The Lost Era: The Buried AgeThe mysterious "missing years" of Captain Picard's life—before he commanded the Enterprise—are revealed at last in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel! Jean-Luc Picard. His name has gone down in legend as the captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer and two starships Enterprise. But the nine years of his life leading up to the inaugural mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise to Farpoint Station have remained a mystery—until now, as Picard's lost era is finally unearthed. Following the loss of the Stargazer and the brutal court-martial that resulted, Picard no longer sees a future for himself in Starfleet. Turning to his other love, archaeology, he embarks on a quest to rediscover a buried age of ancient galactic history...and awakens a living survivor of that era: a striking, mysterious woman frozen in time since before the rise of Earth's dinosaurs. But this powerful immortal has a secret of cataclysmic proportions, and her plans will take Picard—aided along the way by a brilliant but naive android, an insightful Betazoid, and an enigmatic El-Aurian—to the heights of passion, the depths of betrayal, and the farthest reaches of explored space. |
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... Captain's Log, Stardate 32217.3 U.S.S. Stargazer on routine survey mission into the Maxia Zeta star system. Initial scans indicate twelve planets, none habitable. The third and fourth are in Maxia Zeta's habitable zone, and may ...
... Captain's Log, Stardate 32217.3 U.S.S. Stargazer on routine survey mission into the Maxia Zeta star system. Initial scans indicate twelve planets, none habitable. The third and fourth are in Maxia Zeta's habitable zone, and may ...
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... Captain. That kind of trouble I trust you to manage for yourself.” Picard joined in the laughter, but Asmund remained all business, as usual. “Coming up on fifth planet,” she reported. “Decelerating to warp 2 for gravity-assist maneuver ...
... Captain. That kind of trouble I trust you to manage for yourself.” Picard joined in the laughter, but Asmund remained all business, as usual. “Coming up on fifth planet,” she reported. “Decelerating to warp 2 for gravity-assist maneuver ...
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... Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering, relatively free of static. “The fusion reaction's surging, and the EM leakage is disrupting internal forcefields. I can't guarantee it won't—” The intercom erupted in another ...
... Captain,” came Simenon's gravelly voice from engineering, relatively free of static. “The fusion reaction's surging, and the EM leakage is disrupting internal forcefields. I can't guarantee it won't—” The intercom erupted in another ...
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... Captain!” Asmund called. Typically, she had taken it upon herself to monitor tactical status in Vigo's . . . absence. In other circumstances, Picard would have lectured her about letting Schuster do his job, but right now he was ...
... Captain!” Asmund called. Typically, she had taken it upon herself to monitor tactical status in Vigo's . . . absence. In other circumstances, Picard would have lectured her about letting Schuster do his job, but right now he was ...
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... Captain!” Simenon declared. “We have a fire in engineering—we can't fight it and hold this crate together at the same time!” “Contain it if you can, evacuate if you have to, Phigus,” Picard ordered. He checked the system status screens ...
... Captain!” Simenon declared. “We have a fire in engineering—we can't fight it and hold this crate together at the same time!” “Contain it if you can, evacuate if you have to, Phigus,” Picard ordered. He checked the system status screens ...
Contents
Section 16 | 249 |
Section 17 | 268 |
Section 18 | 286 |
Section 19 | 307 |
Section 20 | 315 |
Section 21 | 322 |
Section 22 | 340 |
Section 23 | 352 |
Section 9 | 128 |
Section 10 | 145 |
Section 11 | 163 |
Section 12 | 175 |
Section 13 | 193 |
Section 14 | 213 |
Section 15 | 233 |
Section 24 | 362 |
Section 25 | 376 |
Section 26 | 392 |
Section 27 | 401 |
Section 28 | 407 |
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Page 168 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 168 - Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me ; that, when I wak'd, I cried to dream again.
Page 284 - it is not what you say, but how you say it" ; but of course, how you say it may depend on what you want to say.
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Page 38 - Before engaging alien species in battle, any and all attempts to make first contact and achieve nonmilitary resolution must be made.