Description[]

Revealed at last, the full story of Jim Kirk's lost friend, the man who helped him become the captain we know....

Stardate 1312.4. -- A young Captain Kirk, early in his legendary career, faces the crisis of his life when he must kill his best friend in order to save the Enterprise. Later, alone in his quarters, he cannot help recalling how he first met Gary Mitchell:

At Starfleet Academy, Gary is reckless and fun-loving while Kirk is driven, ambitious, but awkward around other people -- especially women. Their friendship begins with a fistfight. Then their routine training mission on the U.S.S. Republic is diverted to a planet where centuries of bloody interplanetary conflict are about to end in a ceremony of reconciliation. Assigned to help with security on the planet's surface, Kirk and Gary quickly find themselves in the middle of a life-and-death struggle against terrorists determined to disrupt the ceremony.

With the future of two planets at stake, Kirk and Gary must find a way to work together before a mission of life and peace becomes one of death and despair.

References[]

Characters[]

Daniel Alden • Rollin Bannock • Ar Bintor • Karl-Willem Brandhorst • Hogan Brown • Chan (Cadet) • Covaleski • Elizabeth Dehner • Dezago • Eisner • Pearson Everett • Jord Gorfinkel • Hagen • Hilton • Ibrahim (Cadet) • Ishida • James T. Kirk • Shirod Lenna • Ellen Mangione • Gary Mitchell • Thomas Mitchell • Tev Nallor • Perris Nodarh • Mark Piper • Rodianos • Santangelo • Montgomery Scott • Barbara Smith • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Miyko Tarsch • Phelana Yudrin

Referenced only

Aaronson • Tev Badris • Chiarello • Dandridge • Sean Finnegan • Benjamin Finney • Garth of Izar • Kodos • Korrgar • Mayhar-Perth • Dana Mitchell • Nakamura (Captain)

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Carolina (Ranger-class cruiser) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Excalibur • USS Republic (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Romulan bird-of-prey (2150s)

Locations[]

Alpha Varangis • Axanar • Beta Bora system (Heir'at • Heir'ocha • Heir'tzan) • Delta Vega • Donatu V • Earth (Chicago • Detroit • Germany • Iowa • Nebraska • New York City • Sioux City) • Klingon Neutral Zone • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus • Tarsus IV

Referenced only

Hell

Races and cultures[]

Andorian • Axanarri • Heiren • Human • Klingon • Romulan • Vobilite • Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Heir'och • Heir'tza • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets • United States of America

Science and classification[]

alien • anatomy • cheekbone • hair • history • hour • matter • minute • muscle • orbit • planet • second • space • telepath • time • tooth • universe • weapon • week • year

Lifeforms[]

fox • humanoid

Materials and substances[]

atmosphere • blood • gas • pheromone • manure • metal • nutshell • rock

Food and drink[]

spaghetti bolognese

Technology and weapons[]

antenna • atomic weapon • disruptor • helm monitor • intercom • monitor • phaser • photon torpedo • starship • tool

Ranks and titles[]

cadet • captain • chief engineer • Commandant of Starfleet Academy • commander • commander in chief • doctor • First Minister of Security • first officer • general • helmsman • instructor • lieutenant • officer • science officer • Second Minister of Security • security chief

Other references[]

anteroom • applecart • Arabian Nights • Axanar Peace Mission • Battle of Cheron • Battle of Donatu V • boot • bridge • chair • chalk powder • city • corridor • death • Earth-Romulan War • engineering • Federation History • gambling • gymnasium • hypergravitational aerobics • military • Palm Leaf of Axanar • personnel file • quarters • racquetball • rank • sector • self-destruct • shoe • shore leave • sickbay • sleeve • World War I

Chronology[]

2156

2160

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Timeline[]

External link[]

• Republic (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.