Star Trek: Stargazer
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Star Trek: Stargazer is a series of Star Trek novels written by Michael Jan Friedman. The novels are about the adventures of the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893), which was Jean-Luc Picard's first command.
While not official canon, these stories can be viewed as a prequel to the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
[edit] Characters
Many of the characters originally appeared in Friedman's 1992 novel Reunion (ISBN 0-671-78755-1).
Main characters in the Stargazer crew include:
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the Stargazer
- Lieutenant Commander Gilaad Ben Zoma, first officer
- Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher, second officer (until his death)
- Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Wu, second officer
- Lieutenant Gerda Asmund, navigator
- Lieutenant Idun Asmund, helm officer
- Lieutenant Nol Kastiigan, science officer
- Ensign Cole Paris, helm officer
- Dikembe Ulelo, communications officer
- Lieutenant Vigo, chief weapons officer
- Lieutenant Phigus Simenon, chief engineer
- Lieutenant Bill Refsland, transporter operator
- Lieutenant Peter Joseph, security chief
- Lieutenant Obal, security guard
- Ensign Andreas Nikolas, security guard
- Crewperson Emily Bender, science officer
- Ensign Jiterica, science officer
- Carter Greyhorse, chief medical officer
[edit] Books
The books currently available include:
- The Valiant: Picard must take command of the Stargazer when its original captain, Daithaniel Ruhalter, is killed in battle.
- Gauntlet: The Stargazer is ordered to track down and arrest a pirate called the White Wolf.
- Progenitor: The Stargazer’s chief engineer, Phigus Simenon, wants to go on his homeworld to participate in a ritual contest to earn the right to mate. Picard and his crew accompany him.
- Three: A mysterious clone of one of the Stargazer's crewpersons turns up.
- Oblivion: Picard meets Guinan for the first time, and he must beat the Cardassians to reach an alien with vital information.
- Enigma: A mysterious alien ship is attacking Starfleet vessels, one by one. Picard's first officer Gilaad Ben Zoma, and his superior, Admiral Arlen McAteer, are kidnapped.
- Maker: A mysterious alien hijacks the freighter Ikton'ji, planning to start a war with the Ubarrak. To prevent the war, Picard must team up with a woman who betrayed him in the past.
