Wagon Train to the Stars

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Author:	Diane Carey
Publisher:	Pocket Books
Series:	Pocket TOS #89 New Earth #1
Published:	June 2000
Pages:	352
Year:	2272
Stardate:	Unknown
Reference #:	ISBN 0671042963

Exploring the final frontier is one thing. Making a home there is another...

Summary

From the back cover

After saving Earth from the threat of V'Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier. His new mission: to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world, to defend the struggling colony from alien threats, and to explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new Earth!

Far from the Federation, a newly discovered M-class world has been eyed as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists. Starfleet can spare only one starship to escort the would-be settlers on their perilous voyage, but that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise, commanded by the most well-known captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 60,000 men, women, and children—a task that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races!

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Background Information

• According to various sources, when Gene Roddenberry was deciding what to call what has come to be known as Star Trek, Wagon Train to the Stars was one of the names he toyed with.

Characters

James T. Kirk

Rear admiral.

Montgomery Scott

Commander of Starfleet engineers, assigned to the tender vessel Colunga.

Pavel Chekov

Lieutenant.

Other

Ray Austin

Starfleet captain of USS Impeller.

Branch

Capt. of Lakota.

See Branch for similarly named characters.

Burch

Capt. of Northwest Passage.

Battersey

Capt. of Yukon.

Anton (Tony) Desalle

Starfleet capt. of USS Republic.

Mitch Dogan

Captain lost with the Kensington Taylor.

Geglio

Capt. of Comanche

Gillespie

Privateer capt. of Royal York.

See Gillespie for similarly named characters.

Harvey

Capt. of Promontory Point.

Katt

Capt. of Sacajawea.

Michael Kilvennan

Privateer capt. of Hunter's Moon.

Maitland

Capt. of Lewis and Clark.

Daniel Merkling

Starfleet capt. of USS Impeller.

Nickle

Capt. of Hampton Roads.

Rampion

Capt. of Mandrake Anachronae.

Sheppard

Privateer capt. of Zevada.

Sunn

Privateer capt. of Rattlesnake.

Trautner

Capt. of Oregon Trail.

Vellyngaith

Battlelord commanding the All Kauld battlebarge Tonclin.

References

colony;

Belle Terre

Planet.

USS Beowulf

Starfleet combat support tender of Capt. Ray Austin, seriously damaged in action.

Named for Beowulf.

Colunga (ECC-989)

Graymark Eng.-owned "mule roundhouse", HQ of Cmdr. Scott.

Comanche

UFP-owned Conestoga-class colony ship of Capt. Geglio.

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Federation starship commanded by Starfleet Rear Admiral James T. Kirk.

Graymark Engineering

Company which operated the "muleship" Colunga.

Hampton Roads

Privately-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Nickle.

Hatteras

lightship.

Hunter’s Moon

Enforcement privateer ship of Capt. Michael Kilvennan.

USS Impeller

Starfleet cutter of Capt. Daniel Merkling.

Kensington Taylor

Survey ship of Capt. Mitch Dogan which was destroyed.

Lakota

Corporately-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Branch.

Named for the same Native Americans as the USS Lakota.

Lewis and Clark

Privately-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Maitland.

Mandrake Anachronae

Privately-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Rampion.

mule vessel

The mules were heavy-engined vessels deigned to carry the barges of the fleet.

Northwest Passage

UFP-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Burch.

Oregon Trail

UFP-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Trautner.

Promontory Point

UFP-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Harvey.

Rattlesnake

Enforcement privateer ship of Capt. Sunn.

USS Republic

Starfleet cutter of Capt. Tony Desalle.

Royal York

Enforcement privateer ship of Capt. Gillespie.

Sacajawea

Corporately-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Katt.

Yukon

UFP-owned Conestoga colony ship of Capt. Battersey.

Tonclin

All Kauld battlebarge of Battlelord Vellyngaith.

Zavada

Enforcement privateer ship of Capt. Sheppard.

Polynesian

UFP-owned Conestoga tender of Capt. Dan Marks.

Mable Stevens

Privately-owned VIP transport of Capt. Ned Chalker.

American Rover

Privately-owned pathfinder ship of Capt. Brook Smith and Colonel John Glass.

Twilight Sentinel (SCCM-99)

Privately-owned coroner ship of Capt. Nelson.

Brother’s Keeper (SCCM-778)

Mercy ship of Capt. Skaerbeck.

Pandora’s Box

Privately-owned industrial transport of Capt. Felix Blaine.

CP Crystobel

Privately-owned pilot ship of Capt. Helen Webb.

Webb One through Webb Nine

Factory drones autopiloted by Crystobel.

Macedon

Corporately-owned towing vessel of Capt. Walters.

Iroquois

Corporately-owned industrial transport of Capt. Israel.

Red Barn

Corporately-owned cattle ship of Capt. Kej.

Quincy B. Hobbs

Privately-owned dairy cattle ship of Capt. Sempati.

Normandy

Privately-owned botanical farm ship of Capt. Maxmillian.

Uncle Jake's Pocket

Privately-owned hotel vessel of Capt. Durant.

Norfolk Rebel

Privately-owned tugantine of Capt. Briggs.

Kaleonahe

Privately-owned mining ship of Capt. Folster.

Foggy Dew

Privately-owned dairy barge of Capt. Meko.

Heidi

Privately-owned ranch barge of Capt. Dvorak.

Annie B

Ranch Barge - private - Forsmark.

Charger

Privately-owned equine stable vessel of Capt. Brown.

Black Swan

Privately-owned garden ship of Capt. Gaines.

Olympian

UFP-owned organ lab of Capt. Gue.

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