Table of Contents
Introduction 10
Space, the Final Frontier
The known universe Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Quadrants 18
A dream that became a reality… The United Federation of Planets 24
A dangerous, savage, child Race United Earth 28
Infinite diversity in infinite combinations The Vulcans 32
Breaking the ice The Andorian Empire 36
Adding insult to diplomacy Tellarites 38
Our differences combine to create meaning and beauty Worlds of the Federation 40
A captain's most solemn oath The Prime Directive 44
Ready to make some history Time travel 46
The future begins again The Temporal Incursion of 2233 50
Parallel lives Alternative realities 56
Through the looking glass The mirror universe 60
Starfleet
To boldly go where no one has gone before Starfleet 64
From the stars, knowledge Starfleet Academy 70
Extraordinary measures Section 31 72
First in the fleet Enterprise NX-01 74
Model starship builder Jonathan Archer 78
The Vulcan observer T'Pol 80
Tough as nails Charles "Trip" Tucker III 82
The navy man Malcolm Reed 84
Space boomer Travis Mayweather 86
An ear for language Hoshi Sato 88
The Denobulan doctor Phlox 90
Zora the Great U.S.S. Discovery NCC-1031 92
Fight or flight Saru 94
Down the rabbit hole Michael Burnham 96
Mushroom Man Paul Stamets 98
Carrying a torch Ash Tyler 100
Stilly Killy Sylvia Tilly 102
Wolf in the fold Gabriel Lorca 104
Family U.S.S. Discovery crew 105
A guiding light Christopher Pike 106
A star to steer her by U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 108
Out saving the Galaxy James T. Kirk 112
The highly logical Vulcan Spock 116
The old country doctor Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy 120
The great communicator Nyota Uhura 124
The miracle worker Montgomery Scott 128
Ever upward Hikaru Sulu 132
The Russian whiz kid Pavel Chekov 136
By any other name U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A 140
A new Enterprise U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (Kelvin Timeline) 141
History will never forget U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D 142
Drive, determination, and courage Jean-Luc Picard 146
Number one William T. Riker 150
An officer and an android Data 152
A nice guy at heart Geordi La Forge 154
An honorable man Worf 156
The empath Deanna Troi 158
The dancing doctor Dr. Beverly Crusher 160
Boy genius Wesley Crusher 162
The replacement Dr. Katherine Pulaski 164
A lifetime of struggle Natasha "Tasha" Yar 165
The listener Guinan 166
A sovereign class U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E 167
Action station Deep Space 9 168
The emissary Benjamin Sisko 172
Rebel officer Kira Nerys 174
A neutral party of one Odo 176
Nine lives Jadzia & Esri Dax 178
Our man Bashir Dr. Julian Bashir 180
Chief among them Miles O'Brien 182
The usual suspect Quark 184
War correspondent Jake Sisko 186
Family business Rom, Nog, and Leeta 188
The voyage home U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 190
The caffeine-fueled captain Kathryn Janeway 194
The contrary commander Chakotay 196
Mr. Vulcan Tuvok 198
Fly boy Tom Paris 200
The divided self B'Elanna Torres 202
Fresh out of the academy Harry Kim 204
EMH-Mark 1 The Doctor 206
A Talaxian of all trades Neelix 208
A life less ordinary Kes 210
Disconnected Seven of Nine 212
Starfleet and synthetic life-forms Dr. Soji Asha 214
A leading expert Agnes Jurati 216
Snakes and ladders Raffaela Musiker 217
Maintaining Starfleet standards Cristóbal Rios 218
A not so lost cause Elnoi 218
Federation Allies and Enemies
In the hands of the Prophets The Bajorans 222
The stars are made of Latinum The Ferengi Alliance 226
There are no saints, just people The Maquis 230
Five distinct species The Xindi 231
Khaaaaaaaaaan! Khan Noonien Singh 232
In the arena The Gorn 234
A criminal syndicate The Orions 235
Death before dishonor The Klingon Empire 236
Beware Romulans bearing gifts The Romulan Star Empire 242
Enemies make dangerous friends The Cardassian Union 248
A simple tailor Elim Garak 252
One man's villain is another man's hero Dukat 253
Victory is life The Dominion 254
In time of war, the law falls silent The Dominion War 258
Resistance is (not) futile The Borg collective 260
Life in the Delta Delta Quadrant Races 264
Science and Technology
Engage Warp drive 268
Energize Transporters 274
Freeze program Holographic technology 278
Set phasers to stun Weapons technology 282
Captain to bridge Communicators 286
Super scanner Tricorders 288
Hidden dangers Cloaking devices 290
New Life and New Civilizations
These are the voyages Where no one has gone before 294
The trial never ends The Q Continuum 300
Life of illusion The Talosians 304
The energy of thought The Traveler 306
The Caretaker The Nacene 307
In their hands The Prophets 308
The fallen Pah-wraiths 309
All that you knew is gone Guardian of Forever 310
To learn all there is to know V'Ger 311
Microcosm becomes macrocosm Tardigrade 312
A bunch of hungry little tribbles Tribbles 313
Into the unknown The Far Distant Future 314
Glossary 316
TV Series 321
Movie Releases 326
Index 330
