]; [[Klingon]]; [[Organian]]s; [[Treaty of Organia]]
-;''[[Galileo]]'' : [[Shuttlecraft]].
+;''[[Galileo II|Galileo]]'' : [[Shuttlecraft]].
+;{{mbeta|IKC Nightwing|IKS ''Nightwing''}} : [[Klingon]] [[battle cruiser]] commanded by [[Captain]] Kaidin.
-::''Presumably a previously unseen TMP era incarnation of the shuttle.
+;{{mbeta|USS Normandy|USS ''Normandy''}} : [[Federation]] [[starship]], assignment of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[James T. Kirk]].
-;IKS ''Nightwing'' : [[Klingon]] [[battle cruiser]] commanded by [[Captain]] Kaidin.
-;USS ''Normandy'' : [[Federation]] [[starship]], assignment of [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[James T. Kirk]].
 ;Quadrant J-221
 ;Shad : Planet.
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