Cloak and Dagger (novel)

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Cloak and Dagger

Description[]

It is a scientific truth that the structure of theuniverse depends on the amount of "dark matter" contained in the cosmos. When sinister forces threaten to tamper with the very nature of reality,CaptainJaneway andthe crew of theUSSVoyager must risk everything to restore the universal balance…

Years ago, near the beginning of its long journey,Voyager made contact with a brilliantRomulanscientist whose present wasVoyager's past. NowTelek R'Morcommunicates with Janeway again—to warn her of a dire plot to captureVoyager and turn its "future"technology against theFederation of yesterday. But more than just thetimeline is at stake.Voyager itself may be carrying a menace deadly to all creation!

Summary[]

OnRomulus,Lhiau, a member of the alien race who calls themselves the "Shepherds" offers the Senate acloaking device that cannot be detected by any means and allows firing weapons while cloaked. This is gratefully accepted, but there is some suspicion as to what they want in return.

A number of wormholes of various sizes have been opening nearVoyager and they appear to be getting closer to the ship. It is eventually discovered that they have been opened by Telek R'Mor, the Romulan scientist from the past they previously contacted via a wormhole, which he reveals was actually an artificial wormhole created by him. He is a member of theTal Shiar, and they have threatened to kill his wife and daughter if he doesn't cooperate and open a wormhole to the Delta quadrant so that they can captureVoyager and return to their own time with future Federation technology. The Tal Shiar invade his ship, and Janeway beams him to theirs before he is captured.

Meanwhile, theVoyager crew has been experiencing a wide range of physical and mental issues, which is readily apparent when the mild-mannered Neelix attempts to kill Telek R'Mor. The Romulan scientist reveals that this, as well as equipment failures on the ship, are side effects of mutated dark matter that are unleashed by Shepherd technology, which were used for creating the wormholes.

Naomi Wildman has been confined to the cargo bay and discovers a "ghost", a man who moves without being visible. This turns out to be a Romulan spy using a personal cloaking device, although his body eventually fails due to exposure to dark matter. Janeway asks Telek R'Mor to attempt to find other members of the Shepherds in the hopes that Lhiau is a renegade and they can help. To their surprise, they discover a planet with such a signal. They arrive to find a civilized planet, but in an instant it is devastated.

Janeway leads an away team to the planet where they discover a Shepherd in stasis. She removes the mutated dark matter fromVoyager and her crew and tasks them with a "quest" to remove other sources of mutated dark matter in the Delta Quadrant before it eventually spreads and kills others.

References[]

Characters[]

Lyssa Campbell •Joseph Carey •Chakotay •The Doctor •Yvonne Harper •Kathryn Janeway •Tricia Jenkins •Johnson •Jekri Kaleh •Verrak Kamaral •Harry Kim •Kirby •Lhiau •Neelix •Pakriti •Tom Paris •Rakki •Luis Ramirez •Khala Remilkansuur •Telek R'Mor •Seven of Nine •Tialin •B'Elanna Torres •Torrith •Tuvok •Vorik •Naomi Wildman •Samantha Wildman

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Borg Queen •Elyssa •Flotter •Karanuk

Locations[]

Delta Quadrant •Romulan Senate chamber •Romulus

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Alpha Quadrant •Bajoran wormhole •Tikal Province

Starships and vehicles[]

RIS Talvath •Tektral •USSVoyager (Intrepid-class)

Races and cultures[]

Borg •Human •Klingon •Ktarian •Romulan •Shepherd •Talaxian •Vulcan

Referenced only

Cardassian

States and organizations[]

Romulan Senate •Romulan Star Empire •Starfleet •Tal Shiar •Triumvirate •United Federation of Planets

Science and technology[]

anatomy •dark matter •hair •lifeform •matter •space •star •star system •time •universe

Ranks and titles[]

captain •Chairman of the Tal Shiar •Empress of the Romulan Star Empire •Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire •proconsul •scientist

Other references[]

boot •clothing •earthquake •government •homeworld •humanoid •jumpsuit •language •nation-state •pants •quadrant •rank •Right of Statement •Starfleet uniform •Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) •technology •title •uniform •weapon •year

Appendices[]

Images[]

Cover image.

Kathryn Janeway.

Tuvok.

USSVoyager.

Warbirds.

Telek R'Mor.

Connections[]

Timeline[]

External link[]

• Cloak and Dagger (novel) article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.