No log was ever filed or discussed relating to an encounter with Romulans.

The epilogue lists the aftermath of the incident in the Zone and the fate of those involved. He announces passing on command of Enterprise to Christopher Pike. He lists the examples of USS Potemkin, USS Farragut and USS Excalibur, mentioning that the military sounding names are overridden by the class name, taken from the United States Constitution, speaking to the aim of creating 'domestic tranquility while providing for the common defense' – of all lifeforms. He mentions that there are now five Constitution-class starships in the fleet, with seven more under construction. Nine years after the events of the Rosenberg rescue, Captain Robert April makes an address to the UFP general assembly, announcing his retirement from command of the Starship Program. Suddenly, the two are jumped by a woman in a surgical mask, rendering them unconscious with cloths moistened with a powerful sedative. Reed, a West Indian creole with a quizzical manner, taunts Kirk for writing paper letters to his boys. Kirk rescues him, and the two split Reed's loot, and discuss Kirk's letters to home.Ĭommander Kirk regrets missing his young son Jimmy's upcoming tenth birthday. Lieutenant Francis Drake Reed is in trouble, having attempted to hustle some players at the pool table. While writing to his sons, Kirk notices trouble on the video monitor, in the public lounge area. McCoy to discuss his preoccupation with the tragedy in 1930, Kirk begins to read.Ĭommander George Kirk is the security chief on Starbase 2. He finds a cache of letters his father wrote, nearly 25 years earlier, in his childhood possessions on the Kirk family farm.

The Enterprise has just returned from a mission the Guardian of Forever sent Leonard McCoy to the year 1930, a painful scenario ending with the death of Edith Keeler. Kirk has returned to his home in Riverside, Iowa. And put the power of the greatest weapon the galaxy has ever seen in his hands…Įxcerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement. Now destiny has placed the fate of a hundred innocent worlds on his shoulders. He is a warrior, born and bred to battle. It is the story of a ship since passed on into legend, and a man we know only as the father of Starfleet's greatest captain. The story of a secret mission gone horribly wrong – and an instant in time where the galaxy stood poised on the brink of one final, destructive war. It is a tale of Starfleet's early days, of a time before the Star Trek we know. Summary From the book jacket This is the story of a hero – and a moment forever lost to history.

Star Trek by Diane Carey