Doomsday World

   

Doomsday World

TheEnterprise crew races to stop thegalaxy's ultimate weapon!

Description[]

From the back cover

The planetKirlos -- an artificial world built by a mysterious long-dead race called theAriantu. Kirlos is now home to many races from both theFederation and theK'vin Hegemony, who have enjoyed years of peaceful co-existence and profitable trade. The planet also hold a wealth of undiscovered archaeological treasures, which theEnterprise^TM and its crew are dispatched to help uncover.

Sent to the surface to assist an archaeological team,Geordi,Data, andWorf soon find themselves cut off from the Enterprise -- and the prime suspects in a series of terrorist attacks. The three Enterprise crewmen are imprisoned, relations between theK'vin and the Federation begin to crumble, and Kirlos' ancient underground machinery awakens from a centuries long dormancy, primed to release the most powerful destructive force ever known.

Summary[]

TheEnterprise travels to the planet Kirlos, which is jointly administered by the Federation and their former allies the K'Vin Hegemony. The planet was once under the control of the Ariantu Empire and a Federation archeological team led byNassa Coleridge, an old teacher of Geordi's, has requested help. Data, Geordi and Worf beam down to the planet. Not long after, theEnterprise receives a distress call about an attack on the Federation colony worldTehuan and has to leave orbit.

Not long after, there are a number of terrorist attacks, beginning with the bombing of a Federation trade hall and then the K'Vin embassy. Data overhears a conversation suggestingGezor, theSullurh aide to K'Vin ambassadorGregach, was involved. A bombing of the museum kills Coleridge, with further attacks seeing the K'Vin barracks gassed and several pro-Federation merchants poisoned. Both Gezor and his opposite number in the Federation embassy,Zamorh, advise hardline action. Gregach and Federation ambassadorStehaleh agree to instigate curfew and martial law and order curfew but balk at military action against the other.

Data deduces that Gezor and Zamorh are both part of a conspiracy to gain control of the planet. He, Geordi and Worf follow the pair with Coleridge's Sallurh assistantThul, but Thul is also part of the conspiracy and leads them into an ambush. The four of them are taken to the K'Vin embassy as suspects. There, Data, Geordi and Thul discover an armoury built below the embassy and manage to escape.

In fact, the Sallurh are the descendants of the Ariantus, left behind as caretakers to prepare for their return. The Ariantu recently contacted them, instructing them to forment dissent between the Federation and K'Vin in readiness for their coming. The attack on Tehuan was a test run for their invasion fleet.Picard realises the attack was partly to gain an amount ofarizite, a metal used in Ariantu warrior statues, and sets course back to Kirlos, taking the Tehuan colonists along for protection.

TheEnterprise ends up in a stand-off with a K'Vin warship as the Ariantu fleet also arrives. Having learned the Ariantu do not plan to share the planet with the Sallurh, Thul heads back to the armoury to activate the doomsday weapon there, intending to use it to destroy the K'Vin homeworld. However, the weapon is actually designed to send Kirlos itself crashing into the target world through a wormhole. The wormhole forms, with theEnterprise saving the K'Vin ship from being pulled in. Worf eventually halts the process by destroying the weapon's control room, but not before the wormhole destroys a number of Ariantu including their command ship.

With the Ariantu fighting among themselves over who is their new leader, it is decided that Kirlos will be turned over to the Sallurh, with Federation and K'Vin representatives remaining in place for five years to help with the transition.

References[]

Characters[]

Arikka •Busiek •Nassa Coleridge •Beverly Crusher •Wesley Crusher •Data •Edwards •Stephaleh n'Ehriarch •Ekrut •Gezor •Gregach •Esquar Hudak •Keeglo •Geordi La Forge •Lektor •Yudal Malat •Mand'liiki •Miles O'Brien •Jean-Luc Picard •William T. Riker •Thul •Lars Trimble •Deanna Troi •Worf •Zamorh

Referenced only

Keenan •Powell •Rammis •Sarek •Orfil Solis •Surak

Starships and vehicles[]

USSEnterprise-D (Galaxy-class)

Starship classifications:

cruiser •shuttlecraft

Locations[]

Kirlos •Kirlosia

Planetary locations:

Valley

Shipboard locations:

main bridge (command chair,conn station,ops station) •ready room •sickbay •transporter room

Referenced only

Andor •Lethrak •Slurin •Starbase 105 •Tehuan

Races and cultures[]

Andorian •Ariantu •Human •Inanh •Klingon •K'Vin •Orion •Pandrilite •Rhadamanthan •Sullurh •Tellarite •Tetracite •Thialtan •Vulcan •Zoloch

Referenced only

Borg •Ditelan •Eluud •Ferengi •Maratekkan •Om'raii •Randrisian •Xanthricite

States and organizations[]

Gatherers •K'Vin Hegemony •Starfleet •Starfleet Academy •United Federation of Planets

Science and technoloy[]

android •archaeology •arizite •diagnostic table •hypospray •marble •refreshment dispenser •refrigeration unit •transporter •VISOR

Ranks and titles[]

admiral •ambassador •captain •chief •commander •first officer •lieutenant •lieutenant commander •professor •security chief

Other references[]

beer •coffee •dyson •embassy •Federation language •fish •inlati •iridium •landing party •medical file •Prime Directive •Romulan ale •synthehol

Chronology[]

2260s

TheK'Vin Hegemony join theUnited Federation of Planets. Their continual interference in the affairs of other planets, including those governed by thePrime Directive, eventually led the K'Vin to sever official ties as they didn't see eye-to-eye with other Federation members.

2331

The K'Vin establish a presence on theplanetKirlos, a planet already inhabited by Federation citizens.

2363

Stephaleh n'Ehrliach, anAndorianambassador, is assigned to the Federationembassy on Kirlos.

2364

Ambassadors Stephaleh andGregach reach an agreement to open up Kirlos to widespread archaeological exploration.

Appendices[]

Background[]

• Writing between the book's four authors was divided by character point of view.Peter David wrote scenes featuringData,Worf, andGeordi La Forge while onKirlos.Robert Greenberger wrote the scenes featuring theFederationambassadors, aides and theK'vin.Michael Jan Friedman wrote scenes featuring all the other characters on Kirlos.Carmen Carter plotted and wrote theUSSEnterprisecrew scenes away from Kirlos. (The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 75: "Where No Man...: Doomsday World")

Images[]

USSEnterprise-D.

Data.

Worf.

Geordi La Forge.

Connections[]

Timeline[]

Publication history[]

July1990

First published in theUnited States byPocket Books. (ISBN 978-0-671-70237-3)

July1990

First published inGreat Britain byTitan Books. (ISBN 978-1-85286-318-0)

May1991

Second printing by Pocket Books, $4.95. (ISBN 978-0-671-74144-0)

22 September2000

Amazon Kindleebook release. (ASIN B000FC0NLY)

Translations[]

1992

German :Planet des Untergangs, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)

External link[]

• Doomsday World article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.